EP1437079B1 - Blattspender mit Bremsvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP1437079B1
EP1437079B1 EP03000396A EP03000396A EP1437079B1 EP 1437079 B1 EP1437079 B1 EP 1437079B1 EP 03000396 A EP03000396 A EP 03000396A EP 03000396 A EP03000396 A EP 03000396A EP 1437079 B1 EP1437079 B1 EP 1437079B1
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Jean-Louis Neveu
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24—Towel dispensers; Toilet paper dispensers
    • 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
    • A47K10/424—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked dispensing from the bottom part of the dispenser

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  • the invention relates to distributors of sheet products, paper for example.
  • it relates to the field of articles made of cellulose wadding for sanitary or domestic use.
  • Managers of collective premises hotels, restaurants, workshops or others, put, when necessary, wiping articles at the disposal of the users. These are, as needed, towels, napkins, napkins, rags or other equivalent items.
  • the products may be provided in dispensing devices in the form of rectangular folded sheets, stacked one on top of the other or entangled to form packages of several tens of units.
  • the dispensers targeted by the present invention are essentially parallelepipedic boxes which are generally fixed on a vertical wall, with a distribution opening on the lower face.
  • the invention also applies to dispensers whose sheets they contain are applied by means of springs against the face which comprises the dispensing opening.
  • the problem when stacking a large quantity of leaves is the weight. Even if each sheet of cellulose wadding is light, the pile formed in the large capacity dispensers can weigh from 2 to 3 kg. When the device is full, the user then has some difficulty in extracting the sheets. The resistance encountered may be sufficient to tear the paper.
  • US Patent 2002/179630 discloses a sheet dispenser arranged in a stack inside a vertical compartment, with a dispensing opening and provided with a means consisting of flexible elements to slow the progression of the stack of sheets. These flexible elements are projecting inside the compartment.
  • the invention relates to a means for braking the sheets inside a sheet dispenser which does not have the disadvantages of prior solutions.
  • the invention relates to the dispenser of sheets arranged in a stack inside a compartment for example vertical with a leaf distribution opening provided with a means consisting of flexible elements to slow their progression.
  • the flexible elements consist of fibers arranged projecting inside the compartment, on which the sheets bear.
  • the dispensing opening is located in the lower part of the compartment.
  • the braking means can be made very easily without the risk of blocking the sheets in a package; it is easy to choose an element sufficiently flexible to yield under a relatively weak force. Satisfactory braking is ensured by multiplying the elements along the wall of the compartment to exert the required friction.
  • the fibers may advantageously form brushes, that is to say groups or tufts of more or less dense fibers, arranged continuously or at a distance from each other along the compartment.
  • the brushes are preferably placed on two opposite sides of the compartment.
  • the length of the fibers may vary from one end to the other of the compartment.
  • the flexible elements consist of flexible lamellae.
  • the slats can be arranged on an alignment on each side of the compartment. Their spacing can be constant or variable.
  • the flexible elements consist of the turns of at least one coil spring stretched over at least part of the length traveled by the sheets of the stack.
  • the spring is chosen fine enough not to block a packet of leaves between its turns.
  • a distributor comprising a compartment 10 on the figure 1 .
  • Its sectional shape is rectangular; it contains a stack E of sheets or formats F which are extracted one by one by the distribution slot 12 which is in its lower part as is visible on the figure 2 .
  • the slats protrude into the compartment. They are fixed, by recess, by an edge to the vertical wall 11. The opposite edge is free.
  • the lamellae 14 are advantageously fixed on a rod 16 forming an intermediate support. The support is then fixed on the inner wall of the dispenser.
  • the slats 14 are parallel to each other.
  • the distance D separating the slats from one side to the other is such as to ensure friction by their free edge against the stack of sheets.
  • the slats possibly penetrate at least partially into the stack and can thus be inserted between two sheets F.
  • the friction is sufficient to exert a retaining force against the weight of the assembly.
  • the lamellae deform sufficiently to avoid damaging the leaves F.
  • the braking force is in some way proportional to the height of the battery which comes into contact with the lamellae. When it becomes weak, the braking force is reduced and does not prevent the progression thereof.
  • fibers 24 are used instead of lamellae.
  • These fibers may advantageously be arranged in brushes 26 as shown in FIG. figure 4 .
  • the fibers are held in a gutter 28.
  • the length, the thickness of the fibers, the density of the number of fibers constituting the brushes can be chosen from a wide range of possibilities. The choice is made experimentally so as to ensure the desired braking as a function, in particular, of the stack height and the size of the sheets F.
  • Fibers can be used for materials that give them the consistency of horsehair.
  • polypropylene fibers with a diameter of between 10/100 and 30/100 mm and more particularly 15/100 mm are suitable.
  • Other materials are possible such as natural but preferably synthetic fibers such as polyamides.
  • the length of the fibers forming the brush is advantageously between 10 and 55 mm, preferably between 15 mm and 25 mm.
  • the brush width may be between 3 and 10 mm, preferably between 3.5 and 5 mm.
  • a spring 32 which may be of a plastic or preferably metallic material, of the coil type is used as braking means, as shown in FIG. figure 7 .
  • This spring is made by winding a thin spiral wire along an axis.
  • the turns 34 all have the same diameter.
  • the spring is put in place by stretching it and fixing it in extension by its two ends along the internal wall of the dispenser. For example, one can use a spring of 5 cm long at rest and stretch it over 20 cm by fixing it.
  • This solution is particularly simple to implement.
  • Two springs are placed on the opposite walls at a distance from each other such that the sheets are retained by their edges between the turns. For example, the distance between the axes of the two springs 32 corresponds to the size of the stack of sheets in a direction parallel to the dispensing opening 12.
  • fibers in the case of fibers, they can be fixed at one end between two metal wires that are twisted in the manner of a swab.
  • the invention also includes dispensers equipped with means such as springs for applying the sheets against the face having the dispensing opening 12.
  • a distributor in which the direction of movement of the sheets is horizontal or substantially horizontal and the axis of the force of application of the sheets against the dispensing opening .
  • the flexible elements according to the invention are then arranged parallel to this axis.
  • the fibers or horsehair are polypropylene, and their length 15 mm.
  • brushes were placed on each side of the compartment with a spacing D of 160 mm. In this case the braking is carried out over 7 mm essentially by bending the fibers constituting the brush.
  • a distributor was suspended from a beam by means of a load cell or force sensor. The leaves were extracted through the underside of the dispenser. It was thus possible to measure both the weight of the dispenser and the force required to extract the sheets individually.
  • a dispenser containing 7 standard packages of 250 sheets was used. We have shown on the graph of the figure 8 the weight of the sheets as a function of the number of packages present in the dispenser and the force necessary, in cN, for the extraction of the leaves. In one case, the distributor had a braking means according to the invention in the other he had none.

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Claims (9)

  1. Spender für Blätter, die stapelweise im Innern eines beispielsweise vertikalen Behälters (10) angeordnet sind, mit einer Spenderöffnung (12) und versehen mit einem Mittel, das von flexiblen Elementen gebildet ist, um den Vorschub des Blattstapels zu bremsen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die flexiblen Elemente von Fasern (24) gebildet sind, die im Innern des Behälters vorspringend angeordnet sind, auf denen die Blätter zur Abstützung kommen.
  2. Spender nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Spenderöffnung (12) im unteren Teil des Behälters (10) angeordnet ist.
  3. Spender nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die flexiblen Elemente (14; 24; 34) an zwei entgegengesetzten Seiten, über zumindest einen Teil der Länge, die von den Blättern des Stapels durchlaufen wird, angeordnet sind.
  4. Spender nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Fasern einen Durchmesser zwischen 10/100 und 30/100 mm bei einer Länge zwischen 10 und 55 mm haben.
  5. Spender nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Fasern (24) Bürsten (26) bilden.
  6. Spender nach Anspruch 5, wobei die Bürsten diskontinuierlich entlang des Behälters angeordnet sind.
  7. Spender nach einem der Ansprüche 1, 4 bis 6, wobei die Fasern (24) eine Länge haben, die von oben nach unten zunimmt.
  8. Spender für Blätter, die stapelweise im Innern eines beispielsweise vertikalen Behälters (10) angeordnet sind, mit einer Spenderöffnung (12) und versehen mit einem Mittel, das von flexiblen Elementen gebildet ist, um den Vorschub des Blattstapels zu bremsen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die flexiblen Elemente von weichen Lamellen (14) gebildet sind, die im Innern des Behälters vorspringend angeordnet sind, auf denen die Blätter zur Abstützung kommen.
  9. Spender für Blätter, die stapelweise im Innern eines beispielsweise vertikalen Behälters (10) angeordnet sind, mit einer Spenderöffnung (12) und versehen mit einem Mittel, das von flexiblen Elementen gebildet ist, um den Vorschub des Blattstapels zu bremsen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die flexiblen Elemente von den in Innern des Behälters vorspringend angeordneten Windungen (34) einer über zumindest einen Teil der Länge, die von den Blättern des Stapels durchlaufen wird, gespannten Spiralfeder (32) gebildet sind, auf denen die Blätter zur Abstützung kommen.
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AT03000396T ATE554688T1 (de) 2003-01-10 2003-01-10 Blattspender mit bremsvorrichtung
EP03000396A EP1437079B1 (de) 2003-01-10 2003-01-10 Blattspender mit Bremsvorrichtung
ES03000396T ES2385326T3 (es) 2003-01-10 2003-01-10 Distribuidor de hojas con medios de frenado
CA2453041A CA2453041C (fr) 2003-01-10 2003-12-30 Distributeur de feuilles avec moyen de freinage lateral
US10/752,670 US7083066B2 (en) 2003-01-10 2004-01-08 Sheet dispenser with braking means

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