Article dispensing – Concurrent separation and distortion of flexible article – Plural sources – stacks or compartments
Patent
1994-09-14
1996-06-18
Terrell, William E.
Article dispensing
Concurrent separation and distortion of flexible article
Plural sources, stacks or compartments
221 33, 221 45, 221 47, 221 62, 221 92, 221286, 221306, B65H 104
Patent
active
055269559
ABSTRACT:
Described is a dispenser for sheets received in a cavity in the dispenser that are pulled through an outlet opening in a top wall of the dispenser. The dispenser has access openings that afford inspection of the number of sheets remaining in the dispenser and facilitate engagement of a persons finger with the end portion of one of the sheets that projects through the outlet opening; a cover for the top wall when the dispenser is not in use; and separable portions that allow sheets to be positioned in the cavity. The dispenser can be included in an assembly further including a support member along which the dispenser is releasably attached, which support member can support one or more such dispensers together with dispensers for other items such as tape flags.
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Wilson James A.
Windorski David C.
Griswold Gary L.
Huebsch William L.
Kirn Walter N.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Reichard Dean A.
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