Patent ID: 6286713
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A dispensing system for individual folded webs having an area of non-uniform thickness across the length of the web from a stack of such individual folded webs, the dispensing system comprising:an outer housing defining an interior space;stacking means mounted within the outer housing for holding a stack of individual folded webs within the interior space;a dispensing face defined in the outer housing proximate to an end of the stacking means, the dispensing face having a central portion projecting out from the dispenser in the form of a first surface and a second surface joined at an obtuse angle and a dispensing throat located in the central portion at about the intersection of the first and second surfaces, said dispensing throat circumscribed by continuous edges within said central portion;a stack of individual folded webs having an area of non-uniform thickness across the length of the web aligned so that an area of greatest thickness extends across the width of the dispensing throat; andat least one inwardly projecting recessed section along at least one said edge of the dispensing throat which contacts the stack of individual folded webs across an entire width of the area of non-uniform thickness so that a portion of the stack of individual folded webs projects outward from the dispensing throat.