Patent ID: 6578936
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
In a roll towel dispenser mechanism having a loop of roll towel material extending downwardly from a front dispensing slot to a rear return slot and in which a subsequent user obtains unused roll towel material by pulling downwardly on roll towel material to dispense fresh unused towel material, a continuous roll towel dispenser cabinet comprising:a back housing portion adaptable for mounting of said dispenser cabinet on a mounting surface; a front housing portion adapted to be connected to said back housing portion to form a compartment for containing at least a roll of clean unused towel material and a take up roll for used towel material; said front housing portion further defining with said back housing portion a clean roll towel dispensing slot at the front bottom edge of said front housing portion and a used towel return slot at the back bottom edge of said back housing portion; said front housing portion having a tab member extending downwardly from the front edge of said clean roll towel dispensing slot; said tab member having a width less than the width of said clean roll towel dispensing slot in said roll towel dispenser cabinet; and said tab member having a length extending downwardly from said clean towel dispensing slot a distance sufficient to block normal hand drying usage of a central upper portion of a dispensed segment of clean unused towel material and simultaneously forming clean upper aperture portions on either side of said tab member for permitting grasping, by a subsequent user, of clean towel material to dispense another clean unused segment of towel material.