ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTRBGCZEEHUPLSKBAHRIS..MTNORSMESMMAKHTNMD..........JBDM Ver 2.0.14 (4th of August) - 1620000/03895589EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320220105EP21168456.82021041420210414enenen20200550220200415GB2022010520220120211020202142A47K 10/36 20060101AFI20211130BHEP A47K 10/3631 20130101 LA20210910BHEP A47K2010/365 20130101 LA20210910BHEP A47K 10/3606 20130101 LA20211025BHEP A47K 10/3643 20130101 LI20210910BHEP deSPENDEVORRICHTUNGenDISPENSING APPARATUSfrAPPAREIL DE DISTRIBUTION202112061KENNEDY HYGIENE PRODUCTS LTD101177870P1004-2789EP1BrooksideUckfield East Sussex TN22 1YAGBMACLEOD, WilliamWorthing, BN12 4TBGBANGEAR, HughHailsham, BN27 4JHGBThompson, Trevor George101233861Karssen Limited Suite LP49781 20-22 Wenlock RoadLondon N1 7GUGBALATBEBGCHCYCZDEDKEEESFIFRGBGRHRHUIEISITLILTLULVMCMKMTNLNOPLPTRORSSESISKSMTRBAMEKHMAMDTN20220105202201

Aspects of the present invention relate to a dispensing apparatus (1) for cutting sheets (S) from a length of towel. The dispensing apparatus (1) includes a supply roller (33) rotatable about a central axis (X). The dispensing apparatus (1) having at least one first cutting member (45A, 45B) having a first cutting edge (51A, 51B) with a first profile. The dispensing apparatus (1) having at least one second cutting member (55A, 55B) having a second cutting edge (61A) having a second profile. The second profile of the second cutting edge (61A) includes or consists of a curved profile. The at least one first cutting member (45A, 45B) or the at least one second cutting member (55A, 55B) is mounted to the supply roller (33) for rotation with the supply roller (33). In use, the at least one first cutting member (45A, 45B) and the at least one second cutting member (55A, 55B) cooperate with each other as the supply roller (33) rotates to cut the towel.

P1004-2789EP1EP21168456.8KENNEDY HYGIENE PRODUCTS LTD1DH20211206A47KEP0693268A1JAMES RIVER PAPER CO [US]19960124X1-8,10,12,13* abstract; claims 1-14; figures 1-7 *EP0629372A1JAMES RIVER PAPER CO [US]19941221X1-3,5-9,11,13* abstract; claims 1-20; figures 1-7 *US2018162677A1MORAND MICHEL [CA]20180614X1-3,5,10,12,13* abstract; claims 1-25; figures 1-8 *1-1314-16Reason for the limitation of the search:

Claims 1 and 14 have been drafted as separate independent claims.Under Article 84 in combination with Rule 43(2) EPC, an application may contain more than one independent claim in a particular category only if the subject-matter claimed falls within one or more of the exceptional situations set out in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of Rule 43(2) EPC. This is not the case in the present application, however, for the following reason(s):Re exception (a): It is clear from the description that the apparatuses described in claims 1 and 14 are not intended to cooperate with each other in the manner of a plug and socket, emitter and receiver etc.. Re exception (b): The claims describe devices, as opposed to describing or involving different uses of a device. Re exception (c): The features that by their presence and absence distinguish the subject matter of these claims from each other do not all address the same problem. Furthermore, nothing in the description suggests that they all are intended to be implemented as alternatives to each other.

Oliveras, MarianaThe Hague20211124EP0693268A119960124NONEEP0629372A119941221NONEUS2018162677A120180614CA2835750A120130404EP2760773A120140806US2014116216A120140501US2018162677A120180614WO2013044385A120130404