SHEET PRODUCT DISPENSER

摘要

A dispenser is disclosed that includes a housing defining an interior volume for receiving a stack of sheet products, an actuator, a dispensing member, a roller, and a support structure for engaging a front face of the stack including opposed shelves for supporting opposed sides of the front face. The actuator is operable by a user to activate a dispensing member to dispense a desired number of sheet products. The actuator includes two or more user interfaces that a user can actuate to transmit to the dispensing member an amount of movement corresponding to different numbers of sheet products being dispensed depending upon which of the user interfaces is actuated. The roller is located between the opposed shelves and engages and grips on the front face of the stack. The actuator imparts a predetermined amount of rotation to the roller depending upon which of the user interface ledges is actuated, which causes the roller to separate one or more sheet products at the front face of the stack in a one-at-a-time fashion.

主权项

1. A dispenser comprising a housing defining an interior volume for supporting a stack of sheet products of a certain maximum depth in the stacking direction of the stack and a certain maximum area perpendicular to the stacking direction, the dispenser comprising a dispensing opening and stack support structure around the dispensing opening for engaging a front face of the stack having said maximum area, the stack support structure for engaging the front face on one side of the front face and on another side of the front face, and dispensing means for releasing a sheet product at said one side of the front face of the stack to extend through the dispensing opening while the sheet product remains supported by the support structure at the another side of the front face of the stack.