Title: Sheet material dispensing device

Abstract: In a cabinet for manually dispensing sheet material from a roll rotatably mounted within the housing of the cabinet, a combination of a blade having a cutting edge and movable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing when the sheet material is manually pulled against the cutting edge to sever a portion of the sheet material from the remainder of the roll, and sheet delivery means in operative association with the remainder of the sheet material and responsive to movement of the blade from the first position to the second position to deliver the free end of the remainder of the sheet material to a position facilitating manual grasping thereof by the user.

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Inventors: Hartbauer, Ellsworth A. (Concord, CA, US)
Weis, Rudolf R. (Antioch, CA, US)

Application Number: 940407
Filing Date: 1978-09-07
Publication_date: 1980-02-19
Assignee: Crown Zellerbach Corporation (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Class(es): 225/14 225/90
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

2617198	Nov, 1952	Sharpe	225/14.
3730409	May, 1973	Ratti	225/14.

Other Refs: 2639810

Sep, 1978	DE

Primary Examiner: Yost, Frank T.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Lampe; Thomas R.