Patent ID: 9113760
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: A47K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A low-material-indicating center pull dispenser for dispensing a web of material from a substantially vertically-oriented center pull roll having a coiled bottom surface with inner and outer regions, the dispenser comprising: a housing permitting at least a portion of a center pull roll to be viewed when loaded therein and having an outlet for the material; at least one center pull roll position indicator associated with the housing; and a roll support platform for supporting the center pull roll within the housing, the roll support platform having (a) an inward portion and (b) a lower outward portion outward from and at least about 0.25 inch below the inward portion, the inward portion being positioned to support the center pull roll bottom surface inner region in a first position with the center pull roll bottom surface outer region extending out from the inward portion and spaced at least about 0.25 inch above the lower outward portion, and the lower outward portion being positioned to receive and support the center pull roll bottom surface outer region in a second position when the material forming the center pull roll bottom surface inner region is depleted so that the entire center pull roll changes position by dropping at least about 0.25 inch onto the lower outward portion and dropping of the center pull roll onto the lower outward portion changes the position of the center pull roll relative to the at least one position indicator to thereby provide a low-material indication.