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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2010
William B. Troutman, Charlotte, NC (US);
William B. Troutman, Ii, Charlotte, NC (US);
Ian D. Kovacevich, Charlotte, NC (US);
Thomas James Philpott, Charlotte, NC (US);
Christopher Hoy, Charlotte, NC (US);
Lawrence Ober, Pineville, NC (US);
William B. Troutman, Charlotte, NC (US);
William B. Troutman, II, Charlotte, NC (US);
Ian D. Kovacevich, Charlotte, NC (US);
Thomas James Philpott, Charlotte, NC (US);
Christopher Hoy, Charlotte, NC (US);
Lawrence Ober, Pineville, NC (US);
Innovia Intellectual Properties, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A towel dispenser includes: a housing for receiving toweling; a motor assembly that causes a leading edge of the toweling to be extended from the housing such that a line of perforations in the toweling along which a user tears the toweling is located downstream of the sensor, and the toweling to be retracted into the housing after the leading edge has been extended; and a sensor that senses a leading edge of the toweling during retraction of the toweling. The sensor causes the motor assembly to cease retracting the toweling into the housing as a function of the sensing of the leading edge of the toweling. The toweling may be a roll of perforated paper towels.