Dispenser for a small stack of note paper
US5158205A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 11, 1991 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D83/0805
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The combination of (1) sheets of note paper in a stack with each of the sheets having a narrow band of adhesive coated on its bottom surface along one edge by which the sheet is adhered to the top surface of the adjacent sheet in the stack, the sheets being stacked with the band of adhesive of adjacent sheets at alternate opposite sides of the stack, and (2) a dispenser comprising a housing closely receiving the top, bottom and first side surfaces of the stack of sheets. The housing includes a top wall of flexible material adjacent the top surface of the stack, which top wall has through flanking slits parallel to and flanking side surfaces of the stack and generally centered along those side surfaces, and spaced edge surfaces extending between the flanking slits. The flanking slits and edge surfaces define two opposed flap like portions of the top wall and a slot through the top wall between the flap like portion through which slot projects a portion of the uppermost sheet in the stack. When the uppermost sheet in the stack is withdrawn through the slot the flap like portion adjacent the band of adhesive on the uppermost sheet will flex away from the stack to form a convex arcuate…
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