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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2020
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Richard P. Lewis, Marietta, GA (US);
Edward A. Raleigh, Lodi, WI (US);
Jeffrey J. Brickl, Prairie Du Sac, WI (US);
Matthew T. Woerpel, Lodi, WI (US);
Robert Godfrey, Monona, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A dispenser is disclosed that facilitates loading of new rolls of material and the removal of empty cores. The dispenser includes a cradle roller spaced from a pair of abutment rollers. As a roll of material is dispensed, the diameter of the roll reduces causing the roll to drop from the cradle roller to a collection device. A transfer assembly pivots with the roll so that the sheet material continues to be dispensed from the dispenser without interruption. Once the roll of material drops to the collection device, a new roll of material can be loaded into the dispenser for automatic transfer to the new roll once the first roll of material has been completely depleted.