Hybrid towel dispenser

Details Hybrid towel dispenser Hybrid towel dispenser

2006-06-08

2011-12-27

Alie, Ghassem (Department: 3724)

Cutting

Tool with either work holder or means to hold work supply

Rotatable wound package supply

C083S337000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08082827

ABSTRACT:
A hybrid towel dispenser is provided that can be operated in an automatic dispensing mode and a manual dispensing mode. The dispenser includes a drum having a retractable knife that extends out of the drum when the drum rotates past a selected position and severs a towel segment from a towel sheet. The dispenser also includes a motor, a manual advance assembly, and a one-way rotational coupling that couples the motor to the drum such that the motor rotates the drum in the automatic dispensing mode and a user can rotate the drum in the manual dispensing mode separately from the motor, using the manual advance assembly.

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