(19)
(11) EP 1 845 035 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: 07014427.4

(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 (510) for containing a supply of a first web material (530A) and a supply of a second web material (530B) and for dispensing portions of the web materials and severing the portions from the remaining web materials in the dispenser. The dispenser has a box (512) defined by a series of walls joined together to form an enclosed space for retaining the web materials. The box (512) includes a recessed area (536) that is recessed inward of an exterior geometric profile of the box defined by the walls. The recessed area (536) has a bottom wall having opposite longitudinal edges and a pair of side walls respectively joined to the opposite longitudinal edges of the bottom wall. An opening (528) is defined in the bottom wall through which the web materials can be led out of the box. A first track is affixed in the recessed area (536) proximate one of the side walls and a second track affixed in the recessed area (536) proximate the other of the side walls, each track defining a cutter guide. A first cutter (560A) is engaged with cutter guide of the first track and slidable therealong for cutting a portion of the first web material (530A) dispensed through the opening and laid across the first track. A second cutter (560B) is engaged with cutter guide of the second track and slidable therealong for cutting a portion of the second web material (530B) dispensed through the opening and laid across the second track.







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