Dispenser for feeding sheet material from sequential rolls
US5873542A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 24, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47K2010/3253
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A dispenser for rolled sheet material includes an openable housing having a front opening, a parallel-spaced pair of guide slots being supported proximate opposite sides of the housing, each guide slot having a generally vertically oriented first segment, a generally horizontally oriented second segment intersecting the first segment, and a generally vertically oriented third segment intersecting the second segment in offset relation to the first segment, the first segment having a bottom extremity below the second segment. A dual mandrel of the dispenser has a parallel-spaced pair of mandrel portions for receiving respective rolls, and a bridge portion rigidly connecting the mandrel portions. The dual mandrel, when loaded with the rolls, is locatable with opposite ends of each mandrel portion guidable within respective ones of the guide slots: from a first position wherein a lowermost of the mandrel portions is in a first dispensing position at the bottom extremity of the first segment, the other mandrel portion being in a reserve position within the first segment; and, following substantial consumption of the sheet material from the lowermost mandrel, to a second position wherein…
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