Patent ID: 6824007
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A curl reducing adapter kit for a napkin dispenser used for dispensing interfolded napkins including an enclosure with a dispensing wall defining a horizontal dispensing slot about its upper portion and a slidably mounted, biased pressure carriage adapted to advance a stack of napkins in the enclosure toward the dispensing wall, said adapter kit comprising:(a) tongue means for mounting about said dispensing wall such that said tongue means project into said dispensing slot and narrow said slot over the majority of its length, said tongue means further including a plurality of friction tabs configured to project inwardly into the enclosure from the upper inner lip of said dispensing slot and frictionally engage said napkins to limit bulge through said slot; (b) a plurality of orienting ridges configured to be disposed about a lower portion of the dispensing wall adapted to frictionally engage said napkin stack to guide said stack and reduce curl; (c) a plurality of curl limiting tabs configured to be disposed about the lower inner lip of said dispensing slot and project inwardly into the enclosure so as to frictionally engage said stack of napkins.