Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080229791 | Lock Mechanism for a Dispenser, Roll of Material and End Plug Therefor, and Method for Inserting a Roll of Material Into Such Lock Mechanism - A lock mechanism for a dispenser in combination with an exchangeable roll of material is provided, wherein the roll includes at least one end plug with a bearing pin for mounting the roll to the lock mechanism. The lock mechanism comprises a lock housing with a guide slot for insertion of the bearing pin. The guide slot has a first section with a first width and a second section with a second width which is smaller than the first width. First and second sections are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the guide slot and in a longitudinal direction of the bearing pin. A sliding element is mounted to the lock housing and movable between a first position closing or narrowing the width of the guide slot and a second position opening the guide slot. A lock element is mounted to the sliding element and is rotationally movable about an axis of rotation between a locked position and an unlocked position. The lock element has an engagement portion which, in a locked position, is engaged with a locking geometry of the lock housing. | 09-25-2008 |
20080230645 | Retaining End Piece for a Roll of Wiping Material that is Disposed on a Wiping Material Dispensing Device - An endpiece which forms an integral part of a mandrel used to support a roll of material engages a guide. The endpiece comprises a cylindrical part which can be inserted into the mandrel, a collar which rests against a facing surface of the endpiece, and a projecting attachment. A guiding and retaining groove is provided along the length of the projecting attachment to form a guide path. A cooperating guide is provided on a bracket that supports the roll of material. The guide is disposed on an inner side of the bracket and comprises slightly-projecting flats which form and define a channel to receive the projecting attachment of the endpiece as so enable the endpiece to be inserted and retained therein. The channel extends into a part for receiving the endpiece following the insertion thereof. | 09-25-2008 |
20100006586 | DEVICE FOR RECEIVING END OF USE SPOOLS OF WIPING MATERIAL FOR A WIPING MATERIAL DISPENSING APPARATUS - A fixed enclosure partially surrounds a drum, leaving, in front, free access for transport, insertion and ejection of wipe material before and after cutting. An outer part of the enclosure constitutes a support surface for a strip of material from a service reel that is nearly used up. The enclosure has oblong openings arranged along the enclosure. Located behind the drum and enclosure, is a receptacle comprising a fixed-position component receiving the reel and a movable component that allows or prevents, depending on its position, access to the fixed component. The movable component has teeth that align with the openings. The teeth, depending on position of the movable component, rest on the strip of material obtained from the reel which itself rests on the enclosure. Depending on whether the strip of material from the reel is present or not, the movable component penetrates or does not penetrate into said enclosure. | 01-14-2010 |
20100025519 | ROLLER ASSEMBLY FOR WEB MATERIAL DISPENSER - A roller assembly in a wipe material dispenser has at least one pair of cooperating rollers arranged to feed the wipe material. The roller assembly comprises a first and a second roller, wherein each roller comprises a central longitudinal core on which is mounted a number of parallel and axially spaced discs. Each roller has regions of reduced diameter between adjacent discs, and the first and the second roller are located so that the axial location of the spaced discs on the first roller coincides with the regions of reduced diameter between adjacent discs on the second roller. A roller suitable for use in the roller assembly and a dispenser including such an assembly are also provided. | 02-04-2010 |
20100078515 | DISPOSABLE END PIECE FOR A ROLL OF WIPING MATERIAL AND APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING WIPING MATERIAL USING ONE SUCH END PIECE - The end piece for a roll of wiping material comprises a cylindrical bearing surface tightly fitted into a core that supports the roll, a transverse flange that protrudes from the cylindrical bearing surface and rests against an opposite-facing surface of the core and the roll, and an axially extending neck that has a head with an internal hole and a hollowed-out section forming a guide groove. The hollowed-out section is located between the head and the cylindrical bearing surface. The head and part of the hollowed-out section are deformable and internally provided with a hole that creates deliberate fragility facilitating, by crushing, their deformation as the core and the end piece are extracted from an accommodating side plate. After the core and end piece have been extracted, the head of the end piece is, in its final state, permanently deformed and cannot be reused. | 04-01-2010 |
20110089213 | PRE-CUT WIPING MATERIAL DISPENSING APPARATUS - A wipe material dispensing machine includes a housing forming a receptacle with a back plate, a horizontal lower wall, side walls, and an articulated lockable cover. The inner face of the cover has a protruding curved member. A device, articulated relative to the housing, fulfils the functions of loading, guiding and preventing creasing of the pre-cut strip of material which is pulled so that it can be removed from the forward, lower part of the machine. The device includes a raised curved element surrounding the member on the cover when the cover is closed. The element and member being concentric and leaving room for the pulled pre-cut strip of material to pass through. The pre-cut wipe material is wound on a reel or accordion pleated, and the lower part of the machine includes, at the point where the material emerges, opposite-facing limit stops. | 04-21-2011 |
20110101020 | DISPENSING APPARATUS FOR PRE-CUT WIPING MATERIALS WITH LOADING OF PACK OF MATERIAL - A machine for dispensing pre-cut wipe materials comprises a parallelepiped-shaped housing with a back plate and a cover. A base of the cover is articulated on a connecting pin. A support-container holds a stack of pre-cut material which is in use and can hold a spare stack. A base of the support-container is articulated around the same axis of rotation and the cover internally has a horizontal plate which supports the stack in use after swivelling the cover and support-container to load the spare stack. The support-container fits inside and is dismountably attached to the housing after swivelling into the internal space of the housing, which causes downward displacement of the stack in use, allowing the spare stack to be inserted into the internal space. The stack in use and the spare stack are joined to each other after positioning the spare stack on the other stack. | 05-05-2011 |
20110174833 | DISPENSER FOR Z-FOLDED PRECUT WIPING MATERIALS STORED IN CARDBOARD CASSETTE PACKAGING - A dispensing machine for pre-cut wipe materials stored in cardboard paper containers comprises a common housing capable of accommodating two packaging boxes having different configurations allowing the pulled strip of material to emerge differently from the top or from the bottom of the dispensing machine so that it can be cut, in combination with two types of covers which fit on said housing. Each of the covers is compatible with a different one of the boxes to allow the strip of material that is to be cut to emerge from various locations of the dispensing machine. The combined shapes of the housing, the packaging boxes and the covers makes it possible to selectively dispense and separate strips of wipe material in a given size from the top or the bottom. | 07-21-2011 |
20120097695 | PACKAGING BOX FOR STORING AND DISPENSING Z-FOLDED PRECUT WIPING MATERIAL WITH A HORIZONTAL OUTLET - Packaging box for storing and dispensing pre-cut wipe materials of the type having an ultimately parallelepiped shape and made from a one-piece body having a plurality of flanks that are articulated relative to each other by fold lines is distinctive in that the body ( | 04-26-2012 |
20120148800 | STRIP OF A WIPING MATERIAL, AND APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING SAME FOR HAND-WIPING, ALL-PURPOSE WIPE, AND OTHER HYGIENIC USES - A strip of wipe material in a folded state or wound on a reel and which may or may not be pre-cut, is dispensed by a dispensing machine and has, along its entire length, at least one marking area which gives it a notched appearance on both sides due to a succession of projections and indentations. The marking area defines a shape capable of cooperating with the machine for dispensing wipe materials. The machine includes a load mechanism having a drive with a surface having a matching shape to allow, after meshing, dispensing of the strip of material. | 06-14-2012 |
20120152973 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING OF WIPING MATERIAL BY MEANS OF A DISPENSING APPARATUS FOR SANITARY, HYGIENIC, AND INDUSTRIAL USE - A device allows dispensing of wipe material and comprises a machine for dispensing the material and the wipe material. The wipe material has, along all or part of its length, at least one marking area which has imprints on both sides that are arranged and laid out to ensure meshing. The dispensing machine comprises a mechanism having a pressure roller arranged and shaped with an imprint that has a shape that is the reverse of that of the imprints provided on the material. The imprints formed on the material and on the pressure roller fulfil a mechanical drive function by meshing. The pressure roller is operative when the strip of material is loaded and is then subsequently deactivated. | 06-21-2012 |
20130075417 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING PRE-CUT WIPING MATERIALS - This machine includes a flap and a cover having a plurality of opposite-facing pairs of matching shapes comprising grooves and ribs capable of interlocking with each other after the cover has been closed. A strip of material is unwound between the flap and the internal wall of the cover without lateral deformation and projects from the matching shapes. The shapes are directly designed or have an additional element for reducing the space between certain portions of ribs and grooves in order to allow and encourage the separation of a piece of strip of material when it is pulled by the user. | 03-28-2013 |
20130256450 | APPLIANCE FOR DISTRIBUTING A PRECUT WIPING MATERIAL THAT IS ROLLED UP OR FOLDED IN A Z SHAPE - The machine includes a housing receiving an articulated cover closed by raising it and a module which accommodates a pre-cut wound strip of material. The module has a flap located opposite the inner face of the cover and articulated relative to the module, and a device enabling pulling on the end of the strip. The module enables positioning and articulation of the flap, and includes a support plate for the device. The device includes a vertically arranged pusher which slides in a controlled, limited manner relative to an inner face of the support plate. The pusher has a lower gripping and contact part and an upper end that forms a cam. A roller of the device cooperates with the upper end of the pusher. The pusher cooperates with the flap. The device acts on the flap to ensure its rearward swiveling to allow un-jamming and strip emergence from the machine. | 10-03-2013 |
20130277492 | APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING PRECUT SPOOLED OR Z-FOLD WIPING MATERIAL - The device includes a housing with an associated cover receiving a module receiving the strip of pre-cut material, said module being provided with a transverse support plate, a flap pivotally assembled with respect to said module and to the support plate by being arranged in front of it, opposite to the inner front surface of the cover to allow the passing of the strip of material. A transverse barrier rod is arranged in the lower portion of the cover between its lateral flanges. The flap has at least one recess enabling to catch the strip of material and at least one long slot arranged in a plane forming an angle from the lower edge of the flap, said slot defining an area for receiving at least one rib formed in a complementary configuration on the cover by penetrating on closing of the cover into said slot. The cover has at least one rib adapting in the slot formed on the flap and at least one recess for the passing of the strip of material. The rib(s) formed on the cover have a tear drop configuration with a progressive height from their base inside of the cover to the lower end thereof, and the rib(s) have in their upper portion a rounded shape having the function of allowing the separability of a format of pre-cut strip of material from the rest of the strip. | 10-24-2013 |
20150173572 | APPLIANCE FOR DISPENSING PRE-CUT WIPING MATERIALS - An appliance comprises a housing, a cover hinged to the housing, and a flap hinged to the housing walls, the flap and the cover having a central cut-out in their lower portion thereof. The flap and the cover having a plurality of opposite pairs of complementary shapes able to fit into each other after the cover is closed, a material strip able to be unwound between the flap and the inner wall of the cover. The complementary shapes are undulated shapes on the flap and the inner portion of the cover respectively, and form successive alternating convex and hollow shapes. One of the undulated shapes, transversely has a hollow cavity with a curvilinear profile near its end. The cavity is bordered by an undulated end shape having the same curvature as the undulations formed. The end shape is adjacent to the cavity forming in its inner side a stop zone. | 06-25-2015 |
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20090255951 | ANTI-LOCK DEVICE AND DYNAMIC BRAKE CONTROL IN A MACHINE AUTOMATICALLY DISTRIBUTING CUT WIPING CLOTHS - A lever, in its gooseneck-shaped top part, has a non-circular, curvilinear internal configuration with a wide gap toward the outside and a perpendicular anchoring ridge in the widest part oriented toward the inside to work together with a span ring made of an elastomer material arranged on an end piece of the receiving end of the mandrel of a spool of material, and a counterweight device, comprising a counterweight cam that works together with the lever with each turn of a drum. | 10-15-2009 |
20090314875 | DISPENSER FOR WIPE MATERIALS - A dispensing device for dispensing wiping material includes a feeding mechanism for controlling the dispensing of the web. The feeding mechanism comprises a rotatable drum with a web guide arranged spaced from and surrounding the drum around a major part of its periphery. The web is fed from a first roll, over at least part of an outer surface of the web guide and into the feeding mechanism. An actuator is at least partially supported in a first position by the web, such that, if the first roll is depleted, the actuator is arranged to be displaced into a second position, and to actuate a loader for a second roll. | 12-24-2009 |
20100044493 | DEVICE FOR LOADING STRIPS OF WIPING MATERIAL FOR WIPING MATERIAL DISPENSING APPARATUSES - A device for loading strips of wipe material for wipe material dispensing machines of the type including a housing that accommodates lateral side pieces which support a drum including a cutting device and a strip of material located above the drum, is distinctive in that it comprises a dual arrangement with, firstly, an enclosure that is concentric with the drum and defines, together with the drum, a gap through which the strip of material passes and, secondly, at least two rollers arranged parallel to each other and rotatably mounted relative to the lateral side pieces of the housing and meshing with a sprocket joined to the drum. An intermediate roller is fitted between the at least two rollers and make it possible to insert the strip of material into the gap between the enclosure and the drum and then eject it towards the front of the machine. | 02-25-2010 |
20100077896 | DRUM FOR WIPE MATERIAL DISPENSING MACHINE - A drum comprises a longitudinal central core corresponding to a length of the drum and extending from its ends, end discs, a plurality of intermediary discs provided with notches defining a housing zone of a cutting device and one or several sleeves made of an elastomeric material and braced around the discs. The sleeves at the initial state have a diameter substantially greater than a diameter of the drum and a certain degree of elasticity to deformation. A brace pushes and maintains the sleeves at the bottom of the notches causing an elastic deformation of the sleeves which grip the upper edges of the intermediary discs and an end disc producing pleats between consecutive intermediary discs. | 04-01-2010 |
20110284681 | APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING A PRE-CUT WIPING MATERIAL WOUND INTO A COIL - A dispensing machine for pre-cut wipe material wound on a reel includes a wall-mounted housing with a back panel, two side panels, a lower base panel, and a cover articulated relative to said housing by lifting the cover upwards. The back panel accommodates a module having two lateral side pieces to receive the reel of material. The dispensing machine includes a compensating lever mechanism to move the strip of pre-cut material rearwardly in close combination with lifting or lowering of the cover. The mechanism is externally located either side of the lateral side pieces in the space between the lateral side pieces and the side panels. The mechanism comprises two levers articulated together and mounting a return roller. The first lever has a uniform structure and the second lever has various components which allow Cardan-joint type articulation. The levers are linked to arms connected to the cover. | 11-24-2011 |
20120211509 | APPARATUS DISPENSING WIPING MATERIALS IN THE FORM OF PRECUT Z-FOLD STRIPS OR ROLLS - In a housing with a protective cover, two compartments for storing pre-cut wipe materials are arranged one above each other with only one outlet at a base of the machine housing. End strips of each of the stored pre-cut wipe materials are partially superposed and positioned between a plate of the protective cover and a flap for turning over and guiding the strip of material originating from the lower compartment. Manual extraction of one of the strips from the outlet of the machine automatically advances the other strip, and pieces of strip of material originating from the two compartments are alternately torn off which causes uninterrupted dispensing of the pre-cut wipe materials stored in each compartment. | 08-23-2012 |
20130334272 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING PRE-CUT ROLLED WIPING MATERIAL - The device for dispensing pre-cut rolled wiping material comprising a housing receiving a roll of wiping material, said housing comprising a back wall, and two lateral walls, said walls forming external walls of the housing, said housing receiving a flap hinged with respect to the housing, ensuring the guiding and the unwinding of the roll of material, and a cover hinged with respect to the housing, defining after closing a space between said flap and said cover to enable the strip of material to come out, said flap and said cover defining a space between them to ensure the guiding and the letting out of the strip of material and the separation of a format of material, said device being remarkable in that theft has an external wall for supporting the roll of material having a profile comprising a horizontal central portion and, on either side, two raised front and back oblique portions enabling to receive, to center, and to hold in a stabilized way the roll of material, and in that the front oblique portion is, by its lower portion, jointed to the horizontal support portion, and recessed with respect to the front end of the housing to define a volumetric space with the flap, allowing the user to engage and to position his fingers to grab the unwound strip of material coming from the roll for the distribution of a cut format of material. | 12-19-2013 |