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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2019
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Richard P. Lewis, Marietta, GA (US);
I-Chung Hou, Hsinchu, TW;
Wan-Chih Lin, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Ming-Chung Chung, Hsinchu County, TW;
Chih-An Chen, Zhubei, TW;
Wan-Chang Liang, Toufen, TW;
Chan-Hao Chen, Jhubei, TW;
Huang-Keng Chen, Jhubei, TW;
Ching-Lung Mao, Taipei, TW;
Wei-Ming Huang, Taipei, TW;
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatus for dispensing of paper products. A dispenser comprising a housing comprising a product holding area defined by a front, back and two sides, and a dispenser throat defining an opening through the housing; a motor coupled to the rolled product and configured to rotate the rolled product in first and second directions; and a feed mechanism having a first side opening and a second side opening different from the first side opening, wherein both the first side and second side openings are different from that dispenser throat, and wherein the first side opening is configured to accept the tail when the rolled product has a first orientation and is rotated in the first direction and the second side opening is configured to accept the tail when the rolled product has a second orientation and is rotated in the second direction.