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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kamala J Grasso, Wayland, MA (US);
Robert D Schaefer, Wakefield, MA (US);
John R Moody, Antioch, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fort James Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
221 62 ; 221 63 ; 221-1 ; 242593 ; 2426153 ;
Abstract
A center pull towel dispenser includes two housing members which pivot about a vertical pivot axis. A support plate supports the coreless roll product on end with the lead end of the coreless roll product passing through a bottom wall disposed under the support plate. Various structural elements of the apparatus cooperate to provide ease of threading of a roll product lead end into a dispensing member including a downwardly converging, generally cone-shaped wall and to resist inadvertent pinching of the sheet product to be dispensed when the housing members form a closed interior.