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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2019
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Richard P. Lewis, Marietta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Electronic towel dispensers and methods of operation disclosed. In one embodiment, a towel dispenser for dispensing web material from a roll of web material may comprise a housing comprising a back panel and a front cover and having an internal volume so as to retain at least one roll of web material therein, an electronically powered dispensing mechanism contained within the housing for dispensing web material from the roll of web material upon actuation of said dispensing mechanism, a tear bar disposed within the housing, the tear bar comprising a tear bar back edge and a tear bar cutting edge, and a tear bar actuator coupled to the tear bar and configured to move the tear bar between a tear bar primary position and a tear bar secondary position.