Stacked Or Folded Patents (Class 312/34.4)
  • Patent number: 11353447
    Abstract: A test paper box and a smart toilet containing same are provided. The test paper box has a support and a housing arranged at the outside of the support. The support has a base and an elongated cavity arranged at the base for storing test paper. The base is provided with a through hole arranged at a location corresponding to a bottom surface of the elongated cavity. A paper-receiving slot is arranged below the through hole. The paper-receiving slot is fixed to the bottom of the base to receive the bottommost piece of test paper exposed from the elongated cavity, and the paper-receiving slot is provided with a paper outlet. The test paper box can be attached and detached conveniently, delivers test paper smoothly, can be replaced easily, has low costs, and is suitable for smart toilets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI KOHLER ELECTRONICS, LTD.
    Inventor: Zhiyu Qin
  • Publication number: 20150084488
    Abstract: A portable printing cabinet includes a housing having a substantially enclosed interior. A printing device is located within the interior of the housing. A paper tray is located on an outer surface on an outside of the housing, and a paper guide extends from the printing device to the paper tray and is configured to transfer printed paper from the printing device within the housing to the paper tray at the outside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Veltek Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur VELLUTATO, JR.
  • Patent number: 8573715
    Abstract: A dispenser cabinet for holding and dispensing paper toweling or other paper sheet material includes a front dispenser cabinet portion and a rear dispenser cabinet portion. Hinge receptacles are attached to both left and right side walls of the dispenser cabinet portions and hinges are selectively alternatively positionable in the hinge receptacles to allow the hinge connection between the dispenser cabinet portions to be changed between left and right side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Dispensing Dynamics International
    Inventors: Andrew Jackman, Alex Trampolski, Steven M. Slye
  • Patent number: 8146775
    Abstract: A towel dispenser for dispensing towel material in a loop from a stack or roll, which towel dispenser has a back part and a cover part movably connected with the back part, the cover part being provided with receiving means for receiving at least one roll or one stack of folded towel material, wherein the back part is provided with collecting means for taking up towel material dispensed from said at least one stack or one roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Vendor B.V.
    Inventors: Theodor Robbert Marie De Jong, Oscar Toetenel
  • Patent number: 8136695
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strip of towel material for use in a towel dispenser, which strip has a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and has been wound onto a roller, or has been folded along folding lines extending in the transverse direction and spaced apart in the longitudinal direction, such that a stack has been obtained, wherein the strip is provided with at least one electronically readable marking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Vendor B.V.
    Inventors: Theodor Robbert Marie De Jong, Oscar Toetenel
  • Publication number: 20120032565
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing tissue paper. The dispenser includes a housing defining a volume for receiving both a center-feed tissue paper roll and a tissue paper stack, a first dispensing opening situated in the housing for dispensing tissue paper from a center-feed tissue paper roll, and a second dispensing opening situated in the housing for dispensing tissue paper sheets from a tissue paper stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB
    Inventors: Cecilia Stööp, Björn Larsson
  • Patent number: 8096414
    Abstract: A medical implement dispensing and disposal system. The medical implement dispensing and disposal system comprises a container having an open end with a dispensing chamber and a disposal chamber defined within the container. A cover is configured to substantially close the open end of the container. The cover defines a disposal opening in communication with the disposal chamber. A dispensing opening is defined in either the container or cover and in communication with the dispensing chamber. A biasing assembly is positioned in the dispensing chamber and configured to provide a biasing force toward the dispensing opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventors: Mark Brian Finnestad, Michael Sansoucy
  • Patent number: 7850257
    Abstract: A lottery ticket dispenser which may include a housing having a bottom support structure, a pair of side walls extending upwardly from the bottom support structure, and a front wall hinged adjacent its bottom edge to the bottom support structure at a first side so as to swing outwardly and downwardly. The lottery ticket dispenser may also include a transparent cover hinged to the bottom support structure that includes a space shaped to contain a plurality of arrays of tickets in strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Inventors: Brian J. Roberts, David B. Petch
  • Publication number: 20090236952
    Abstract: A single hand paper towel dispenser and towel is disclosed having a plurality of generally flat longitudinally stacked paper towels. The stacked paper towels include a first paper towel, a second paper towel, and a securing element. The first paper towel has a first end portion, an opposing second end portion, a first side, and a second side. The second paper towel is a completely separate paper towel having a first end portion, an opposing second end portion, a first side, and a second side. The securing element secures one end of the first paper towel to one end of the second paper towel in order to form a bond therebetween. The paper towel dispenser is sized to house the plurality of paper towels. The dispenser includes a slot having a width sized such that a single paper towel may extend therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventor: Michael De Giulio
  • Patent number: 7472802
    Abstract: A system for optimally filling an apparatus for dispensing a zigzag folded web of towel material is provided. The system includes a holder that is disposed in a housing for receiving a first stock of zigzag folded web of towel material. The holder also includes a fill meter having a division into at least three areas each having its own coding. The first upper coding indicates that no refilling is required, a second coding below the first indicates that refilling with a refill stock that has a coding equal to the second coding, and each further coding indicates refilling with an increasingly thicker refill stock that has a corresponding coding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Vendor B.V.
    Inventor: Elisabeth Joanna van Riel
  • Patent number: 7011381
    Abstract: A relatively tall embodiment of a lottery ticket dispenser with a small footprint is fitted onto the countertop of a check-out counter of a retail store. The dispenser includes a housing, the top of which is flat so as to provide a convenient place for customers to write checks with the tickets being displayed immediately below being highly visible to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: GIECH Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Roberts, David B. Petch
  • Publication number: 20030076013
    Abstract: A cabinet for storing soiled towels and dispensing clean towels, which includes a generally hollow container having an upper compartment and a lower compartment. An inclined surface is in the upper compartment urging clean towels toward the front. An opening into the compartment provides access to the clean towels, while the lower compartment has a removable receptacle for receiving soiled towels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: John Kauzlarich, Andrew Thompson, Brad Thomas Lirot
  • Publication number: 20020158129
    Abstract: A display apparatus (18) capable of sequentially displaying a plurality of annotated image prints (36), each image print having audio data encoded (54) and made integral its back surface (46), thereby providing a convenient way to both display image prints and play back audio data associated with image prints. In one aspect of the present invention, the display apparatus (18) also records audio data for a plurality of image prints and provides a handwritten means to electronically associate a particular image print with its respective audio recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventor: Ron Hu
  • Publication number: 20020005452
    Abstract: There is provided a method for refilling a system and apparatus for dispensing wet wipes. The system may include a housing, a tray and a cartridge. The cartridge has the ability to be inserted into the dispenser in a pre-selected manner based on the desired orientation of the wipes contained therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven John Romme, William Robert Newman, Herb F. Velazquez, Ligia A. Rivera, Michael John Faulks, Paige Annette Dellerman, Cherry A. Bochmann, Nick E. Stanca, Gerald P. DeGreen
  • Patent number: 6296331
    Abstract: An improved vandal-resistant paper towel dispenser for public washrooms includes a mechanism for storing and dispensing paper towels and an outer housing for encasing the mechanism. The outer housing includes a rear mounting surface that is adapted to be secured to a wall, and a shell-like forward surface, connected to the rear mounting surface, for protecting the mechanism from individuals who might have destructive intent. Advantageously, the shell-like forward surface is softly rounded to an extent that it is practically impossible to obtain a handhold on the top or sides of the outer housing, whereby a vandal will be prevented from grabbing the dispenser and pulling it off the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Tramontina