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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2020
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Richard P. Lewis, Marietta, GA (US);
Matthew T. Woerpel, Lodi, WI (US);
Jeffrey J. Brickl, Prairie du Sac, WI (US);
Edward A. Raleigh, Lodi, WI (US);
Robert J. Godfrey, Monona, WI (US);
Blake Wagner, Poynette, WI (US);
Morgan Lowery, DeForest, WI (US);
Gregory J. Hallingstad, DeForest, WI (US);
Chad N. Klink, Beaver Dam, WI (US);
Luke J. Sackash, Madison, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatus for dispensing of paper products. A paper product dispenser comprising a housing comprising a product holding area configured to hold a roll; a rotating member configured to rotate, in a first direction, in response to rotation of the roll; a cutting surface in the housing; a cutting blade coupled to the rotating member and having a first position, and a second position in which the cutting blade is in contact with the cutting surface, wherein the rotating member is configured to (i) move the cutting blade from the first position to the second position during a first portion of a rotation cycle of the roll in the first direction and (ii) move the cutting blade from the second position to the first position during a second portion of the rotation cycle of the roll in the first direction.