Interleaved towel dispenser

Abstract

An interleaved towel dispenser including a housing and a separation arrangement that facilitates the separation of individual towels of a stack of interleaved towels during dispense. The stack of interleaved towels further having an adhesive area that permits attachment of the stack of interleaved towels to another stack of interleaved towels.

Description

FIELD OF THE TECHNOLOGYThe present disclosure relates generally to a towel dispensing device, and various methods associated with such a device. More particularly, this disclosure relates to a towel dispenser that dispenses interleaved towels, and various methods associated with such an interleaved towel dispenser.BACKGROUNDA variety of paper towel dispensing arrangements currently exists. One common arrangement includes a paper towel dispenser having pre-folded, interleaved paper towels or sheets that are pulled from an opening in the dispenser. The paper towels are interleaved so that a tab of a second following paper towel is delivered when a first paper towel is pulled from the dispenser.In conventional interleaved dispenser arrangements, multiple interleaved paper towels are sometimes dispensed at once without the user intending to take or use more than one towel. This over-dispense of multiple paper towels can be due simply to the interleaved arrangement of the towels, or by t...

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Benefits of technology

One aspect of the present invention relates to an interleaved towel dispenser that permits dispense of only one interleaved towel at a time. In use, a first towel is held by a separating arrangement and is accessible to a user through an opening in the dispenser. When the first towel is grasped and pulled, a second following towel interleaved with the first towel is drawn toward the opening. The separating arrangement retains the second following towel such that the first towel being pulled separates from the second towel. The first towel is released or dispensed to the user; the second following towel is retained, but is accessible for use.

Problems solved by technology

The extra paper towels dispensed are often discarded without use, or left on the restroom sink, for example, where the extra towels can become wet and possibly contaminated.

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