US 12,329,327 B2
Sheet material dispenser assembly for selectively dispensing sheet material from a plurality of supplies of rolled sheet material
Charles Agnew Osborne, Jr., Cumming, GA (US)
Assigned to VSI Health and Hygiene Group, LLC, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed by Valve Solutions, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/107,260.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/337,371, filed on May 2, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/307,699, filed on Feb. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0248189 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. A47K 10/36 (2006.01); A47K 10/38 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 10/36 (2013.01) [A47K 10/38 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet material dispenser, comprising:
a dispenser housing with a first and a second supply of sheet material supported therein;
a first driven roller rotatably mounted within the dispenser housing and configured to drive sheet material from the first supply of sheet material;
a second driven roller rotatably mounted within the dispenser housing and configured to drive sheet material from the second supply of sheet material;
a drive mechanism operably coupled to a select one of the first or second driven roller to selectively drive rotation of the select one of the first or the second driven roller, the drive mechanism comprising:
a transmission assembly configured to selectively drive rotation of the select one of the first or the second driven roller; and
a motor configured to drive in a first rotation direction to cause the transmission assembly to disengage with the second driven roller and engage and rotate the first driven roller to affect movement of the sheet material from the first supply of sheet material along a first discharge path toward and out from a discharge defined in the dispenser housing and further configured to drive in a second rotation direction, opposite to the first rotation direction, to cause the transmission assembly to disengage with the first driven roller and to engage and rotate the second driven roller to affect the movement of sheet material from the second supply of sheet material along a second discharge path toward and out from the discharge of the dispenser housing; and
a control circuitry in communication with the drive mechanism, the control circuitry including programming configured to selectively actuate the motor to drive in the first or second rotation direction to feed the sheet material from a selected supply of the sheet material through the discharge defined in the dispenser housing.