Patent ID: 6805271
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: A47K,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A single hand, paper towel sheet dispenser comprising:a base operable to be mounted upon a generally planar surface; a core holder for a roll of paper towel segments connected together end-to-end along transverse serrated tear lines, said core holder being connected to said base, said core holder being operable to rotatably support the roll of paper towel segments; a single hand, paper towel sheet dispensing bale operably connected to said core holder and being free to pivot with respect to said core holder, said dispensing bale having a pair of mutually parallel bars extending in a posture generally parallel to a central longitudinal axis of said core holder and transverse to the roll of paper towel segments when said roll is operably mounted upon said core holder, and said pair of mutually parallel bars comprising, a brake bar operable to extend transversely across an contact an exterior surface of the roll of paper towel segments mounted upon said core holder, and said brake bar is generally circular in cross section with a longitudinally partitioned concave channel having mutually parallel crests on either side of the channel and extending along at least one side of said brake bar such that contact of said brake bar with the roll of paper towel segments is along the mutually parallel crests of the concave channel adjacent to the roll of paper towel segments to be dispensed; and a tear bar operable to extend transversely across a direction of unreeling of the roll of paper towel segments mounted upon said core holder and being spaced from said brake bar such that a free end of said roll of paper towel segments is facilely trained beneath said brake bar and over said tear bar, wherein unreeling of a desired number of paper towel segments is achieved with one hand to a position with a transverse serration line slightly past an outer surface of said tear bar and then angular movement of the desired number of paper towel segments against said tear bar will concomitantly force said brake bar to be pressed against the exterior surface of said roll of paper towel segments to brake rotation of the roll of paper towel segments and effect lateral tearing of the desired number of paper towel segments.