Wet towel dispenser

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1999-07-22

2001-02-06

Bollinger, David H. (Department: 3651)

Article dispensing

Concurrent separation and distortion of flexible article

Deformation by non-coextensive outlet opening

Reexamination Certificate

active

06182858

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A problem with wet towel dispensers is that the chemicals will evaporate polluting the atmosphere and rendering the towels ineffective for their intended cleaning purpose. What is needed is a wet towel dispenser which will maintain the towels in a sealed condition during storage, transport and use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A roll of wet towels are stored in a cylindrical plastic container having an open upper end sealed closed by a plastic wafer or foil which may be punctured when towels are to be dispensed through a dispensing lid assembly threadably connected to the top of the container.
The dispensing lid assembly has upper and lower walls with the upper wall being formed by a pivotal first wall portion which cooperates with a second wall portion to define a chamber between the upper and lower walls. The first wall portion includes a downwardly extending cylindrical wall opposing an upwardly extending cylindrical wall on the chamber bottom wall. The oppositely extending walls meet in nesting relationship to form a tissue end tip well when the first upper wall portion is in a closed position. A dispensing opening is provided in the bottom chamber wall and is coaxial with the axial center of the towel container but is offset from the axial center of the towel end tip well thereby allowing the towel end tip to extend across the well and be confined therein when the first upper wall portion is in a closed position.
The upper wall first portion is spring biased to a closed position thus normally maintaining the opposing walls in the nesting relationship thereby sealing the towel end tip well when towels are not being dispensed.
It is important that towels be dispensed from the center of the container and that the towel end tip be accessible when a towel is needed but sealed in the end tip well when the dispenser is not being used.


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