Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Coil holder or support – Spool or core
Patent
1976-01-19
1977-07-12
Christian, Leonard D.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Coil holder or support
Spool or core
B65H 1904
Patent
active
040349241
ABSTRACT:
A dispensing apparatus for toilet tissue includes first roll maintaining fingers for holding a first roll of tissue rotatably in an operative position partially extending through a window in the frame of the apparatus. Second roll maintaining fingers engage a second roll of tissue and support it and subsequent rolls above the first roll. An escapement mechanism operable by the user engages the first and second roll maintaining fingers for moving them from a closed, roll-engaging position to an open position disengaging the rolls, causing ejection of the core of the empty first roll and depositing the second roll in the window for use. Third roll maintaining fingers are engaged by the escapement mechanism in a manner to be placed in engagement with a third roll, securing it and subsequent rolls while the second roll is being transferred to the operative position of the ejected empty first roll. A retention plate holds the just deposited second roll in operative position until it is engaged by the first roll maintaining fingers upon return of the escape mechanism to its closed position. An escapement latching finger engages the first roll of tissue to sense the amount of tissue remaining on the roll and also engages the escapement mechanism to prevent activation thereof until the first roll has been consumed.
Doors are provided at the top and bottom of the apparatus allowing addition of new rolls of tissue and removal of empty cores, respectively.
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patent: 2797054 (1957-06-01), Ruch
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patent: 2942795 (1960-06-01), McCreary
patent: 3039709 (1962-06-01), Bolger
patent: 3598331 (1971-08-01), Okamura
Carlisle Margaret Mary
Christian Leonard D.
Olson Oliver D.
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