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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2017
Applicant:

Gpcp Ip Holdings Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Brian Scott Borke, Appleton, WI (US);

Jacob Charles Dahl, Menasha, WI (US);

David Warren Murphy, Neenah, WI (US);

Ryan Joseph Schuh, Kimberly, WI (US);

Kevin Michael Swanson, Larsen, WI (US);

Assignee:

GPCP IP HOLDINGS LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 10/36 (2006.01); A47K 10/38 (2006.01); A47K 10/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 10/3687 (2013.01); A47K 10/36 (2013.01); A47K 10/3612 (2013.01); A47K 10/3625 (2013.01); A47K 10/3656 (2013.01); A47K 10/3827 (2013.01); A47K 2010/326 (2013.01); A47K 2010/3233 (2013.01); A47K 2010/3253 (2013.01); A47K 2010/3681 (2013.01);
Abstract

Some example product dispensers that accommodate two full paper towel rolls are provided herein. The product dispenser may employ separate dispensing mechanisms for each product roll and may include roll holders that articulate out from the housing to facilitate easy loading and access to replacement and loading of the other product roll. A roll partition may be utilized to separate the web paths of the two product rolls and enable rotation of front roll holders. Example funnel covers and nip covers can aid with intuitive installation. Example roll holders with retention mechanisms help prevent unintentional dropping of the installed product roll. Other beneficial features include utilizing motor operation sensing to dispense a desired sheet length, automatic/assisted loading into the dispensing mechanism, automatic switching between dispensing of product rolls, and always dispensing from the smaller product roll first. Many other features/structures of example product dispensers are also described herein.


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