IP Library Granted Patent US 7,370,826
Granted Patent B2
US 7,370,826 · App. 11/572,718 · Granted May 13, 2008

Toilet paper dispenser housing a roll, toilet paper roll and dispenser

Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
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Patent No.
US 7,370,826
App. No.
11/572,718
Granted
May 13, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The toilet paper dispenser as claimed for the invention including a housing ( 6 ) in which is housed a roll ( 3 ) of a paper strip ( 2 ), which has perforations transverse to strip ( 2 ) defining rectangular paper sheets ( 5 ) whose width is transverse and whose length is longitudinal. Housing ( 6 ) features a nozzle ( 9 ) with a dispensing orifice ( 10 ), by means of which the paper strip ( 2 ) is unwound. The dispenser is characterized in that the nozzle ( 9 ) and the paper roll ( 3 ) are disposed in such a way that the paper sheets ( 5 ) unwind one by one and emerge with a reduced crumpling as they exit the nozzle ( 9 ), the width of a sheet ( 5 ) is between 125 mm and 180 mm, and the ratio of the width of a sheet ( 5 ) to its length is between 0.45 and 1, preferably between 0.5 and 0.65, the paper being consumed optimally and in a pleasant manner.

Claims (19)

1. A toilet paper dispenser comprising:

a housing in which is housed a roll of a paper strip that has perforations transverse to the paper strip defining rectangular paper sheets whose width w is transverse and whose length L is longitudinal, wherein the housing comprises a nozzle having a dispensing orifice through which the paper strip is unwound, wherein the nozzle and the roll are disposed in such a way that the paper sheets unwind one by one and emerge with reduced crumpling from an exit orifice in the nozzle; and wherein the width w of a sheet is between 125 millimeters and 180 millimeters and the sheet has a ratio of the width w to the length L of between 0.45 and 1.

2. The dispenser as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the width w to the length L is between 0.5 and 0.65.

3. The dispenser as claimed in claim 1 , wherein unwinding is effected from a center of the roll.

4. The dispenser as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the nozzle has a truncated shape and the exit orifice is located outside the nozzle relative to the housing.

5. The dispenser as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the housing is mounted onto a support and an axis of the roll is perpendicular to the support.

6. The dispenser as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the width w of the sheets is between 135 millimeters and 150 millimeters.

7. The dispenser as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the exit orifice of the nozzle has a diameter of between 6 millimeters and 8 millimeters.

8. The dispenser as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the paper strip has a perforation rate of between 12% and 30%.

9. The dispenser as claimed in claim 6 , wherein force of extraction of the paper strip outside the nozzle is present in a ratio to force of tear of perforation teeth holding together two adjacent sheets of the paper strip, wherein the ratio is greater than 1.

10. The dispenser as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the ratio is between 1.1 and 2.

11. The dispenser as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the paper sheets are a one- or two-ply tissue paper, each ply having a grammage between 14 g/m 2 and 30 g/m 2 .

12. A toilet paper roll comprising:

perforations transverse to a paper strip defining rectangular paper sheets, whose width w is transverse and whose length L is longitudinal, the width w of a sheet being between 125 millimeters and 180 millimeters, and a ratio of the width w of a sheet to length L of the sheet is between 0.45 and 1.

13. The toilet paper roll as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the width w is between 135 millimeters and 150 millimeters.

14. The toilet paper roll as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the perforations are present in a rate of precuts of the paper strip of between 12% and 30%.

15. The toilet paper roll as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the roll is of a two-ply tissue paper, each ply having a grammage between 14 g/m 2 and 30 g/m 2 .

16. A toilet paper dispenser comprising:

a housing disposed in such a way as to receive a roll of a paper strip having a width of between 125 millimeters and 180 millimeters, wherein the housing comprises a nozzle with a dispensing orifice for the paper strip, the nozzle having a truncated shape and the dispensing orifice being located outside the nozzle relative to the housing, the dispensing orifice of the nozzle having a diameter of between 6 millimeters and 8 millimeters.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 30, 2018
From: GEORGIA-PACIFIC FRANCE
To: SCA TISSUE FRANCE
Reel/Frame 047351/0256 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 30, 2018
From: SCA TISSUE FRANCE
To: ESSITY OPERATIONS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 047878/0795 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2007
From: NEVEU, JEAN-LOUIS
To: GEORGIA-PACIFIC FRANCE
Reel/Frame 019036/0792 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 04 51748 · Jul 30, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070210203A1 · Sep 13, 2007