Articulated nip in a dispenser apparatus
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1. An apparatus for dispensing lengths of absorbent material from a roll or stack of absorbent material, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
a primary roller within said housing;
a pinch roller adjacent to said primary roller and rotatable with said primary roller to tension absorbent material being unrolled from a roll or unfolded from a stack of absorbent material when said primary roller is operated, a first end of said pinch roller being movable between a first position adjacent to a first end of said primary roller to a second position further away from said first end of said primary roller, without increasing a distance between a second end of said pinch roller and a second end of said primary roller; and
a disengagement mechanism comprising a manually depressible member that moves said pinch roller from said first position to said second position when depressed.
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Abstract
A dispenser has a cover and a housing body. Within the housing body is a pair of rollers having a nip area therebetween. When the cover is open, a disengagement mechanism may be manually depressed to increase the space between one end of the rollers, while the space between an opposing end of the rollers remains substantially unchanged to facilitate the removal of a jam in the nip area of the dispenser.
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1. An apparatus for dispensing lengths of absorbent material from a roll or stack of absorbent material, said apparatus comprising:
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a housing; a primary roller within said housing; a pinch roller adjacent to said primary roller and rotatable with said primary roller to tension absorbent material being unrolled from a roll or unfolded from a stack of absorbent material when said primary roller is operated, a first end of said pinch roller being movable between a first position adjacent to a first end of said primary roller to a second position further away from said first end of said primary roller, without increasing a distance between a second end of said pinch roller and a second end of said primary roller; and a disengagement mechanism comprising a manually depressible member that moves said pinch roller from said first position to said second position when depressed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for dispensing lengths of absorbent material from a roll of absorbent material, said apparatus comprising:
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a housing; a roll receiver adapted to hold a roll of absorbent material; a cassette removably mounted in said housing, said cassette comprising;
a motor;an object sensor, which when triggered activates said motor;
a drive roller driven in rotation by said motor;a pinch roller adjacent to said drive roller; and a release member having a first opening, a first end of one of said pinch roller and said drive roller being received in said first opening, said first end of said one of said pinch roller and said drive roller being movable away from said first end of the other of said drive roller and said pinch roller when said release member is manually depressed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for dispensing lengths of absorbent material from a roll of absorbent material, said apparatus comprising:
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a housing; a drive roller within said housing; a pinch roller adjacent to said drive roller and rotatable therewith; and means for pivoting said pinch roller from a first position adjacent to said drive roller to a second position spaced further apart from said drive roller. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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