Roll paper dispenser

• US 4,765,555 A
• Filed: 07/17/1987
• Issued: 08/23/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: James J. Gambino
• Original Assignee: James J. Gambino
• Inventors: Gambino, James J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Werner, David
• Application Number:
  US07/074,970
• Time in Patent Office: 403 Days
• Field of Search: 242/55.2, 242/55.53, 242/55.3, 312/38, 312/39
• US Class Current: 242/564.4
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/36 with mechanical dispensing, roll switching or cutting devices
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/3612 with drive and pinch rollers

Abstract

A dispenser having simple and removably expendable components including two identical slotted brackets which support, an upper roller and a lower roller. The upper roller fits into the spool of the toilet tissue or paper towel and permits the spool to rotate thereupon. The lower roller is in contact with the power drive unit and is made movable thereby. The power drive unit or motor and drive means comprise a battery compartment, a motor in electrical connection with the batteries in the compartment, a gear in contact with the motor and a drive roller in contact with the gear. The drive roller is in physical contact with the lower roller and rotates the lower roller in a clockwise manner. The motor and drive unit are easily removed as a complete unit from the dispenser housing by loosening one or two screws that attach the unit to the frame of the housing. Thus, the present invention provides an easily detachable motor and drive unit with a reusable dispenser unit.

Claims

1. A roll paper dispenser comprising a dispenser housing, two removable side brackets, drive means, and two roller means, said dispenser adapted to dispense any desired amount of paper, said side brackets disposed in parallel relationship to each other and positioned in upright vertical positions on inner part of side walls of said dispenser housing, said brackets movably supporting said roller means, said roller means comprising an upper roller and a lower roller, said upper roller is rotably mounted on said brackets and adapted to accommodate a paper roll, said lower roller in contact with said drive means and adapted to be rotated thereby, said lower roller also adapted to receive and move paper from said paper roll to a location outside said roll paper dispenser, said drive means comprising as an integral unit a motor, a drive roller, and drive gears, said drive means being structured to be removed as a complete unit from said dispenser housing.

2. The dispenser of claim 1 wherein said motor and drive means is attached to said housing by a securing means accessible from outside said housing.

3. The dispenser of claim 1 wherein said motor and drive means is adapted to be powered by conventional flashlight batteries.

4. The dispenser of claim 1 wherein said motor is a D.C. motor powered by conventional flashlight batteries.

5. The dispenser of claim 1 wherein said brackets have upper and lower slots into which said rollers are movably supported, said upper slot supporting said upper roller and allowing said roller to rotate therein, said upper roller extending through the roll of said roll paper and permitting said roll to rotate thereon, said roll paper adapted to be rotated by a pull of said paper by said lower roller which is in contact therewith.

6. The dispenser of claim 1 wherein an activating means is located externally of said housing, said activating means adapted to move said lower roller to thereby dispense paper from said paper roll.

7. A roll paper dispenser comprising a dispenser housing, two parallel disposed removable brackets located on the inner sides of said housing, roller means and a motor and drive means, said brackets fixed to the sides of said housing and having identical upper and lower slots therein, said slots adapted to hold the axle of a roller and movably support said roller, said roller means comprising an upper and a lower roller, said upper roller movably positioned in said upper slot and becoming continuously rotatable upon a pulling action of paper connecting it with said lower roller, said lower roller adapted to be moved by said motor and drive means upon activation of said motor and drive means and adapted to dispense any amount of paper depending upon the duration of its activation, said motor and drive means comprising a motor, a battery compartment, a gear connected to said motor and a drive roller, said drive roller in contact with said lower roller to thereby rotate said lower roller, said lower roller adapted upon rotation to move and continuously dispense paper from said dispenser housing, said motor and drive means being structured to be removed as an integral unit from said dispenser housing.

8. The dispenser of claim 7 wherein said motor and drive means is attached to said housing by a securing means accessible from outside said housing.

9. The dispenser of claim 7 wherein said motor and drive means is adapted to be powered by conventional flashlight batteries.

10. The dispenser of claim 7 wherein an activating means is located externally of said housing, said activating means adapted to move said lower roller to thereby dispense paper from said paper roll.