Patent ID: 6328252
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A dispenser (10) of individual sheets by unwinding from the center of a product in roll form (20), without a central tube, consisting of a plurality of successive sheets forming a coiled strip (22), a free end (24) of which projects toward the outside of the roll from said center, comprising:a dispenser housing (3) comprising a fixed first part (32) and a moveable second part (38) mounted in an articulated manner relative to the fixed part between an open position for reloading the dispenser and a closed position, in which said second part delimits, with the first part (30), an upper receptacle for storing in a vertical position the roll to be unwound;a lower support plate (18) which is carried by the fixed part (30) of the housing and which supports vertically a lower axial end of the roll and comprises a hole (52) for the passage of the strip (22, 24);and a fixed dispensing nozzle (14) which is arranged below the lower support plate and which delimits a downwardly convergent passage (62) of frustoconical general shape, an upper inlet orifice (70) of which is substantially in the extension of the hole (52) in the lower support plate, so as to guide the strip (22, 24) toward a lower outlet orifice (72) of reduced diameter, and which comprises a generally vertically oriented cutout (80) in the general form of a slot, which extends between the upper inlet (70) and lower outlet (72) orifices, in order to make it easier for the free end (24) of the strip of a roll to be introduced into the passage (62) of the dispensing nozzle (41);wherein the width (11) of the cutout (80) at the upper inlet orifice (70) is markedly greater than its width (L2) in line with the lower outlet orifice (72), into which said cutout issues vertically downward, so as to make it possible to introduce the free end (24) of the trip (22) vertically from the bottom upward through the cutout (80) and then radially toward the axis (A1) of the dispensing nozzle (14),the cutout (80) is formed in a part of the passage which is located toward a rear vertical bottom (32) of the fixed part (30) of the housing (12), by means of which bottom the housing is fastened to a wall or to a support, in such a way that, during use, that portion of the strip which passes vertically through the dispensing nozzle (14) cooperates with a portion of the inner wall (64) of the passage (62).