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US 6,805,271 B2Granted
Single hand, paper towel sheet dispenser
AssigneeHolden Art Inc.
InventorWilliam Holden
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a single hand, paper towel sheet dispenser comprising a base and a core holder operable to hold a roll of paper towel segments. A paper towel dispensing bale is pivotally connected to the base, the dispensing bale includes in inner brake bar and an outer tear bar such that a roll of paper towel sheets mounted upon the core holder can be generally trained in an under/over path for braking rotation of the roll during a one handed dispensing operation.
Claims12
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;
- 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 an contact an exterior surface of the roll of paper towel segments mounted upon said core holder, and
- said brake bar is generally circular in cross section with a longitudinally partitioned concave channel having mutually parallel crests on either side of the channel and extending along at least one side of said brake bar such that contact of said brake bar with the roll of paper towel segments is along the mutually parallel crests of the concave channel adjacent to the roll of paper towel segments to be dispensed;
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- 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 number of paper towel segments against said tear bar will concomitantly force said brake bar to be pressed against the exterior surface of said roll of paper towel segments to brake rotation of the roll of paper towel segments 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 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 segment 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 extending in a posture generally parallels 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 contact an exterior surface of a roll of paper towel segments mounted upon said core holder, and
- a tear bar connected to but spaced from said brake bar, said tear bar is circular in cross-section,
- said brake bar is greater in transverse dimensions than said tear bar and having at least two edges of said brake bar engaging the surface of a roll of paper towel sheets during a dispensing operation,
- said tear bar being operable to extend transversely across a direction of unreeling of a roll of paper towel segments and being spaced from said brake bar away from the roll of paper towel segments wherein a free end of said roll is facilely trained beneath said brake bar and over said tear bar such that unreeling of a desired number of paper towel segments is achieved with one hand and angled movement of the unreeled number of segments against the tear bar with on hand 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.
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