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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
May. 21, 2003
Dennis Joseph Denen, Westerville, OH (US);
Craig D. Yardley, Deer Park, IL (US);
Joshua Michael Broehl, Worthington, OH (US);
Robert James Hayes, Lewis Center, OH (US);
John Joseph Knittle, Westerville, OH (US);
Brian Kenneth Linstedt, Ostrander, OH (US);
Gregory James Merz, Gahanna, OH (US);
John R. Moody, Neenah, WI (US);
Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A paper dispenser including a carriage that is rotatable between at least a first orientation and a second orientation. The carriage holds at least two rolls of paper. In the first orientation, the first roll is in a primary position and the second roll is in a secondary position. In the second orientation, the first roll is in the secondary position and the second roll is in the primary position. A roll sensor senses the amount of paper remaining on the roll held in the primary position. Paper from at least one of the two rolls is fed into a feed mechanism for dispensation. A transfer mechanism feeds paper from the roll held in the secondary position into the feed mechanism when the roll sensor senses that the paper on the roll held in the primary position is depleted to less than a predetermined diameter.