公开(公告)号：US10694900B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-30

申请号：US16283112

申请日：2019-02-22

申请人： GPCP IP HOLDINGS LLC

发明人： William Bryant Troutman ,  William Bryant Troutman, II ,  Ian D. Kovacevich ,  Thomas James Philpott ,  Christopher Hoy ,  Lawrence Ober

IPC分类号： A47K10/36

摘要： Dispensing towels includes, using a motor assembly configured to cause a leading edge of the toweling to be extended from a housing of the dispenser and to cause the toweling to be subsequently retracted back into the housing, (a) the step of extending the toweling exterior of the housing for grasping by a user; and (b) subsequent thereto, the steps of (1) retracting the toweling into the housing using the motor assembly; (2) sensing a leading edge of the toweling, using a sensor, while retracting the toweling; and (3) ceasing retracting of the toweling into the housing using the motor assembly as a function of sensing the leading edge of the toweling using the sensor. The toweling is advanced by the motor assembly such that a line of perforations in the toweling, along which the user tears the toweling, is located downstream of the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US10213069B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-26

申请号：US15339920

申请日：2016-10-31

申请人： GPCP IP HOLDINGS LLC

发明人： William Bryant Troutman ,  William Bryant Troutman, II ,  Ian D. Kovacevich ,  Thomas James Philpott ,  Christopher Hoy ,  Lawrence Ober

IPC分类号： A47K10/36

摘要： Dispensing towels includes, using a motor assembly configured to cause a leading edge of the toweling to be extended from a housing of the dispenser and to cause the toweling to be subsequently retracted back into the housing, (a) the step of extending the toweling exterior of the housing for grasping by a user; and (b) subsequent thereto, the steps of (1) retracting the toweling into the housing using the motor assembly; (2) sensing a leading edge of the toweling, using a sensor, while retracting the toweling; and (3) ceasing retracting of the toweling into the housing using the motor assembly as a function of sensing the leading edge of the toweling using the sensor. The toweling is advanced by the motor assembly such that a line of perforations in the toweling, along which the user tears the toweling, is located downstream of the sensor.