Patent ID: 6443043
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: A47K,Y10T

Abstract:
An automatic dispensing machine for toilet paper comprising:a molded plastic housing; a take-off reel of paper material supported in an upper part of said plastic housing; a hinged cutting blade for cutting a portion of paper material fed by said reel; a support drum rotatably supported in a lower part of said housing; a start mechanism associated with said support drum and disposed on one side of said housing; a tensioning mechanism including a pressure component disposed in relation to said support drum which ensures feeding of a strip of paper material fed from said take-off reel to the support drum and ensures tensioning of the strip of paper material; a rack gear internally fixed on one side of said plastic housing; a toothed heel-shaped member associated with a shaft of said hinged cutting blade and said rack gear for moving said cutting blade between a cutting position and a non-cutting position relative to said strip of paper material; and a protective cover hingably connected to said plastic housing, said housing further including a front end shield and a rear wall, each of said front end shield and said rear wall being spaced relative to one another to permit positioning of the pressure component of said tensioning mechanism and said support drum therebetween, each of said front end shield and said rear wall having elastically deformable tongues, each of said deformable tongues including recesses for accommodating respective ends of the pressure component, said machine further including recesses for receiving respective ends of said support drum relative to said rear wall and said front end shield.