ELECTRONIC RESIDENTIAL TISSUE DISPENSER

摘要

An automatic electronic dispenser for dispensing a roll of paper product that avoids refeeding of paper by retarding breaking on the high side of the roll. A dispenser module drives paper from the roll through a discharge chute at the bottom of the module. The dispenser module utilizes two floating pressing rollers and a belt drive that provides quiet and consistent operation by pressing of the two pressing rollers onto a main roll. The dispenser module including a main bar module which holds the roll and which is received on paper holder arms.

主权项

1. An automatic dispenser for dispensing a roll of a perforated paper product, the dispenser comprising:
a paper roll support upon which the roll of perforated paper sheets is disposed, the paper roll support including a plurality of paper holder arms attached along opposite sides of the paper roll support, and shaped to receive the paper roll therebetween; a driving roller for unrolling the paper from the paper roll holder in response to a signal; a series of pressing rollers, the pressing rollers each arranged so as to engage the perforated paper sheets against the driving roller as the driving roller is driven so as to draw the paper sheets along a feed path defined between the pressing and driving rollers and to a discharge; and a drive mechanism including a drive motor operatively connected to a belt drive gear and to at least one end of the driving roller, and at least one drive belt driven by the belt drive gear and engaging the pressing rollers to drive the pressing rollers; wherein the drive motor is actuated in response to a signal and drives the driving and pressing rollers for a predetermined number of cycles for feeding an amount of the perforated paper product from the roll.