Method of, and apparatus for, retracting the loops and ends of towels into a textile towel dispenser
US4718588A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47K10/28
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
In known textile towel dispensers the clean towel is manually pulled out at the front, the used towel is automatically drawn in at the rear, and the end of the towel hangs down vertically when the roll of clean toweling has been used up. The inventive towel retracting or retraction apparatus contains a towel loop loaded with a weighted roller and concealed by a cover which can be part of an enclosure. The used toweling or towel section is thereby pulled behind the cover where it can neither be seen nor reached by the user. A delay mechanism ensures that the towel loop, which is partially pulled out from the towel dispenser and partially pulled out from behind the cover, remains stationary for a few seconds before it is retracted behind the cover.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.