Rolled tissue dispenser

• US 4,375,874 A
• Filed: 03/05/1981
• Issued: 03/08/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bradley Corporation
• Original Assignee: Bradley Corporation
• Inventors: Leotta, Samuel S., Petro, James G., Ortner, Arthur A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Christian, Leonard D.
• Application Number:
  US06/240,908
• Time in Patent Office: 733 Days
• Field of Search: 242/55.3, 242/55.53, 225/47, 225/46, 312/38-40
• US Class Current: 242/560
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/38 the web being rolled up with or without tearing edge A47K10/36 and A47K10/46 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2010/3253 with one or more reserve rolls

Abstract

A two roll tissue dispenser includes a housing having a pair of compartments each having a spindle for a roll of the tissue. The housing has a front piece with an opening which is half closed by a sliding door. In its initial position, the door closes off only the upper compartment and the roll of tissue in the lower compartment is exposed for dispensing. When the roll of tissue in the lower compartment is exhausted, the door can be moved down to expose the second roll in the upper compartment for dispensing. The tissue dispenser includes a door control mechanism which prevents the door from being moved to expose the second roll until the first roll is exhausted and also prevents the door once it has been moved to expose the reserve roll from being returned to its original position without first opening the housing.

Claims

1. An improved two roll tissue dispenser including a hollow housing having a pair of compartments each having means for holding a roll of tissue, a hinged front piece for said housing, said front piece having a door opening, a sliding half door mounted in said opening, said door being movable from an original position closing one compartment to a second position closing the other compartment, and door control means for preventing the door from being moved from its original position until the roll of tissue in the other compartment is exhausted, wherein the improvement comprises a shelf attached to the inside of the front piece, a support attached to said shelf and a pair of movable arms each having a spindle for a roll of tissue at one end, each of said arms being pivotally attached at its other end to said support.

2. The dispenser of claim 1 which includes a door control means which consists of a movable pawl which in its initial position prevents the door from being moved and a sensor which stops the pawl from being moved from its initial position until substantially all of the tissue on a tissue roll on the spindle in the other compartment has been exhausted.

3. The dispenser of claim 2 in which the door control includes a reversible spring which holds the movable pawl in its initial position until the door is forcibly lowered when substantially all the tissue on the tissue roll on the spindle in the other compartment is exhausted, said spring also preventing the door from being returned to its original position until the hinged front piece is swung open whereupon the door can be raised.

4. An improved roll tissue dispenser including a hollow housing having a pair of compartments each having means for holding a roll of tissue, a hinged front piece for said housing, said front piece having a door opening, a sliding half door mounted in said opening, said door being movable from an original position closing one compartment to a second position closing the other compartment, and door control means for preventing the door from being moved from its original position until the roll of tissue in the other compartment is exhausted, wherein the improvement comprises a door control means which consists of a movable pawl which in its initial position prevents the door from being moved, a sensor which stops the pawl from being moved from its initial position until substantially all of the tissue on a tissue roll on the spindle in the other compartment has been exhausted, and a reversible spring which holds the movable pawl in its initial position until the door is forcibly lowered when substantially all the tissue on the tissue roll on the spindle in the other compartment is exhausted, said spring also preventing the door once lowered from being returned to its initial position until the hinged front piece is swung open whereupon the door can be raised.