Classifications

• • 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
  • A47K10/38—Dispensers 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
• • 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
• • 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
  • A47K10/42—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked
• • 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
  • A47K10/42—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked
  • A47K10/426—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked dispensing from the front or sides of the dispenser

Definitions

• the invention relates to the technical sector of dispensing devices wiping materials such as hand towels, toilet paper, paper towels and the like.
• the Applicant has developed a dispensing apparatus for pre-cut wiping materials, object of the French patent 2 931 350.
• This device is of the type comprising a housing forming a receptacle with a bottom plate, a lower horizontal wall and side walls with a hinged lid on an axis.
• This apparatus further comprises a hinged flap relative to the housing walls in the lower part of the latter, according to the teaching of this patent.
• This shutter is fixed by clipping relative to said walls to allow it to be positioned in a vertical plane.
• the flap has an advantageously curvilinear shape, and in its lower part, a central cut substantially in a semicircle to allow the output of the pre-cut wiping material.
• the cover also has on its underside a central cutout similar to the aforementioned cut.
• the wiping material (M) in this embodiment is established in the form of a coil-wound strip being pre-cut, or it may be in a pre-bent Z-position.
• the lower part of the apparatus at the exit point of the material has opposite stops on either side of the strip of material, ensuring the separation of a strip format with respect to the pre-cut line next to the band.
• the tensile force will ensure at the end of the passage of the strip between the front wall of the flap and the face facing the cover the separation of a strip format relative to the rest of the coil or the stack of Z-folded material through said stops.
• said stops are adjustable in position on either side of the outlet opening of the material strip, and this by appropriate sliding means.
• the Applicant has designed a new apparatus subject to the patent FR 2 960 760.
• the apparatus comprises a housing with an articulated lid and arranged on an axis, and a hinged flap on the side walls of the housing. .
• the band of material pre-cut or pre-folded Z is likely to bypass the curvilinear upper portion disposed at the top end of the flap.
• the strip of material (M) thus passes in front of the shutter and against the inner face of the cover.
• the cover has a central cutout and the shutter a central cutout for the passage and evacuation of the material strip.
• the flap and the cover have pairs of curvilinear complementary shapes in the form of a rainbow that can partially fit during the passage of the strip of material and more specifically the parts are the ribs and grooves.
• the strip of material is unrolled completely between the shutter and the wall internal cover without lateral deformation, and overflowing on either side, male-female complementary shapes established according to the groove-rib couples formed on the flap and the cover, and this, in the absence of any stops.
• These complementary forms constituting grooves and ribs are numerous and give a rainbow configuration, with an amplitude substantially greater than 180 °.
• These shapes are arranged directly or with a complementary space-reducing means between certain portions of ribs and grooves to allow and facilitate the separation of a material strip format during traction by the user.
• This complementary means consisting of protruding shapes forming teeth is intended to narrow the space between the grooves and the ribs during their nesting. This reduction of space causes the formation of retention zones of the strip of material favoring the initiation of its tearing. These fingerprints or teeth are arranged at the lower end of the rainbow shape obtained by the concentricity, and promote the separability of the material in case of traction.
• the wiper material container housing pre-cut into a reel or in the pre-folded state is referenced by (10).
• the cover which is hinged relative to the housing is referenced by (1 1).
• the flap which is mounted between the side flanges (10.1) of the housing is referenced by (12).
• a return bar (13) which is mounted free to rotate between the flanges (10.1) of said housing to allow the return of the strip of material drawn between the flap and the inner face of the cover .
• the inner face of the cover (1 1.1) and the opposite facing face (12.1) of the shutter are arranged with pairs of grooves and ribs respectively identified (1 1.2) (1 1.3) and (12.2) (12.3).
• the solution provided, according to this French patent FR 1 161439, aims at forming and arranging between the pair of grooves-grooves of smaller diameter and interior and the opening (1 1.4) (12.4) formed on the shutter and the cover for the passage of the material a support zone (1 1.5) (12.5) having the shape of a crescent.
• This crescent shape is established so that in its middle part the most wide it has a height dimension (hl) of several centimeters, between 3 and 6 cm, to form a support plane of the strip of drawn material.
• the lower end portions of the groove-rib couples are arranged with projecting (1 1.7 -12.7) and recessed shapes (1 1.8 - 12.8) formed transversely respectively on the ribs of the shutter and the cover and then in the grooves of the shutter and the cover.
• the flap and the cover are arranged at the end of the pairs of ribs and grooves with a flat transverse tab (1 1.9 - 12.9) of small thickness allowing positioning and fixing by molding, gluing, clipping on the receiving lug or the like of a flexible band (14 - 15) of a different and deformable material.
• the strips (14 - 15) have a complementary configuration to the ribs and grooves (1 1.2 - 1 1.3) (12.2 - 12.3) to ensure continuity with the latter.
• said strips (14 - 15) have protruding ribs (14.1 - 15.1) and groove portions (14.2 - 15.2). There is thus a continuity after positioning as shown in FIG. 2.
• the flexible material used, of the silicone type, is capable of facilitating the separation of the material strip and whatever the thickness of this material.
• the pre-cut wiper material dispensing apparatus comprising a housing forming a receptacle, a cover hinged to the housing and a flap articulated with respect to the walls of the casing in the lower part of the latter, said flap and said cover having in their lower part a central cutout substantially in a semicircle to allow the output of the pre-cut wiping material coil or pre-folded in Z, said flap and said cover having opposite a plurality of pairs of complementary shapes arranged in rainbow that can fit into each other after closure of the cover, the strip of material being able to be unwound between the flap and the inner wall of the cover without lateral deformation and overflow complementary male shapes -Friers, constituted by the rib-groove pairs formed on the cover and the shutter, e
• the said complementary shapes arranged in the rainbow are undulating shapes respectively on the shutter and on the inner part of the cover, and in that the said corrugated shapes have, alternately, successive curved and hollow shapes.
• one of the undulating shapes either on the shutter or on the inner part of the cover, presents transversely near its end a hollow cavity having a curvilinear or semicircular profile, and in that, in combination, said cavity is bordered by a wavy end shape having the same curvature as the corrugations formed either on the shutter or the inner part of the cover, and in that said corrugated end shape adjacent to the profiled hollow cavity constitutes, by its internal face, an abutment zone of the strip of material drawn.
• FIG. 1 is a view of a dispensing apparatus for pre-cut wiping material according to the teaching of French patent F 1 161439, the apparatus being open,
• FIG. 2 is a partial view of the shutter and the inner wall of the cover as represented in one of the figures according to the teaching of the French patent FR1 161439,
• FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 1, but with the arrangement of the shutter and the wall arranged according to the invention, in a first variant embodiment,
• FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing the flap and the lid portion assembled
• FIG. 5 is a partial view according to the invention of the shutter and of the inner wall of the cover, in a separate position before folding one facing the other, in a second variant embodiment
• Figure 6 is a partial view in section illustrating the positioning of the web of material between the flap and the inner face of the lid, with separation of a fired format.
• the pairs of grooves and ribs identified with the references (1 1.2) (1 1.3) and (12.2) (12.3) according to FIG. 1 of the prior art are replaced by corrugated shapes (16) and ( 17) respectively on the flap and on the inside of the lid.
• These wavy shapes are established in a regular manner with an identical or variable pitch, in a rainbow configuration.
• These wavy shapes are likely to present, alternately, successive curved and hollow shapes, thus avoiding any roughness or sharp area by a sharp edge (s).
• These corrugated shapes thus allow between them the smooth passage of the strip of material pulled by an operator in the manner described in the preceding patents for obtaining a pre-cut material strip format.
• one of the corrugated shapes (16) or (17), either on the shutter or on the inner part of the cover, has transversely near its end a hollow cavity (16.1) or (17.1) having a curvilinear profile. or in a semicircle.
• FIGS. 3 and 5 show the positioning of said cavity respectively on the inner part of the cover and then on the flap.
• this cavity is bordered by a corrugated end shape (18) having the same curvature as the corrugations formed either on the shutter or the inner part of the cover.
• the height of this corrugated end shape (18) is the same as the height of the corrugations formed on the flap or on the cover.
• This corrugated end shape (18) thus adjacent to the profiled hollow cavity (16.1) or (17.1) constitutes, by its internal face (18.1), an abutment zone (18.2) of the drawn material strip.
• the width of this hollow cavity is a few millimeters, for example and not limited to 2 to 5 mm, so that, inevitably the strip of material, when it passes between the shutter and the cover above said cavity, comes by pressing the lid on the flap in contact with the abutment portion (18.2).
• This arrangement is extremely advantageous in that it allows and facilitates the separation of a format (F1) of web of material.
• the strip of material in its passage between the flap and the inner part of the lid is not crumpled because there is no apparent projection likely to create fold primers.
• it will be either the shutter or the inner part of the lid will be arranged in the aforementioned manner.
• the other component, shutter or inner part of the cover, according to the defined alternation will only present the configuration of the corrugations without hollow cavity or corrugated end portion (18 ). This simplifies the design of the manufacturing of these components.

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