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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2005
Harold J. Goeking, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Paul Metcalfe, Solon, OH (US);
Michael R. Kilgore, Little Suamico, WI (US);
Harold J. Goeking, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Paul Metcalfe, Solon, OH (US);
Michael R. Kilgore, Little Suamico, WI (US);
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
In a dispenser for dispensing rolls of paper towel including means for rotatably mounting the roll, a feed nip including a segmented drive roll with a plurality of drive surfaces and a nip roll adapted to cooperate therewith to advance the towel to a dispensing chute, an improved drive roll having an elongate axis and a plurality of drive segments defining drive surfaces disposed along its length of generally equal radius with respect to the elongate axis of the roll, as well as a plurality of guide disks interposed between adjacent drive segments configured to alleviate wrinkling as the towel is dispensed. Further improvements include a textured delivery chute and a method for dispensing a partially depleted roll of towel together with a fresh roll.