Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for dispensing sheets of web material of predetermined length

US4276797A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 1, 1979
Grant dateJul 7, 1981
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Expiry dateJun 1, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/896
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A dispenser for sheets of web material, such as paper towels, from a supply roll, including a housing, means for holding a supply roll of the web material, and means for separating a sheet of the web from the supply roll operable in response to a user pulling the sheet from the housing and arranged to present at least a portion of the leading edge of the web ready for a user to seize for the dispensing of a further sheet as a direct result of the user pulling the previous sheet from the dispenser.

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