Warming device for disposable towel dispenser
US4694973A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 2, 1985 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47K2010/3293
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A device for warming and illuminating pre-packaged, pre-wetted disposable towels is provided. The unit also secures a plastic canister of disposable towels so that the towels may be dispensed with one hand. A cup sized to enclose the canister in an upper sector has a supporting dish, upon the upper surface of which is provided a series of lips to engage various diameter plastic canisters containing the towels. The dish has a recessed bowl at its center in which one or more small incandescent light bulbs are mounted to warm the fluid pool within the canister and to provide illumination through a translucent window portion of the cup. The top of the dispenser is capped to retain the container from above, while the dish is spring mounted within the cup to assure a snug vertical fit of the container within the cup. A dispenser opening is provided in the cap of the unit, through which the towels from the container are pulled out. A suction cup at the base of the cup secures the entire unit to another surface to assure that the dispenser does not move as towels are being dispensed.
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