Electronic residential tissue dispenser
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1. An automatic dispenser for dispensing a roll of a perforated paper product, the dispenser comprising:
- a paper roll support upon which the roll of perforated paper sheets is disposed, the paper roll support including a plurality of paper holder arms attached along opposite sides of the paper roll support, and shaped to receive the paper roll therebetween;
a driving roller for unrolling the paper from the paper roll holder in response to a signal;
a series of pressing rollers, the pressing rollers each arranged so as to engage the perforated paper sheets against the driving roller as the driving roller is driven so as to draw the paper sheets along a feed path defined between the pressing and driving rollers and to a discharge; and
a drive mechanism including a drive motor operatively connected to a belt drive gear and to at least one end of the driving roller, and at least one drive belt driven by the belt drive gear that engages the pressing rollers in a substantially tensioned arrangement to drive the pressing rollers with the driving roller so as to facilitate drawing of the perforated paper therebetween;
wherein the drive motor is actuated in response to a signal and drives the driving and pressing rollers for a predetermined number of cycles for feeding an amount of the perforated paper product from the roll.
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Abstract
An automatic electronic dispenser for dispensing a roll of paper product that avoids refeeding of paper by retarding breaking on the high side of the roll. A dispenser module drives paper from the roll through a discharge chute at the bottom of the module. The dispenser module utilizes two floating pressing rollers and a belt drive that provides quiet and consistent operation by pressing of the two pressing rollers onto a main roll. The dispenser module including a main bar module which holds the roll and which is received on paper holder arms.
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1. An automatic dispenser for dispensing a roll of a perforated paper product, the dispenser comprising:
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a paper roll support upon which the roll of perforated paper sheets is disposed, the paper roll support including a plurality of paper holder arms attached along opposite sides of the paper roll support, and shaped to receive the paper roll therebetween; a driving roller for unrolling the paper from the paper roll holder in response to a signal; a series of pressing rollers, the pressing rollers each arranged so as to engage the perforated paper sheets against the driving roller as the driving roller is driven so as to draw the paper sheets along a feed path defined between the pressing and driving rollers and to a discharge; and a drive mechanism including a drive motor operatively connected to a belt drive gear and to at least one end of the driving roller, and at least one drive belt driven by the belt drive gear that engages the pressing rollers in a substantially tensioned arrangement to drive the pressing rollers with the driving roller so as to facilitate drawing of the perforated paper therebetween; wherein the drive motor is actuated in response to a signal and drives the driving and pressing rollers for a predetermined number of cycles for feeding an amount of the perforated paper product from the roll. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An automatic dispenser for dispensing a roll of a perforated paper product, comprising:
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a paper roll support upon which the roll of perforated paper sheets is disposed, the paper roll support including a plurality of paper holder arms attached along opposite sides of the paper roll support, and shaped to receive the paper roll therebetween; a driving roller for unrolling the paper from the paper roll holder in response to a signal; a series of pressing rollers each arranged to engage the perforated paper sheets against the driving roller as the driving roller is driven to draw the paper sheets along a feed path defined between the pressing and driving rollers towards a discharge; a drive mechanism including a drive motor operatively connected to a belt drive gear and the driving roller, and at least one drive belt driven by the belt drive gear and engaging the pressing rollers to drive the pressing rollers; and gearbox mechanism operatively connected to the drive motor and the driving roller to transfer power therebetween.
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9. An electronic dispensing system for automatically dispensing and monitoring usage of a paper product, comprising:
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at least one dispenser having a dispenser module for driving paper from a roll of the paper product through a discharge, the roll being disposed on paper holder arms, each dispenser module including; a driving roller for unrolling the paper from a paper roll holder; a pair of driven pressing rollers, the pressing rollers arranged to each engage the paper against the driving roller to assist in feeding the paper along a feed path between the pressing and driving rollers and to the discharge; a drive belt extended about a peripheral end of each of the pressing rollers; and a drive motor operatively connected to a transmission arrangement for driving the driving roller and for driving the drive belt that engages the pressing rollers to be driven in cooperative movement with the operation of the driving roller to substantially maintain engagement of the paper at multiple points thereby facilitating feeding of the paper, wherein the drive motor is activated in response to a signal from a sensor so as to drive the driving roller and the pressing rollers to feed the paper from the roll. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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