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Apparatus for dispensing sheet material from a roll of sheet material

  • US 5,979,822 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1998
  • Issued: 11/09/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for dispensing sheet material from a roll of sheet material, said apparatus comprising, in combination:

  • a housing defining an interior for accommodating a roll of sheet material and additionally defining a sheet material outlet communicating with said interior;

    sheet material engagement means for engaging sheet material unwound from a roll of sheet material within the housing interior, said sheet material engagement means extending in a direction transverse to the direction of movement of said sheet material as said sheet material is being unwound from the roll of sheet material;

    sheet material feed means positioned adjacent to said sheet material engagement means including a rotatable sheet material feed roller and a support member comprising a double-ended shaft supporting said sheet material feed roller, said double-ended shaft being disposed adjacent to and extending alongside said sheet material engagement means;

    shaft support means supporting one of the ends of said double-ended shaft and allowing pivotal movement of said double-ended shaft relative to said shaft support means and movement of the other end of said double-ended shaft and said sheet material feed roller alternatively either toward or away from said sheet material engagement means; and

    means including movable actuator means for rotating said sheet material feed roller to transport sheet material engaged by said sheet material engagement means and by said sheet material feed roller toward said sheet material outlet after pivotal movement of said double-ended shaft and after said other end of said double-ended shaft and sheet material feed roller have moved toward said sheet material engagement means and said sheet material feed roller and said sheet material engagement means exert pressure on said sheet material, pivotal movement of said double-ended shaft being responsive to movement of said movable actuator means.

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