KR20030001501A - Dispenser for moist tissue - Google Patents

Abstract

The dispenser for wet tissue comprises a dispenser slit having an enclosure formed from two receiving portions for the wet roll tissue and a stepped inner surface shape. This dispenser is positioned on a vertical or horizontal plane by a support attached to the receiving portion for use.

Description

Wetable Tissue Dispenser {DISPENSER FOR MOIST TISSUE}

Premoistened tissue from a highly absorbent sheet material, such as tissue paper or tissue paper, which may comprise polymeric fibers that impart strength to the tissue and are wetted with a liquid cleansing agent. tissues). Cleaners may also include medicines, deodorants, and the like. Because the tissue is wettable, it is stored in a container that seals the tissue from the atmosphere surrounding the dispenser, preventing liquid from evaporating from the tissue. In addition, the dispenser allows the user easy access to the wet tissue, so that the dispenser easily discharges the desired amount of the user. This requirement, hermeticity and accessibility, is a conflicting criterion because the requirement, accessibility, also requires that the user easily access at least a portion of the wet tissue without opening the dispenser. Thus, the exposed tissue provides a means to minimize evaporation from the wet tissue stored in the dispenser.

In addition, it is preferable that the dispenser can be conveniently stored in the bath in the use area, mainly the living area. In addition, after all of the wet tissue is used, it is desirable that the dispenser can be reused so that the dispenser can be opened to insert the freshly supplied wet tissue. Thus, the dispenser must be able to be closed again after the newly supplied wet tissue is inserted into the dispenser.

U. S. Patent No. 5,897, 074 discloses a dispenser for wet tissue having a cylindrical housing formed from two housing sections. Each receiving portion has an arm attached to it. This arm supports the dispenser and functions to seal the two receiving portions together to minimize evaporation from the wet tissue.

US Patent No. 3,837,595 discloses a dispenser for wettable roll tissue in the form of a cylindrical enclosure. The cylindrical housing includes an open cylinder and one or more circular sealing rims for closing and closing the opening of the cylinder. The cylinder includes a slot through which the wet tissue is discharged. If it is desirable to replace the wet roll tissue, the sealing rim or rims are separated from the cylinder, a new wet roll tissue is placed into the cylinder, and the end of the roll exits through the slot in the cylinder. In addition, the sealing rim is properly positioned to effect the desired closure to prevent evaporation of moisture from new rolls.

U. S. Patent No. 4,235, 333 discloses a drainage device for wet tissue that must be attached to the bathroom wall. In addition, when the tissue is discharged from the dispenser, the cover is lifted up to access the wet tissue. While this cover is lifted, the liquid evaporates from the tissue, resulting in undesirable non-wetting tissue.

U.S. Patent No. 3,310,353 discloses a dispenser for wet tissues. The dispenser has a cylindrical shape formed of two parts that are hinged together. The interior of the dispenser is sealed from the surrounding atmosphere by either secondary storage means for the added liquid through which the wet tissue is passed or spring-loaded plates at the dispenser exit.

Accordingly, it is desirable to provide a dispenser for wet tissue that discharges tissue of a desired length while sealing the wet tissue from the air in order to prevent the tissue from becoming non-wettable. In addition, it is desirable to provide such a dispenser that dispenses tissue without opening the dispenser. Furthermore, it is desirable to provide such a dispenser that can be placed on or about a flat horizontal or vertical plane to facilitate the discharge of the wet tissue at various locations.

The present invention relates to a moist tissue dispenser. In particular, the present invention relates to a dispenser for wet tissue comprising means for effectively sealing the wet tissue contained within the dispenser to keep the tissue wet and to fix the dispenser to a vertical or horizontal plane.

1 is an isometric top view at a location of use for one embodiment of the dispenser of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an isometric bottom view of the dispenser of Figure 1;

3 is an isometric view of the inner surface of the dispenser of FIGS. 1 and 2;

4 is a partial cross sectional view of the stair surface sealing the flange in the tissue discharge slit of the dispenser of FIGS. 1, 2 and 3;

5 is a side view of the dispenser of FIGS. 1, 2 and 3;

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 6-6 of FIG.

Figure 7 is a side view of a preferred form of wettable roll tissue for use in the dispenser of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a wettable roll tissue formed from two receiving portions which can be joined together by sealed hinged means and which can be secured together with two sealing latches located at opposite ends of the dispenser. It is to provide a dispenser for wet tissues. The dispenser includes support flanges for supporting the dispenser on a horizontal plane. The dispenser also includes retaining plates that allow it to be supported by a wall bracket positioned on a vertical plane. One or more retaining latches are selectively secured to the receiving portion. The retaining latches or latches function to limit the distance between the receiving portions when the dispenser is opened. The leading edge of the tissue contained in the dispenser is located in a slit defined by the seams of the flanges of the two receiving portions. A flange is provided on each receiving portion in the slit to allow the tissue to be discharged between the flanges before being released from the tissue in the dispenser by the user. The flange includes mating step surfaces that extend substantially along the width of the slit, thereby providing liquid sealing means for the tissue located in the dispenser to prevent liquid from overevaporating from the tissue. The sealing latches function to hold the staircase surface in a closed position when secured. When the sealing latch is released, the dispenser can be opened.

The tissue dispenser of the present invention may be located on a relatively flat horizontal plane or on a relatively flat vertical plane. The dispenser of the present invention is formed of two receiving portions and can hold the wet rolled tissue to prevent the liquid from evaporating from the wet tissue during storage to keep the tissue wet. In addition, the dispenser of the present invention discharges tissue of the desired length without opening itself. The tissue dispenser of the present invention includes a tissue discharge slit defined by the location of two flanges each located on one of the receiving portions. This flange includes a mating step portion formed of two or more steps. The two receiving portions are joined together in a sealing relationship by a sealing latch that positions the staircase portions together in a mating relationship.

Optionally, one or more retaining latches attached to one of the receiving portions may be releasably attached to the other portion of the receiving portion and a stop configuration is provided. The retaining latch limits the distance between the two receiving portions when the dispenser is open, allowing the wet rolled tissue to remain in the dispenser even when the dispenser is open. This retaining latch is only needed when the dispenser is fixed to the vertical plane. The wettable roll tissue, which is preferably used in the dispenser of the present invention, comprises a solid roll tissue, which is a centrally located support, such as an open cylinder, formed of a deformable material such as cardboard. It is not wound around the arm, but rather on the hard roll tissue itself.

1 and 2, the dispenser 10 of the present invention comprises an accommodating portion 27 formed of accommodating portions 26 and 28 joined together by a rearward hinge 30, This housing 27 seals its interior from the surrounding atmosphere 32. The interior of the accommodating portion 27 is sealed from the external atmosphere 32 by the sealing latches 34 and 36. Sealing latches 34 and 36 are clamped onto raised bars 29 and 31 to seal engagement lines 38 of receiving portions 26 and 28 between atmosphere 32 and the interior of dispenser 27. Therefore, sealing is performed. The flange 37 on the receiving portion 26 is kept close enough to the flange 39 on the receiving portion 28, with the wettable tissue 40 located between the two flanges 37 and 39, the atmosphere 32. ) And an effective seal between the interior of the dispenser 10. In addition, the sealing is performed by the step shape of the inner surfaces of the flanges 37 and 39 which will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. Accordingly, the interior of the accommodating portion 27 is a seal formed by the hinge 30 at the rear and the stepped shape of the flanges 37 and 39 (Fig. 4) and a line 38 extending along both surfaces of the accommodating portion. Sealing from the atmosphere by means of sealing latches comprising raised bars 29 and 31 and sealing latches 34 and 36, and wettable tissue 40, which form a seal at. Slot 41 may be formed in flange 37. This slot 41 is useful to the user because the slot exposes a portion of the tissue 40 so that the user can use the finger and / or thumb to open the tissue 40 from the interior of the enclosure 27. This is because the leading edge 43 is pulled off. This tissue 40 may optionally be removed by partial slits extending across the width of the tissue 40.

Receiving portion 28 also includes optional retaining latches 42 and 44 integrally formed with receiving portion 28. These retaining latches 42 and 44 include arms 46 or 48 and ends 50 or 52 that are somewhat wider than the arms 46 or 48. Retention latches 42 and 44 are formed of a flexible material, such as a conventional moldable plastic composition, which, when constructing dispenser 10, pushes ends 50 and 52 by hand through openings 54 or 56. I can put it. However, the ends 50 and 52 are sufficiently rigid to be retained by the wall or opening 54 or 56 when opening the dispenser 10 by separating the receiving portions 26 and 28. By constructing the retaining latches 42 and 44 in this manner, the receiving portions 26 and 28 are separated by a distance defined by the length of the arms 46 and 48 so that the wet rolled tissue does not fall from the receiving portion 28. It can be located in the receiving portion 28. Thus, retaining latches 42 and 44 perform an important function of refilling dispenser 10 with wettable roll tissue in an efficient and sanitary manner. It should be understood that only one retaining latch 42 or 44 can be used. However, it is preferable to use two retaining latches. In addition, it should be understood that the retaining latches 42 and 44 may be formed integrally with the receiving portion 26 while positioning the openings 54 and 56 on the receiving portion 28. The retaining latches 42 and 44 only need to fix the open position of the receiving portions 26 and 28 when the wet rolled tissue is empty or embedded.

1 and 2, the dispenser of the present invention includes retaining plates 51 and 53 that can be fitted to a conventional wall bracket (not shown) to hold the dispenser on the wall. The dispenser 10 may also include flanges 55, 57, 59, and 61 so that the dispenser is positioned on a horizontal plane. Retention latches 42 and 44 are not needed when the dispenser is positioned on the vertical plane because the replacement roll tissue can be inserted into the dispenser without removing the dispenser.

The dispenser 10 in the fully open position is shown in FIG. 3 prior to placing the retaining latches 42 and 44 in the holes 54 and 56. As shown in FIG. 3, the inner surface 62 of the receiving portion 26 and the inner surface 64 of the receiving portion 28 include reinforceing ridges 66. This reinforcing ridge 66 extends over the surfaces 62 and 64 such that the wettable roll tissue contained within the dispenser 10 suffers from reduced surface friction, because the tissues of the surfaces 62 and 64 This is because it is not in contact with the entire surface area but with the reduced surface area of the reinforcing ridge 66. As shown in Fig. 3, the flange 39a includes a hole 39b, thereby positioning the finger to cooperate with the thumb of the user, which extends into the indentation 37a of the flange 37, so that the user Captures the leading edge of the roll tissue and pulls it out of the dispenser 10.

The fundamental step surface morphology of the flanges 37 and 39 or 39a is shown in FIG. This flange 37 comprises three steps 65, 63 and 67, while the flange 39 mates with the steps 65, 63 and 67 and two flanges for the wet tissue that are discharged from the dispenser 10. Two staircases 68 and 69 that define a tortuous pathway 70 between 37 and 39. These steps 65, 63, 67, 68 and 69 are formed by substantially rotating 90 degrees. The flanges 37 and 39 are held together in the position shown in FIG. 4 by the sealing latches 34 and 36 in the manner described above. The flanges 37 and 39 are kept at a distance to allow the wet tissue to pass between these flanges while sealing the interior of the dispenser 10 from the ambient atmosphere 32. Typically, the distance from stairs 68 and 69 to stairs 65, 63 and 67 is between about two and four times the thickness of the wet tissue sheet. This stepped shape prevents the tissue passing between the flanges from being pulled back into the dispenser 10.

5 and 6 show a dispenser 10 in a closed form. The receiving portions 26 and 28 are sealed together at the sides of the dispenser 10 along the lines 71 and 72. Sealing is performed by mating flanges 74 and 76 in contact with the support surfaces 78 and 80. Thus, this sealing means along the side of the dispenser 10 cooperates with the living hinge 30 located rearwardly and the stepped flanges 37 and 39 (FIG. 4) to remove the wet rolled tissue from the atmosphere 32. The inside of the built-in dispenser 10 is sealed.

A preferred form of wettable roll tissue for use in the dispenser of the present invention is shown in FIG. The roll 82 includes a sheet 83 of wet tissue that is rolled over itself without a conventional hollow cylinder at the center 84 of the roll 82. The leading edge 86 of the seat 83 extends between the stepped flanges 37 and 39 (FIG. 4) as it exits the dispenser 10.

Claims (8)

As a dispenser for storing the wettable roll tissue sheet, A hollow housing having a shape for storing said wettable roll tissue sheet, said hollow receiving portion consisting of first and second receiving portions joined together and having opposing end surfaces, respectively, said receiving portions each having a flange, said flange being Positioned adjacent to each other to form a slit on the periphery of the receiving portion when the receiving portion is in the closed position, each of the flanges having a stepped inner surface adjacent to the slit, the stepped inner surfaces mating to each other A hollow housing, which forms a path for the wettable tissue sheet, Sealing latch means positioned on each of the opposing side surfaces of the flange, for joining the flanges together; A dispenser for containing a wet rolled tissue sheet, the means including supporting the lower receptacle on a horizontal or vertical plane. The method of claim 1, A dispenser for receiving a wet rolled tissue sheet comprising a retaining latch means for holding the receiving portion in a partially open position. The method of claim 1, A dispenser containing a wet rollable tissue sheet comprising a single molded piece. The method of claim 1, One or more of the flanges for receiving a wettable rolled tissue sheet comprising a slot. As a dispenser for storing the wettable roll tissue sheet, A hollow housing having a shape for storing said wettable roll tissue sheet, said hollow receiving portion consisting of first and second receiving portions joined together and having opposing end surfaces, respectively, said receiving portions each having a flange, said flange being Positioned adjacent to each other to form a slit on the periphery of the receiving portion when the receiving portion is in the closed position, each of the flanges having a stepped inner surface adjacent to the slit, the stepped inner surfaces mating to each other A hollow housing, which forms a path for the wettable tissue sheet, Sealing latch means positioned on each of the opposing side surfaces of the flange for joining the flanges together, Means for supporting the lower housing on a horizontal or vertical plane, A dispenser for containing a wet roll tissue sheet comprising a wet roll tissue sheet rolled over it and positioned within the receiving portion without a separate support core. The method of claim 5, A dispenser for receiving a wet rolled tissue sheet comprising a retaining latch means for holding the receiving portion in a partially open position. The method of claim 5, A dispenser containing a wet rollable tissue sheet comprising a single molded piece. The method of claim 5, One or more of the flanges for receiving a wettable rolled tissue sheet comprising a slot.