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Electronically controlled roll towel dispenser with data communication system

  • US 7,044,421 B1
  • Filed: 04/20/2000
  • Issued: 05/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electronically controlled dispenser comprising:

  • a housing having a back panel adapted to be fastened to a wall, first and second side panels, a front cover pivotally connected to the housing, and a discharge opening for feeding a length of paper out of the dispenser;

    a dispenser assembly having a frame for rotatably supporting a supply roll of paper within the housing;

    a feed drive assembly, having a drive motor and a plurality of rollers for advancing paper from the supply roll though the discharge opening;

    , a movable trigger assembly for automatically activating the feed drive assembly in response to a user pulling or tensioning a previously dispensed length of roll paper to dispense another length of paper from the supply roll though the discharge opening; and

    a fixed cutting bar, not connected to said trigger assembly, for tearing paper dispensed from said the dispenser.

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