| 发明名称 |
AUTOMATIC TOWEL DISPENSER |
| 摘要 |
Dispensing towels includes, using a motor assembly configured to cause a leading edge of the toweling to be extended from a housing of the dispenser and to cause the toweling to be subsequently retracted back into the housing, (a) the step of extending the toweling exterior of the housing for grasping by a user; and (b) subsequent thereto, the steps of (1) retracting the toweling into the housing using the motor assembly; (2) sensing a leading edge of the toweling, using a sensor, while retracting the toweling; and (3) ceasing retracting of the toweling into the housing using the motor assembly as a function of sensing the leading edge of the toweling using the sensor. The toweling is advanced by the motor assembly such that a line of perforations in the toweling, along which the user tears the toweling, is located downstream of the sensor. |
| 申请公布号 |
US2017042393(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2017.02.16 |
| 申请号 |
US201615339920 |
申请日期 |
2016.10.31 |
| 申请人 |
INNOVIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, LLC |
发明人 |
TROUTMAN WILLIAM BRYANT;TROUTMAN, II WILLIAM BRYANT;KOVACEVICH IAN D.;PHILPOTT THOMAS JAMES;HOY CHRISTOPHER;OBER LAWRENCE |
| 分类号 |
A47K10/36 |
主分类号 |
A47K10/36 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. A method of dispensing towels from toweling with a dispenser, comprising:
(a) using a motor assembly configured to cause a leading edge of the toweling to be extended from a housing of the dispenser and to cause the toweling to be subsequently retracted back into the housing, the step of extending the toweling exterior of the housing for grasping by a user; and subsequent thereto, the steps of, (b) retracting the toweling into the housing using the motor assembly; (c) sensing a leading edge of the toweling, using a sensor, while retracting the toweling; and (d) ceasing retracting of the toweling into the housing using the motor assembly as a function of sensing the leading edge of the toweling using the sensor. |
| 地址 |
Charlotte NC US |
