Apparatus and method for dispensing toweling
US4960248A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 16, 1989 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47K2010/3668
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A dispenser for roll toweling and the like includes a housing having an aperture. A roll of toweling is rotatably mounted within the housing, a drive system cooperates with the roll for causing the roll to rotate so that toweling is dispensed through the aperture. A non-contact passive sense system is operably associated with the drive system for monitoring that portion of the infrared spectrum associated with animate bodies so that the presence of an animate body may be detected, and for causing selective operation of the drive system upon the animate body being detected.
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