Waste minimizing paper dispenser

US6793170B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Georgia-Pacific LLC · US

Inventors

• Dennis J. Denen · Columbus, US
• Craig D. Yardley · Roswell, US
• Joshua Michael Broehl · Worthington, US
• Robert J. Hayes · Gahanna, US
• John Knittle · Westerville, US
• Brian K. Linstedt · Ostrander, US
• Gregory J. Merz · Gahanna, US
• John R. Moody · Winlock, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 21, 2003
• Grant date: Sep 21, 2004
• Expiry date: May 21, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S242/906
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A paper dispenser including a carriage that is rotatable between at least a first orientation and a second orientation. The carriage holds at least two rolls of paper. In the first orientation, the first roll is in a primary position and the second roll is in a secondary position. In the second orientation, the first roll is in the secondary position and the second roll is in the primary position. A roll sensor senses the amount of paper remaining on the roll held in the primary position. Paper from at least one of the two rolls is fed into a feed mechanism for dispensation. A transfer mechanism feeds paper from the roll held in the secondary position into the feed mechanism when the roll sensor senses that the paper on the roll held in the primary position is depleted to less than a predetermined diameter.