Towel dispenser

US-9010602-B2

Abstract

An improved towel dispenser includes a rotatable driveshaft mounted in a one-way clutch bearing fitted with a pinion which engages a vertically oriented press bar assembly including at its lower portion a rack which engages the pinion to advance paper towel through a dispensing nip upon pivotable motion of the press bar assembly. A dispensing chute located below the dispensing nip includes a lower shelf configured to direct web forwardly toward the front portion of a dispenser. The gear rack is preferably an internal gear rack integrally formed with a unitary press bar assembly member. The dispensing chute is configured such that an angle between a cutting-blade and the outer lip of the shelf makes an angle with a vertical of at least about 25°.

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Legal status & events

2003-02-13

Application filed by Georgia Pacific Consumer Products LP

2003-02-14

Priority to Canadian patent CA002418990A

2003-02-17

Priority to European patent EP03250947A

2003-05-08

Assignment to Fort James Corporation

2003-09-04

Publication of US20030164079A1

2006-02-23

Security agreement with Citicorp North America Inc.

2007-02-14

Assignment to Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP

2013-05-16

Release of security agreement

2015-04-21

Patent granted and published (US9010602B2)

2018-01-29

Assignment to GPCP IP Holdings LLC

2028-06-07

Adjusted expiration (legal event)

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