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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2017
Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg, SE;
Craig Billman, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Eric Kemner, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Jason Zerweck, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Rui Zhang, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Kevin Murphy, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing sheet products includes a housing configured to accommodate a stack of the sheet products and defines a dispensing opening, the housing having a housing body and a cover movably attached to the housing body so that the cover can be moved between an open refilling position and a closed use position, a support plate reciprocally movable within the housing body and having a support surface for supporting the stack of sheet products at one of opposite faces of the stack, a stop movable between an active position in which the stop cooperates with the support plate limiting the movability of the support plate within the housing in one direction and an inactive position, and a link movably mounted in the housing body and cooperating with the cover and the stop to move the stop into the active position upon moving the cover into the open refilling position.