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US 9,066,639 B2Granted
Method of dispensing paper sheet by sheet from a stock and a paper dispenser
OwnerHans Georg Hagleitnerinventor
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Abstract
A method and a dispenser dispense a sheet of paper through a bottom outlet gap from a stock. A sensor activates, upon detection of a person, an electric drive which delivers a portion of paper from the outlet gap so that the sheet of paper can be torn off by hand. When the delivered sheet of paper is torn off, a switch is actuated. Actuation of the switch puts the dispenser in an operational readiness for delivery of another portion of paper.
Claims2
A dispenser for dispensing a sheet of paper from a supply of paper, the dispenser comprising:
- an electric drive;
- a dispenser body having an underside with a discharging gap (2) formed therein;
- a sensor, which, upon sensing a person, causing said electric drive to feed a length of paper out of said discharging gap, and therefore a paper sheet can be torn off by hand;
- a switch actuated by virtue of the paper sheet being torn off and an actuation of said switch sets the dispenser into an operational-standby mode to feed a further length of paper;
- a discharging roller disposed in a vicinity of said discharging gap and having a circumferential surface, said switch assigned to said discharging roller and said switch projecting in a lowerable manner out of said circumferential surface of said discharging roller;
- a reed switch;
- a permanent magnet interacting in a contactless manner with said reed switch;
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- said switch having a two-armed lever, said two-armed lever having a first end projecting into a path taken by the paper sheet on said discharging roller and a second end disposed on said permanent magnet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.