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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2013
Sca Tissue North America Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Craig Billman, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Jeffrey J. Brickl, Lodl, WI (US);
Wayne Hansen, Poynette, WI (US);
Edward A. Raleigh, Lodl, WI (US);
Rodney Wilson, Wilmington, DE (US);
John W. Grosz, Waupun, WI (US);
SCA TISSUE NORTH AMERICA LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
A braking assembly used in a dispenser that dispenses a continuous supply of material such as paper. The braking assembly includes a support structure. A first fixed gear is rotatably connected to the support structure. A movable chassis is also connected to the support structure. A second movable gear is held by the chassis and moves with the chassis. Teeth of the first gear and teeth of the second gear intermesh with each other and allow the paper to pass therethrough. The chassis maintains the teeth of the first and second gears in contact with each other while enabling a distance between gears to be adjustable. The assembly further includes a braking mechanism that varies an amount of force required to rotate the gears.