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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7648045 | Gravity-feed dispenser and method of dispensing inter-folded napkins A gravity-feed dispenser for a stack of sheets such as inter-folded napkins includes a generally rectangular housing provided with a front wall, a back wall, two sidewalls and a lower portion as well as a funnel portion coupled to the lower portion of the housing pr... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7367470 | Multi-posture folded towel dispenser A free-standing dispenser for inter-folded towels capable of being placed in a wide variety of postures having an opening which facilitates one handed dispensing. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7341166 | Gravity-feed napkin dispenser with internal blocking assembly A gravity-feed dispenser includes an internal blocker assembly to prevent folded sheet from falling away from the dispensing aperture. A preferred embodiment includes a spring biased blocker arm which cooperates with a spring biased guide plate to maintain the napki... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7083066 | Sheet dispenser with braking means The invention relates to a dispenser of sheets stacked inside a compartment, such as a vertical one, with a dispensing slot and provided with means for slowing the advance of the stack of sheets. This dispenser is characterized in that such means are represented by ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7063245 | System for dispensing plurality of wet wipes There is provided a wet wipes dispensing system. The system includes a plurality of separably joined wet wipes and the plurality of separably joined wet wipes include a lubricant. The system also includes a dispenser including a sealed chamber, the sealed chamber ho... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6899251 | Gravity-feed dispenser and method of dispensing inter-folded napkins A gravity-feed dispenser for a stack of sheets such as inter-folded napkins includes a generally rectangular housing provided with a front wall, a back wall, two sidewalls and a lower portion as well as a funnel portion coupled to the lower portion of the housing pr... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6877634 | High capacity dispensing carton A disposable dispensing carton for paper and nonwoven sheet materials is provided that can be made from paperboard blanks and includes a set or ridges, integral with the dispensing carton, that extend into the interior area of the dispensing carton adjacent the disp... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6824007 | Curl limiting napkin dispenser A curl reducing adapter kit for a napkin dispenser used for dispensing interfolded napkins including an enclosure with a dispensing wall defining a dispensing slot and a slidably mounted, biased pressure carriage adapted to advance a stack of napkins in the enclosur... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6378726 | Interfolded napkin dispensing system An interfolded paper napkin dispensing system composed of: (a) an outer housing defining an interior space; (b) stacking means mounted within the outer housing for holding a stack of paper napkins within the interior space; and (c) a dispensing face defin... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6315155 | Folded paper towel dispenser The device for dispensing multi-fold paper towels has a housing for holding a generally vertical stack of the paper towels and including a lower portion through which individual towels can be dispensed from the stack. The lower portion includes an elongat... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6241118 | Container and cartridge for dispensing paper products A container for dispensing individual paper products, the container includes a housing including a plurality of exterior walls defining an interior surface and an interior area within the interior surface for receiving a plurality of the paper products. A... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6003723 | Large capacity towel dispenser A dispenser apparatus for stacked single-fold towel sheets has a rear wall, side walls, and front and rear funnel walls extending to a funnel height between bottom portions of the side walls on opposite sides of a feed slot; and a pair of shelf members pr... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5547106 | Apparatus for dispensing objects An apparatus for dispensing objects such as billiard chalk and containers of powder comprises a housing with a front door and two hoppers in it, one hopper for a stack of pairs of chalks and one for a stack of containers of powder, a shelf located below t... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5503298 | Bagel dispenser An apparatus for dispensing a bagel is provided which is aesthetically pleasing, sanitary and requires a minimal amount of area. Specifically described is a dispenser comprising: a base comprising a front, a top, a right side and a left side and a pair of... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5219092 | Dispenser for folded paper towels A dispenser for dispensing folded, interleaved towels. The dispenser has front and back walls joined by side walls and a bottom wall with a central paper towel dispensing slot therein extending between the side walls. The dispenser has supports on the inn... | 06/15/1993 |
| 4679703 | Device for preventing napkins from bunching at the dispensing opening in a paper napkin dispenser A device for preventing napkins from bunching at the dispensing opening in a napkin dispenser. A pair of pressure relief rods are provided along the upper and lower portions of the dispenser face plate to relieve pressure between the face plate and the ce... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4329001 | Dispenser for folded sheets of flexible material A dispenser for folded paper napkins including an enclosed cabinet having an opening in the front thereof through which napkins may be removed individually. A pair of V-shaped guides are mounted on inside surfaces of opposite sides of the cabinet. A drawe... | 05/11/1982 |