Patent ID: 8434709
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: A47K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A towel dispenser, comprising: (a) a housing for receiving toweling comprising a roll of paper towels; (b) a sensor for sensing a leading edge of the toweling during retraction of the toweling into the housing by the motor assembly; and (c) a motor assembly configured to cause, in response to the sensing of a hand proximate the dispenser, a leading edge of the toweling to be extended from the housing, with the toweling being extended by at least a predetermined unit length beyond the point at which the sensor detects the leading edge of the toweling, and to cause the toweling to be retracted into the housing after the leading edge has been extended; (d) wherein the sensor is configured to cause the motor assembly to cease retracting the toweling into the housing as a function of the sensing of the leading edge of the toweling during retraction of the toweling into the housing; and (f) wherein the motor assembly is further configured such that the predetermined unit length, by which the toweling is extended, is set in a length learn sequence that comprises the steps of,