Towlsaver, Inc.

Crown Zellerbach Corporation

Jack Louis Perrin

Council A Tucker

Oliver B Gains

Stanley Theodore Christensen

A device for sequentially dispensing sheet material from a primary roll and a reserve roll including rotatable dispensing rollers, at least one of the rollers having a groove therein, sensing means for entering the groove when sheet material from the primary roll is depleted and tucker means responsive to such movement to engage reserve roll sheet material and introduce it between the rotatable rollers.

Sheet material dispenser apparatus

A pitoval, generally vertically reciprocal operating handle carries a rack along a stationary center, rotatable pinion with the pinion, in turn, being operably connected rotating a continuous drive rod. Two drive rolls are mounted axially aligned on the drive rod and rotatable relative thereto with a clutch spool on the rod between the drive rolls being axially shiftable to transmit rotation from the rod to either of the drive rolls while the other roll remains stationary. Each of the drive rolls with the assistance of a pressure roll grips a paper web extending from a supply roll so that rotation of the particular drive roll dispenses that web from the dispenser. Pivotal sensors are mounted sensing the periphery of each supply roll so that upon substantial depletion of a particular supply roll, that sensor engages a shuttle causing the shuttle to shift the clutch from that associated drive roll to the other, thereby commencing the dispensing by the other drive roll from its supply roll. Thus, diepensing is automatically shifted from one supply roll to the other in either direction as long as the supply rolls are kept replenished ahead of such switching. The dispenser may also include anti-milking devices in the main drive and individually for each of the drive rolls, as well as separable core supply rolls to provide for full paper web use and accurate clutch switching between the drive rolls.

Dual roll towel dispenser

A frame including a vertically pivotal cabinet mounts a dispensing mechanism selectively operable by an actuating lever for dispensing liquid soap therefrom. The main soap supply is provided by an inverted container which is rearwardly vertically pivoted into and forwardly pivoted from a soap supplying position when the cabinet is open. At least one forward cylindrical projection on the frame slidably pressure abuts facing vertical surfaces within a back wall recess of the container during pivotal insertion into and while the container is in the soap supplying position, the projection and recess preferably being horizontally offset relative to the container vertical centerline, all to positively locate and stabilize the container in the dispenser.

Soap dispenser including removable soap supply container positioner and

A continuously wound strip of toweling, either solid wound or wound about a hollow central core, forms the roll with radial end surfaces. A pair of diametrically aligned, axial pin openings are formed in one of the roll end surfaces equally radially spaced from the central longitudinal axis with radially inner extremities radially outwardly of any roll core. If the roll is solid wound, a central axial opening is formed in the other roll end surface preferably semi-spherical in shape or if the roll is hollow core wound, the core forms the central axial opening at the other roll end surface. In either case, with dispenser pin support and central support at the opposite roll ends, dispensing unwinding of the strip of toweling to the pin hole radially inner extremities releases the roll for endwise pivoting about the other roll end automatically dismounting the same. In addition to the central opening at the other roll end surface, a circumferential groove may be formed therein radially outwardly of the central opening to adapt the roll for versatile use with known dispenser dismounting structures.

Automatic dismounting roll for roll towel dispensers

A rotatable first roll end holder has diametrically opposed pins radially surrounded and projecting axially from radial surfaces except at pin inner radial extremities where a recess extends radially between the pins and opens axially toward the roll to be supported. The recess preferably also opens radially at opposite sides of the first holder. A second roll end holder may consist of merely a central projection so that a roll of toweling may be supported between said holders by simultaneous axially engagement of the pins and central projection. When sufficient toweling is dispensed from the roll to the pin inner radial extremities, the roll is released radially by the pins and pivots about the second holder projection through the first holder recess for ultimate complete disengagement from the holder. The first holder may be rotatably secured to a support axially pivotal about a vertical axis and a finger projection may be formed on the first holder as an extension of the recess with counterweighting of the first holder urging the holder to rotate with the finger projection extending horizontally and thereby permitting axial finger pressure against the finger projection to axially pivot the first and its support away from roll end engagement position to permit such engagement. Also, a circumferentially extending, axial projection extending circumferentially less than one-half a circumference may be on the second holder axially received in a circumferential groove of the roll radially outwardly of the second holder central projection to adapt the holder combination to different configurations of roll ends.

Roll supporting and automatic dismounting mechanism for roll towel

A supply web of relatively smooth paper toweling is mounted on a dispenser and is directed between rotatable dispensing rolls which have interengaging generally triangular teeth. The dispensing rolls are resiliently urged together with the paper toweling web therebetween and during roll rotation, the teeth compressively abut and foldably deform the relatively smooth paper web into a crimped paper web without appreciable permanent thickness deformation. During the crimping of the paper web by the dispensing rolls and without regard to roll rotation, the paper web is at all times securely retained by the rolls so that after the dispensing of a desired length of the crimped paper web, the web may be cut along a dispenser cutting bar during such roll retention.

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Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Jack Louis Perrin