Patent ID: 6343491
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
An automatic wet towel supplying apparatus, comprising:a housing including a cloth holding part for rotatably holding cloth in the form of a roll so that the cloth is pulled away and a towel storage chamber for storing cut, wet towels for supply; a casing that is fixed to a front portion of an interior of the housing by means of bolts so as to be easily removed from the housing; means for pulling the cloth while compressing the cloth, the pulling means including, a first motor, a first shaft that is connected to the first motor by means of gears, a second shaft that is operated together with the first shaft by means of a belt, a cover that is located above the belt while being fixed to the casing and a roller that is rotatably fixed while being projected from a bottom surface of the cover; cutting means that includes a second motor, a rotary cutter rotated by the second motor, and a stationary cutter fixed at a position in which the stationary cutter intersects the rotary cutter; water supplying means being mounted in the housing, including a water storage tank, a pump, a filtering unit and a nozzle, and serving to spray water on the cut towels; and control means that includes a control board mounted on an outer surface of the housing, a first sensor for sensing a length of the cloth that is pulled by the pulling means, a second sensor for sensing a total number of rotations of the rotary cutter of the cutting means, and a microprocessor for controlling power supply to the first motor, the second motor and the pump by processing the signals from the control board, the first sensor and the second sensor.