Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Kimberly-clark Corporation

Ernest P Sedlock

John Joseph Sayovitz

Richard Paul Lewis

Ann Louise McCormack

Stephen Lawrence Phelps

Ruth Lisa Levy

Joel E Edwards

Angela R Mayfield

Robert M Coggeshall

Adapters for solid or coreless rolls of material dispensed in a roll dispenser, which may have slots defined on the side walls thereof. The adapters may have a base body with a first side disposable adjacent to the roll and a second side disposable adjacent to the side walls of the dispenser. A protrusion may extend substantially transverse from the first side and may have a shape and length so as to extend at least partially into a recess or divot formed in the vertical sides of the rolls. An engaging member may extend substantially transverse from the second side of the body member and may have a shape and a length so as to be insertable into and slidable along slots disposed in the dispenser. A pair of the adapters may engage and hold the roll therebetween within the dispenser and may allow for the roll to move along the slots defined in the dispenser to a dispensing position.

Coreless roll product and adapter

A roll towel dispenser is constructed to inhibit ingress of water into the dispenser cabinet during washdown operations. The dispenser includes a back housing portion for mounting to a planar mounting surface, such as a wall. A front housing portion is closeable on the back housing portion to define an interior compartment and a dispensing slot. The front housing portion and back housing portion define a lip and groove arrangement forming a labyrinthine seal when the dispenser housing is closed. A deflector shield is defined at a lower region of the back housing portion to inhibit entry of sprayed liquid through the dispensing slot. In addition, the latch mechanism utilized to releasably maintain the front housing portion closed on the back housing portion is constructed to inhibit ingress of liquid. A support structure located in the compartment rotatably supports the roll of towel product for dispensing through the slot.

Water-resistant roll towel dispenser

Nonwoven fabric

Pattern bonded nonwoven fabric web

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Marietta, GA, United States of America

Ernest P Sedlock