WO2021108832A1 - Appareil de distribution de mouchoir en papier - Google Patents

Appareil de distribution de mouchoir en papier Download PDF

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WO2021108832A1
WO2021108832A1 PCT/AU2020/051169 AU2020051169W WO2021108832A1 WO 2021108832 A1 WO2021108832 A1 WO 2021108832A1 AU 2020051169 W AU2020051169 W AU 2020051169W WO 2021108832 A1 WO2021108832 A1 WO 2021108832A1
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cowl
tissue
base
plinths
tissue box
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Kevin Thomas
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Kevin Thomas
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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
    • A47K10/42—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked
    • A47K10/421—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked dispensing from the top of the dispenser
    • A47K10/423—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked dispensing from the top of the dispenser with hold-down means riding on the top of the stack, e.g. a press plate with dispensing opening
    • 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
    • A47K10/16—Paper towels; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/18—Holders; Receptacles
    • A47K10/185—Holders for boxes of tissue

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  • This invention relates generally to tissue dispensing apparatus. More particularly, this invention relates to tissue dispensing apparatus suitable for conventional tissue boxes.
  • US 7665628 B1 (MILLIGAN) 23 February 2010 discloses a dispenser comprising piercing members which pierce holes through a bottom of a tissue box and which contain spring bound lifting members which go through the pierced holes to push the tissue product upwardly.
  • US 10039426 B1 JACK SOULES 07 August 2018 discloses a dispenser having a base having an ovular pedestal atop a column which goes through a preformed perforated opening to press up against tissue therein.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a tissue dispensing apparatus, which will overcome or substantially ameliorate at least some of the deficiencies of the prior art, or to at least provide an alternative.
  • tissue dispensing apparatus for a tissue box.
  • the apparatus comprises a base having a rectangular floor having width and length.
  • a pair of plinths rise from the floor and define parallel straight edges each orientated along the width of the floor.
  • a rectangular cowl having a top and sides and an open bottom engages the base therein.
  • the top has a dispensing slot.
  • a tissue box having a rectangular bottom opening formed by cutting out a rectangular portion of a bottom thereof is placed between the base and the cowl.
  • the opening is made such that the edges of the plinths fit through the opening.
  • the edges of the plinths press tissues therein up towards the dispensing slot at opposite ends of the dispensing slot under weight applied by the cowl.
  • the present arrangement allows for conventional tissue boxes to be used without requiring preformed knock-outs, perforated openings and the like.
  • the spaced apart straight edges of the plinths may bear directly against tissue therein of alternatively, the cut out rectangular portion may be retained to form a slightly flexible platform between the spaced apart straight edges.
  • the base may define quadrant of guidance piers the corners of the floor which engage against inner corners of the cowl to restrain the cowl with respect to the base in the horizontal plane.
  • the guidance piers may comprise channel members which slide into corresponding channels of the cowl.
  • the guidance piers may comprise side flanges which engage corners of the box to restrain the box with respect to the base in the horizontal plane. [0018] The guidance piers furthermore hold the box to the base and an accessible manner.
  • An undersurface of the top of the cowl may comprise a rectangular arrangement of guidance flanges to locate around the top of the tissue box. As such, in use, the cowl may be inverted and a tissue box having the bottom portion thereof removed placed within the cowl and positioned by the guidance flanges. The base may then be lowered within the cowl to engage around the tissue box where after the apparatus may be reverted to an upright position.
  • Figure 1 shows a top perspective view of a base and cowl of tissue dispensing apparatus in accordance with an embodiment
  • Figure 2 shows a bottom perspective view of the base and the cowl; and [0024] Figures 3 and 4 illustrate the base and the cowl engaging around a conventional tissue box.
  • Tissue dispensing apparatus 100 for a conventional tissue box 101 comprises a base 102 having a rectangular floor 104 having width and length.
  • the base 102 has a pair of plinths 103 raised from the floor 104.
  • the plinths 103 define parallel straight edges 105, each orientated along the width of the floor 104.
  • the plinths 103 may be triangular-shaped and, with reference to Figure 2, may be hollow.
  • the apparatus 100 further comprises a rectangular cowl 108 having a top 109, sides 110 and an open bottom 111.
  • the cowl 108 engages over the base 102.
  • the base 102 may comprise a quadrant of guidance piers 106 rising from corners of the floor 104. As shown in Figure 3 and 4, the guidance piers 106 may engage within respective inner corners of the cowl 108 to restrain the cowl 108 with respect to the base 102 in the horizontal plane and allow the cowl 108 to drop towards the base 102..
  • the top 109 of the cowl 108 has a dispensing slot 112 therethrough having sides 113 and ends 114.
  • edges 105 of the plinths 103 locate at or in from the ends 114 of the dispensing slot 112 when the cowl 108 is engaged to the base 102.
  • the tissue box 101 is placed between the base 102 and the cowl 108.
  • the guidance piers 108 may comprise orthogonal flanges 107.
  • the tissue box 101 may be restrained in the horizontal plane at the corners thereof by the flanges 107.
  • the orthogonal flanges 107 may be triangular shaped.
  • the tissue box 101 has a rectangular opening 115 formed by cutting out a rectangular portion 116 of a bottom of the tissue box 101 such that the edges 105 of the plinths 103 fit into the rectangular opening 115 to press tissue therein up towards the dispensing slot 112 under weight applied by the cowl 108.
  • the rectangular portion 116 of the tissue box 101 is discarded such that the straight edges 105 of the plinths 103 press directly against tissue within the tissue box 101.
  • Each guidance pier 106 may comprise a channelling member 117 which slides into a corresponding vertical channel 118 formed at a respective inner corner of the cowl 108.
  • the channelling member 117 may be semicylindrical and partially surrounded by a channel 118 being semicircular in cross- section, preferably through more than 180°.
  • an undersurface 123 of the top 109 of the cowl 108 may comprise a rectangular arrangement of guidance flanges which restrain a top of the tissue box 101 therewithin in the horizontal plane.
  • the guidance flanges may comprise a quadrant of orthogonal corner flanges 124.
  • the apparatus 100 may comprise an anchoring attachment 119 for anchoring the base 102 to a surface.
  • the anchoring attachment 1 19 may be for a suction cup.
  • the anchoring attachment 1 19 may comprise a slot 120 having a major portion 121 and a minor portion 122.
  • the major portion 121 may be sized to receive a bung of a suction cup therein and the minor portion 122 may be sized to engage under edges of the bung.
  • Utilization of the apparatus 100 may comprise cutting the rectangular portion 160 from the bottom of the tissue box 110. With the cowl 108 upside down in the orientation given in Figure 2, the top of the tissue box 1 10 may be inserted to locate between the guidance flanges 124.
  • the base 102 may then be placed atop the cowl 108 such that the guidance piers 106 engage respective inner corners of the cowl 108 and the plinths 105 go through the opening 115 of the tissue box 101 .
  • the guidance piers 106 comprise the channelling members 117
  • the channelling members 1 1 7 may each slide into respective channel 1 18 of the cowl 108.
  • the rectangular portion 116 may either be left in place or discarded. Generally, the rectangular portion 116 is left in place for larger sized tissue boxes 1 10.
  • the apparatus 100 may then be reverted to the orientation given in Figure 3 and 4.
  • the base 102 may be attached to a surface using the anchoring attachment 119.
  • a suction cup may be engaged within the slot 120 and the apparatus 100 pressed downwardly to engage the suction cup.
  • the suction cup may be attached to the surface whereafter the bung thereof is inserted through the major portion 121 of the slot and the base 102 slid along the surface such that the minor portion 122 engages under edges of the bung.
  • the weight of the cowl 108 presses down on the tissue box 101 such that the straight edges 105 of the plinths 103 press against the tissue therein up against the dispensing slot 112 from ends of the dispensing slot 112 for dispensing. As the tissue within the box 101 becomes depleted, the cowl 108 falls further towards the base 102.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un appareil de distribution de mouchoirs en papier pour une boîte de mouchoirs en papier comportant une base avec un fond rectangulaire dont la largeur et la longueur sont identiques et une paire de socles espacés surélevés par rapport au fond. Les socles définissent des bords droits parallèles orientés chacun le long de la largeur du fond. Un capot rectangulaire présentant une partie supérieure, des côtés et un fond ouvert, la partie supérieure comportant une fente de distribution, est inséré sur la base avec, entre les deux, une boîte de mouchoirs en papier classique dont la partie inférieure a été retirée, de telle sorte que les socles pressent le mouchoir en papier qui s'y trouve vers la fente de distribution et que les bords droits espacés des socles maintiennent fermement le mouchoir en papier par le travers des extrémités de la fente de distribution.
PCT/AU2020/051169 2019-12-03 2020-10-29 Appareil de distribution de mouchoir en papier WO2021108832A1 (fr)

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AU2019904560A AU2019904560A0 (en) 2019-12-03 A tissue dispensing device
AU2019904560 2019-12-03

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Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3343716A (en) * 1966-03-22 1967-09-26 Peebles David Meade Dispensers for facial tissues and the like
US4921127A (en) * 1987-03-23 1990-05-01 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Dispenser for a stack of note paper
JP2008162660A (ja) * 2006-12-28 2008-07-17 Kaneko Seizai Kk ホルダ
US7665628B1 (en) * 2008-07-24 2010-02-23 Loren Milligan Tissue box cover
US20150250364A1 (en) * 2014-03-06 2015-09-10 Kikuo Yamada Wipe container holder and wipe dispenser
US20160143490A1 (en) * 2013-06-21 2016-05-26 Kikuo Yamada Wipe dispenser
US10039426B1 (en) * 2017-02-09 2018-08-07 Jack Soules System and method for dispensing products

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3343716A (en) * 1966-03-22 1967-09-26 Peebles David Meade Dispensers for facial tissues and the like
US4921127A (en) * 1987-03-23 1990-05-01 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Dispenser for a stack of note paper
JP2008162660A (ja) * 2006-12-28 2008-07-17 Kaneko Seizai Kk ホルダ
US7665628B1 (en) * 2008-07-24 2010-02-23 Loren Milligan Tissue box cover
US20160143490A1 (en) * 2013-06-21 2016-05-26 Kikuo Yamada Wipe dispenser
US20150250364A1 (en) * 2014-03-06 2015-09-10 Kikuo Yamada Wipe container holder and wipe dispenser
US10039426B1 (en) * 2017-02-09 2018-08-07 Jack Soules System and method for dispensing products

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