Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Unwinding – With drive mechanism
Patent
1996-04-26
2000-08-08
Nguyen, John Q.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Unwinding
With drive mechanism
242590, 312 348, B65H 1610, B65H 1602, B65H 1900
Patent
active
060989173
ABSTRACT:
A paper towel dispense, and a method for its use, comprising a foot pedal for hands-free rotation of a paper towel roll so that individual portions of toweling thereon are made available one at a time to a person activating the dispenser by depressing the foot pedal. The operator would only be required to use his or her hands to touch a portion of the clean paper towel offered through the housing and pull on it so as to separate the offered toweling from the remainder of the continuous length of toweling on the roll. It is contemplated for application to include products other than paper toweling which are dispensed from a roll. It is contemplated for paper towels to be dispensed in response to either a mechanical foot pedal or a foot operated electrical control circuit.
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Morse Dorothy S.
Nguyen John Q.
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