Dispensing chain of loop lengths of dental floss or the like and

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1986-11-07

1987-11-17

Skaggs, H. Grant

Article dispensing

Concurrent separation and distortion of flexible article

With presentation of non-coextensive or distorted fold

221 63, 221 33, 2421371, 242138, 242146, 206388, 206389, 289 12, 289 15, 132 92A, B65H 100

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047068434

ABSTRACT:
For sequentially dispensing individual closed loops of a narrow, easily tied, flexible material, such as dental floss, a chain having such closed loops as respective links thereof is made up by pressing a loop length of the flexible material into substantially rectilinear formation, loosely forming a knot in an end thereof, inserting a loop end of another so-pressed loop length into the loosely formed knot of the first loop length, tightening the knot to provide a slip-free-until-pulled-to-separate-loops joinder between the thus formed loop links and repeating this with additional loop lengths at either or both ends of the first-joined loop length until a chain of desired length is formed. Individual loop links are dispensed by grasping a terminal loop link of the chain and pulling it free of the chain while holding the knot that embraces the unknotted end of the next loop link of the chain. A dispenser is provided for protectively encasing the chain and supplying a V-slot holding member for the knot of a next loop link while a terminal link is being slipped free of the embracing knot of such next loop link.

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patent: 4326630 (1982-04-01), Bacino et al.
patent: 4622986 (1986-11-01), Harris et al.
patent: 4646766 (1987-03-01), Stallard

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