Container for dispensing controlled amounts of paper products
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65D-021/00
A47K-010/24
출원번호
US-0205880
(2002-07-26)
발명자
/ 주소
Spencer, Jan Byron Charles
Tramontina, Paul Francis
출원인 / 주소
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Dority & Manning, P.A.
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6인용 특허 :
51
초록▼
A container is disclosed for dispensing a controlled amount of paper products. The container includes a housing including a first end wall and a plurality of exterior walls defining an interior surface and an interior area within the interior surface for receiving the plurality of paper products. A
A container is disclosed for dispensing a controlled amount of paper products. The container includes a housing including a first end wall and a plurality of exterior walls defining an interior surface and an interior area within the interior surface for receiving the plurality of paper products. A first, second and third of the exterior walls intersect a first end wall to form a portion of the interior surface and define an open face of the container. The exterior walls further include a fourth wall extending between the second and third walls adjacent the first end wall and the open face. The container defines a dispensing throat extending through the fourth wall adjacent the slit in the cartridge. The first end wall may be slanted relative to the second and third walls. A cartridge is inserted into the interior area of the housing through the open face of the container. The cartridge contains the plurality of paper products to be dispensed. The cartridge includes cartridge walls including side walls, a front wall disposed in the open face of the container, and a bottom wall which may be slanted relative to the side walls so as to be matingly disposed against the first end wall of the container when the cartridge is disposed within the housing. A slit is defined through the front wall for dispensing the plurality of paper products though the dispensing throat. Protrusions may extend from the housing though openings in the cartridge to contact the paper products.
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1. A container for dispensing a controlled amount of paper products, the container comprising:a housing including a first end wall and a plurality of exterior walls defining an interior surface and an interior area within the interior surface for receiving the plurality of paper products, a first, s
1. A container for dispensing a controlled amount of paper products, the container comprising:a housing including a first end wall and a plurality of exterior walls defining an interior surface and an interior area within the interior surface for receiving the plurality of paper products, a first, second and third of the exterior walls intersecting a first end wall to form a portion of the interior surface and define an open face of the container, a fourth wall extending between the second and third walls adjacent the first end wall and the open face, the fourth wall and the first end wall defining a dispensing throat;protrusions extending from the interior surface into the interior area for contacting the paper products; anda cartridge for insertion into the interior area of the housing, the cartridge containing the plurality of paper products to be dispensed, the cartridge including cartridge walls including a front wall disposed in the open face of the container when the cartridge is disposed within the housing, openings being defined in the cartridge walls wherein at least one of the protrusions extends through at least one of the openings to contact the plurality of paper products, a slit being defined through the front wall for dispensing the plurality of paper products. 2. The container of claim 1, further including cartridge retaining means for retaining the cartridge in the interior area of the housing. 3. The container of claim 2, wherein the cartridge retaining means is configured on opposing second and third walls. 4. The container of claim 2, wherein the cartridge retaining means is configured on the first end wall. 5. The container of claim 1, wherein the housing further includes at least one element selected from blocks, chucks, stops, wires, braces, brackets, bars, pins, clips, hooks, clamps, adhesive materials, and interlocking container and cartridge geometries, the at least one element retaining the cartridge within the housing. 6. The container of claim 1, wherein the dispensing throat is adjacent the slit in the cartridge. 7. The container of claim 6, wherein the dispensing throat includes a finger slot in the fourth wall. 8. The container of claim 6, wherein the dispensing throat includes a thumb slot in the first end wall. 9. The container of claim 1, the housing further comprising a staging area proximate the first end wall for spacing and slowing the paper products. 10. The container of claim 1, wherein the cartridge walls include a bottom wall, the slit being defined by the front wall and the bottom wall of the cartridge. 11. The container of claim 10, wherein the cartridge is configured so the slit includes a finger slot in the front wall and a thumb slot in the bottom wall. 12. The container of claim 1, wherein the cartridge is configured so the slit is sized to have a horizontal dimension about the same as or slightly greater than the width of the paper products within the cartridge and a vertical dimension that is large enough to permit the passage of a limited number of paper products. 13. The container of claim 12, wherein the cartridge is configured so the vertical dimension of the slit is between about 2 and about 10 times the thickness of an individual folded paper product. 14. The container of claim 1, wherein the housing further includes a bar connecting the second and third exterior walls, the bar retaining the cartridge within the housing. 15. The container of claim 14, wherein the bar defines a dispensing throat having a finger slot. 16. The container of claim 1, further comprising means for urging the paper products within the interior area in a dispensing direction toward the first end wall to a dispensing position near the slit. 17. The container of claim 16, wherein the protrusions extending from the portion of the interior surface on the exterior walls oppose the means for urging. 18. The container of claim 1, wherein the first end wall is slanted relative to the second and third w alls, and the cartridge includes a bottom wall configured to conform to the slanted first end wall of the housing. 19. The container of claim 18, wherein the first end wall slants downward in the direction of the open face of the container. 20. The container of claim 18, wherein the first end wall slants upward in the direction of the open face of the container. 21. The container of claim 1, wherein the protrusions include rib members extending from the first end wall of the housing and the cartridge includes openings at locations corresponding to the rib members. 22. The container of claim 1, wherein the protrusions include bumpers extending from the second and third walls, and the cartridge includes openings at locations corresponding to the bumpers. 23. A container for dispensing a controlled amount of paper products, the container comprising:a housing including a first end wall and a plurality of exterior walls defining an interior surface and an interior area within the interior surface for receiving the plurality of paper products, a first, second and third of the exterior walls intersecting a first end wall to form a portion of the interior surface and define an open face of the container, the exterior walls further including a fourth wall extending between the second and third walls adjacent the first end wall and the open face, the container defining a dispensing throat extending through the fourth wall, the first end wall being slanted relative to the second and third walls;protrusions extending from the interior surface into the interior area for contacting the paper products; anda cartridge for insertion into the interior area of the housing, the cartridge containing the plurality of paper products to be dispensed, the cartridge including cartridge walls including a front wall disposed in the open face of the container when the cartridge is disposed within the housing, openings being defined in the cartridge walls wherein at least one of the protrusions extends through at least one of the openings to contact the plurality of paper products, a slit being defined through the front wall adjacent the dispensing throat in the housing for dispensing the plurality of paper products through the dispensing throat. 24. The container of claim 23, wherein the first end wall slants downward in the direction of the open face of the container. 25. The container of claim 23, wherein the first end wall slants upward in the direction of the open face of the container. 26. The container of claim 23, wherein the cartridge is configured so the slit is sized to have a horizontal dimension about the same as or slightly greater than the width of the paper products within the cartridge and a vertical dimension that is large enough to permit the passage of a limited number of paper products. 27. The container of claim 26, wherein the cartridge is configured so the vertical dimension of the slit is between about 2 and about 10 times the thickness of an individual folded paper product. 28. A container for dispensing a controlled amount of paper products, the container comprising:a housing including a first end wall and a plurality of exterior walls defining an interior surface and an interior area within the interior surface for receiving the plurality of paper products, a first, second and third of the exterior walls intersecting a first end wall to form a portion of the interior surface and define an open face of the container, the exterior walls further including a fourth wall extending between the second and third walls adjacent the first end wall and the open face, the container defining a dispensing throat extending through the fourth wall, the first end wall being slanted relative to the second and third walls; anda cartridge for insertion into the interior area of the housing through the open face of the container, the cartridge containing the plurality of paper products to be dispensed, the cartridge including cartridge walls includi ng side walls, a front wall disposed in the open face of the container, and a bottom wall being slanted relative to the side walls so as to be matingly disposed against the first end wall of the container when the cartridge is disposed within the housing, a slit being defined through the front wall adjacent the dispensing throat in the housing for dispensing the plurality of paper products though the dispensing throat. 29. The container of claim 28, wherein the cartridge is configured so the vertical dimension of the slit is between about 2 and about 10 times the thickness of an individual folded paper product. 30. The container of claim 29, wherein the slit includes finger and thumb slots. 31. The container of claim 30, wherein the dispensing throat includes finger and thumb slots. 32. The container of claim 28, wherein the first end wall slants downward in the direction of the open face of the container. 33. The container of claim 28, wherein the first end wall slants upward in the direction of the open face of the container. 34. The container of claim 28, further including cartridge retaining means for retaining the cartridge in the interior area of the housing. 35. The container of claim 28, further including protrusions extending from the interior surface into the interior area for contacting the paper products, openings being defined in the cartridge walls wherein at least one of the protrusions extends through at least one of the openings to contact the plurality of paper products. 36. The container of claims 35 , wherein the protrusions include rib members extending from the first end wall of the housing and the cartridge includes openings at locations corresponding to the rib members. 37. The container of claim 35, wherein the protrusions include bumpers extending from the second and third walls, and the cartridge includes openings at locations corresponding to the bumpers.
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