Patent ID: 6416011
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A dispensing machine for material wipes with a reel of paper material in a frontal position, said machine comprising a housing having a cover, a drum disposed within the housing, a cutting device built into the drum, means for starting and returning the drum including a cam and a start spring and a device to prevent loops in the material paid out from reel of paper material, said device comprising a reel holder for engaging and positioning itself on a fixed support physically jointed to a rear wall of the housing, said reel holder being rotatably mounted on the fixed support in opposition to an elastic return means, said reel holder is being positioned on a long bearing surface of the fixed support, being locked into position relative to the latter wherein the reel holder cooperates with a core of the reel of wipe material in order to drive it; andwherein the fixed support includes an end shield physically joined to a bottom surface of the housing and having, in a forward perpendicular plane, the long bearing surface having a cylindrical configuration to center and position the reel holder on the one hand and lock the reel of paper material and the reel holder in position on the other hand after inserting the latter into the reel holder.