Patent ID: 7856941

Claim:
A wet wipe dispenser comprising: a housing formed at one end with a dispenser outlet; a supply compartment for receiving an elongated wipe web of a predetermined width and formed with transverse weakened separation lines spaced predetermined distances there along to define individual wipes of respective predetermined lengths; a driver for drawing the elongated wipe web from the supply compartment along a dispenser path to the dispenser outlet; an applicator constructed to apply a liquid along the longitudinal center of the elongated wipe web in a swath having a width less than the predetermined width as it is drawn along the dispenser path to leave dry belts on the flanking sides of the elongated wipe web; and a control for actuating the driver to draw the predetermined length of the elongated wipe web along the path toward the dispenser outlet and actuating the applicator to apply the liquid in the swath to at least a portion of one of the selected lengths of the elongated wipe web as it is driven toward the outlet.