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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2012
Lawrence R. Hansen, Green Bay, WI (US);
Daniel C. Kananen, Trout Creek, MI (US);
Sheldon P. Carr, West Bend, WI (US);
Lawrence R. Hansen, Green Bay, WI (US);
Daniel C. Kananen, Trout Creek, MI (US);
Sheldon P. Carr, West Bend, WI (US);
Alwin Manufacturing Co., Inc., Green Bay, WI (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for dispensing sheet material from a sheet material dispenser are described. Dispenser embodiments include drive and tension rollers supported within a housing forming a nip therebetween. Pulling of sheet material through the nip and against the drive roller rotates the drive roller. Dispenser embodiments may include a cutting mechanism powered by drive roller rotation with an improved carrier-supported blade permitting highly-efficient dispenser operation. Dispenser embodiments may include a sheet material tail length adjuster which permits the attendant to shorten or lengthen the tail length extending away from the dispenser. Dispenser embodiments may further include a sheet material conservation feature which imposes a delay between dispense cycles encouraging use of a single sheet of material and discouraging sheet material waste.