Dispenser and roll of flexible sheet material
AssigneeSCA Hygiene Products AB
InventorsBjorn Larsson, Robert Kling
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Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing flexible sheet material includes a roll of material, the roll of material having a core. One end portion of the flexible sheet material is adhered to the core by a pickup glue. The dispenser includes a sensor for sensing the pickup glue of the roll of material and a control unit for triggering at least one action of the dispenser in response to the detection of the pickup glue.
Claims15
A dispenser for dispensing flexible sheet material from a roll of material, comprising a roll of material having a core, wherein one end portion of the flexible sheet material is adhered to the core by a pickup glue, the dispenser further comprising:
- a sensor for sensing the pickup glue of the roll of material;
- and
- a control unit for triggering at least one action of the dispenser in response to the detection of the pickup glue.
A roll of flexible sheet material comprising:
- flexible sheet material;
- and
- a core onto which the flexible sheet material is wound,
- wherein one end portion of the flexible sheet material is glued to the core by a pickup glue,
- wherein the pickup glue is detectable by a sensor,
- wherein the pickup glue includes a detectable substance which is detectable by the sensor, and
- wherein the detectable substance is a metallic substance, a magnetic substance, a conductive substance, a coloured substance, a fluorescent substance, or a radioactive substance, or any combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.