Dispenser for sheet products and operating method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11363918
APP PUB NO 20190335961A1
SERIAL NO

16474153

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A dispenser for sheet products includes a housing having a space inside for accommodating a stack of sheet products, wherein the housing includes a dispensing opening for dispensing a sheet product from the front of the stack, and an electronic controller configured to receive a pull-out signal indicating the removal of a product from the front of the stack through the dispensing opening and, upon receiving said pull-out signal, to send out a drive signal to transfer a number of sheet products from the front of the stack into a presentation position. The controller is further configured to receive a low-level signal indicating that the amount of sheet products left within the housing has been reduced to below a predetermined level and, upon receiving said low-level signal, to enter into a low-level mode in which the sending of the drive signal in response to the pull-out signal is disabled.

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ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAGSE-405 03 GOTEBORG

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Elfstrom, Boris Allan Philadelphia, US 5 4
Murphy, Kevin Philadelphia, US 75 1717
Zerweck, Jason Philadelphia, US 44 196

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