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公开(公告)号：US10588469B2
公开(公告)日：2020-03-17
申请号：US15481113
申请日：2017-04-06
Applicant: GPCP IP Holdings LLC
Inventor： Brian Scott Borke , Jacob Charles Dahl , David Warren Murphy , Ryan Joseph Schuh , Kevin Michael Swanson
Abstract: Some example product dispensers that accommodate two full paper towel rolls are provided herein. The product dispenser may employ separate dispensing mechanisms for each product roll and may include roll holders that articulate out from the housing to facilitate easy loading and access to replacement and loading of the other product roll. A roll partition may be utilized to separate the web paths of the two product rolls and enable rotation of front roll holders. Example funnel covers and nip covers can aid with intuitive installation. Example roll holders with retention mechanisms help prevent unintentional dropping of the installed product roll. Other beneficial features include utilizing motor operation sensing to dispense a desired sheet length, automatic/assisted loading into the dispensing mechanism, automatic switching between dispensing of product rolls, and always dispensing from the smaller product roll first. Many other features/structures of example product dispensers are also described herein.
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公开(公告)号：US12102270B2
公开(公告)日：2024-10-01
申请号：US18125759
申请日：2023-03-24
Applicant: GPCP IP Holdings LLC
Inventor： David Warren Murphy , Timothy Andrew Robertson , Kevin Michael Swanson , Ryan Anthony Goltz
CPC classification number: A47K10/38 , G01B11/14 , A47K2010/389
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for providing a sheet product dispenser with automated product level tracking functionality are provided herein. Various product level sensors are disclosed herein including a product level sensor configured to emit a signal toward an outer circumference of a sheet product roll on a spindle extending along a longitudinal axis and to receive a reflected signal. The product level sensor is positioned a radial distance away from the spindle and aimed to emit the signal in a direction that is not parallel and not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The product level sensor detects a parameter of the reflected signal corresponding to the distance between the product level sensor and the sheet product roll. Other example embodiments include mechanical product level sensors. Various communication protocols may be employed to limit transmission of data to conserve battery life while still maintaining desired communication functionality.
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公开(公告)号：US11412900B2
公开(公告)日：2022-08-16
申请号：US15903339
申请日：2018-02-23
Applicant: GPCP IP Holdings LLC
Inventor： Kevin Michael Swanson , Jacob Charles Dahl , Mark Edwin Peters
Abstract: Some example sheet product dispensers that accommodate one or more sheet product rolls are provided herein. An example sheet product dispenser includes a dispensing mechanism with a drive roller and nip roller. A motor is configured to rotate the drive roller to cause a portion of the sheet product to dispense from the sheet product dispenser. A controller is configured to determine a sheet length for dispensing and cause the motor to operate to cause sheet product to be dispensed from the sheet product dispenser. The controller is further configured to monitor an amount of rotation of the motor as the motor operates and cause, in an instance in which the amount of rotation of the motor corresponds to the determined sheet length, the motor to cease operation so as to cause the determined sheet length of sheet product to be dispensed from the sheet product dispenser.
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公开(公告)号：US20200367703A1
公开(公告)日：2020-11-26
申请号：US16903793
申请日：2020-06-17
Applicant: GPCP IP HOLDINGS LLC
Inventor： Ted Allen Casper , Kevin Michael Swanson
Abstract: Sheet product dispensers and methods of dispensing sheet products are provided, including feeding a sheet material from a roll via a sheet feeding mechanism, separating one or more discrete sheet products from the roll via a separation mechanism, dispensing the one or more discrete sheet products to an end user at a presentation station via a sheet product conveying mechanism, and detecting a presence of the sheet material via a sensor downstream of the sheet feeding mechanism, wherein the sheet product conveying mechanism is driven in response to the sensor detecting the presence of the sheet material.
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公开(公告)号：US10806308B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-20
申请号：US16783814
申请日：2020-02-06
Applicant: GPCP IP HOLDINGS LLC
Inventor： Ted Allen Casper , Kevin Michael Swanson
Abstract: Sheet product dispensers and methods of dispensing sheet products are provided, including feeding a sheet material from a roll via a sheet feeding mechanism, separating one or more discrete sheet products from the roll via a separation mechanism, dispensing the one or more discrete sheet products to an end user at a presentation station via a sheet product conveying mechanism, and detecting a presence of the sheet material via a sensor downstream of the sheet feeding mechanism, wherein the sheet product conveying mechanism is driven in response to the sensor detecting the presence of the sheet material.
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公开(公告)号：US10575686B2
公开(公告)日：2020-03-03
申请号：US15976528
申请日：2018-05-10
Applicant: GPCP IP HOLDINGS LLC
Inventor： Ted Allen Casper , Kevin Michael Swanson
Abstract: Sheet product dispensers and methods of dispensing sheet products are provided, including feeding a sheet material from a roll via a sheet feeding mechanism, separating one or more discrete sheet products from the roll via a separation mechanism, dispensing the one or more discrete sheet products to an end user at a presentation station via a sheet product conveying mechanism, and detecting a presence of the sheet material via a sensor downstream of the sheet feeding mechanism, wherein the sheet product conveying mechanism is driven in response to the sensor detecting the presence of the sheet material.
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