Patent ID: 8733218
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: A47K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A sheet material dispenser including tail length adjustment apparatus, the dispenser comprising: a housing; a sheet material roll holder; drive and tension rollers forming a nip therebetween, the drive roller having a rotational axis, ends and a generally cylindrical body positioned in the housing such that the sheet material passes through the nip and wraps partially around the body during sheet material pulling and sheet material pulling rotates the drive roller; a cutting mechanism including a blade carried by the drive roller which cuts the sheet material at a first angular position of the drive roller responsive to drive roller rotation, the sheet material being cut such that a tail is extended out of the dispenser by subsequent drive roller rotation to a second angular position corresponding to a resting position between dispense cycles; and a tail-length adjuster associated with the drive roller, the tail-length adjuster setting the second angular position of the drive roller at one of a plurality of angular positions to increase or decrease the angular distance between the first and second angular positions, thereby correspondingly increasing or decreasing the tail length.