Web Restrainer Patents (Class 225/106)
  • Patent number: 6609450
    Abstract: An automatic paper dispensing apparatus for dispensing one of toilet paper and paper towels includes a protective cover hingably attached to the housing, in which the housing of the paper towel dispensing version of said apparatus further includes a pair of parallel end shields disposed in a lower part of said housing, each of the parallel end shields being perpendicular to a rear plane of said housing and spaced to allow positioning of a rotatably supported support drum and a pressure roller used to ensure feeding of a strip of paper from a take-off reel disposed in an upper part of the housing. Each of the end shields include elastically deformable tongues having recesses to accommodate the pressure roller and to position opposing ends of the support drum. The housing of the toilet paper dispensing version includes a front end shield and a rear wall, each of the front end shield and a rear wall of the housing being spaced to allow positioning of the support drum and the pressure roller therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 6609449
    Abstract: An automatic paper dispensing apparatus includes a molded plastic housing and a protective cover hingably attached to the housing, the housing further including a pair of parallel end shields disposed in a lower part of the housing. Each of said parallel end shields are perpendicular to a rear plane of the housing and spaced to allow positioning of a rotatably supported support drum and a pressure roller disposed in relation to the drum to ensure feeding of a strip of paper from a take-off reel disposed in an upper part of the housing. Each of the end shields include elastically deformable tongues having recesses to accommodate the pressure roller and to position opposing ends of the support drum, wherein the support drum is a unitary member comprising a smooth continuous area extending over essentially one-half the outer periphery of the drum, and having a plurality of discs spaced over the entire length thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 6609644
    Abstract: A lottery ticket dispensing machine includes a ticket dispensing mechanism for advancing a continuous strip of lottery tickets therethrough and subsequent separation of the selected number of tickets from the continuous strip. The machine includes a framing assembly for housing the dispensing mechanism which is controlled by a computer driven printed circuit board for determining the distance that the continuous strip of tickets will travel. The dispensing mechanism is powered by a motor for rotation of a set of pinch rollers and forward feed advancement of the continuous strip of lottery tickets therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Instant Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis P. Menna
  • Publication number: 20030141338
    Abstract: A device for drawing off and cutting a tape from a supply roll, a tubular core piece of the roll rotatably accommodating a bearing and guiding bracket which is formed from an elastically deformable curved piece and, at its free end, the curved bracket accommodating pins which are arranged transversely and pivotably mount two arms which are arranged parallel to each other and extend along the side surfaces of the roll, the free ends of the arms arranged parallel to each other being connected to each other via a transverse rib, and a cutting blade projecting from the plane of the transverse rib and, furthermore, holding wings which are aligned in the unwind direction of the tape and on which the free end of the tape rests being arranged at the front side of the parallel arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Philip Ortin, Giorgio Orlandini
  • Publication number: 20030089754
    Abstract: The present invention is a laminate media, in the form of a continuous strip of carrier-less, pre-cut plastic patch protections, connected by perforations. The invention further describes both a method for separating the patches from each other by stressing the perforated patch area without stopping the driving process and a cassette within which the separation process occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: ZIH Corp., A Delware Corporation
    Inventor: Stephane Mabit
  • Patent number: 6561403
    Abstract: A bag dispenser, for separating and dispensing plastic bags from a roll of bags where one end is attached to the top of the next bag by perforation lines with a slot therebetween. The bags are dispensed from a device comprising a wire frame formed into arcuate channels to support the core that the series of bags are rolled onto. The dispenser includes a second tensioning member attached to a support member and disposed at an angle thereto to provide tension to the edges of the roll of bags as the core passes through the channel passageway as bags are removed from the roll. Spaced apart from the support is a symmetric separating tongue. The tongue will engage the slot regardless of whether the bags are drawn over or under the tongue. As the user pulls on the bags, a tension is created by the brake and the user to deflect the tongue which remains deflected until the tongue engages the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles P. Kannankeril, Adrian G. Gerritsen
  • Publication number: 20030071102
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing flexible web material from a center pull roll capable of accommodating different types of web material in the form of sheets separated by lines of perforation. The dispenser includes dispenser apparatus permitting the device to self-adjust to the different thicknesses, sizes and physical characteristics of different types of web material. In certain preferred embodiments, the dispenser comprises a housing, a web support within the housing and structure permitting the dispenser to self-adjust to the effective cross-sectional area of the web. The preferred dispenser structure includes elements positioned to receive the web between them. At least one of the elements is movable and is biased for displacement toward the other. Frictional force applied against the web by the elements resists pull force applied to the web by a user so that a single web sheet separates from the web along the perforation between the elements and the lead end when a user pulls on the web outside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: William G. Haen, Daniel C. Kananen, Alan P. Paul, Alan J. Pierquet
  • Publication number: 20030019899
    Abstract: A separation device of a paper towel includes a housing provided with two roll sets each having at least two rolls that may be driven by a power member to rotate relative to each other at an equal speed, so that a continuous paper towel may pass between the rolls of the two roll sets and may be pulled downward. The paper towel is provided with sensing marks at a predetermined length, so that when the sensing mark of the paper towel passes through a detection member, the detection member may detect passage of the sensing mark of the paper towel, and may send a signal, so that a rotation speed difference is produced between the rolls of the two roll sets, and the paper towel passing between the rolls of the two roll sets may be torn off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: Yen Sun technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chien-Jung Chen, Ming-Chung Lin
  • Patent number: 6481594
    Abstract: A roll mounted T-shirt bag and dispensers for same are described. The bag is designed for fresh produce and includes front and rear panels, first and second side gussets, a bottom seam, a top seam and a U-shaped cutout forming an openable bag mouth and a pair of carrying handles. The bags are joined above and below the upper and lower seams at first and second perforation lines. The bags are wound onto a cylindrical core to form a compact roll. In a variant of the invention, the bags are folded inwardly from the side edges prior to rolling onto the core to form a more compact roll. Dispensers are described that are designed to hold the roll mounted bags in both folded and unfolded form. The dispensers include a separating tongue designed to engage the U-shaped cutout and permit the bags to be dispensed from the bottom of the bag roll. The dispensers are designed for mounting to either vertical or horizontal surfaces and function efficiently in very limited spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Inteplast Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ron C. Yeh, Ben Tseng
  • Patent number: 6467763
    Abstract: A method and corresponding system for assembling collation sets from a split web consisting of two webstreams, each providing a series of collations of connected sheets. The method includes the steps of: alternately selecting the two webstreams and from the selected webstream drawing a sheet to a cutting or bursting station; cutting or bursting the sheet to separate it from the webstream; conveying the sheet to an accumulating station where sheets are accumulated; monitoring the sheet for determining whether the sheet is a beginning or an end of a collation; and ejecting the sheets accumulated from the selected webstream based on the determining of whether the sheet is the beginning or the end of a collation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur H. Depoi, Richard Rochford, Stanley Rydzak, Richard F Stengl
  • Publication number: 20020139828
    Abstract: The invention consists of a paper towel dispenser for dispensing individual sheets of paper towels from a roll of paper having regularly spaced apart lines of partial severance. The dispenser is comprised of a housing and a housing door which can be pivotally opened to allow a roll of sheet material to be inserted into the dispenser. The dispenser has a funnel-shaped exit to allow the end of the roll to protrude in order to be grasped by the user. A paper towel tearing member is located adjacent to the funnel outlet of said funnel and the opening of this member is adjustable in order to vary the size of the opening of the dispenser. This adjustment of the exit size creates an adjustment in the position at which the sheet tears away from the roll to allow the use of different types of sheet material in a single dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventor: Ladislav Paukov
  • Patent number: 6450380
    Abstract: A dispenser is described for dispensing plastic bags which are wound on a hollow cylindrical core. The dispenser is an integral molded plastic device having a bottom panel and upstanding sidewalls which are biased toward each other and which include stub axles adapted to receive the opposite ends of the core on which the roll is wound. The sidewalls apply a braking force to the ends of the core. The core fits tightly onto the stub axles to provide an additional braking force in order to prevent free wheeling of the roll as the individual bags are dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Inventor: Ebrahim Simhaee
  • Patent number: 6443043
    Abstract: Automatic dispensing apparatus for paper rolls, including a molded housing containing a take-off reel, a cutting blade and a tensioning device in the upper section. A mechanism controls the tensioning and cutting of strips from the roll. A protective cover is hinged to the housing which snaps into place to cover the cutting and dispensing components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 6427893
    Abstract: A degater for degating a member from a runner is provided, the degater having a platform. The platform includes a first platform member and a second platform member. The first platform member is positioned adjacent the second platform member along a pivot axis, the first platform member and the second platform member being pivotable about the pivot axis from a respective first position, through an angle to a second position, and through a second angle to a third position. The first position is between the second position and third position. A hold-down member holds the member to the platform as at least one of the first platform member and second platform member move between the first, second and third positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Maryland Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Penrod, Curtis Miller
  • Patent number: 6419217
    Abstract: A paper web is drawn into a printing and can be guided along a selected one of several paths. The paper web is weakened along a line of separation and is then held by a retaining system that can move the web in a conveying direction along a first path. The web is fed to a different conveying path and is separated ot torn along the line of separation. This line of separation or weakening is formed at an angle to the production direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Wolfgang Hartmann, Horst Bernhard Michalik
  • Patent number: 6419136
    Abstract: A powered dispenser for dispensing individual paper towel segments from a continuous roll of paper provided with spaced lines of tearing comprises a housing, a support for the roll of paper, a feed mechanism, and a control device. The control device senses the presence of a user to activate the feed mechanism, controls the amount of material which is dispensed from the housing for any one cycle, and prevents further dispensing of the paper until the previous segment is separated from the roll. The control device detects the leading edge of the paper to initiate monitoring of the length of paper to be dispensed to prevent any cumulative error in dispensing the segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: George-Pacific Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Formon, Andrew R. Morris, James H. Murphy
  • Patent number: 6412679
    Abstract: A powered dispenser for dispensing individual paper towel segments from a continuous roll of paper provided with spaced lines of tearing comprises a housing, a support for the roll of paper, a feed mechanism, and a control device. The control device senses the presence of a user to activate the feed mechanism, controls the amount of material which is dispensed from the housing for any one cycle, and prevents further dispensing of the paper until the previous segment is separated from the roll. The control device detects the leading edge of the paper to initiate monitoring of the length of paper to be dispensed to prevent any cumulative error in dispensing the segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Formon, Andrew R. Morris, James H. Murphy
  • Patent number: 6412655
    Abstract: The invention relates to a towel dispenser (10) such as a paper towel dispenser comprising a housing (12) in which a paper roll and an issuing device (50) are arranged. Said issuing device can AC be controlled by a sensor (38). In order to simplify the operation and to increase the reliability of the towel dispenser, the invention provides that the sensor (38) is configured as a capacitive sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Inventors: Michael Stuetzel, Andreas Heub-Schneider
  • Publication number: 20020033405
    Abstract: An automatic rolled tissue dispensing system, which includes a housing within which is located a tissue advancing element comprising a pair of feed rollers which pull the tissue product from a roll of continuous rolled tissue product and advance the tissue to a sheet separating element comprising a pair of tearing rollers which remove individual tissue sheets from the continuous roll. A guide allows the tissue sheets discharged from the tearing rollers to be laid horizontally and stacked in a dispensing tray accessible to the user. An electric motor drives the rollers. The tearing rollers are driven through a variable clutch at a faster speed than the feed rollers, which causes the tissue to tear along its perforations in between the two sets of rollers. A first photo detecting sensor monitors the number of tissue sheets discharged from the tearing rollers, and a second photo detecting sensor monitors the presence of tissue sheets in the dispensing tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventor: Franc Gergek
  • Patent number: 6357687
    Abstract: An easily tear-off tissue holder includes a base, a shaft connected with and standing on the base, a fix rod connected with the shaft and having a slide hole for an upper small diameter connect rod of the shaft to fit and move up and down therein, and a press member connected on top of the fix rod to press down the fix rod and an elastic cylindrical member. When the press member is pressed down the fix rod and the elastic cylinder member, the elastic cylinder member with vertical slots and of narrow strips defined by every two neighboring vertical slots may elastically bend diametrically outward to push an inner wall of a cylindrical shaft of a coil tissue to stop the coil tissue immovable for easily tearing off a proper length of the tissue, by which the coil tissue may not be smeared in tearing off action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Inventor: I-Wen Liu
  • Publication number: 20010048013
    Abstract: Lottery ticket dispensing housings are provided with a hinged, transparent rear and top cover, a hinged front wall, and a powered ticket drive and separator module. A relatively tall embodiment of the dispenser with a small footprint is fitted onto the countertop of a check-out counter of a retail store. The top of the housing 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. A display of relatively flat and short dispensers is provided wherein a rack or housing supports the dispensers one a top of the other in a vertical array. In such a rack or housing the units are connected together electrically in a daisy-chain manner and one control device (point-of-sale terminal, computer or on-line terminal) operates all connected dispensers. The dispensers are shifted laterally with respect to one another to as to give greater viewability of the contents of each of the dispensers to a customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: BRIAN J. ROBERTS, DAVID B. PETCH
  • Publication number: 20010045441
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus and method are disclosed for dispensing sheet material from at least one roll of the sheet material. Dispensing is transferred from a stub roll to a reserve roll automatically in response to sensing a predetermined quantity of the stub roll. An isolating element is provided to lift the reserve roll out of contact with dispensing rollers during dispensing of sheet material from the stub roll, and a nipping element is provided to nip sheet material of the reserve roll when dispensing is transferred from the stub roll to the reserve roll. A cam controls movement of both the isolating element and the nipping element. Structure is also provided for sensing the diameter of the reserve roll of sheet material and providing an indication when the reserve roll is a predetermined diameter. The dispenser is quiet and capacity efficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Applicant: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Dale T. Gracyalny, David Carpenter, Kamala Grasso, Douglas W. Johnson, Peter D. Johnson, John E. Longan, John R. Moody, Hugh L. Smith, Ronald J. Vish
  • Patent number: 6321965
    Abstract: A novel system for dispensing tickets wherein a continuous strip is individuated into separate units by the force of users pulling each individual luggage tag through an aperture located at one end of a dispensing mechanism having a detent mechanism for shearing pre-scored and pre-arranged tickets that is used in combination with an interference and/or ramped spacing mechanism. The same may be mounted in a stanchion, on any existing environmental structure, or in a counter, and may include rectangular, rolled and alternatively shaped housing. Particularly useful for luggage tagging applications, a self-engaging ticket-like article may be used with existing guidance systems and an optional writing surface to allow users to procure and apply identifying indicia to such articles for marking luggage on an expedited basis while traveling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Lavi Industries
    Inventors: Gavriel Lavi, Edwin Chan, Clay A. Burns, Timothy J. Kennedy, Thomas Dair
  • Publication number: 20010038016
    Abstract: Wipers in roll form or separate sheets are stored in a plastic bag. A reclosable outlet is provided for the bag. In use with roll-form wipers, a restricted outlet is provided so as to provide resistance to the withdrawal of a strip of wipers from the bag, and allow them to be torn off along perforation lines delineating the wipers from one another. Preferably, the wiper material has a cleaning liquid absorbed in it. The bag material is a laminate comprising aluminum foil sandwiched between layers of polyester with an inner layer of polyethylene. This material is highly resistant to attack by aggressive solvents. In use with separate wipers, the bag has a slide-fastener closure which gives a wide outlet opening and adhesive-free closing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 1998
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventor: PETER B. RUSSO
  • Publication number: 20010020632
    Abstract: A cap for a wet wipe dispensing container, comprising an upper wall (22) provider with a window (25), through which is extracted the continuous wipe strip and whose contour is extended, at last on one of the sides, by a narrow slot (26) for introducing and retaining the wipe strip, said upper wall (22) carrying, externally, a cutting blade (30) spaced away from the narrow slot (26), for cutting the transversal extension of the continuous wipe strip when it is pressed against said cutting blade by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Alvaro Augusto Freitas De Oliveira, Waldir Borges Alves
  • Patent number: 6279806
    Abstract: A dispenser is disclosed for retaining and dispensing plastic bags which are wound on a core. The dispenser is made of heavy metal wire configured to provide curved tracks in which a core can ride. The dispenser includes a separating tongue which enables a customer to dispense the bags one by one by pulling on the free end of the outermost bag. In order to prevent freewheeling, a braking surface is provided which engages the roll and retards rotation. A supplemental braking force is provided by spring elements mounted within the tracks which apply a frictional force to the ends of core. The spring elements are oriented such that the force applied to the core by the springs as the roll rotates when the bags are dispensed, causes the roll to tend to move downwardly into engagement with the braking surface. The spring elements are attached to the dispenser at a point below the braking surface. As a result, the braking force applied by the springs increases as the size of the roll decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Inventor: Ebrahim Simhaee
  • Publication number: 20010013529
    Abstract: A paper cutter includes a blade extending in the width of a rolled paper, the blade having a linear edge and a serrated edge formed at an end of the linear edge. A paper guide for discharging the paper is disposed downstream from the cutter, the paper guide having an upper and a lower member and a discharge port at the downstream end thereof. A cutout section is formed at the upper member of the paper guide, and the position of the cutout section corresponds to the serrated blade edge in the width direction of the paper. The cutout section permits the paper to be grasped with fingers by the operator. When the paper is pulled, a force acts on the paper in a direction to press it against the serrated blade edge, cutting the paper from the edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: Masahiro Minowa, Naoki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6267322
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device which offers a person the convenience of tearing off with one hand any length of a flexible sheet material, typically toilet paper or kitchen towel, from a roll at a line of weakness (perforation) in the sheet. The device consists of two main components: a stable “cradle” and a movable “pallet”. The cradle is made up of a back plate whereby it is fastened to a solid surface, two side plates between which the roll is held, possibly a bottom plate on which (with the most practical embodiment of the invention) the roll rests, and a “lower jaw bar”. The pallet is rotatably attached to the side plates of the cradle. The active parts of the pallet are two cross bars: the “upper jaw bar” and the “press bar”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Inventor: Tibor Zoltan Harmathy
  • Patent number: 6199788
    Abstract: A dispenser is disclosed for dispensing and separating plastic bags from a roll of bags rolled on an axle which projects beyond the ends of the roll. The dispenser comprises a container which includes a surface which frictionally engages the roll to apply a braking force thereto. The braking surface includes an upper section and a lower sloped section which engages the roll when its diameter has decreased to a value which is such that the roll does not engage the upper section. The container includes opposing tracks extending from the upper portion of the container to a lower portion for supporting the projecting ends of the axle so that the roll will fall gradually in the tracks to the lower portion of the container as the articles are dispensed. The container also includes spring biased surfaces for applying an additional braking force to the ends of said roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Inventor: Ebrahim Simhaee
  • Patent number: 6158614
    Abstract: A dispenser of wet wipes from a coreless log includes a semi-cylindrical chimney member in the lid of the container that houses the log or houses a refill cartridge in which the log is disposed. The chimney member is disposed and configured to shelter the main portion of a dispensing opening without sealing the dispensing opening. The chimney member influences the user to extract the wipe in a way that reduces the wasteful incidence of streaming of wipes from the log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Haines, Peter Maddern, Donaghue R. Kelly
  • Patent number: 6145771
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a paper or plastic product, that allows a user to easily tear off one sheet of the product at a time. The dispenser includes a first magnetized member, a second magnetized member, a support bar and at least one stop device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Inventors: Cathy D. Santa Cruz, Robert Harley Phillips
  • Patent number: 6079603
    Abstract: A paper towel dispensing rack designed for ease of installation and use, the preferred embodiment of the present system configured to be placed within the sink cabinet of kitchen cabinet, in such a manner that the rack is supported by a cabinet beam horizontally situated over the cabinet door. Unlike prior art systems, the rack of the present system supports the sheet to be dispensed such that it is easily accessible through a closed door, upon opening the door, as desired, but without the towel roll and rack blocking access to the cabinet or taking up unwanted space. The preferred embodiment of the invention utilizes a c-clamp structure to secure the rack to a horizontal beam commonly found in most kitchen cabinets supporting a sink, mounting the rack in a secure, yet removable fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Thomas V Smegal
  • Patent number: 6076717
    Abstract: A pet refuse bag dispenser attachable to a leash provides a device for conveniently carrying a roll of plastic bags when exercising one's pet. The dispenser includes a housing which defines an inner cavity and has an aperture therethrough which permits access to the inner cavity. The roll of plastic bags is disposed within the inner cavity such that the bags may be individually removed therefrom through the housing aperture. The plastic bags are wound about a tubular axle which is positioned centrally within the inner cavity of the housing such that the tubular axle, and thus the roll of plastic bags, may rotate therein. In one embodiment, the housing is formed of a cylindrical base into which the roll of bags is inserted, and a removable lid which encloses an open end of the cylindrical base. In another embodiment, the housing includes a blister pack affixed to a backing so as to capture the roll of plastic bags therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Inventors: Timothy Edwards, Mary Edwards
  • Patent number: 6056179
    Abstract: A rollholder for a roll of polyethylene bags is formed from a hollow polygonal box having rectangular sides with a shaft in the middle upon which the roll of bags is placed. One of the sides of the box has a toothed slot from which the bags are dispensed one at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Inventor: Federico de Hoyos Muzquiz
  • Patent number: 6027002
    Abstract: A dispenser apparatus includes a loading device for sensing when an initial working roll of web material previously positioned in a receptacle is empty, so that it can be replaced with a fresh second roll positioned between a pair of flanges. The loading device includes a first mechanism fixed within a hinged cover of the apparatus including a movable tab in a position substantially opposite the point where the material web is inserted and placed on a drum. The device further includes a second mechanism extending from the apparatus housing which is activated when the cover is closed to sense when the initial roll is empty and to control the actuation of the mechanism to load the web from the fresh second roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 6006669
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for automatically affixing notes to a moving printed web which has a plurality of repeat lengths, each of the notes being automatically applied at the same relative location in each of a plurality of repeat lengths of the printed web. The apparatus includes a note feed device adapted to receive a note web consisting of a carrier web and a plurality of removable notes disposed on the carrier web. The apparatus also includes a note handler operatively coupled to separate the notes from the carrier web and cause them to be applied to the printed web and a controller adapted to control the note feed device so as to cause each of the notes to be applied to the printed web in a predetermined position in each of the repeat lengths of the printed web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Hurletron, Incorporated
    Inventors: David M. Klein, Steven J. Siler
  • Patent number: 5979284
    Abstract: Automatic dispensing apparatus for paper rolls, including a molded housing containing a take-off reel, a cutting blade and a tensioning device in the upper section. A mechanism controls the tensioning and cutting of strips from the roll. A protective cover is hinged to the housing which snaps into place to cover the cutting and dispensing components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 5975394
    Abstract: A portable hard cover dispenser for a small roll of interconnected plastic bags has a dispensing slot for removing a bag, a brake for holding the roll of bags while a bag is torn from the roll, a bag rewinder, and is equipped with a belt hook for convenience in carrying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Inventor: Shlomo Shuval
  • Patent number: 5950898
    Abstract: A lottery ticket dispensing machine includes a ticket dispensing mechanism for advancing a continuous strip of lottery tickets therethrough and subsequent separation of the selected number of tickets from the continuous strip. The machine includes a framing assembly for housing the dispensing mechanism which is controlled by a computer driven printed circuit board for determining the distance that the continuous strip of tickets will travel. The dispensing mechanism is powered by a motor for rotation of a set of pinch rollers and forward feed advancement of the continuous strip of lottery tickets therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Instant Technologies, Incorporated
    Inventor: Louis P. Menna
  • Patent number: 5937718
    Abstract: An apparatus for safely controlling a paper cut-off device in a paper towel dispenser in which a knife of the cut off device can effectively be locked in a stop position within a recess of a drum. Alternatively, the apparatus can lock the knife in a position of initial rotation within the recess of the drum prior to ejection of the knife. The knife is locked in either of these positions by stopping mechanisms arranged on the lateral side of the housing of the towel dispenser at a location of a fixed cam with a plurality of radiating fingers, and near the end flange of the drum opposite a heel-shaped pinion, respectively. A rotation control mechanism disposed at the base of the housing ensures swiveling and retraction of the knife into the recess formed on the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 5934535
    Abstract: A bag dispensing system providing plastic bags from a roll of bags where one end is attached to the top of the next bag by perforation lines with a slot therebetween. The roll of bags provides a core having an indexing member on at least one end. The dispenser comprising a wire frame formed into channels to support the core. The channels include a core retaining member for restraining the core in the channel. The dispenser includes at least one brake attached to a support member and disposed at an angle thereto to provide tension to the edges of the roll of bags as the core passes through the channel passageway as bags are removed from the roll. Spaced apart from the support is a separating tongue. The tongue engages the slot regardless of whether the bags are drawn over or under the tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Paul Kannankeril, Bruce Arnold Cruikshank
  • Patent number: 5836498
    Abstract: An improved lottery ticket dispenser includes a burster wheel having a cylindrical contact surface. The improved burster wheel provides for an increased range of operation so that greater misalignment between the perforation or line of weakness between adjacent tickets in a fanfold stream and the path of the burster wheel can be accommodated while still providing a reliable and effective separation of the adjacent tickets along the line of weakness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Interlott Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Edmund F. Turek
  • Patent number: 5833104
    Abstract: A ticket dispensing device having a braking system for preventing unauthorized removal of tickets. A drive roller advancing the ticket strip through the device is connected to a brake wheel. Pulling on the ticket moves the brake wheel into a braking member to impede the rotation of the drive roller, and thereby prevent removal of tickets. The ticket dispensing device also includes a face plate which can be easily and quickly removed to eliminate ticket jams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Stephen Horniak
    Inventors: Stephen Horniak, John Wingeron, Jr., John Colin Horniak
  • Patent number: 5813585
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for serially dispensing plastic bags from a wound roll of continuous flexible plastic bags joined along perforated severance lines. A container is provided which is adapted to receive the wound roll of plastic bags. The container has a bottom, a pair of opposed sides having an inwardly facing flange extending therefrom, and a separating tongue projecting outward from the bottom. The flanges define a self-threading slide for threading the plastic bags from the wound roll along a predetermined path onto the separating tongue. The separating tongue separates the plastic bags from the wound roll as the plastic bags engage the separation tongue along a predetermined path of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation
    Inventors: Charles P. Kannankeril, Bruce A. Cruikshank, German Gavronsky, Brian K. Farison
  • Patent number: 5810234
    Abstract: The dispensing device comprises a housing (1) which consists of two parts. This housing contains a base plate (2) and an upper part (3), the upper part (3) being designed as a lid whose opening can be placed onto the base plate. On the underside of the base plate (2), a column (5) is attached. The upper part (3) is articulatedly mounted on the base plate (2) with the aid of a hinge (4). The supply of bags forms rolls (37) and such a supply of bags is located in the upper part (3). That wall (11 or 13, respectively) of the upper part (3) closest to the roll (37) in question is provided with a slot (20) through which the bags can leave the housing. A device (40) for the support of the rolls (37) is provided which is arranged in the upper part (3). This support device (40) comprises at least one pair of holders (42) for a supply roll (37).This dispensing device may also be set up outdoors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Burli Spiel-Und Sportgerate AG
    Inventor: Hugo Burli
  • Patent number: 5810200
    Abstract: A tissue package comprising tissues and a dispensing package in combination. The dispensing package has a dispensing opening through which the tissues are dispensed. The dispensing package further has an engaging tab which separates one of the tissues as it is dispensed, thereby separating the tissue from succeeding tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Patent number: 5791540
    Abstract: The guide strip separation device employs a base plate, such that the base plate includes a bottom surface having mounted onto a top surface thereof a row of spaced registration lugs that are received within the apertures of the guide strips to be removed. The registration lugs engage a groove within a cover portion of the device. The cover portion of the device is arranged to engage the guide strip thereby permitting ease of manual grasping of the paper web to effect its separation relative to the associated guide strip thusly clamped by the abutment flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Assembled Products Corporation
    Inventor: William L. Sage
  • Patent number: 5755369
    Abstract: A raffle ticket dispenser which incorporates a holder for a continuous strip of tickets which readily dispenses a single ticket or multiple tickets. The free end of the continuous strip of tickets is fed through an opening in the holder which has a ticket locator that maintains the first ticket in the strip readily available, and provides an edge to facilitate the removal of a single ticket or multiple tickets. In addition storage compartments are attached to the ticket holder to store items associated with the sale of the tickets. This makes a convenient, portable device which is easily moved from place to place and, also, keeps all necessary items together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Inventor: Ronald J. Holmes
  • Patent number: 5727721
    Abstract: A dispenser for web articles such as plastic bags which are torn from the web includes a support for the webbing, pivotally mounted in a frame. The support and frame each include jaws defining a nozzle through which the webbing passes. The weight of the support and of the webbing draws the jaws together in a clamping action, so as to frictionally engage the webbing, preparatory to tearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Inventors: Joseph Jerome Guido, deceased, by Marguerite McGrath Guido, trustee, Robert Joseph Guido
  • Patent number: 5706993
    Abstract: A dispenser for a roll of bags joined in series end-to end along transverse severable lines comprising a receptacle in which a roll of bags may be held and rotated to pass the bags through the outlet of the receptacle and a web guide secured to the outlet. The web guide may be provided with a floor and inwardly overhanging side edges with the floor terminating in an upwardly projecting serrated edge which effects separation of each bag from its next ensuing bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Inventor: Robert B. DeMatteis