Dispenser for sheets of paper and the like
US4401233A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 1981 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2402/411
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing one sheet at a time from a stack of sheets includes a hollow rectangular receptacle which receives and holds the stack and has an opening in the top wall to expose the top sheet of the stack and permit the top sheet to be removed through the opening. A lever is resiliently mounted on the receptacle adjacent the top wall and has a free end which normally extends over the opening in the top wall and which carries a pad of adhesive material on its underside. The free end of the lever may be pressed down manually to engage the pad with the top sheet of the stack and, when the free end is released, the lever returns to its normal position thereby lifting an end portion of the top sheet up through the opening where that sheet may be grasped and removed from the receptacle.
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