Patent ID: 9402512
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A47K

Claim Text:
1. An appliance for dispensing a pre-cut strip of wiping material, the appliance comprising: a housing having two lateral walls; a cover hinged to the housing; and a flap hinged to a lower portion of the lateral walls of the housing walls, wherein a lower portion of the flap and a lower portion of the cover are each provided with a roughly semi-circular central cut-out allowing dispensing of the pre-cut strip, wherein a front surface of the flap and an inner surface of the cover are provided with opposite complementary shapes, each arranged like a rainbow and fitting into each other after the cover is closed, wherein each of the complementary shapes is an undulated shape formed by successive alternating cambered and recessed portions, thus avoiding any roughness or cutting area by a sharp edge on the undulated shapes, wherein one of the undulated shapes, either on the flap or the inner portion of the cover, has lower ends provided with a hollow cavity extending transversally to a line of curvature of the rainbow, wherein the hollow cavity is bordered by the undulated shape and by an undulated end shape which have similar cambered and recessed portions, and wherein an inner side of the undulated end shape, adjacent to the hollow cavity, forms a stop zone for the pre-cut strip.