Article dispensing – Concurrent separation and distortion of flexible article – With casing or support
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-16
2011-08-16
Crawford, Gene (Department: 3651)
Article dispensing
Concurrent separation and distortion of flexible article
With casing or support
C221S033000, C221S065000, C221S062000, C225S106000, C225S052000, C225S096500, C242S593000, C242S615300, C242S615400, C242S596800, C242S132000, C242S137000, C016S386000, C220S253000, C222S333000, C222S063000, C222S105000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07997443
ABSTRACT:
A center-pull dispenser for dispensing paper towels from a continuous roll, wherein each individual towel is separated from an adjoining towel by a plurality of perforations. The dispenser comprises a housing having a housing back and a detachable front cover hingedly connected thereto at the lower periphery of said housing back and front cover for opening and closing the housing, a paper support tray removably connected to a lower portion of the housing back, the tray having a centrally located dispensing nozzle and at least one locking element for releasably locking at least one first hinge element on the lower periphery of the front cover to at least one second hinge element on the lower periphery of the housing back, an opening in the lower periphery of said housing through which the towels are dispensed, and a wall-mounting member for removably mounting the housing back to a wall. In one embodiment, the paper support tray comprises locking arms for releasably locking first hinge elements on the lower periphery of said front cover against second hinge elements on the lower periphery of said housing back. In another embodiment, the dispenser comprises a locking member for releasably locking the front cover to the housing back and the housing back to the wall-mounting member.
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Brizes Christopher Andrew
Carsten Christopher Daniel
Cipolla Mark Edward
Stephens Paul Dana
Titas Richard Petras
Cintas Corporation
Crawford Gene
Kumar Rakesh
Wood Herron & Evans LLP
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