Abstract: An automatic napkin dispenser includes a housing having a rotatable feed roller with protrusions on an outer surface thereof for engaging a topmost napkin on a stack of napkins, and displacing the topmost napkin between a pair of counterrotating nip rollers that dispense the topmost napkin to a customer. The housing includes a motion translating assembly coupled to the feed roller and moving the feed roller back and forth relative to at least one of the nip rollers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 10, 2005
Date of Patent:
June 26, 2007
Assignee:
Northern Products Development Group LLC
Inventors:
Thomas S. Skarda, David L. Jones, John E. Carter, Carl E Treankler