Patent ID: 6439502
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A47K,B65H

Abstract:
An assembly for dispensing a coreless roll of an absorbent product wound to define a coreless cylindrical structure having end faces positioned at opposite axial ends of the structure, each end face having a depression defined therein, the assembly comprising:a frame; mounting means supported by the frame and configured to permit the frame to be mounted to a stationary surface such as a wall; and a coreless roll securing means supported by the frame and configured to secure the coreless roll for rotation within the frame, the coreless roll securing means comprising a pair of cooperating non-rotatable plungers, each plunger including a base supported by the frame and a distal end having a radius of curvature, a central shaft extending between and connecting the distal end and the base, the central shaft being configured to have a length at least as great as the plunger's widest dimension, the distal end of each plunger being supported to penetrate the depression defined at an end face of the coreless roll, the plunger having a cross-sectional width greater than the width of the depression in an end face of the coreless roll, whereby the frame and coreless roll securing means cooperate to prevent radial displacement of the coreless roll with respect to the frame during a dispensing operation.