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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2018
Gpcp Ip Holdings Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ryan Anthony Goltz, Neenah, WI (US);
Mark Edwin Peters, New London, WI (US);
Alan Joseph Johnson, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Justin Matthew Oliphant, Neenah, WI (US);
Paul James Ruthven, Neenah, WI (US);
GPCP IP Holdings LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A sheet product dispenser for dispensing sheet product from a roll of sheet product having a sealed tail is provided. The sheet product dispenser includes a roll interface configured to engage and at least partially support the roll of sheet product, the roll interface including a separating member configured to engage and unseal the sealed tail; a feed roller assembly configured to dispense sheet product from the roll of sheet product, the feed roller assembly including a feed roller configured to engage and at least partially support the roll of sheet product; and a controller operable to initiate driving of the feed roller and rotation of the roll of sheet product such that the sealed tail is unsealed by engaging the separating member. A related method of automatically loading a roll of sheet product having a sealed tail in a sheet product dispenser also is provided.