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US20130200201A1
US20130200201A1 US13/700,188 US201013700188A US2013200201A1 US 20130200201 A1 US20130200201 A1 US 20130200201A1 US 201013700188 A US201013700188 A US 201013700188A US 2013200201 A1 US2013200201 A1 US 2013200201A1
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Erik Hjort
Mats Lind
Joakim Norin
Marcus Kullman
Benny Jacobsen
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24—Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
    • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper
    • A47K10/34—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means
    • A47K10/38—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means the web being rolled up with or without tearing edge
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24—Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
    • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper
    • A47K2010/3233—Details of the housing, e.g. hinges, connection to the wall

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  • the present invention relates to a portable refillable dispenser for absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material according to the precharacterizing portion of claim 1 .
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a portable dispenser which will protect paper, tissue or nonwoven material inside the dispenser to be dispensed therefrom from outside physical influence at least to a certain extent.
  • a portable refillable dispenser for absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material comprising a lower housing portion and an upper housing portion.
  • the upper housing portion is connected via a first hinge to the lower housing portion.
  • the upper and lower housing portions form a compartment for the absorbent tissue or nonwoven material and an inner dispensing opening therebetween.
  • the upper and lower housing portions allow refilling of the dispenser with the absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material.
  • the dispenser further comprises a lid connected with the upper and lower housing portions for holding the upper and lower housing portions together in the closed position and for at least partially covering the inner dispensing opening from at least one direction.
  • the lid is provided with an outer dispensing opening.
  • the inner and outer dispensing openings are disposed such that the absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material is dispensable via the inner and outer dispensing openings.
  • the absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material is arranged in the compartment, which has an inner dispensing opening and the dispenser comprises a lid which at least partially covers the inner dispensing opening, the absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material inside the compartment of the dispenser is protected from, for instance, rain, snow or splashing liquids. Thanks to the lid being provided with an outer dispensing opening, absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material may be dispensed from the dispenser without opening the lid and since the lid also performs the function of holding the housing portions together, the dispenser is portable also when being set for dispensing. As a result, the above mentioned object is achieved.
  • absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material When a user dispenses absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material from the dispenser it is dispensed through both the inner and outer dispensing openings. A free end of the absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material may be arranged between the inner and outer dispensing openings for easy access by a user.
  • the absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material may be arranged on a roll or in a stack.
  • the absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material may be in the form of a continuous web, which may be perforated for ease of separating sheets from the roll or stack. In case of a stack, it may alternatively contain separate sheets of paper, tissue or nonwoven material. The separate sheets may be interleaved to prepare a next sheet, following a dispensed sheet, for easy grasping.
  • the dispenser being portable entails inter alia that it is of practical size and is adapted to be placed on a surface, e.g. by its lower housing portion on its outside being provided with a support arrangement in the form of feet or an even surface.
  • the lid may be arranged at a distance from the inner dispensing opening. In this manner the inner dispensing opening, and accordingly also the absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material in the compartment, may be protected from outside physical influence, such as rain.
  • the compartment in the closed position may be enclosed, with the exception of the inner dispensing opening.
  • the absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material inside the compartment is protected from outside physical influence such as rain or liquid on a wet surface, on which the dispenser is placed.
  • the upper housing portion is provided with a handle for carrying the dispenser. Portability of the dispenser may thus be improved.
  • the lid may be connected by means of a second hinge either to the upper or to the lower housing portion and by means of a releasable connection to the other of the said upper and the said lower housing portion.
  • the lid may be pivotably attached to the dispenser, which facilitates handling of the lid, e.g. when the dispenser is to be refilled.
  • the weight of the lower housing portion and the absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material may be transferred via the first hinge and the lid to the upper housing portion when the dispenser is suspended from the handle.
  • the lid may thus form part of the supporting structure of the dispenser.
  • the lid may be provided with a lock for locking the lid to one of the upper and lower housing portions.
  • the lock may, or may not, have a load supporting function.
  • the lid may be provided with a closing hatch for the outer dispensing opening.
  • the closing hatch By means of the closing hatch the outer dispensing opening may be closed and thus, the dispenser becomes completely closed.
  • the dispenser when completely closed, may keep the paper, tissue or nonwoven material inside dry even during long periods in, for instance, heavy rain.
  • the closing hatch may be slidably arranged on or in the lid.
  • the closing hatch may be arranged on an inside or an outside surface of the lid.
  • the closing hatch may abut against the lid to form a seal around the closing hatch.
  • the lid may be provided with a drainage arrangement in connection with the outer dispensing opening, and the drainage arrangement may be arranged for diverting liquid to an outside of the dispenser. Accordingly, if liquid, such as water, should happen to get into a space between the lid and the upper and/or lower housing portions, the liquid may be drained out from this space via the drainage arrangement.
  • a chamber may be formed between the lid and at least the upper housing portion. Thanks to the chamber, a space may be formed between the lid and the inner dispensing opening. The inner dispensing opening is thus better protected from outside physical influence. Furthermore, the chamber may house a free end of a paper, tissue or nonwoven material web ready for grasping by a user through the outer dispensing opening in the lid. If provided with a closing hatch the free end of the web in the chamber may be protected when the closing hatch is closed.
  • the upper housing portion in the chamber, may be provided with a channel system for diverting liquid away from the inner dispensing opening.
  • liquid which may have entered the chamber from an upper end thereof, may be prevented from reaching the paper, tissue or nonwoven material at the inner dispensing opening.
  • the channel system may be in fluid communication with the draining arrangement of the lid.
  • the outer dispensing opening may have a smaller width than a width of the absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material inside the compartment.
  • a smaller width opening contributes to making it difficult for moisture to enter the inside of the dispenser.
  • a smaller width opening may also make it easier for a user to grasp the paper, tissue or nonwoven material for dispensing thereof through the dispensing openings.
  • the dispensing force exerted by a user on the free end of the paper, tissue or nonwoven material web through the smaller width outer dispensing opening may be evenly distributed over the width of the web.
  • the compartment may be adapted to contain a roll of the absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material.
  • the dispenser may comprise a drive roller at the inner dispensing opening adapted to abut the roll of absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material to thereby rotate substantially at the same peripheral speed as the roll of absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material when paper, tissue or nonwoven material is dispensed. In this manner the rotation of the roll of paper, tissue or nonwoven material may be controlled by properties of the drive roller.
  • the compartment may be adapted to contain a stack of sheets of the absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material.
  • the lid may form part of a substantially vertical side surface of the dispenser.
  • the lower housing portion may form a liquid tight trough.
  • the dispenser may be placed for instance in snow or wet grass without the paper, tissue or nonwoven material inside the dispenser becoming wet.
  • FIGS. 1-3 illustrate schematically dispensers for paper, tissue or nonwoven material according to example embodiments
  • FIG. 4 illustrates schematically a cross section of a part of a dispenser according to example embodiments.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates schematically a dispenser 2 for paper, tissue or nonwoven material according to example embodiments.
  • the dispenser 2 is portable and is provided with a handle 4 to facilitate carrying or suspending the dispenser 2 .
  • the dispenser 2 has an upper housing portion 6 and a lower housing portion 8 .
  • the upper housing portion 6 extends from an upper portion, where the handle 4 is arranged, downwards to form side surfaces of the dispenser 2 .
  • the lower housing portion 8 forms a trough up to the lower part of the inner dispensing opening, such that liquid cannot enter the dispenser 2 from below.
  • the housing portions 6 , 8 are connected to each other at one end by means of a first hinge 10 .
  • a lid 12 is attached by means of a second hinge 14 to the lower housing portion 8 .
  • the lid 12 is foldable about the second hinge 14 into a shut position, in which an end portion 16 of the lid 14 engages with the upper housing portion 6 .
  • the dispenser 2 may be carried by the handle 4 .
  • a lock 18 on the lid 12 adapted to engage with an engaging part 20 on the upper housing portion 6 .
  • the lock 18 and 20 do not have a load carrying function when engaged.
  • a chamber 22 is formed between the lid 12 and the upper and lower housing portions 6 , 8 .
  • the lid 12 protects the inner dispensing opening 11 and is provided with an outer dispensing opening 24 .
  • the outer dispensing opening 24 may be closed, preferably from the outside, by means of a closing hatch 26 . Paper, tissue or nonwoven material from a compartment inside the dispenser 2 is dispensed via the inner and outer dispensing openings 11 , 24 .
  • FIG. 2 illustrates schematically a dispenser 2 for paper, tissue or nonwoven material according to example embodiments.
  • the dispenser 2 is shown with an upper housing portion 6 and a lower housing portion 8 in an open position.
  • the housing portions 6 , 8 are joined via a first hinge (not shown). When in a closed position, the housing portions 6 , 8 form a compartment 28 .
  • a roll 30 of paper, tissue or nonwoven material web is rotatably arranged inside the compartment 28 .
  • a free end 32 of the web extends out from the dispenser 2 in a position where an inner dispensing opening is formed when the housing portions 6 , 8 are in a closed position. Upstream the dispensing direction from the free end 32 , the web passes over a drive roller 34 .
  • the roll 30 of paper, tissue or nonwoven material is arranged to abut the drive roller 34 .
  • the roll 30 and the drive roller 34 are frictionally engaged.
  • the drive roller 34 is rotated by the dispensed end of the web passing over the drive roller 34 and the roll 30 is rotated by the drive roller 34 .
  • the dispenser 2 is adapted to be provide with a lid (not shown in FIG. 2 ) with an outer dispensing opening.
  • a chamber 22 is formed between the non-shown lid and the upper housing portion 6 .
  • the upper housing portion 6 inside the chamber 22 is provided with a channel system 39 in the form of a ledge 40 for diverting liquid away from the inner dispensing opening.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates schematically a dispenser 2 for paper, tissue or nonwoven material according to example embodiments.
  • the dispenser 2 is provided with upper and lower housing portions 6 , 8 , a first hinge 10 , a lid 12 with an outer dispensing opening 24 and closing hatch 26 , and a chamber 22 formed between the lid 12 and the upper and lower housing portions 6 , 8 when in closed and shut positions.
  • the lid 12 is pivotally attached via a second hinge to the upper housing portion 6 . Accordingly, the lid 12 is adapted to engage with the lower housing portion 8 when in the shut position.
  • the housing portions 6 , 8 are in the closed position, there is formed an inner dispensing opening between the housing portions 6 , 8 , and the lid 12 is adapted to engage with the lower housing portion 8 .
  • the housing portions 6 , 8 form a compartment 28 , which is adapted for receiving a stack of paper, tissue or nonwoven material. Sheets of web from the stack of paper, tissue or nonwoven material are dispensed via the inner dispensing opening and the outer dispensing opening 24 .
  • a spring loaded movable wall section 42 forces the stack against an inner side surface of the compartment 28 and towards the inner dispensing opening. If the sheets are interleaved or torn from a continuous web, which may be perforated, a free end to be grasped by a user may suitably be situated in the chamber 22 between the first and second dispensing openings.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates schematically a cross section of a part of a dispenser according to example embodiments.
  • An inner dispensing opening 11 is formed between an upper housing portion 6 and a lower housing portion 8 .
  • a roll 30 of paper, tissue or nonwoven material is arranged inside the dispenser in a compartment 28 formed by the housing portions 6 , 8 .
  • the roll 30 abuts a drive roller 34 and web from the roll 30 of paper, tissue or nonwoven material extends over the drive roller 34 .
  • a lid 12 provided with an outer dispensing opening 24 is arranged at a distance from the housing portions 6 , 8 such that a chamber 22 is formed there between.
  • the lid 12 shown in a shut position, is provided with a closing hatch 26 .
  • the closing hatch 26 When opened and closed, is slid in a track 44 arranged above the outer dispensing opening 24 in the lid 12 .
  • the closing hatch 26 is provided with a hatch grip 52 , for a user to grip when opening and closing the closing hatch 26 .
  • a free end 32 of the web is graspable in the chamber 22 .
  • a system for draining liquid from inside the chamber 22 away from the inner dispensing opening 11 and out of the chamber 22 is provided.
  • the upper housing portion 6 is provided with a channel system 39 , which comprises a ledge 40 with a rim 46 .
  • the lid 12 is provided with a drainage arrangement 48 in connection with the outer dispensing opening 24 .
  • the drainage arrangement 48 comprises a shelf 50 , which is slanted in a direction from inside the chamber 22 to outside the chamber 22 . Liquid coming from an upper end of the chamber 22 will flow on the ledge 40 and be diverted to the sides of the chamber 22 where it can flow down without coming into contact with the paper protruding from the inner dispensing opening 11 (see also FIG. 2 ). Any liquid on the shelf 50 flows downwards to an outside of the dispenser.
  • the dispenser may for instance be manufactured from a plastic material or from sheet metal.
  • a lock for securing the lid to one of the housing portions may be arranged on one of the housing portions and may engage with the lid, e.g. by abutting against an outer surface of the lid.
  • the trough formed by the lower housing portion may extend from a bottom portion upwardly e.g. 3-20 cm.
  • the common abbreviation “e.g.”, which derives from the Latin phrase “exempli gratia,” may be used to introduce or specify a general example or examples of a previously mentioned item, and is not intended to be limiting of such item. If used herein, the common abbreviation “i.e.”, which derives from the Latin phrase “id est,” may be used to specify a particular item from a more general recitation.

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