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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2013
Georgia-pacific Consumer Products Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
Bret A. Kuehneman, Neenah, WI (US);
Joseph A. Racz, Waukesha, WI (US);
Mark R. Grobarchik, Brookfield, WI (US);
Jeffrey A. Wierschke, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Antonio M. Cittadino, Appleton, WI (US);
Christopher M. Reinsel, Neenah, WI (US);
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A roller for a sheet product dispenser includes a roller shaft, a roller frame molded onto the roller shaft, and a plurality of flexible rubber portions overmolded onto the roller frame and spaced along a length of the roller frame. The rubber portions are configured to contact a sheet product for dispensing from the sheet product dispenser. A dispensing mechanism for a sheet product dispenser includes a chassis and a roller positioned within and coupled to the chassis. The roller includes a roller shaft, a roller frame molded onto the roller shaft, and a plurality of flexible rubber portions overmolded onto the roller frame and spaced along a length of the roller frame. The rubber portions are configured to contact a sheet product for dispensing from the sheet product dispenser.