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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2007
Douglas P. Bodziak, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
James E. Nash, Bloomington, MN (US);
Peter Newbould, Milan, IT;
Timothy J. O'leary, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
David C. Windorski, Woodbury, MN (US);
Douglas P. Bodziak, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
James E. Nash, Bloomington, MN (US);
Peter Newbould, Milan, IT;
Timothy J. O'Leary, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
David C. Windorski, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A dispenser includes an upper member having a slot and a lower member attached to the upper member thereby forming a housing, the lower member having an outer surface; a stack of sheets assembled in a fan-fold configuration disposed in the housing; and a polymeric holding film having a first surface attached to the outer surface of the lower member. The holding film having a flexural modulus less than about 50 MPa, as measured according to ASTMD790 standard, and a roughness parameter, Rof less than about 1 micrometer, as calculated according to ASME B46.1 standard.