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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2010
Panagiotis Zosimadis, Brampton, CA;
Panagiotis Zosimadis, Brampton, CA;
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An electronic sheet product dispenser includes a support for a roll of sheet product having a reference indication, a sensor, a battery, a feed mechanism, and a processor. The sensor is responsive to detect the reference indication on the roll, wherein the reference indication is associated with authorized use of the sheet product in the dispenser. The processor is responsive to executable instructions when executed on the processor for performing the method of: determining whether an unauthorized sheet product is disposed in the dispenser, and enabling an unauthorized roll procedure in response to presence of an unauthorized sheet product being detected; and, in response to receiving a low battery warning of the battery, and conditional on an unauthorized roll procedure being enabled, disabling the unauthorized roll procedure and proceeding with responding to a product dispense request to dispense the sheet product out of the dispenser on command.