Dispenser for a stack of note paper
US4986440A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB42D5/005
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A dispenser for sheets of note paper disposed in a stack with each of the sheets having a narrow band of adhesive coated on one surface along one edge by which the sheets are adhered together and with the sheets being stacked with the band of adhesive of adjacent sheets at alternate opposite edges of the stack. The dispenser comprises a base having a top surface with a generally planar support surface portion adapted to support a lower surface of the stack. Also included is a body having a bottom surface including spaced pressure surface portions adapted to engage and be supported on an upper surface of the stack adjacent the edges of the sheets along which the narrow bands of adhesive are coated with the spaced pressure surface portions engaging the upper surface of the sheets at predetermined distances from the edges of the sheets along which the narrow bands of adhesive are coated, and convex arcuate surface portions between the pressure surface portions and a top surface defining a slot through and extending centrally across the body part. The convex arcuate surface portions have radii with a dimension as least as large as the predetermined distances to restrict curling of shee…
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