Patent ID: 8152021
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A paper towel cabinet for dispensing paper towels, the cabinet comprising: a pair of side walls defining a channel to receive a stack of folded paper towels, the channel having a dispensing end; an end wall disposed at the dispensing end; an end wall opening disposed in the end wall, the end wall opening having a length that extends in a direction from one of the pair of side walls to the other of the pair of side walls, the end wall opening having a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side extending along the length of the end wall opening and spaced apart along a width of the end wall opening; a bar having a length extending along the length of the end wall opening between the first side and the second side and configured to at least partially support said stack of folded paper towels placed in the channel, said bar being translationally fixed relative to the first and second sides; wherein the bar divides said end wall opening into a first paper towel dispensing opening between the bar and the first side of the end wall opening and a second paper towel dispensing opening between the bar and the second side of the end wall opening, wherein each of said first and second paper towel dispensing openings are configured for allowing for the dispensing of said paper towels through each of said first and second paper towel dispensing openings during a normal paper towel dispensing operation of said paper towel cabinet; and wherein the length of the end wall opening is greater than the width of the end wall opening.