Dispenser for interfolded napkins

US9901221B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB · SE

Inventors

• Bjorn Larsson · Lindome, SE
• Sofia Hodossy · Gothenburg, SE
• Martin Stenberg · Torslanda, SE
• Viktor Berglin · Stockholm, SE
• Mårten Rittfeldt · Malmö, SE
• Susanne Carlstedt · Malmö, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 9, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 27, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47K2010/3233
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A dispenser for interfolded napkins, having an upper portion and a lower portion, a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction is disclosed. The dispenser includes a container having a bottom wall extending in a horizontal plane and being arranged at the lower portion of the dispenser, and side walls having upper edges and lower edges and extending from the bottom wall in a vertical direction perpendicular thereto; a dispensing opening arranged at the upper portion of the dispenser opposite to the bottom wall; a weight arranged between the side walls so as to form a stack-supported lid of the dispenser that is movable between an upper position adjacent to the dispensing opening, and a lower position adjacent to the bottom wall; and a weight control means interconnecting the weight and the container, and extending inside the container between a container connection arranged at the lower portion of the dispenser and a weight connection arranged at the upper portion of the dispenser. The weight control means restricts the movement of the weight in a vertical direction along the side walls so as to determine the location of the upper position of the weight.