Abstract:
A towel dispenser includes a main body; a loading door receiving toweling in floating engagement therewith; a guide system; a motor assembly; and a sensor for sensing a toweling leading edge. The housing includes an opening permitting retracted toweling to fall there through. The guide system includes a first roller attached to the main body and a second roller attached to the loading door. Toothed surfaces of the rollers mesh when the loading door is moved into a closed position. An end of the first roller moves relative to the main body of the housing such that the first roller is displaced by the second roller and toweling, and the first roller is spring biased in its engagement with the second roller when the loading door is closed. Trim tabs of the housing determine a distance from an underside of a fixture below which the dispenser is mounted.
Abstract:
The invention concerns an apparatus dispensing wiping material in a front position of the reel, comprising a housing (2), a cover (3), a drum (4), a cutting device (5-6) integrated in the drum (4), means for pushing and returning the drum (4) including an eccentric and a pusher spring. The invention is characterised in that it comprises an anti-curling device for the material coming the reel (B) of material, said device comprising a reel stand (16) capable of being engaged and positioned on a fixed support part (17), integral with the rear wall of the housing (2) back end, said reel stand (16) being mounted freely rotating on the support part (17) countering elastic return means, and the reel stand (16) is arranged to be positioned on a bearing surface (17b) of great length of the support part (17), while being locked in position relative thereto, and the reel stand (16) co-operates with the mandrel (20) of the reel of wiping material (B) to drive it.
Abstract:
An assist device for personal hygiene care of an intimate zone of a user comprises a portable holder (1,2) for holding a hygiene wipe (10). The holder is provided with dispensing means for dispensing for the purpose of use and separating at least one segment of the hygiene wipe. The holder here comprises an elongate guide (5,6) for receiving the wipe therein on a longitudinal edge. The dispensing means comprise transport means for guiding the hygiene wipe via the guide (5,6) to a distal outer end (7) thereof. In a particular embodiment the dispensing means are able and configured to collect successive segments of the wipe at the longitudinal edge and to form a series of successive cleaning rosettes shaped from the hygiene wipe. Separating means are provided on the guide in order to separate a wipe segment.
Abstract:
A dispenser assembly for web materials includes an enclosure that is configured to support a roll of material and a feed mechanism configured to dispense the material from the assembly. A capacitive sensor is connected to the feed mechanism and configured to allow touch-less operation of the dispenser. Operation of the sensor is adjustable so that the assembly can achieve a desired operation in environments having different capacitive backgrounds.
Abstract:
An automatic product dispenser determines if the roll loaded into the dispenser is approved for use with the dispenser. The core of a roll receives a plug that engages a hub within the dispenser. The plug has a feature that alters an electromagnetic field created proximate the hub. The alteration of the electromagnetic field may then be used to determine if the plug, and thus the roll, is usable with the dispenser.
Abstract:
A sheet product dispenser is provided for sheet product from a roller. The sheet product dispenser includes a first roll of sheet product, called a stub roll, a main roll of sheet product, and a dispensing arrangement. A sensor is provided for detecting when sheet product on a stub roll is depleted. The sensor generates a signal in response to the depletion of the stub roll and a controller activates an electromechanical actuator. The actuator acts to operate a transfer bar that moves an end portion of the main roll sheet product adjacent a roller assembly that engages the main roller sheet product.
Abstract:
Various dispensers configured to provide access to consumable material are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the dispenser includes a housing configured to receive a container, a lid configured to move between closed and open positions, an actuator, a transmission configured to transmit force from the actuator to the lid to cause movement of the lid from the closed position to the open position, and a lock including a blocker and a lock engagement feature configured to engage a corresponding container engagement feature on the container. In certain embodiments, the dispenser is configured such that: when the lock engagement feature is not engaged with the container engagement feature, the blocker blocks movement of the lid from the closed position to the open position; and when the lock engagement feature is engaged with the container engagement feature, movement of the lid from the closed position to the open position is allowed.
Abstract:
An assist device for personal hygiene care of an intimate zone of a user comprises a portable holder (1,2) for holding a hygiene wipe (10). The holder is provided with dispensing means for dispensing for the purpose of use and separating at least one segment of the hygiene wipe. The holder here comprises an elongate guide (5,6) for receiving the wipe therein on a longitudinal edge. The dispensing means comprise transport means for guiding the hygiene wipe via the guide (5,6) to a distal outer end (7) thereof. In a particular embodiment the dispensing means are able and configured to collect successive segments of the wipe at the longitudinal edge and to form a series of successive cleaning rosettes shaped from the hygiene wipe. Separating means are provided on the guide in order to separate a wipe segment.