Patent ID: 6382460
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A device for dispensing flattened articles, such as paper handkerchiefs, boxes of moist towels and the like, and more particularly to a device allowing the articles to be placed one by one within the reach of the user's hand, while operating the device (1) with one hand alone, characterized in that it comprises a container (2) containing the articles (3), which is preferably parallelepipedic in shape and which, being capable of sliding in a holder (4) having an open-mouth (5) and of greater length than said container (2), is urged by a spring (6) forcing it against a retractable stop (7) and holding it flush with the open mouth (5) of the holder (4), the latter having fixedly attached to the rear wall (9) thereof opposite the said open mouth (5), one end of the spring (6) and a projecting tab (10), parallel to the plane of sliding of the container (2), which is at the same level as a rear opening (11) through which it can penetrate, formed in the inner smaller side (12) of the container (2) over the level of the lower larger side (13) thereof, said opening (11) being slightly higher than the thickness of the tab (10) and equivalent to the thickness of the article (3), and mates with another front opening (14), similar to the former which, provided in the outer smaller side (8) of the container (2), is slightly higher than the article (3) and slightly longer than the width thereof.