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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Gpcp Ip Holdings Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Abby Catherine Case, Green Bay, WI (US);

David James Gennrich, Fitchburg, WI (US);

Scott A. Woods, Delavan, WI (US);

Chad Anthony Schweitzer, Fitchburg, WI (US);

Assignee:

GPCP IP Holdings LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 26/06 (2006.01); B65H 16/00 (2006.01); B65H 35/10 (2006.01); A47K 10/36 (2006.01); A47K 10/44 (2006.01); A47K 10/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 26/06 (2013.01); A47K 10/3612 (2013.01); A47K 10/3618 (2013.01); A47K 10/3625 (2013.01); A47K 10/44 (2013.01); B65H 16/005 (2013.01); B65H 35/10 (2013.01); A47K 2010/3226 (2013.01); A47K 2010/3668 (2013.01); B65H 2511/11 (2013.01); B65H 2551/10 (2013.01); B65H 2553/27 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1924 (2013.01); B65H 2801/12 (2013.01); Y10T 225/321 (2015.04); Y10T 225/393 (2015.04);
Abstract

Sheet product dispensers and methods are provided. A sheet product dispenser includes a loading station for sheet material, a sheet feeding mechanism configured to feed the sheet material, a presentation station for presenting one or more discrete sheet products to an end user, a sensor downstream of the feeding mechanism and upstream of the presentation station configured to detect a presence of the discrete sheet products, and a controller configured to facilitate dispensing of the one or more discrete sheet products in response to a signal, and to determine and store data associated with the dispensing of the sheet products.


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