(19)
(11) EP 1 845 034 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.10.2007 Bulletin 2007/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.10.2007 Bulletin 2007/42

(21) Application number: 07014426.6

(22) Date of filing: 09.06.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65D 83/08(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK YU

(30) Priority: 14.09.2005 US 717076 P
10.06.2005 US 689177 P

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
06252976.3 / 1741641

(71) Applicant: Sonoco Development, Inc.
Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Pavlik, Rudolph
    Lincolnshire, Illinois 60069 (US)
  • DesRosiers, Victor
    Kinderhook, New York 12106 (US)

(74) Representative: Kinsler, Maureen Catherine et al
Marks & Clerk, 19 Royal Exchange Square
Glasgow G1 3AE
Glasgow G1 3AE (GB)

   


(54) Dispenser for web material


(57) A dispenser (260) for containing a supply of flexible web material and for dispensing a portion of the web material and severing the portion from the remaining web material in the dispenser. The dispenser (260) has a container (262) for enclosing a supply of the web material. Defined in the container is an opening (274) through which a portion of the web material can be dispensed. A panel (276) is hingedly connected to the container (262) and is movable between a shipping position covering the opening with an inner surface of the panel facing an interior of the container, and a dispensing position uncovering the opening and positioning the panel with the inner surface thereof facing outward. A track (278) is affixed to the inner surface of the panel (276), and a cutter engaged with the track and slidable therealong for cutting a portion of the web material dispensed through the opening and laid across the track when the panel is in the dispensing position.







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