CN1427689A - Dispenser for moist tissue - Google Patents

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CN1427689A
CN1427689A CN01809060A CN01809060A CN1427689A CN 1427689 A CN1427689 A CN 1427689A CN 01809060 A CN01809060 A CN 01809060A CN 01809060 A CN01809060 A CN 01809060A CN 1427689 A CN1427689 A CN 1427689A
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保罗·J·德威特
巴里·E·威廉斯
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47KSANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet-paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
    • A47K10/32Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
    • A47K10/34Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means
    • A47K10/38Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means the web being rolled up with or without tearing edge
    • A47K10/3809Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means the web being rolled up with or without tearing edge with roll spindles which are not directly supported
    • A47K10/3827Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means the web being rolled up with or without tearing edge with roll spindles which are not directly supported with a distribution opening which is parallel to the rotation axis
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47KSANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet-paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
    • A47K10/32Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
    • A47K10/34Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means
    • A47K10/38Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means the web being rolled up with or without tearing edge
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47KSANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet-paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
    • A47K10/32Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
    • A47K2010/3266Wet wipes

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Abstract

A dispenser for moist tissue is provided including a housing formed of two housing sections for a moist tissue roll, a dispenser slit having a stepped inner surface configuration and a retaining latch. The retaining latch limits the degree of opening of the housing sections which are joined by a hinge. The dispenser is positioned for use by two arms attached to a housing section.

Description

Dispenser for moist tissue
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of dispenser for moist tissue, more particularly, relate to and a kind ofly can be efficiently will be contained in that moist tissue in the distributor is sealed so that it keeps moistening and comprises and be used for distributor is fixed on device on vertical or the horizontal plane.
Background technology
Carry out the paper handkerchief page or leaf of the paper handkerchief of moistening processing by good water absorbing properties in advance, for example tissue paper or the tissue paper that contains the polymer fiber that strengthens its intensity are formed, and this type of paper handkerchief page or leaf is through the moistening processing of liquid cleaner.Cleaning agent can comprise medicament, deodorant or its analog.Owing to contain moisture in the paper handkerchief, paper handkerchief and air around distributor are formed in the container of sealing to prevent that the liquid in the paper handkerchief from producing evaporation so it must be stored in.In addition, distributor also must make the user touch moist tissue easily, like this user can be easily to the quantity of the demand of being distributed to.Because the requirement that touches easily need not opened under the distributor situation, the user can easily touch the part of moist tissue at least, so sealing and easy contact the standard that these two requirements are actually two kinds of contradictions, like this, be exposed to outer paper handkerchief a kind of device that evaporation takes place in the moist tissue that is stored in the minimized distributor of evaporation that makes is provided.Distributor preferably is stored in easily and uses the zone simultaneously, mainly is in the washroom in daily life space.In addition, distributor preferably can reuse, and another rolls up new moist tissue to pack into can to open distributor like this after moist tissue is finished using.Thus, distributor must can seal after new moist tissue joins in the distributor again.
The U.S. 5,897, No. 074 patent disclosure a kind of dispenser for moist tissue, it has the cylindrical housings that is made of two housing parts.Each housing parts has coupled cantilever.This cantilever had both played the effect of supporting distributor, played again simultaneously two can partly be sealed so that the evaporation of moist tissue realizes minimized effect.
The U.S. 3,837, No. 595 patent disclosures a kind of distributor of moist tissue volume of cylindrical housings form.A this cylindrical open circles cylinder and one or more of can comprising is used for the circular seal wheel rim of O-ring cylinder opening.Cylinder has the distribution sealing of distribution moist tissue.When needs are changed paper towel roll, will seal wheel rim or a plurality of wheel rim is removed from cylinder, new paper towel roll is encased in the cylinder, and cylindrical sealing is passed in the paper towel roll end.In addition, the sealing wheel rim must correctly position to form the sealing that needs and then to prevent that the steam in the new paper towel roll from evaporating.
The U.S. 4,235, No. 333 patent disclosures a kind of distributor that must be fixed in the moist tissue volume on the wall of washroom.In addition, when distribution from distributor during moist tissue, must open end cap and can make and touch moist tissue.When opening end cap, the liquid in the paper handkerchief evaporates, and is dry thereby paper handkerchief finally becomes.
The U.S. 3,310, No. 353 patent disclosures the distributor of a kind of moist tissue volume.This distributor comprises the cylindrical structural that is joined together to form by articulated form by two parts.Distributor inside perhaps is used for to the moist tissue liquid make-up by it by auxilary unit by being arranged at the distributor exit and being loaded with the plate of acting force of the spring and surrounding air being isolated.
Correspondingly, be necessary to provide a kind of dispenser for moist tissue, thereby it can prevent that paper handkerchief from becoming dry by the paper handkerchief of distribution requirements length under the situation that moist tissue is hedged off from the outer world.In addition, be necessary to provide a kind of distributor of under the situation of not opening distributor, distributing paper handkerchief.In addition, being necessary to provide a kind of can place on horizontal plane or the vertical plane or near the distributor that uses with the facility that is provided at all places distribution moist tissue on it.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of being used for divides the distributor send with moist tissue from paper towel roll, it is by forming by two housing parts coupling together of sealing hinge means, and two of the opposite end that it can also be by being positioned at distributor seal latches and couple together simultaneously.Distributor is provided with it is bearing in support lug on the horizontal surface.Distributor also is provided with the fixed head that distributor is supported by the wall brackets that is positioned on the vertical surface.Have at least a sealing latch to be fixed on the housing parts.This Fixed latches or a plurality of latch effect are when distributor is opened, the distance between the restriction housing.The leading edge that is contained in the paper handkerchief in the distributor is arranged in the sealing that the junction limited by the flange of two housing parts.Each housing parts is provided with flange at the sealing place, divides the paper handkerchief that sends necessary by the position between the flange the user separates it from distributor before like this.Flange comprise substantially along the seam width direction extend in conjunction with stepped surfaces, stepped surfaces provides a kind of sealing device for being arranged in the distributor paper handkerchief like this, thereby prevents the liquid excessive vaporization in the paper handkerchief.When the sealing latch is in a fixed position, its role is to make stepped surfaces to be in sealing station.When the sealing latch was in the released position, distributor can be unlocked.
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Fig. 1 is the isometrical drawing of overlooking that shows the distributor under the user mode in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the isometrical drawing of looking up that shows distributor among Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the isometrical drawing that shows distributor inner surface among Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 shows the partial sectional view that is used in the stepped surfaces of Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and tissue dispensing sealing shown in Figure 3 place sealing flange.
Fig. 5 is the side view of distributor among Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.
Fig. 6 is the sectional view along 6-6 line among Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is the side view that shows the preferred moist tissue volume in the distributor that is used for the present invention.
The specific embodiment
Paper handkerchief among the present invention can place on the relative horizontal surface or on the vertical relatively plane.Distributor among the present invention is made of two housing parts and can holds moist tissue and keep paper handkerchief to be in moisture state by prevent that paper handkerchief from taking place to evaporate in storing process.In addition, the distributor among the present invention can be implemented in the paper handkerchief that extracts certain-length under the situation of not opening distributor.Tissue dispenser among the present invention comprises by two lugs positions that lay respectively on the housing parts and limits the tissue dispensing sealing that forms.This flange comprises the cooperation step portion that is formed by at least two ladders.Two housing parts constitute sealing relationship by making the step portion location with the sealing latch that forms marriage relation.At least one Fixed latches that is connected to one of housing parts is connected on another housing parts with removably and is provided with a bit-stopping structure.When distributor is opened, the distance between two housing parts of Fixed latches restriction, when distributor was opened, the moist tissue volume was fixed in the distributor like this.In optimal way, being used in paper towel roll among the present invention is the moist tissue volume that self is wound on together, rather than is wound on the support bar that is made of deformable material such as cardboard of centralized positioning, as the solid paper towel roll on the open circles cylinder.
Referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the distributor 10 among the present invention comprises that the housing of being made up of housing parts 26,28 27 links together by rear portion hinge 30, and the inside of the housing 27 that this rear portion hinge will be made up of housing parts 26,28 and surrounding air are isolated to come.The inside of housing 27 also seals by sealing latch 34,36 simultaneously. Sealing latch 34,36 is clamped on the projection horizontal stripe 29,31, like this sealant that forms between air 32 and distributor 27 inside along joint line 38 at housing parts 26,28.Flange 37 and the flange on the housing parts 28 39 on the housing parts 26 keep enough near distance, like this with the moist tissue 40 between two flanges 37,39, at air 32 effective seal device of inside formation with distributor 27.The hierarchic structure of flange 37,39 inner surfaces also forms sealing device, and this structure is elaborated with reference to Fig. 4.Like this, the inside of housing 27 wherein seals latch at the intersection 38 positions formation sealing device along two sides extensions of housing by rear portion hinge 30, forms the hermetically-sealed construction that completely cuts off with air 32 by the sealing sealing bolt device 30 formed of latch 34,36 with by sealing (referring to Fig. 4) and moist tissue 40 that the hierarchic structure of flange 37,39 forms.Can form sealing 41 on the flange 37.41 couples of users are very useful for sealing because sealing makes outside the part of paper handkerchief 40 is exposed to, like this user can point or thumb with the front portion extraction of the leading edge 43 of paper handkerchief 40 from housing 27.Paper handkerchief 40 can optionally be divided into segment by the part sealing that extends along paper handkerchief 40 widths.
Housing parts 28 also comprises the Fixed latches 42,44 that forms integral body with housing 28.Fixed latches 42,44 comprises cantilever 46 or 48 and the end 50 or 52 wideer slightly than cantilever 46 or 48.Fixed latches 42,44 is by flexible material, and for example traditional mouldable plastics synthetic is made, and after distributor 10 was made, end 50,52 can be passed hole 54 or 56 manually by force like this.Because end 50,52 has enough rigidity, thereby like this when housing parts 26,28 separates distributors 10 unlatchings, the end can be fixed in wall or hole 54 or 56.By Fixed latches 42 is provided with in the manner described above, housing parts was opened the segment distance that length limited that reaches by cantilever 46,48 in 26,28 minutes, and the moist tissue volume is arranged in housing parts 28 and can does not come off out from housing 28 like this.Thus, Fixed latches 42,44 plays the critical function that refills the moist tissue volume in mode efficient, health in distributor 10.What be necessary to illustrate is only to adopt a latch in Fixed latches 42 or 44.Yet, preferably use two Fixed latches.Equally, should be understood that Fixed latches 42 and 44 can form an integral body with housing parts 26, simultaneously hole 54,56 is positioned on the housing parts 28.Unique necessity be that Fixed latches 42,44 is in the free time or comprises the aperture position of moist tissue when volume stationary housing 26,28 at housing parts 26,28.
Equally, as depicted in figs. 1 and 2, the distributor among the present invention can be provided with fixed head 51,53, and it can be installed on traditional wall brackets (not shown) so that distributor is fixed on the wall.Wall brackets can adopt the U-shaped that extends certain-length to support, and it can house both retaining plates 51,53 like this.Distributor 10 can also be provided with flange 55,57,59 and 61, and distributor can place on the horizontal surface like this.When distributor placed on the perpendicular, when filling paper towel roll in distributor, paper towel roll can not come off out from distributor, did not so just need Fixed latches 42,44.
Referring to Fig. 3, this figure demonstrate Fixed latches 42,44 be positioned hole 54,56 before distributor 10 be in the position of opening wide fully.As shown in Figure 3, the inner surface 64 of the inner surface 62 of housing parts 26 and housing parts 28 is provided with reinforcement 66.Reinforcement 66 extends on the surface 62,64, like this, owing to its small surface area with reinforcement 66 contacts, rather than contacts with whole surperficial 62,65, and the moist tissue volume mantle friction that is contained in the distributor 10 reduces.As shown in Figure 3, flange 39a is provided with porose 39b, and the user can cooperate the thumb of the indentation part 37a extend into flange 37 to catch the leading edge of paper towel roll and it is released from distributor 10 with finger like this.
Referring to Fig. 4, this figure demonstrates the necessary stepped surfaces structure of flange 37,39 or 39a.Flange 37 comprises three step portion 65,63 and 67, and flange 39 comprises two step portion 68,69, and these two parts combine with step portion 65,63 and 67 with qualification between two flanges 37 and 39, as the tortuous passageway 70 of dividing the paper handkerchief that sends from distributor 10.Step portion 65,63,67,68 and 69 turnovers that form near 90 degree.Flange 37,39 sealing latch 34,36 by the way in as shown in Figure 4 fixed-site together. Flange 37,39 separates certain distance each other and also simultaneously the inside of distributor 10 is separated with encirclement air 32 with the passage that forms moist tissue.Generally, the distance between the step portion 65,63 and 67 and 68,69 is near the twice of moist tissue page or leaf thickness and four times.This hierarchic structure can prevent that the paper handkerchief that passes through in the middle of the flange is reversed and be withdrawn into the distributor 10.
Referring to Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, it shows the distributor 10 that is in closure state.Housing parts 26,28 forms sealing each other along intersection 71,72 on the side of distributor 10.Flange 74, the 76 formation sealing device that combines with area supported 78,80.Like this, this sealing device along distributor 10 sides distributor 10 that (as shown in Figure 4) will hold moist tissue volume that combines with the hierarchic structure of hinges 30 of locating later and flange 37,39 separates with air 32.
Fig. 7 shows the preferred structure of the moist tissue volume that is used for distributor 10 of the present invention.Paper towel roll 82 is made up of moist tissue page or leaf 83, this paper towel roll around from one's body, rather than be wound on traditional hollow cylinder of core body 84 positions that are positioned at paper towel roll 82.The leading edge 86 of paper handkerchief page or leaf 83 extends to divide between the step flange 37,39 (as shown in Figure 4) and from distributor 10 and sends.

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1. one kind is held the distributor that moist tissue is rolled up, and it comprises:
Be arranged to store the hollow shell of described moist tissue volume, described hollow shell is connected to form by first, second housing parts;
Described housing parts has flange separately, and described flange is close mutually to form sealing at described housing periphery when housing parts is in the closed position;
Described flange has the staged inner surface near described sealing separately, and described staged inner surface mutually combines to form the passage of described moist tissue;
The opposite flank separately that is positioned at described flange is used for sealing bolt device that described flange is coupled together;
Each described housing parts has the opposed end surface separately; With
Be used for described bottom shell is bearing in horizontal surface or vertical lip-deep device.
2. distributor as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that it also comprises and is used to make described housing parts to be fixed on the Fixed latches device of part opening.
3. distributor as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that the parts that it also comprises Unitarily molded moulding.
4. distributor as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that at least one flange has notch in the described flange.
5. one kind is held the distributor that moist tissue is rolled up, and it comprises:
Be arranged to store the hollow shell of described moist tissue page or leaf volume, described hollow shell is connected to form by first, second housing parts;
Described housing parts has flange separately, and described flange is close mutually to form sealing at described housing periphery when housing parts is in the closed position;
Described flange has the staged inner surface near described sealing separately, and described staged inner surface mutually combines to form the passage of described moist tissue;
The opposite flank separately that is positioned at described flange is used for sealing bolt device that described flange is coupled together;
Each described housing parts has the opposed end surface separately;
Be used for described bottom shell is bearing in horizontal surface or vertical lip-deep device; With
Be wound in self and do not have the moist tissue of discrete support core body to roll up, described paper towel roll places described housing parts.
6. distributor as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that it also comprises the Fixed latches device that is used for described housing parts is fixed on the part opening.
7. distributor as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that the parts that it also comprises Unitarily molded moulding.
8. distributor as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that at least one flange has notch in the described flange.
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