Wet/dry sheet dispenser with dispensing cup
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsPaulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte, Kris Adriaenssens, Annick Hilda Rose Coenen, An Jozefien De Coninck
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Abstract
A wet/dry sheet dispenser. The dispenser has an elongate refill which holds a liquid and fits into a complementary base. Liquid is selectively dispensed from the refill by longitudinal activation of a pump. The pump may be disposed on either the refill or base. Liquid flows from the refill, upwardly to a dispensing cup. The user may then, optionally, take a sheet and wet it with liquid from the cup at the point of use. This arrangement allows for convenient and selective one hand pump operation, so the other hand is free to grasp the sheet. The sheet may be used wet or dry as desired at the point of use.
Claims19
A refill for use as a core of a core wound sheet dispenser, said refill having a longitudinal axis defining a longitudinal direction, said refill comprising:
- a reservoir, said reservoir comprising a hollow elongate body suitable for containing a liquid therein and an open neck, at least a portion of said reservoir having a cross section with a major cross sectional dimension of about 2 to about 6 cm and having a length of about 10 to about 50 CM;
- a generally upwardly facing cup in fluid communication with said reservoir, whereby said liquid in said reservoir can be dispensed to said cup, wherein said cup acts as an actuator in response to user applied compressive force manually applied to said cup;
- a pump operable to dispense said liquid from said reservoir to said cup upon selective operation of said pump, for later application of said liquid onto a sheet and
- a drain for returning a liquid from said cup to said reservoir, said drain opening and closing in response to operation of said pump.
A dispenser for selective wet/dry dispensing of sheet products, said dispenser having a longitudinal axis and comprising:
- a base for receiving a plurality of rolled sheets thereon, said sheets being selectively dispensible by a user;
- an elongate reservoir having a top and a bottom remote therefrom, said reservoir being joined to said base at the bottom of said reservoir, said reservoir comprising a hollow elongate body suitable for containing a liquid therein and an open neck, at least a portion of said reservoir having a diameter of 2 to 6 cm and a length of 20 to 35 cm to be insertable in a core of said rolled sheets;
- a generally upwardly facing cup in fluid communication with said reservoir and juxtaposed with the top of said reservoir, whereby said liquid in said reservoir can be dispensed to said cup;
- a drain leading from said cup to said reservoir, and
- a pump operable to dispense said liquid from said reservoir to said cup upon selective operation of an actuator, for later application of said liquid onto said sheets, wherein said pump reciprocates between a standby position and an actuated position, said drain being open in one of said actuated position and said standby position whereby a residual liquid therein can gravity drain back into said reservoir and being closed in the other of said actuated position and said standby position whereby said residual said liquid cannot gravity drain back into said reservoir.
A refill for use as a core of a core wound sheet dispenser, said refill having a longitudinal axis defining a longitudinal direction, said refill comprising:
- a reservoir, said reservoir comprising a hollow elongate body suitable for containing a liquid therein and an open neck, at least a portion of said reservoir having a diameter of 2 to 6 cm and a length of 20 to 40 cm to be insertable in a core of core wound sheets;
- a generally upwardly facing cup in fluid communication with said reservoir, whereby said liquid in said reservoir can be dispensed to said cup said cup having a depth of 1 to 20 mm;
- a pump operable to dispense said liquid from said reservoir to said cup upon selective operation of said pump, for later application of said liquid onto a sheet,
- a shield intermediate said actuator and said reservoir adapted to catch drips spilling from said upwardly facing cup, and
- a drain, said drain leading from at least one of said cup or said shield to said reservoir, wherein said pump reciprocates between a standby position and an actuated position, said drain being open to said reservoir in said standby position whereby said liquid can gravity drain back into said reservoir and closed in said actuated position whereby said liquid therein cannot gravity drain back into said reservoir.
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