Abstract: Various dispensing systems with drop-down features are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the dispensing system includes a roll support with a sensor and a piston. The sensor can move as the roll decreases in size (e.g., the outside diameter decreases) and can apply a force to the roll. The piston can move to become less engaged with the roll, such as becoming less received in a roll plug or the hollow core of the roll. When the roll has decreased to a threshold size, the piston substantially or fully disengages from the roll and/or the sensor applies a force to dislodge the roll from the roll support. This results in the roll automatically dropping off the roll support. The roll support is thus available to receive a fresh roll.

Abstract: A modular wall organization system including one or plural board assemblies. Each of the board assemblies includes a frame and at least one planar panel held by the frame. Some of the frames include hollow frame sections and corner nodes, which connect the frame sections. The frame sections are configured to be used with hangers for mounting various types of accessories on the board assembly or for connecting plural board assembles together. Some of the accessories are trays, baskets, rolls of writing material, and panel insert assemblies. The panel insert assemblies include various panels, such as cork-boards, dry-erase boards, chalk-boards, fabric-boards, slat-boards, letter-to boards and other types of boards or panels. Some of the frames are in the form of solid frame sections.

Abstract: The present technology relates to apparatuses, systems, and methods for holding and dispensing a roll of material. The apparatus can comprise a supporting structure which can include an engaging member connected to a supporting member. The supporting member can comprise a connecting element. The engaging member can be configured to engage a household fixture. The connecting element can be configured to connect to a second connecting element of a second supporting structure such that the supporting members of the first and second supporting structure support a roll of material.

Abstract: A coreless web material dispenser or dispensing apparatus that includes a flexible brace that is configured to support a roll of coreless web material relative to the dispenser. The flexible brace is supported by the housing such that closing a cover of the dispensing apparatus biases a portion of the brace into operative engagement with the roll of coreless web material. Preferably, the flexible brace includes at least one protrusion that extends inwardly relative to a roll facing side of the brace and defines a rotational axis upon which the roll of the coreless web material may rotate while one or more side portions of the flexible brace limit lateral movement of the roll during dispensing events.

Abstract: A web roll handling and loading system and methods employ hubs positioned on opposing sides of a roll of web material wound on a hollow tubular core. Hub faces have an annular shape configured to be seated in respective ends of the hollow tubular core. The hubs are pivotably supported for pivoting between an operational position and a deflected position. The roll of web material is loaded on the hubs by lifting it from beneath the hubs to deflect the hub faces arcuately upward, then lowering the roll to allow the hub faces to pivot downward and become seated in the ends of the hollow tubular core. Alternatively, the roll is loaded into a pick-up tool by lowering the pick-up tool downward to the roll so the hubs deflect arcuately upward, then raising the tool so the hubs pivot downward and become seated in the hollow tubular core.

Abstract: Dispenser apparatus for holding a roll of paper toweling or tissue sheet material and dispensing the sheet material, the apparatus including structure exerting drag forces on the roll to reduce overspin when pulling forces on the sheet material causing dispensing have been terminated.

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 dispensing machine for pre-cut wipe material wound on a reel includes a wall-mounted housing with a back panel, two side panels, a lower base panel, and a cover articulated relative to said housing by lifting the cover upwards. The back panel accommodates a module having two lateral side pieces to receive the reel of material. The dispensing machine includes a compensating lever mechanism to move the strip of pre-cut material rearwardly in close combination with lifting or lowering of the cover. The mechanism is externally located either side of the lateral side pieces in the space between the lateral side pieces and the side panels. The mechanism comprises two levers articulated together and mounting a return roller. The first lever has a uniform structure and the second lever has various components which allow Cardan-joint type articulation. The levers are linked to arms connected to the cover.

Abstract: A line winding device prevents line twisting by allowing feeding of line from a line spool rotor to a fishing reel rotor along a first central axis and rotation of the line spool rotor about a second central axis. The line winding device includes a handle which can accommodate a fishing reel that requires winding of line onto the fishing reel rotor. A swivel assembly attached to the handle comprising at least one pair of arms, which can hold a line spool rotor in order to permit rotation of a line spool rotor around a first central axis while permitting rotation of the swivel assembly about a second central axis. A user can transfer line from the line spool rotor to the fishing reel rotor without line twisting due to the ability of the line spool rotor to rotate about a first central axis and a second central axis.

Abstract: A paper roll fixing device of a printer includes a first supporting base, a second supporting base, a first fixing member and a second fixing member. The first fixing member comprises a rotatable first fixing slab. The second fixing member comprises a rotatable second fixing slab. When the first fixing slab and the first fixing slab are pushed by a paper roll, the first fixing slab and the first fixing slab are rotated to the position without stopping the paper roll from entering or leaving the space between the first supporting base and the second supporting base. As a consequently, the paper roll can be smoothly introduced into or removed from the paper roll fixing device. By the paper roll fixing device, the paper roll can be introduced into or removed from the paper roll fixing device with a single hand or in a single step.

Abstract: A portable absorbent wipe support apparatus (apparatus) including at least a main body portion with a mounting clip support, a mounting clip in sliding communication with said clip support, and an article retention portion hinged to an article retention catch of the main body portion is disclosed. In a first embodiment, the article retention portion preferably includes a dowel support supporting a hinge dowel, wherein said dowel interacts with the article retention catch to secure the article retention portion to the main body portion. Preferably, the mounting clip alone maintains the main body portion positioned relative to and in contacting adjacency with a mounting surface by steps for installing said apparatus. The steps preferably include; guiding an extension portion of a mounting clip through a mounting clip aperture of said clip support, and sliding a retention portion of said mounting clip into pressing contact with the mounting surface.

Abstract: A handcart for unrolling wire is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, one leg of the handcart is hinged to permit a roll of wire to be loaded or unloaded onto a horizontal spindle on the cart without lifting the roll. The axles of the wheels of the cart are offset from the spindle such that tipping the cart lifts the roll of wire from the surface on which it is resting and permits the wire to payout from the roll as the cart is rolled across the ground.

Abstract: A toilet roll dispensing device having a body with a specified shape and size resembling a toilet tank and adapted to being mounted to a location associated with a vertically extending surface. A lowermost and extending support is associated with the body. A second upper and selectively displaceable support extends in substantially parallel fashion relative to the lowermost support. A widthwise hinge extends between the upper support and the body and permits the upper support to rotate upwardly against the body. The first and second supports each exhibit an opposing face upon which is defined an annular embossment, a core associated with a toilet roll seating with the annular embossments in heightwise extending and rotatable fashion and in order to provide the supports with an appearance resembling a toilet base and lid.

Abstract: A paper towel roll having a width of 12.7 to 15.24 centimeters (5 to 6 inches) is provided, along with a holder configured to hold the roll. The holder is composed of a plastic resin molded in a flattened condition and including a pair of arm portions that are folded outward to support the roll. A first version of the holder includes a pair of separate sections, with the arm portions extending toward one another and overlapping as the sections are brought together. A second version is molded as an integral structure, with the two arm portions extending in a common direction from a frame including an aperture in which one arm portion extends.

Abstract: A tube plate supported in a freely rotatable manner in a creel of a cheese-producing textile machine is provided with a tensioning cone that fits into the cheese tube and fixes it. The tube plate includes a base body with the tensioning cone and a clamping ring, axially movable relative to and supported on the base body.

Abstract: Device for gripping a package, in particular for yarn winding machines, is constituted by two lateral arms each provided at its free end with a spindle for mounting a tube of a package, movably mounted by their other end on a slide way for support and mounting on a winding machine and actuated to open and close by a jack, the mounting of each lateral arm on the slide way for support and mounting on the winding machine being carried out by an axle secured to the slide way and coacting with an oblong hole in the lateral arm. The slide way is moreover provided with abutments for guiding and limiting the path, which coact with the corresponding end of the lateral arms during opening and closing of the lateral arms.

Abstract: A reel-holder flange in a dispensing machine for wipe material includes a frame which accommodates a protective cover. The frame has two flanges between which a reel of material, a drum which accommodates a cutting device and any other components are mounted. The reel-holder flanges each accommodate an end fitting which accommodates a core of the reel. An upper part of one of the flanges accommodates a shaft which supports an end fitting. The end fitting accommodates an O-ring seal which protrudes and cooperates which the core of the reel. An elastic return means is disposed between the base of the flange or an associated connecting spacer bar between the flanges in order to fulfil an anti-loop function by cooperating with means for tensioning the return means.

Abstract: Device for gripping a package, in particular for yarn winding machines, is constituted by two lateral arms each provided at its free end with a spindle for mounting a tube of a package, movably mounted by their other end on a slide way for support and mounting on a winding machine and actuated to open and close by a jack, the mounting of each lateral arm on the slide way for support and mounting on the winding machine being carried out by an axle secured to the slide way and coacting with an oblong hole in the lateral arm. The slide way is moreover provided with abutments for guiding and limiting the path, which coact with the corresponding end of the lateral arms during opening and closing of the lateral arms.

Abstract: Reel-holder flange in a dispensing machine for wipe material of the type comprising a frame which accommodates a protective cover, said frame having two flanges between which the reel of material, the drum which accommodates the cutting device and any other components are mounted, the reel-holder flanges each accommodating an end fitting which accommodates the core of the reel, characterized in that the upper part of one of the flanges (5) accommodates a shaft (9) which supports end fitting (10), and in that the end fitting accommodates an O-ring seal (14) which protrudes and cooperates which the core of the reel, and in that there is an elastic return means between the base (5.1) of said flange (5) or the associated connecting spacer bar (15) between the flanges (4.5) in order to fulfil an anti-loop function by cooperating with means (11-12) making it possible to tension the return means.

Abstract: A paper towel roll having a width of 12.7 to 15.24 centimeters (5 to 6 inches) is provided, along with a holder configured to hold the roll. The holder is composed of a plastic resin molded in a flattened condition and including a pair of arm portions that are folded outward to support the roll. A first version of the holder includes a pair of separate sections, with the arm portions extending toward one another and overlapping as the sections are brought together. A second version is molded as an integral structure, with the two arm portions extending in a common direction from a frame including an aperture in which one arm portion extends.

Abstract: A dispenser for a coreless roll product having a pair of depressions defined in the ends of the coreless roll. The dispenser includes: a frame; mounting device for permitting the frame to be mounted to a stationary surface such as a wall; and a coreless roll securing device for securing a coreless roll product for rotation within the frame. The coreless roll securing device includes a pair of cooperating plungers. Each plunger includes: (1) a base, the base being fixed to the frame; (2) a distal end, the distal end having a radius of curvature; and (3) a central shaft, the central shaft connecting the base and the distal end and providing sufficient length so the plunger has a length at least as great as its widest dimension so the plunger is adapted to penetrate a depression defined at an end of a coreless roll product, so radial displacement of the coreless roll with respect to said frame is prevented during use. Also a method for installing a coreless roll of a product.

Abstract: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for more efficiently and easily dispensing paper products, such as toilet tissue, from commercial wall mounted dispensers. The invention may comprise spring loaded projections on the interior of the housing that are adapted to receive and suspend within the housing rolls of paper tissue. Doors within the housing are configured to allow insertion of a new roll of paper into the dispenser when located in the open position; further, such doors suspend the tail of the paper roll for easy access to the tissue user when the doors are in the closed position. An accessory feature facilitates the dispensing of a stub roll or partially consumed roll, as well as a new roll, upon reloading of the dispenser. One or more windows are provided to enable maintenance personnel to determine when reloading the dispenser is required.

Abstract: A filter paper roll support apparatus for a coffee vending machine, having a fixed arm and a pivotable arm spaced from the fixed arm for supporting opposite ends of a support roll on which the paper roll is mounted for rotation. The pivotable arm is hinged and spring biased towards the fixed arm. A spacing element is formed in each of the arms to engage the opposite sides of a roll of filter paper to keep it from rubbing on the main bodies of the arms.

Abstract: A paper roll holder for rotatably supporting a paper towel roll having a core with open ends. The holder includes a support structure having first and second attachment portions and two hubs insertable into the core of the paper towel roll for holding the paper towel roll. Each hub is rotatably coupled to an associated attachment portion of the support structure, each hub having a body having an axis and a resilient compressible sidewall having a maximum at rest diameter. The sidewall being radially compressible from the at rest position to a plurality of smaller diameters, whereby the sidewall is insertable into the open end of a plurality of differently sized cores. The paper roll holder can be placed in the housing of a paper towel dispenser.

Abstract: A rollerless device is disclosed for supporting a roll of material, such as toilet paper, within a recess within a wall, for example. The device comprises a shell having a semi-cylindrical cavity for receiving the roll and rotatable pegs mounted at opposite ends of the shell. Each peg includes a hub which is rotatable relative to a base secured to the shell at approximately the midpoint of the shell. Each base and hub includes cooperating members for limiting the movement of the hub from a first position in which the core of the roll is rotatably mounted in the center of the cylindrical cavity, and a second position in which the core can be removed or a new roll inserted into the cavity. The second position is such that when the pegs are not constrained, they will fall under the influence of gravity to the first or roll supporting position.

Abstract: The roll support (10) is used for removably connecting a suspended roll (12) to a housing (14). The support (10) comprises two opposite supporting assemblies (20), each located on a respective side (22,24) of the housing (14). Each assembly (20) comprises a plate member (30) operatively connected to the housing (14) and pivotable around a horizontal pivot axis. A spring (50) forces a surface of the plate member (30) toward the horizontal. A suspension member (60) is pivotally connected to the housing (14) for supporting a respective side of the roll (12). The roll support (10) provides a simple mechanism for removably connecting a suspended roll (12) to a housing (14) without the need of manually inserting a mandrel through the spool (16) of the roll (12). A method for connecting a suspended roll (12) to a housing (14) is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention is an apparatus for converting sheets of paper into cushioning dunnage. The apparatus includes a supply assembly, a conversion mechanism, a cutting assembly and a cutting assembly interlock device. The supply assembly supports the paper which is to be converted. The conversion assembly crumples single ply paper into cushioning dunnage and the cutting assembly cuts the newly formed dunnage into desired lengths, where the dunnage is allowed to fall into a container to cushion an item within the container. The cutting assembly interlock device permits activation of the cutting assembly only when the cutting assembly has fully moved into the proper, cutting position.

Abstract: A compound tape dispensing device comprised of a belt attachment portion. A tape holding portion is secured to the belt attachment portion. A tape retaining portion is secured to the tape holding portion to hold a roll of compound tape thereon. An unwinding prevention portion is included to preclude the roll of compound tape from unrolling by applying pressure on a circumferential face of the roll of compound tape.

Abstract: A dispenser assembly for dispensing product arranged in a roll and the roll has a cavity disposed at each end of the roll. The dispenser assembly includes a base, a pair of arms having first and second ends and at least one roller associating with the second end of the respective arm. The first end of each arm attaches to the base and each second end extends outwardly from the base. The roller has a roll engaging portion which is structured and arranged to extend from the second end into the respective cavity of the roll when the roll is inserted into the arms.