Hygienic paper dispenser

• US 7,185,841 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2002
• Issued: 03/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Audag AG
• Original Assignee: Werner Kaufmann
• Inventors: Kaufmann, Werner
• Primary Examiner(s): RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ
• Application Number:
  US10/497,412
• Publication Number:
  US 20050077420A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,568 Days
• Field of Search: 242/564, 242/564.1, 242/564.2, 242/564.3, 242/564.4, 242/565, 242/560, 242/560.2, 242/905, 242/594.5
• US Class Current: 242/564.4
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/32 Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/3687 with one or more reserve rolls
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2010/3286 by rollers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 242/905 Winder with storage chamber, e.g. for deodorant, paper

Abstract

A dispenser for hygiene paper is proposed which makes available dry toilet paper and dispenses moistened hygiene paper. For this purpose, the dispenser contains a housing, a roll holder for the hygiene paper, a unit for the moistening with a liquid container, a moistening roll and at least one liquid tank which communicate with one another and a unit for the dispensing with a transport roll for the hygiene paper which is in contact with the moistening roll with an intermediate layer of the hygiene paper. The dispenser can be divided into a base housing and an insertion part.

The advantage of the dispenser consists of commercially available toilet paper being made available and of moistened hygiene paper being dispensed in a specific length or in any desired length and of the dispenser being made simply and being easy to handle.

Claims

1. A dispenser for hygiene paper, comprising a housing (1;

61);

a roll holder (2;

62) for mounting a roll (3;

61) with a hygiene paper;

a unit (6;

64) for moistening the hygiene paper and having a liquid container (21;

82), a moistening roll (23), and a liquid tank (22;

81) which communicates with the liquid container (21;

82);

a guide roll (31) for the hygiene paper;

a second roll holder (4;

63) for mounting a roll (5) with a second hygiene paper which is arranged beneath the first roll holder (2;

62);

a dispensing unit (7;

65) with a transport roll (32;

91) for transporting the second hygiene paper, the transport roll being in contact with the moistening roll (23) through intermediary of a layer of the hygiene paper;

a drive unit (33) for the transport roll (32;

91); and

a control unit (9) for the drive unit (33), wherein the guide roll (31) and the transport roll (32) are freely rotatably supported on a holder (51), and the holder (51) is pivotably arranged at the housing (1).

2. A dispenser in accordance with claim 1, comprising a hood (17) for covering the roll (5) with the second hygiene paper, the guide roll (31), and the transport roll (32), wherein the hood (17) is pivotably supported at the housing (1) and has means (55) for pivoting both the hood and the holder (51) in a same direction.

3. Dispenser for hygiene paper or cleaning tissues, comprising a housing (1;

61);

a roll holder (4;

63) for receiving a roll (5) with a hygiene paper;

a unit (6;

64) for moistening the hygiene paper and having a liquid container (21;

82) with a moistening roll (23) and at least one liquid tank (22, 81) which communicates with the moistening roll (23);

a unit (7;

65) for dispensing a moistened hygiene paper and having a transport roll (32;

91); and

a drive unit (33) for the transport roll, wherein the roll holder (4;

63) and the liquid tank (22;

81) are arranged at the housing (1;

61);

wherein the dispenser further comprises a hood (17) pivotally arranged on the housing for covering the roll with the hygiene paper;

wherein a guide roll (31) for the hygiene paper is arranged between the moistening unit (64) and the roll (5) with the hygiene paper upstream of the transport roll (32;

91) and the moistening roll (23), and wherein the transport roll (32;

91) lies on the moistening roll (23) with the hygiene paper arranged therebetween;

wherein the housing (61) comprises a base housing (66), an insert part (67), and means (69, 70), for releasably connecting the (22) base housing and the (23) insert part, and wherein the hood (71) covers the insert part (67) and is pivotally arranged on the insert part (67).

4. Dispenser in accordance with claim 3, wherein the moistening roll (23) is freely rotatably and removably arranged in the liquid container (21;

82).

5. Dispenser in accordance with claim 3, wherein the drive unit (33) contains a stepping motor which is secured to the base housing (66).

6. Dispenser in accordance with claim 5, wherein a belt drive is associated with the stepping motor (37) and is connected to the moistening roll (23).

7. Dispenser in accordance with claim 5, wherein a tooth drive is associated with the stepping motor (27) and is connected to the transport roll (91).

8. Dispenser in accordance with claim 3, wherein the moistening unit (6;

64) has three liquid tanks (81) arranged in the base housing (66), and the liquid container (82) is integrated into the insert part (67).

9. Dispenser in accordance with claim 3, wherein the liquid container (82) and the dispensing unit (65) for a moistened hygiene paper are provided at the insert part (67).

10. Dispenser for hygiene paper in accordance with claim 3, further comprising a further roll holder (2;

62) for receiving a further roll (3;

61) with a further hygiene paper, wherein a flap (16) is pivotally arranged at the housing (1) to hold back the further hygiene paper kept available for manual draw-off.

11. Dispenser in accordance with claim 10, wherein the roll holder (4;

63) for receiving the hygiene paper to be moistened is disposed beneath the further roll holder (2;

62).

12. Dispenser in accordance with claim 3, wherein the housing (1) is formed of at least one of plastics and metal.

13. Dispenser in accordance with claim 3, wherein the guide roll (31) and the transport roll (32) are freely rotatably arranged on a holder (51), and the holder (51) is pivotally arranged at the housing (1).

14. Dispenser in accordance with claim 3, wherein the hood (17) has means (55) for pivoting the hood (17) and the holder (51) in a same direction.

15. Dispenser in accordance with claim 3, wherein the transport roll (91) is provided, at a periphery thereof with ring-shaped projections (93) which are provided with a corrugation.

16. Dispenser for hygiene paper or cleaning tissues, comprising a housing (1;

61);

a roll holder (4;

63) for receiving a roll (5) with a hygiene paper;

a unit (6;

64) for moistening the hygiene paper and having a liquid container (21;

82) with a moistening roll (23) and at least one liquid tank (22, 81) which communicates with the moistening roll (23);

a unit (7;

65) for dispensing a moistened hygiene paper and having a transport roll (32;

91); and

a drive unit (33) for the transport roll, wherein the roll holder (4;

63) and the liquid tank (22;

81) are arranged at the housing (1;

61);

wherein the dispenser further comprises a hood (17) pivotally arranged on the housing for covering of the roll with the hygiene paper;

wherein a guide roll (31) is arranged between the moistening unit (64) and the roll (5) with the hygiene paper, and wherein the transport roll (32;

91) lies on the moistening roll (23) with the hygiene paper arranged therebetween, wherein the guide roll (31) and the transport roll (32;

91) are rotatably arranged in the hood (17).