Dispenser for hygienic paper or cleaning wipes

Dispenser for hygiene paper or cleaning wipes, comprising a housing, a roll holder for receiving a roll with a tissue paper, a unit for moistening the hygiene paper with a liquid container with a moistening and a liquid tank which communicates with the moistening, a unit for dispensing moistened hygiene paper having a conveying roller and having a drive unit for the conveying roller.

For hygiene dry toilet paper and wet wipes are applied. In the application proves to be disadvantageous that the toilet paper and cleaning cloths are presented spatially separated and can dry out the damp cleaning wipes. In certain situations, this can be very uncomfortable.

In the <patcit id="pcit0001" dnum="DE2644871A"><text>DE A 26 44 871</text></patcit> describes a toilet box, the dry and moistened toilet paper can be removed from a supply roll. The box basically consists of a housing in which a roll holder for the toilet paper is disposed and a bottle which is arranged outside the housing. In containers are a guide roller for the toilet paper, a spring-action conveyor roller for the toilet paper, a liquid container, which communicates with the bottle and arranged a moistening connected line moderately with the liquid container. The toilet paper is guided over deflection roller and the conveyor roller and held by them in a body with a tear-off edge. In this position, dry toilet paper be withdrawn. In order to moisten the toilet paper, the toilet paper is placed against the spring action with the standing in line regular communication with the fluid reservoir role in conditioning.

The disadvantages of the box can be seen in the fact that against the spring action, the toilet paper is wetted by pulling the toilet paper, the degree of humidification of the withdrawal speed depends. As a result, toilet paper only in part or too strong to be moistened. If too much tension, the moistened toilet paper can torn or dry toilet paper are torn beyond the perforation and is hence unusable. For the application of non-perforated hygiene paper from a roll of the box is not suitable. The reason for this can be seen in the relatively high tensile strength of hygiene paper.

In the <patcit id="pcit0002" dnum="US4984530A"><text>US 4 984 530 A</text></patcit> describes a manually operated dispenser, comprising the features of the preamble of claim 1, wherein a roll of a first cleaning cloth and one below same arranged roller with a second cleaning cloth in a closable by a hinged cover housing are accommodated. The cover is hinged to the lower part of the housing, in which a liquid tank is disposed a unit for moistening the second cleaning cloth and two separate conveyors for dispensing each one of the two cleaning cloths. The first cleaning cloth is guided by the upper roller through the housing downwardly and out between a first conveyor roller and a cooperating pressure roller in a provided with a tear-off first opening at the bottom of the housing. The second cleaning cloth is guided by the lower roll down under a arranged in a liquid tank and a moistening roller cooperating therewith and a second conveying roller in a pressure roller is provided with a tear-off second opening at the bottom of the housing. The looped cleaning cloth from the second platen roller is pressed by the spring-effect moistening roller against the second conveying roller. The two conveyor rollers can be coupled via a chain drive with a common drive, which includes a chain and three so-rotatably connected cams and a manually operable adjustment device with a movable via a pushbutton operating element.

Pressing the pushbutton is conveyed in a first step of the conveyor rollers each, a portion of the cleaning cloths, which protrude above the tear-concerned and initiated the humidification of the second cleaning cloth by swinging the moistening in the liquid container. In a second step, the second cleaning cloth is peeled off manually and at the same time also donated an equal length portion of the first dry cleaning cloth. In a third step, the moistening roller is lifted from the liquid in the liquid container out after the removal of a certain length portion.

The invention has for its object to provide a dispenser for hygiene paper which does not have the aforementioned disadvantages.

To achieve this object, the invention provides that the roller holder and the liquid tank are arranged on the housing that a hood is arranged to cover the role of the tissue paper to the housing pivotable that a guide roller between the unit for the moistening and the role of the sanitary paper is arranged, and that the feed roller rests with the interposition of the hygiene paper on the moistening roll.

Be achieved with the invention advantages are essentially to be seen in that applicable as cleaning cloths moistened hygiene paper is dispensed that the stress on the tissue paper is reduced to the minimum and erfordeliche is that the donor simple design and to handle. Preferred embodiments of the invention are disclosed in the dependent claims.

It is advantageous if the housing consists of a base housing and an insertion part, which are connected via plug connections, when three liquid tanks are arranged on the basic housing and when the insertion part includes the liquid container. This maintenance, especially the cleaning of the dispenser is facilitated.

For covering the roll with the hygiene paper and of the liquid container may be a hood provided with a means for separating the hygiene paper. Thus, the wet part of the dispenser is covered and apply the possibility provided perforated and non-perforated hygiene paper.

If the guide roller and the conveyor roller in the hood rotatably disposed in a tilted down hood, the sanitary paper can be easily inserted in an advantageous manner.

The invention will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Show it:<dl id="dl0001"><dt>Fig.1</dt><dd>A partially broken away side view of a first embodiment of an inventive dispenser,</dd><dt>Fig.2</dt><dd>a section along the line II-II in <figref idrefs="f0001">Fig.1</figref>;</dd><dt>Fig. 3</dt><dd>a section along the line III-III in <figref idrefs="f0001">Fig.1</figref>.</dd><dt>Fig. 4</dt><dd>a partially broken away side view of a second embodiment of an inventive dispenser;</dd><dt>Fig.5</dt><dd>a view of the conveyor unit in raised position;</dd><dt>Fig.6</dt><dd>a partially broken away side view of a third embodiment of an inventive dispenser;</dd><dt>Fig.7</dt><dd>a side view of the dispenser in the separated state;</dd><dt>Fig.8</dt><dd>a section along the line VIII-VIII in <figref idrefs="f0005">Fig. 7</figref>;</dd><dt>Fig.9</dt><dd>a section along the line IX-IX in <figref idrefs="f0005">Fig.7</figref> and</dd><dt>Fig.10</dt><dd>a modification of the drive unit.</dd></dl>

Reference is made to <figref idrefs="f0001 f0002">Figures 1 to 3</figref> Referring. The dispenser includes a housing 1, a first roller holder 2 for receiving a supply roll 3 of toilet paper, a second roll holder 4 for receiving a stock roll 5 with humidified paper, a unit 6 for humidifying, a unit for the dispensing 7 of cleansing wipes and a control unit 9 ,

The housing 1 includes a U-shaped holder 11 comprising a base portion 12 for attaching the dispenser to a wall or the like., And a perpendicular extending therefrom wall portion 13 and a U-shaped support member 14 for the roller holders 2 and 4, which in the holder 11 is arranged and connected to fixed or detachable. The roll holder 2 and 4 are fixed to the base portion of the support member fourteenth The housing 1 further includes a pivotable flap 16, which is associated with the first roller holder 2, and a hood 17 for covering the wet part of the dispenser, which is arranged pivotable about the axis 18th In the hood 17, a slot 19 is provided for delivering the cleaning cloths.

The housing 1, the flap 16 and the hood 17 advantageously consist of plastic or metal. Also, combinations of these materials may be used.

The unit 6 for moistening includes a liquid container 21, a liquid tank 22, and a moistening roller 23. The liquid container 21 is a U-shape formed so that one leg 25 and the base portion 26 are configured as a pipe and the other leg 27 as tray. The liquid container 21 is arranged on the wall section 13 so that the leg 25 is located a below the liquid tank 22nd The liquid tank 22 has a fitting 28 which can be inserted into a provided in the leg 25 opening 29 with simultaneous opening of the liquid container. The moistening roller 23 is arranged freely rotatable about the axis 30 in the formed as a trough leg 27th

The unit 7 for the dispensing includes a guide roll 31, a transport roller 32 and a drive unit 33 for the feed roller 32. The guide roller 31 and the transport roller 32 are 34 and 39 rotatably mounted in bearing bodies 35 about the axes, the feed roller 32 with the interposition of tissue paper lying on the moistening 23rd In the bearing bodies 35 each have a slot 36 is provided for loading and lifting the conveyor roller 32nd The drive unit 33 comprises a stepper motor 37 with a pulley, which is connected to the control unit 9, a pulley 38 which is mounted on the axis 39 of the conveyor roller 32 and a belt 40th

The control unit 9 is arranged in the housing 1 and includes a conventional electronic control which is powered by a battery and activates a switch.

Reference is made to <figref idrefs="f0003">figures 4</figref> and <figref idrefs="f0002">5</figref> Referring. These figures show a second embodiment of the dispenser, which differ primarily in the design of the unit for the dispensing of the first embodiment. Therefore, only the differences will be described in the following description.

The unit 30 for dispensing comprises a guide roller 31, a conveying roller 32 and a drive unit 33 for the feed roller 32. The guide roller 31 and the conveying roller 32 are arranged on a holder 51st The holder 51 is composed of two levers 52 and two axes 34 and 39 on which the guide roller 31 and the conveying roller 32 are arranged rotatably, wherein the feed roller 32 rests on the moistening 23rd The axes 34 and 39 are detachably mounted on the levers 52nd From the<figref idrefs="f0002">Fig.2</figref> It can be seen that the bracket 51 is pivotably arranged about an axis 54 on the liquid container 21st Further, for pivoting the holder 51 provided on the hood 17, a guide 55, which is with the axis 34 of the guide roller 31 in operative connection.

The drive unit 33 comprises a stepper motor 37 which is connected to the control unit 9, a first gear 57 which is fixed on the axis of the stepping motor 37 and a second gear 58 which is mounted on the axis 39 of the conveyor roller 32nd

In one embodiment of the dispenser described above is not shown, modified dispensing with the guide 55, so that the holder 51 can be adjusted manually with the hood open 17th Instead of delivering an organ is provided, which the gears 57 and 58 stops at a closed hood 17 is engaged.

Reference is made to <figref idrefs="f0004 f0005 f0006">Figures 6 to 9</figref> Referring. The dispenser includes a housing 61, a first roll holder 62 for receiving a supply roll 3 of toilet paper, a second roller holder 63 for receiving a supply roll 5 having to be moistened hygiene paper, a unit 64 for moistening, a unit for the dispensing 65, and a control unit. 9

Compared to the embodiments described above includes the housing 61, a base housing 66 for attachment to a wall or the like., And an insertion part 67 which is releasably connected to the base housing 66. The base housing 66 consists of a rectangular box, which is closed at the lower narrow side and is provided at the upper narrow side with closable openings and a support member 68 which is perpendicular spreading fixed to the lower narrow side of the base housing the 66th The roll holders 62, 63 are mounted on the base housing 66th The base housing 66 further includes a pivotable flap 16. The insertion part 67 has detents 69, which are insertable into openings in the base housing 66 and support portions 70, into which the support part 68 can be inserted, the whole in such a way; that the insertion part 67 is removably mounted.

A hood 17 is pivotally mounted on a lug 88 which is formed at the insertion part 67th The hood 17 has an opening 72 for dispensing the moistened hygiene paper. A tear-off blade 73 to tear moistened hygiene paper is arranged on the hood wall or at the base 88 of the insert part 67 in the opening 72nd Instead of the tear-off blade may be formed at the opening 72 a tear-off.

Compared to the embodiments described above contains the unit 64 for moistening includes three liquid tanks 81, a liquid container 82, which is integrated into the insertion part 67 and a moistening roller 23. The liquid container 82 has a tub-shaped depression 84 for receiving the moistening roller 23, a terminal portion 85 for connecting a liquid tank 81 and a channel-shaped recess 86 for connecting the trough-shaped recess 84 to the terminal portion 86. The moistening 23 rotatably disposed freely in the trough-shaped depression 84th

The unit 65 for the dispensing includes a guide roll 31, a transport roller 91 and a drive unit 33. In contrast to the embodiments described above, the guide roller 31 and the conveying roller 91 in the hood 17 and the drive unit 33 on the base housing 66 and the hood 17 arranged. The drive unit 33 comprises a stepper motor 37 which is fixed to the support part 68 of the base housing 66, a first gear 57 which is fixed on the motor shaft and a second gear 58 which is mounted on the axis 92 of the conveyor roller 91st The conveyor roller 91 has the scope to annular projections 93, which are provided to ensure the promotion of the moistened hygiene paper with ribbing.

The control unit 9 is arranged in the base housing 66 and includes an electronic circuit fed by a battery or from the home network and activated by a switch. The control unit 9 is advantageously designed such that, upon actuation of the switch a certain length or by operating the switch of any length are donated by moistened hygiene paper.

Reference is made to <figref idrefs="f0006">Figur 10</figref> Referring. Instead of the embodiments described above can be provided a modified drive unit, a second friction wheel (98) connected to the conveyor roller, a first friction wheel (97) which is connected to the stepping motor (37) (32; 91) is connected and a spring element (99) for pressing the second friction wheel to the first friction wheel. For this purpose, the conveying roller is mounted in an oblong hole.