Automatic paper towel dispenser apparatus
Abstract
A towel dispenser includes a main body; a loading door receiving toweling in floating engagement therewith; a guide system; a motor assembly; and a sensor for sensing a toweling leading edge. The housing includes an opening permitting retracted toweling to fall there through. The guide system includes a first roller attached to the main body and a second roller attached to the loading door. Toothed surfaces of the rollers mesh when the loading door is moved into a closed position. An end of the first roller moves relative to the main body of the housing such that the first roller is displaced by the second roller and toweling, and the first roller is spring biased in its engagement with the second roller when the loading door is closed. Trim tabs of the housing determine a distance from an underside of a fixture below which the dispenser is mounted.
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| Document | Relation | Office | Cited during |
|---|---|---|---|
| EP0573558B1 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | International search |
| US2006169827A1 | Cites | United States of America | International search |
| JP2007014367A | Cites | Japan | International search |
| JPH05111442A | Cites | Japan | International search |
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Priority claims6
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18478909 | United States of America | P | |
| 26616909 | United States of America | P | |
| 61184789 | – | – | – |
| 61266169 | – | – | – |
| US20090184789P | – | – | – |
| US20090266169P | – | – | – |
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| Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase122 | 122 | |
| Non-entry into the national phaseNENP | NENP | |
| Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application121 | 121 |
Numbers
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- 2010/141931
- Publication, DOCDB
- 2010141931
- Publication, EPODOC
- WO2010141931
- Application
- 37561
- Application, DOCDB
- 2010037561
- Application, EPODOC
- WO2010US37561
Titles2
- English
- AUTOMATIC PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER APPARATUS
- French
- APPAREIL DE DISTRIBUTION AUTOMATIQUE D'ESSUIE-MAINS EN PAPIER
Classification
- CPC, 6
- A47K10/36
- A47K10/3625
- A47K2010/3668
- A47K2010/3681
- Y10T225/10
- Y10T225/206
- IPC, 3
- A47K10 34
- A47K10 26
- B65H16 00
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