Automatic multi-roll touch-less toilet paper dispenser

Abstract

The apparatus discloses a multi-roll toilet paper dispenser that automatically dispenses toilet paper. When a person places their hand in proximity of the sensor, the dispenser begins to dispense paper. A finite amount of toilet paper is dispensed allowing the user to tear off the dispensed paper from a roll. After the portion of toilet paper has been removed from the dispenser the dispenser can then dispense subsequent finite amounts of toilet paper. The dispenser allows for dispensing one or more additional rolls of toilet paper after the first roll has been expended. The dispenser can detect the wrapped orientation of each roll and feed accordingly. The presence of the user's hand is detected with an optical or thermal sensor.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention relates to an automatic multi-roll toilet paper dispenser. More particularly, the present invention relates to a toilet paper dispenser that can be filled with more than one roll of toilet paper. The dispenser includes a sensor that detect the presence or movement of a hand under the dispenser to begin dispensing and stops dispensing based upon the position of the hand or when a finite amount of toilet paper has been dispensed. The dispenser further provides for dispensing of at least one subsequent roll when the first roll has been expended.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Most toilet dispensers dispense toilet paper from a single or multiple rolls and the user touches the roll to feed paper into their hand and then holds the roll to tear off some additional toilet paper. Any germs and or moisture that are present of the user's hand is transferred to the roll of toilet paper and absorbed into the roll. Any moisture or germs on the roll can...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]It is an object of the touch-less multi-roll toilet paper dispenser to provide a toilet paper dispenser that can be operated without requiring the user to touch the dispenser to dispense toilet paper, or require the user to touch the dispenser to remove toilet paper from the dispenser. This feature eliminates the potential for one user to transfer germs to another user because they use their hand to hold the toilet paper roll while they tore-off the desired amount of toilet paper. Hand Transfer of germs, bacteria, and or other harmful human bodily fluids is eliminated when contaminated surfaces are not touched by multiple people.

[0011]It is still another object of the touch-less multi-roll toilet paper dispenser to provide a dispenser that can start a standard roll of toilet paper and self-feed to a dispensing opening. This is particularly useful because it allows each roll of toilet paper to be placed into the dispenser in different orientations and still be dispensed without anomaly. The ends of most toilet paper rolls are bound making the determination of orientation of wrapping difficult. The proposed dispenser can split the sheets of the roll and then unwrap the roll in either orientation of wrapping. Full rolls of toilet paper can be placed within the top of the dispenser, and can be started without requiring the user to orient the rolls or pre-feed the rolls within the apparatus.

Problems solved by technology

The ends of most toilet paper rolls are bound, making the determination of orientation of wrapping difficult.

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