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Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1989

Filed:

Nov. 02, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:

Ferdinand F Salzmann, Prairie du Sac, WI (US);

Gregory J Wenkman, Middleton, WI (US);

Assignee:

Traex Corporation, Dane, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
221 57 ; 221 59 ; 221279 ; 312 61 ;
Abstract

A napkin dispenser includes a drawer which slides in and out of a housing and a push plate which also slides in the housing and is spring biased to push the napkins forward. A pair of locks on the rear of the drawer in the preferred napkin dispenser push the plate forward when the drawer is open but pivot to release the push plate when the drawer is closed so that the napkins are not pressed too tightly, even if napkins are overloaded in the drawer when it is open. Similarly, a pair of locks on the push plate apparatus in the alternative napkin dispenser push the plate forward when the drawer is open but pivot to release the push plate when the drawer is closed.


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