Article dispensing – Concurrent separation and distortion of flexible article – With casing or support
Patent
1996-01-03
1997-11-18
Noland, Kenneth
Article dispensing
Concurrent separation and distortion of flexible article
With casing or support
221102, A47K 1024
Patent
active
056878753
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a dispenser for disposable wipers made, for example, from paper or nonwoven material and like products.
Known dispensers for paper wipes and the like fall into two main types, according to whether a portable supply of wipes is required or whether the wipes are to be dispensed from a single fixed location.
Where a portable supply of wipes is required it is common to provide the wipes in a disposable box or package. Where wipes are provided in a disposable box the boxes or the like are not refillable and are therefore relatively wasteful and environmentally undesirable. Furthermore, once a wipe has been dispensed and used, the user is presented with the problem of how to dispose of the used, soiled wipe.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,566,016 discloses a container for dispensing dispensable tissues having a compartment for holding fresh tissues and a second compartment for receiving used tissues, the compartments being separable so as to fill or empty the compartments.
Where wipes are to be dispensed from a single fixed location, non-disposable dispensers are used which may be mounted to a wall or to a horizontal surface such as, for example, the underside of a work surface. Such dispensers generally contain more wipes than portable boxes or similar packages and they may be refilled, but they only provide a fixed source of wipes.
A dispenser for paper wipes and the like in accordance with the invention comprises a first container which is adapted to hold a stack of wipes, the first container having an aperture in one face providing an opening through which wipes may be dispensed and a second container for receiving used or soiled wipes, the second container having an aperture in one face providing an opening through which wipes may be passed, characterised in that a portion of each of the first and of the second containers being movable between a closed position and a released position in which the first container may be filled or emptied or in which the second container may be emptied, in that complementary connection means are provided on the first and second containers to enable the two containers to be releasably joined together and in that the separate containers are each adapted to contain wipes.
The two containers may be joined together to form a single dispenser unit for dispensing fresh wipes and for receiving used or soiled wipes.
Such a dispenser may be used either to provide a portable source of, and receptacle for, wipes, or it may be used as a fixed dispenser, by being mounted to a wall or fixed surface. In either case, the first container of the dispenser is refillable, and there is no wastage of packaging or disposable boxes.
The first and second containers may be substantially identical.
In order for the two containers to be releasably joined together, each container is provided with integral mating connection means. These may take the form of, for example, complementary velcro strips, magnets, press studs, studs/holes or lugs/channels.
The connection means may be asymmetrical but complementary about an axis along one side of each of the containers, and they may be integrally formed with the containers.
The dispenser may have a handle located above the apertured face of the first container, the handle being disposed so that access to the aperture is not obstructed by the handle. Such an arrangement renders the dispenser readily portable.
A handle may also be provided above the apertured face of the second container and disposed so that access to the aperture thereof is not obstructed by the handle. Preferably the handles are located such that the handles on the two containers are adjacent when the containers are releasably joined together.
With such an arrangement, when the containers are joined together, a single, larger handle is formed which enables the user to carry the dispenser more comfortably.
The second container, which is to be used as a receptacle for used or soiled wipes, may have a detachable liner. The liner may be water and solvent resistant, so as to improve contai
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Murphy Evelyn Margaret
Watts Hugo Paul
Kimberly--Clark Worldwide, Inc.
Noland Kenneth
Sidor Karl V.
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