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US 6,786,377 B1Granted
Single hand, paper towel dispenser
AssigneeHoldenart, Inc.
InventorWilliam Holden
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a single hand, paper towel dispenser comprising a base, a core holder operable to hold a roll of paper towel segments connected together end-to-end along perforated tear lines. The invention has a paper towel dispensing bale including mutually parallel arms that receive a paper towel strip in a general S-shaped path during a one handed dispensing operation.
Claims21
A single hand, paper towel dispenser comprising:
- a base operable to be mounted upon a generally planar surface;
- a core holder for a roll of paper towel segments connected together end-to-end along transverse perforated tear lines, said core holder having a central longitudinal axis and being connected to said base, said core holder being operable to rotatably support the roll of paper towel segments;
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- a single hand, paper towel dispensing bale connected to said base forming a bale pivot operable to pivot toward and away from said central longitudinal axis of said core holder, said bale having a pair of mutually parallel arms fixed with respect to each other and extending in a posture generally parallel with said central longitudinal axis of said core holder, said pair of mutually parallel arms comprising,
- a first brake arm operable to extend transversely across the roll of paper towel segments mounted upon said core holder and, during a paper towel dispensing operation, said brake arm contacts an exterior surface of the roll of paper towel segments, and
- a second actuating arm operable to extend transversely across the direction of unreeling of the roll of paper towel segments and being spaced from said first brake arm and away from the exterior surface of the roll of paper towel segments,
- said second actuating arm providing a tear bar such that paper towel segments can be facilely trained beneath said first brake arm, and over said second actuating arm such that unreeling of a desired number of the paper towel segments can be achieved with one hand and downward movement of the paper towel segments against the second actuating arm will concomitantly force said first brake arm to be pressed against the exterior surface of said roll of paper towel segments to stop rotation of the roll and effect lateral tearing of the desired number of paper towel segments over said second actuating arm along one of the tear lines adjacent to said second actuating arm.
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A single hand, paper towel dispenser comprising:
- a mounting base operable for mounting said paper towel dispenser to a generally planar surface;
- a paper towel core holder connected to said base and being operable for holding a roll of paper towel segments of a desired number and length connected end to end at perforated junctions locations;
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- a dispensing bale member pivotally mounted with respect to said mounting base and being operable to pivot toward and away from said mounting base, said dispensing bale member comprising dual, mutually parallel, and actuating arms fixed with respect to each other having a slot there between operable for receiving and dispensing paper towel segments when a connected series of paper towel segments are fed in a generally S-shaped path beneath the first of said dual arms of said dispensing bale, through said slot and up and over the second of said dual arms of said dispensing bale such that a downward and lateral motion applied to said connected series of paper towel segments, applies pressure to said second arm of said dispensing bale member which concomitantly serves to apply braking pressure from said first arm against the roll of paper towel segments to stop rotation of said roll of paper towel segments while a tear is made along a perforated junction to dispense a desired number of connected series of paper towel segments with one hand.
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A single hand, paper towel sheet dispenser comprising:
- a base operable to be mounted upon a generally planar surface;
- a core holder for a roll of paper towel segments connected together end-to-end along transverse serrated tear lines, said core holder being connected to said base, said core holder being operable to rotatably support the roll of paper towel segments;
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- a single hand, paper towel sheet dispensing bale operably connected to said core holder and being free to pivot with respect to said core holder, said dispensing bale having a pair of mutually parallel bars extending in a posture generally parallel to a central longitudinal axis of said core holder and transverse to the roll of paper towel segments when said roll is operably mounted upon said core holder, and said pair of mutually parallel bars comprising,
- a brake bar operable to extend transversely across and, during a paper towel dispensing operation, said brake bar contacts an exterior surface of the roll of paper towel segments mounted upon said core holder, and
- a tear bar operable to extend transversely across a direction of unreeling of the roll of paper towel segments mounted upon said core holder and being spaced from said brake bar such that a free end of said roll of paper towel segments is facilely trained beneath said brake bar and over said tear bar,
- wherein unreeling of a desired number of paper towel segments is achieved with one hand to a position with a transverse serration line slightly past an outer surface of said tear bar and then angular movement of the desired length of paper towel segments against said tear bar will concomitantly force said brake bar to be pressed against the exterior surface of said segmented paper towel roll to brake rotation of the roll and effect lateral tearing of the desired number of paper towel segments.
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A single hand, paper towel sheet dispenser comprising:
- a base operable to be mounted upon a support member;
- a core holder bale operable to receive a roll of paper towel segments connected together end-to-end along transverse serrated tear lines, said core holder having a central longitudinal axis and being connected to said base;
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- a single hand, paper towel sheet dispensing bale operably connected to said core holder and being free to pivot toward and away from said core holder, said bale having a pair of mutually parallel bars and extending in a posture generally parallel with said central longitudinal axis of said core holder, said pair of mutually parallel bars comprising,
- a brake bar operable to extend transversely across and, during a paper towel dispensing operation, said brake bar will contact an exterior surface of the roll of paper towel segments mounted upon said core holder;
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- a tear bar connected to but spaced from said brake bar and being operable to extend transversely across the direction of unreeling of the roll of paper towel segments and being spaced from said brake bar away from the roll of paper towel segments,
- wherein said paper towel segments can be facilely trained beneath said brake bar and over said tear bar such that unreeling of paper towel segments can be achieved with one hand to a desired number of segments and angled movement of the unreeled number of segments against the tear bar will concomitantly force said brake bar against the exterior surface of said roll of paper towel segments to stop rotation of the roll and effect lateral tearing of the desired number of paper towel segments with one hand.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.