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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
May. 13, 2005
Dino Anthony Mariano, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Lisa Marlene Carvajal, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Eric Richard Colburn, Wexford, PA (US);
Dino Anthony Mariano, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Lisa Marlene Carvajal, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Eric Richard Colburn, Wexford, PA (US);
Helen of Troy Limited, St. Michael, BB;
Abstract
A device for dispensing paper towel sheets from a web of sheets arranged in a roll and separated by rows of perforations, the device comprising a base member adapted to support a roll of sheets for rotation about an axis, a first guide bar fixedly carried by the base and extending substantially parallel to the axis and spaced from the axis a distance greater than a maximum radius of the roll of sheets, and a second guide bar extending substantially parallel to the axis and carried by the base for movement, relative to the first guide bar, between a loading position facilitating loading of the roll onto the base and a dispensing position spaced from the first guide bar by a narrow gap through which a leading end of the roll may be freely received.