Cutting – Tool engages work during dwell of intermittent workfeed – Operation initiated by work-driven detector means to measure...
Patent
1986-10-03
1988-04-19
Schran, Donald R.
Cutting
Tool engages work during dwell of intermittent workfeed
Operation initiated by work-driven detector means to measure...
83233, 83649, 83734, A74K 1036, A74K 1038, B26D 520
Patent
active
047381760
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for dispensing paper towels of predetermined length includes a case, a supply roll of a continuous paper web, a mechanism for advancing the paper web outside the case, a mechanism for at least partially cutting the paper web protruding from the case, and a motor for driving both mechanisms, the motor shaft being rotated in a first direction until a paper web of predetermined length is advanced outside the case and then reversed so that the paper advancement is stopped and the paper web is cut. A first unidirectional coupler is arranged between the motor and the advancing mechanism and a second unidirectional coupler is arranged between the motor and the cutting mechanism to selectively actuate either of the advancing or cutting mechanisms according to the rotational direction of the motor shaft. The length of the dispensed towel is an integral multiple of an elementary length and the number of elementary lengths by which the paper web is advanced before being cut is switch selectable. In one embodiment, the start-up circuit includes a photoelectric arrangement affording non-contact type activation of the apparatus by a user, and in another embodiment, which is battery operated, includes a microswitch adapted for direct operation by a user.
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