Patent ID: 6684751
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: A47K,Y10T

Abstract:
A dispenser for delivering and severing sheets of web from a roll of the web material comprising:a housing defining a compartment, said housing having a dispensing slot defined therein; a roll holder located in said compartment for holding a roll of the web material; a frame mounted within said compartment; a drive roller rotatably supported in said frame, said drive roller having a slot therein, and said drive roller defining at least one annular groove therein; a cutting blade support member rotatably supported on said frame substantially parallel to said drive roller, said cutting blade support member having a cutting blade extending therefrom; a guide roller supported by said frame and urged toward said drive roller so as to form a nip with said drive roller, said drive roller being driven by the action of a user pulling on a tail of the web material passing through said nip and extending through said dispensing slot, said guide roller defining at least one annular groove therein; said cutting blade geared to said drive roller such that rotation of said drive roller causes rotation of said cutting blade support member and insertion of said cutting blade into said slot to perforate the web allowing the user to separate a sheet of the web from the roll; and a plurality of stripper guides partially disposed within the annular grooves of the guide roller and the drive roller, the stripper guides prevent the sheets from wrapping around the guide roller and the drive roller during dispensing, wherein the guide is rotated relative to the stripper guides and the stripper guides are non-rotatable with respect to the frame.