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Towel dispenser with improved drive roll and improved dispensing chute

  • US 20060138274A1
  • Filed: 12/07/2005
  • Published: 06/29/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a dispenser for dispensing rolls of paper towel including means for rotatably mounting the roll, a feed nip including a segmented drive roll with a plurality of drive surfaces and a nip roll adapted to cooperate therewith to advance the towel to a dispensing chute, an improved drive roll having an elongate axis and a plurality of drive segments defining drive surfaces disposed along its length of generally equal radius with respect to the elongate axis of the roll, as well as a plurality of guide disks interposed between adjacent drive segments configured to alleviate wrinkling as the towel is dispensed.

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