Electronic pre-cut sheet dispenser with dispensing adjustments
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsRichard Paul Lewis, Paul Francis Tramontina
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Abstract
The present invention provides a dispenser for dispensing pre-cut sheets from a roll or a web material to a user in need of the web material. The dispenser contains a product identification sensor in communication with a control circuit. This product identification sensor detects and identifies information about the roll of the web material placed in the holder and relays this information to the control circuit. The control circuit adjusts dispensing parameters for the actuator roller in dispensing a sheet of the web material from the dispenser.
Claims16
A dispenser for dispensing sheets from a roll of a web material comprising:
- a housing which forms an interior compartment of the dispenser;
- a holder located within the compartment, the holder serves to support at least one roll of a web material to be dispensed from the dispenser;
- an actuator roller located within the compartment, the actuator roller having a rotational path;
- a cutting blade located within the actuator roller, wherein the cutting blade extends from the actuator roller to cut the web material to form a sheet of the web material to be dispensed from the dispenser during the rotational path of the actuator roller;
- a motor engagably connected to the actuator roller;
- a control circuit in communication with the motor;
- a product identification sensor in communication with the control circuit, said sensor detects and identifies information about the roll from an information identifier associated with the roll of the web material placed in the holder and relays this information to the control circuit;
- wherein the control circuit adjusts dispensing parameters for the actuator roller in dispensing a sheet of the web material from the dispenser in response to a signal from said product identification sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.