EP0522477B1 - Distributeur d'essuie-mains avec papier - Google Patents

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EP0522477B1
EP0522477B1 EP92111384A EP92111384A EP0522477B1 EP 0522477 B1 EP0522477 B1 EP 0522477B1 EP 92111384 A EP92111384 A EP 92111384A EP 92111384 A EP92111384 A EP 92111384A EP 0522477 B1 EP0522477 B1 EP 0522477B1
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Roman Dipl.-Ing. Schreck
Benno Kurtz
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von Lepel Freifrau Barbara
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24—Towel 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
    • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
    • A47K10/34—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means
    • A47K10/36—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means with mechanical dispensing, roll switching or cutting devices
    • A47K10/3606—The cutting devices being motor driven
    • A47K10/3612—The cutting devices being motor driven with drive and pinch rollers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24—Towel 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
    • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
    • A47K2010/326—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing simultaneously from several rolls or stacks

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  • the present invention relates to a towel dispenser with paper towels according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the feed drive is released in such a way that the paper is pulled out of the machine by hand and a locking mechanism is put into force after a certain distance of travel, which prevents further pulling out and at the same time triggers a cutting mechanism.
  • paper it is known as paper to drive the paper roll in rotation via a ratchet mechanism, so that after a certain unwinding distance this ratchet mechanism is locked and then a cutting mechanism is also activated.
  • Both paper dispensers have the disadvantage that only a very limited number of paper towels can be removed.
  • this solution is not beneficial for large consumers and for places where large quantities of paper towels are required, because after the paper has been removed from the paper roll, no more paper can be removed from the paper dispenser. This is uncomfortable and leads to difficulties in supplying such paper dispensers with paper rolls.
  • a paper dispenser has become known from US Pat. No. 4,206,858, in which two paper rolls are arranged to enlarge the paper supply, the user having to pull the paper out manually. As soon as the first roll is almost used up, a change between the almost empty and the full roll takes place according to the principle of gravity. To make it easier to separate a paper strip, it is perforated at certain intervals.
  • EP 0 235 446 A1 shows a dispenser in which two paper rolls can also be stored.
  • the paper web is pulled off the respective roll by means of a roller drive. If one roll is almost empty, the paper roll of the second roll is also drawn in by the drive rollers. This in turn results in the problem of double paper delivery as described above. Furthermore, this document shows no perforation or cutting mechanism that makes it easier to cut off lengths of paper.
  • the invention is characterized by the teaching of claim 1.
  • the capacity of such a device can thus be multiplied. If you e.g. Arranging two such paper rolls, the capacity of the paper dispenser is doubled. It is within the scope of the present invention to increase the capacity of the present device by any number of paper rolls, i.e. can also be multiplied by more than two, but for the sake of simplicity, the following description only assumes that the capacity is doubled using two paper rolls.
  • the two paper rolls each have a separate rotary drive, wherein the two rotary drives can be controlled electronically. It is preferred here if a light barrier with a roll sensor and receiver is arranged in the paper web of the first paper roll, which detects when the first paper web has ended and then switches off the rotary drive of the second paper web.
  • Such a light barrier is likewise arranged in the paper web of the second paper web, which detects when the second paper web is used up and then switches over to the rotary drive of the first paper web.
  • the entire towel dispenser can be sensor-controlled, ie if you put your hand under the towel dispenser, the sensor detects it this signal and starts the rotary drive of the currently active roller.
  • the length of time that paper is drained from the paper dispenser until the cutting mechanism is started can now be controlled with regard to the length of time via the actuation of the rotary drive.
  • the cutting mechanism is designed so that not the full width of the paper web is cut, but that only perforations are made or partial sections are cut off, in order to prevent such a paper section from falling unused onto the floor during the complete section.
  • the partial section of the paper web ensures that the paper section still sticks to the paper web and can easily be torn off by hand.
  • the towel dispenser according to Figures 1 and 2 consists essentially of a frame 1, which consists of two parallel, mutually spaced bearing plates 2,3.
  • a first paper roll 4 is rotatably arranged on a first roll axis 6, the paper web 9 of which is guided downward via a deflection roll 21 and a corresponding take-off mechanism 10 into the area of a funnel 17 and a removal opening 23 underneath.
  • a second roll axis 7 for receiving a second paper roll 5, the paper web 8 of which extends at least into the area of the funnel 17.
  • This paper web 8 is controlled by a further take-off mechanism 10, which is separate from the first take-off mechanism 10 for the paper web 9.
  • the respective trigger mechanism 10 consists of a motor 11, 15, to which a gear 12, 16 is assigned.
  • the transmission works on a drive shaft 13, 14, the drive shaft 13, 14 being designed as a rubber roller 20.
  • a pressure plate 19 is assigned in the housing, which is pivotably mounted on the housing and presses the paper web 8, 9 against the respective rubber roller 20 under weight.
  • a paper cutter 18 is provided below the hopper 17 is controlled by a controller, not shown.
  • a sensor 24 is arranged at the front, which detects a hand approach to the towel dispenser from below and thus the active drive, i.e. So either the motor 11 or the motor 15, turns on.
  • a sensor 25, 26 is arranged in the area of the paper webs 8, 9 and determines whether either one paper web 8 or the other paper web 9 has been used up and must therefore be switched from one drive to the other drive.
  • the arrangement of the sensor 24 is also necessary for safety reasons in order to prevent unintentional intervention in the shaft 22 via the removal opening 23.
  • an electronic fuse is provided.
  • this can e.g. roller sensor 27 arranged in the end face of the respective paper roll, to which a receiver 28 is fixedly arranged opposite.
  • the sensor arrangement 27, 28 then acts on the electrical control of the device and this electrical control is only activated when a corresponding paper roll 4, 5 with the associated roll sensor 27 is used.
  • Another feature of the present invention can be that further functional parts of a paper dispenser are arranged in the housing (frame 1), such as a soap dispenser with a corresponding metering device, which is also sensor-controlled, a cream dispenser and possibly a fragrance dispenser.
  • a soap dispenser with a corresponding metering device, which is also sensor-controlled, a cream dispenser and possibly a fragrance dispenser.

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Claims (4)

  1. Distributeur d'essuie-mains avec papier, dans lequel le papier est disposé dans un carter sur au moins deux rouleaux de papier (4, 5), la bande de papier déroulée est sortie au besoin par une ouverture d'extraction (23) prévue dans le carter, chacun des rouleaux de papier (4, 5) est apte à être entraîné et à être amené vers l'ouverture d'extraction commune (23), et les deux bandes de papier (8, 9) des rouleaux (4, 5) convergent en bas, à proximité de l'ouverture d'extraction (23),
       caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu, dans la zone de la gaine (22) située côté extraction, un mécanisme de coupe (18) qui prépare la bande de papier (8, 9) en la perforant pour des longueurs d'extraction, une sollicitation des entraînements des rouleaux de papier (4, 5) a lieu pour déterminer la longueur de papier distribuée, et les rouleaux de papier (4, 5) comportent chacun un entraînement propre sous la forme d'un entraînement rotatif à moteur électrique (11, 12 ; 15, 16) pour une amenée alternative des bandes de papier respectives (8, 9) vers l'ouverture d'extraction (23).
  2. Distributeur d'essuie-mains selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les entraînements rotatifs (11, 12 ; 15, 16) sont commandés par voie électronique, et en ce qu'il est prévu, par exemple dans la zone de la bande de papier (8) d'un premier rouleau de papier (4), une barrière photo-électrique formée d'un détecteur de rouleau (27) et d'un récepteur associé (28), étant précisé que grâce à l'enregistrement ou à la détection de la fin de la bande de papier (8), l'entraînement rotatif (11, 12) associé au premier rouleau de papier (4) est arrêté et l'entraînement rotatif du rouleau de papier suivant portant une bande de papier (9) est activé.
  3. Distributeur d'essuie-mains selon les revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce qu'il est également prévu, sur le parcours de la bande de papier suivante ou de la seconde bande de papier (9), une barrière photo-électrique qui, lors de la détection de sa fin, arrête l'entraînement du rouleau de papier portant cette bande de papier, et active l'entraînement du premier rouleau de papier ou d'un autre rouleau de papier.
  4. Distributeur d'essuie-mains selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu, dans la zone inférieure du carter, un dispositif détecteur dont le déclenchement de signal met en marche l'entraînement rotatif du rouleau de papier actif.
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