US 12,070,163 B2
Dispenser for rolls of absorbent paper
Jason Zerweck, Philadelphia, PA (US); Christian Kasilag, Philadelphia, PA (US); and Bre Stachowski, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 17/619,515
Filed by Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Aug. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/SE2019/050814
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/040593, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0175200 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. A47K 10/38 (2006.01); A47K 10/32 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 10/38 (2013.01) [A47K 2010/3253 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispenser for rolls of absorbent paper, the dispenser comprising:
a housing configured to house at least two rolls and defining a length dimension and a width dimension, perpendicular to the length dimension,
the housing comprising:
a first support for rotatably supporting a first roll of said at least two rolls,
and a second support, for rotatably supporting a second roll of said at least two rolls,
the first and second supports being spaced apart from each other as seen along the length dimension; and
the dispenser further comprising:
a dispensing opening extending along the length dimension, and
a door arranged in relation to the dispensing opening, the door being configured to be movable along the length dimension between a first rest position, in which dispensing of material from the first roll when provided on the first support is hindered by the door, and a second rest position, in which dispensing of material from the second roll when provided on the second support via the dispensing opening is hindered by the door,
wherein
the dispenser further comprises a lever arrangement and a biasing element,
the lever arrangement comprising a lever being configured to be pivotable about a pivot axis, which pivot axis is fixedly arranged in relation to the housing, at a position between the first and second supports as seen along the length dimension;
the biasing element being configured to urge the lever towards a home position, and
the lever being configured to be pivotable against the bias of the biasing element from the home position to a first end position, in which a minimum radius from the first support to the lever is shorter than in the home position, and
the lever being configured to be pivotable against the bias of the biasing element from the home position to a second end position, in which a minimum radius from the second support to the lever is shorter than in the home position; and
the dispenser further comprising a mechanical connection arrangement between the door and the lever arrangement, the mechanical connection arrangement being configured such that
when the door is in the first rest position, the lever is in the home position, and
when the door is in the second rest position, the lever is in the home position, and
unrestricted movement of the door from the first rest position to the second rest position along the dispensing opening is linked to pivoting the lever against the bias of the biasing element from the home position to the second end position, when a second roll is sufficiently depleted; and subsequently releasing the lever to reassume the home position; and
unrestricted movement of the door from the second rest position to the first rest position along the dispensing opening is linked to pivoting the lever against the bias of the biasing element from the home position to the first end position, when a first roll is sufficiently depleted; and subsequently releasing the lever to reassume the home position.