Claims
- 1. A rolled tissue dispensing apparatus for dispensing tissue wound onto cores to define rolls of tissue, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a main housing including a rear wall that is adapted to be mounted on a vertical surface;
- (b) spindle means within said main housing for supporting a roll of tissue, said spindle means extending substantially perpendicularly from said rear wall;
- (c) a door pivotally connected to said main housing, said door and said main housing substantially enclosing the roll of tissue therebetween, said door having a knob housing extending therefrom into said main housing; and
- (d) an exit port located at a base of said main housing through which the roll of tissue is unwound from the core and is dispensed;
- (e) a knob that is mounted for rotation within said knob housing, said knob including a plurality of teeth extending therefrom toward the roll of tissue, said knob normally residing in a first position where said teeth do not contact any portion of the roll of tissue, said knob being movable to a second position within said knob housing, whereby said knob is operative by a user such that when the user moves said to said second position, said teeth engage a portion of the roll of tissue in the vicinity of the core and whereupon, by turning said knob while said knob is in said second position, the user will cause the roll of tissue to rotate; and
- (f) biasing means for normally maintaining said knob in said first position within said knob housing.
- 2. A rolled tissue dispensing apparatus for dispensing tissue wound onto cores to define rolls of tissue, said apparatus comprising;
- (a) a main housing including a rear wall adapted to be mounted on a vertical surface;
- (b) spindle means within said main housing for supporting a roll of tissue, said spindle means extending substantially perpendicularly from said rear wall;
- (c) a door pivotally connected to said main housing, said door and said main housing substantially enclosing the roll of tissue therebetween, said door having a knob housing extending therefrom into said main housing;
- (d) an exit port located at a base of said housing through which the roll of tissue is unwound from the core and is dispensed;
- (e ) a knob that is mounted for rotation within said knob housing, said knob including means extending therefrom toward the roll of tissue for engaging the roll of tissue, said knob also being moveable laterally within said knob housing, said knob normally residing in a retracted position where said means for engaging do not contact the roll of tissue, said knob being movable to a depressed position in said knob housing where said means for engaging engages the roll of tissue; and
- (f) biasing means for normally maintaining said knob in said retracted position within said knob housing so that said means for engaging are normal not in contact said roll of tissue.
- 3. A rolled tissue dispensing apparatus for dispensing tissue wound onto cores to define rolls of tissue, said apparatus comprising;
- (a) a main housing including a rear wall that is adapted to be mounted on a vertical surface;
- (b) a rotatable spindle means within said main housing for the supporting a roll of tissue, said spindle means extending substantially perpendicularly from said rear wall;
- (c) a door connected to said main housing, said door and said main housing substantially enclosing the roll of tissue therebetween;
- (d) an exit port in said main housing through which the roll of tissue is unwound from the core and is dispensed;
- (e) means rotatably attached to said door for engaging said rotatable spindle means, said means for engaging also being movable laterally from a normally retracted position to an engaged position; and
- (f) biasing means for maintaining said means for engaging normally retracted position so that said means for engaging does not contact said rotatable spindle means, said biasing means capable of being overcome by user to laterally move said means for engaging to said engaged position in contact with said rotatable spindle means, thereby allowing the user to rotate said rotatable spindle means and the roll of tissue supported thereon by rotating said means for engaging when said means for engaging is in said engaged position.
- 4. A rolled tissue dispensing apparatus for dispensing tissue wound onto cores to define rolls of tissue, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a main housing including a rear wall adapted to be mounted on a vertical surface;
- (b) spindle means within said main housing for rotatably supporting a roll of tissue, said spindle means extending substantially perpendicularly from said rear wall;
- (c) a door connected to said main housing, said door and said main housing substantially enclosing the roll of tissue therebetween;
- (d) an exit port in said main housing through which the roll of tissue is unwound from the core and is dispensed;
- (e) means rotatably attached to said door for engaging the roll of tissue, said means for engaging also being movable laterally from a normally retracted position to an engaged position; and
- (f) biasing means for normally maintaining said means for engaging in said normally retracted position so that said means for engaging does not contact said roll of tissue, said biasing means capable of being overcome by a user to laterally move said means for engaging to said engaged position in contact with the roll of tissue thereby allowing the user to rotate the roll of tissue by rotating said means for engaging when said means for engaging is in said engaged position.
- 5. A rolled tissue dispensing apparatus as recited in claim 4, wherein:
- said means for engaging is a mutually operable knob residing in a knob housing, said manually operable knob having a plurality of teeth extending therefrom for engaging the roll of tissue when said knob is moved to said engaged position.
- 6. A rolled tissue dispensing apparatus as recited in claim 5, wherein:
- said knob housing is substantially cylindrical, the longitudinal axis of said substantially cylindrical knob housing being substantially perpendicular to said rear wall means.
- 7. A rolled tissue dispensing apparatus as recited in claim 5, wherein:
- said knob housing includes an inner travel stop and an outer travel stop which limit the distance said knob can move within said knob housing.
- 8. A rolled tissue dispensing apparatus as recited in claim 4, wherein:
- said biasing means resides within said spindle means.
- 9. A rolled tissue dispensing apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein:
- said biasing means is a spring.
- 10. A rolled tissue dispensing apparatus as recited in claim 4, wherein:
- said biasing means resides within said knob housing.
- 11. A rolled tissue dispensing apparatus as recited in claim 10, wherein:
- said biasing means is a spring.
- 12. A rolled tissue dispensing apparatus as recited in claim 4, wherein:
- said spindle means rotates with the rotation of the roll of tissue, said spindle means having a distal end which is adapted to engage said engaging means when said engaging means is moved to said engaged position.
- 13. A rolled tissue dispensing apparatus as recited in claim 12, wherein:
- said spindle means has a plurality of fins extending radially therefrom, said fins engaging the inside surface of the core so that the axis of rotation of the roll of tissue is substantially collinear with the axis of rotation of said spindle means.
- 14. A rolled tissue dispensing apparatus for dispensing rolls of tissue wound on a core, as recited in claim 4, wherein:
- said means for engaging comprises a knob having a plurality of teeth extending therefrom, said teeth engaging the core of the roll of tissue when said knob is moved to said engaged position.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/922,445, filed Jul. 30 1992, now abandoned.
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