Coreless roll carriage unit adapter for dispensers
US6386479B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 14, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47K2010/3253
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A carriage unit adapter for solid or coreless rolls of paper material that are dispensed in a roll dispenser having slots defined on inner surfaces of side wall members thereof for receipt of said adapter and a back wall positioned a distance from the slots that Is sightly greater than the radius of a solid or coreless roll. The carriage unit adapter includes:a pair of spaced apart arms joined by a connecting member having a front surface and a back surface, each arm having an outboard surface and an inboard surface including: (i) an outboard pin disposed on the outboard surface, the outboard pin configured to slidably engage a slot on an inner surface of a side Wall member of the dispenser; and (ii) an inboard pin attached to the inboard surface, the inboard pin configured to engage a coreless roll of material. Each spaced apart arm has a length measured from the back surface of the connecting member to the center of the outboard pin that is greater than the distance between the slots and the back wall of the dispenser so that the back surface of the connecting member contacts the back wall of the dispenser to force the connecting member out of the same planar dimension as the out…
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