Abstract: An adhesive tape dispenser and applicator which folds one or both edges of tape being applied over upon themselves. The dispenser includes an edge folding guide having a planar surface, two inwardly converging edges and tape guides cooperating to fold the edges of the tape. A compression roller is provided to press the edges together. A method of threading tape onto an edge folding tape dispenser is also described.

Abstract: A container is provided having a periphery and a base, which enclose a cavity. The periphery and the base are connected together, the periphery upwardly extending from the base. The periphery has a first slot and a substantially opposing second slot. Each of the first and second slots is sized to permit a first end of a tape located on a roll to be slid through it. A tape holder may be connected to the container so that the tape holder lies outside of the cavity of the container. The roll of tape can be placed on the tape holder so when the tape is pulled through the “mud box”, the tape is thereby unwound. As the tape is manually pulled through the “mud box”, joint compound is thinly applied to one side of the tape. As this is done, the joint compound begins to “adhere” to the tape, conditioning the tape for excellent wall adhesion.

Abstract: A system and method for dispensing roll material is described that substantially prevents toilet paper runaway and is useful in reducing irritation caused by using dry toilet paper. In one embodiment, the dispenser has a structure that has a thin, but strong curved, rigid arm with a tooth that is biased to engage the toilet paper roll in such a manner that it will only permit the roll to turn only in one direction. If the roll is attempted to be turned in the opposite direction, the tooth, which is disposed toward the roll, will engage the roll and prevent rotation in the second direction without substantially damaging the toilet paper on the roll. In a second embodiment, the toilet paper dispenser will dispense a predetermined amount of toilet paper into a receiver that has a sufficient size that it will fold over onto itself a predetermined number of times.

Abstract: A tissue dispenser is disclosed which permits a user to choose from a variety of liquids to be sprayed on a tissue prior to dispensing. To prevent the tissue from dissolving or becomes too wet to handle comfortably, the dispenser folds the tissue into a double layered structure prior to spraying with the selected liquid, and sprays one layer of the two-layer structure just prior to dispensing so that the dry layer can support the paper's shape and enable the user to handle the tissue without tearing it.

Abstract: A towel dispensing machine for dispensing wet towels, including a cutting mechanism to cut the towels to the desired length and a liquid dispensing device for wetting the towels to produce individual cut, wet towels. Preferably, the towels are also rolled by a rolling mechanism before being dispensed. Additionally, the liquid can be heated to dispense hot wet towels. A method for producing wet towels is also disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for producing dry, wet or partially wet and partially dry segments of tissues. The tissue dispenser generally comprises a housing having a tissue egress passage, a tissue source of a predetermined quantity of dry tissue located in the housing, a fluid source of a predetermined volume of fluid located in the housing, and an actuatable application mechanism in fluid communication with the fluid source and operationally positioned proximate to the tissue egress passage. The application mechanism can be actuated to dispense fluid onto the tissue as the tissue passes through the tissue egress passage. A partially wet and partially dry tissue can be used to clean and dry an article. The tissue may generally comprise a cleansing pad having an impermeable membrane positioned between two tissue segments to form a wet tissue area and a dry tissue area. The impermeable membrane prevents fluid from bleeding into the dry tissue area. The tissue may also comprise a pad attached to a bubble of fluid.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a fluid and tape to be dispensed for sealing seams of wallboard panels comprising a bucket adapted to support a roll of tape and a quantity of a blending fluid; support mechanisms including a central shaft formed of two co-axial parts with a spring urging the parts axially outward thereof, a pair of upper bosses secured to the interior surface of the side wall of the bucket adjacent to the upper edge thereof with apertures receiving the opposed ends of the support rod and with the roll of tape supported at the central extent of the support rod; a guide rod rotatably secured in a lower extent of the bucket, the guide rod having opposed ends, a pair of lower bosses secured to the interior surface of the side wall of the bucket adjacent to the lower edge thereof with apertures receiving the opposed ends of the guide rod, the guide rod positioned to receive and guide tape extending from the support rod; and a slot in a generally horizontal orientation positioned through a lower extent

Abstract: A combined joint compound bucket and tape dispenser comprising a cylindrical container with a removable cover. A roll of dry-wall construction tape is suspended at the top of the container beneath the cover by a rod extending through the center of the tape and engaging slots in opposite sides of the container. The container includes two slotted apertures on one side of the container and a third slotted aperture on the other side of the container. The tape is reeled from the rod, out through a first aperture, guided down along the outside of the container, back into the container at the second aperture adjacent the bottom of the container. The tape passes through mud deposited in the container and exits the container on the opposite side through the third aperture. The tape is thus coated with the mud and may be torn from the container on a serrated edge at the desired lengths. A removable guide rail is also provided to guide the tape from the first to the second apertures.

Abstract: A dispenser for containing and dispensing samples of a cosmetic product delivered by a roll of paper emerging from the dispenser in a predetermined sequence includes a housing for use with a C-shaped flange and a lid provided with a respective C-shaped flange juxtaposed with the flange of the housing having studs preventing the emerge of the paper above a predetermined length.

Abstract: A towel dispenser contains two rolls of paper. A bar on the front, when pushed, delivers a short length of wet towel and a short length of dry towel, simultaneously. It also guides the towel dispensed from one of the rolls through a bath of antiseptic hand-cleansing solution. It also releases the system to enable pulling an additional length of toweling from each of the two rolls. Upon release, either towel can be pulled out further manually to produce about ten more inches of towel. The toweling is delivered from both rolls simultaneously, but the towels are used in sequence, the wet towel first and the dry towel next.

Abstract: A device which wets in a sanitizing solution and dispenses disposable paper towels. A continuous roll of dry paper towels is inserted into a canister within a larger container. The canister has an opening through which towels exit the canister into the interior of the larger container. External to the canister, but internal to the larger container, are broad, flat belts which engage the towels as they exit the canister and carry the towels through a sanitizing solution to an opening in the larger container. The belts are geared to and driven by a lever external to the larger container. When the lever is pulled, a sanitizing towel is dispensed from the larger container.

Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for impregnating paper with fragrances or other substances is provided having a flat top member supported by two flat members. An aerosol container fits into a U-shaped support attached to the side of the leg members. An elongated hollow member extending across the flat top member is used to dispense substances across paper unrolled from a roll of paper supported between the leg members. A cantilevered lever having an aperture engages the stem of the aerosol container. As the lever is pushed down, substances sprayed from the container pass through the aperture into the elongated hollow member unformly impregnating the paper under the member. A pump bottle may be used instead of the aerosol container if desired. Another embodiment of the dispensing apparatus for impregnating individual sheets of tissue or paper is provided having two flat leg members supporting a removable upper portion.

Abstract: Dispensable medical electrodes formed as separable segments of an indefinitely long substrate are formed by applying to the substrate a longitudinally extending stripe of a conductive paint and by overlaying the painted stripe at periodic intervals corresponding to the separable segments with films of a conductive adhesive material which films generally traverse the width of the substrate. After conditioning the conductive adhesive films to a desired moisture content, the substrate is rolled spirally upon itself and stored in an electrode dispenser device. Two types of dispenser device are disclosed. In one type, the dispenser confines a humidity control solution which maintains substantially constant the moisture content of the conductive adhesive films. The second type of dispenser device confines an activating solution which is applied to the conductive adhesive films located on the electrode segments as the electrode segments are dispensed.

Abstract: A system of applying glue or like liquid to a continuous web comprising a frame with a reservoir. A reservoir which is capable of being sealed tightly between uses in order to stop the drying process of glue, for example: a user of the apparatus may at any given time activate the use of the glue applicator by simply removing the cover of the reservoir, placing the dispensing reel bracket and the dispensing reel into its proper lace above the reservoir. A supply reel of unsaturated material has a wound web of the material attached, which is mounted generally above the reservoir in a rotational fashion. A guide roller module is disposed within the reservoir. The rollers outer perimeter is submerged within one quarter inch from the bottom of the reservoir. This enables the tape to be submerged to the extreme bottom of the glue reservoir and gives full usage of all liquid stored within the reservoir.

Abstract: A moist tissue dispenser in which a web of absorbent sheet material divided by transverse lines of perforations into interconnecting tissue is saturated with a liquid cleansing agent and coiled into a roll having a hollow core, the roll being housed within an open-mouthed container. The leading end tissue of the roll extends upwardly from the core and passes through a frusto-conical central orifice in a removable cover received over the mouth of the container. The orifice functions as a converging passage whose constriction forces the end tissue to rope and to effectively plug the orifice, thereby maintaining the container in a sealed state to prevent evaporation of the cleansing agent. The orifice constriction and its configuration are such as to impose a drag on the roped end tissue as it is pulled from the dispenser by a user and funnelled through the orifice.

Abstract: A water applicator includes a closed water main reservoir connected to a holding member for supporting the core of a tape roll. An auxiliary water reservoir is disposed in an upper portion of the main water reservoir with a water absorbing member positioned in the auxiliary water reservoir to contact the tape as it is withdrawn from the holding member. A scraper is disposed on the holding member in front of the absorbing member to remove excess water from the tape to prevent the tape from dripping. The applicator is convenient to carry and free of dripping even when turned upside down.

Abstract: A dispensing package comprises a toroidal container body enclosing a coreless rolled web of moisture absorbent material having free rotation about the axis of the body on body side wall areas of reduced diameter at opposite ends of a liquid reservoir, the leading end of the web being drawn through a longitudinal slot in a body side wall extending the full width of said web and through upper and lower flange lips defining with the slot a dispensing passage.

Abstract: Towelette dispenser and vapor impervious pouch containing a roll or web of absorbent material, such as nonwoven fibrous towelettes pre-moistened with a chemical-containing aqueous or other fluid solution. The pouch is sealed before use to prevent the loss of moisture from the pre-moistened towelette roll and is opened at the point of, and at the time of, first use. A double lid is adapted to provide moisture seal between usages of the pre-moistened towelette, while reducing dehydration of the opened towelette pouch within the dispenser. Feed slit adaptations in the lid provide for selective tearability of individual towelette portions from the roll. The dispenser is adapted to provide a low center of gravity, and the base of the dispenser can cooperatingly engage a wall-type holder. The towelette roll contains a leader adapted for ease of feeding through the feed slot upon first use.