IP Library Granted Patent US 11,206,958
Granted Patent B2
US 11,206,958 · App. 12/055,351 · Granted Dec 28, 2021

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

Inventor: Jean-Louis Neveu (Colmar, FR)
Assignee: ESSITY OPERATIONS FRANCE
A47K10/3818A47K10/16A47K2010/324A47K2010/3206
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Patent No.
US 11,206,958
App. No.
12/055,351
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The toilet paper dispenser as claimed for the invention including a housing in which is housed a roll of a paper strip, which has perforations transverse to strip defining rectangular paper sheets whose width is transverse and whose length is longitudinal. Housing features a nozzle with a dispensing orifice, by means of which the paper strip is unwound. The dispenser is characterized in that the nozzle and the paper roll are disposed in such a way that the paper sheets unwind one by one and emerge with a reduced crumpling as they exit the nozzle, the width of a sheet is between 125 mm and 180 mm, and the ratio of the width of a sheet 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 adapted to house a center-feed roll of a toilet paper strip; and

a nozzle comprising a wall forming an interior hollow portion through which the toilet paper strip is unwound, wherein the wall of the nozzle extends externally from a housing end, located where the nozzle and housing join, to an external end forming a circular dispensing orifice external to the housing, wherein a diameter of the circular dispensing orifice is between 6 mm and 8 mm, and

wherein the circular dispensing orifice forming portion of the wall is configured to create friction on the toilet paper strip such that when the roll of toilet paper strip:

is installed in the dispenser;

has paper sheets each having a ratio of the width to the length of the sheets between 0.45 and 1;

has perforations transverse to a longitudinal length of the strip;

has a ratio of precuts of the perforations between 12% and 30%; and

has two plies, wherein each ply of the paper sheets has a grammage between 15 g/m 2 and 20 g/m 2 ;

a ratio of force of extraction of the toilet paper strip outside the nozzle to force of tear perforation teeth holding together two adjacent sheets of the toilet paper strip is greater than 1 so as to unwind and separate the paper sheets from the toilet paper strip one by one.

2. The toilet paper dispenser according to 1 , the ratio of the width to the length is between 0.5 and 0.65.

3. The toilet paper dispenser according to 1 , wherein the ratio of force of extraction of the toilet paper strip outside the nozzle to force of tear perforation teeth holding together two adjacent sheets of the toilet paper strip is between 1.1 and 2.

4. The toilet paper dispenser according to 1 , wherein the toilet paper strip is tissue paper.

5. The toilet paper dispenser according to 1 , wherein the width of the paper sheets is between 125 mm and 180 mm.

6. The toilet paper dispenser according to 5 , wherein an axis of the nozzle dispensing orifice is disposed perpendicular to an axis of the roll of the toilet paper strip.

7. The toilet paper dispenser according to 1 , wherein the hollow portion has a truncated shape in which the hollow portion has a larger diameter at the housing end of the nozzle than a diameter at the circular dispensing orifice located at the external end.

8. The toilet paper dispenser according to 1 , wherein a length of the interior surface hollow portion of the nozzle from the housing end to the external end is larger than the diameter of the circular dispensing orifice.

9. The toilet paper dispenser according to 1 , wherein the nozzle comprises a hollow truncated shape and, a length of the nozzle from the housing end to the external end is larger than the diameter of the circular dispensing orifice.

10. The toilet paper dispenser according to 1 , wherein an entire circumference of the circular dispensing orifice is at an outermost surface of the toilet paper dispenser.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Oct 28, 2021
From: ESSITY OPERATIONS FRANCE
To: ESSITY OPERATIONS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 057963/0723 →
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 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 04 51748 · Jul 30, 2004 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 11572718
Related Publication 20080173661A1 · Jul 24, 2008