Gerald F Clark

US Patent:

6575329, Jun 10, 2003

Filed:

Oct 12, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/977093

Inventors:

Gerald L. Clark - Tucker GA

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

A47K 1024

US Classification:

221 45, 221 63

Abstract:

A folded paper product dispenser for storing and dispensing a stack of folded paper products such as napkins or towels includes an outer housing defining an interior space to accommodate the stack of folded paper products. A dispensing face is defined by the housing adjacent a bottom of the interior space. A dispensing throat is defined in the dispensing face and extends longitudinally along the face. The dispensing throat has a forwardmost generally concave edge and a finger access portion at the widest width of the throat. A plurality of ribs are disposed in the interior of the housing and extend from a front wall of the housing towards a concave edge of the dispensing throat. The ribs include a central rib having a generally flat vertical end set back from the concave edge of the dispensing throat a first setback distance. Intermediate ribs are provided on each side of the central rib and have a generally curved end-that is set back from the concave edge of the dispensing throat a second distance. The first setback distance of the central rib is greater than the second setback distance of the intermediate ribs.

US Patent:

6592002, Jul 15, 2003

Filed:

Oct 29, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/052918

Inventors:

Gerald L. Clark - Tucker GA
Antwain D. Taylor - Suwanee GA

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

A47K 1024

US Classification:

221 46, 221197

Abstract:

A dispenser for dispensing individual sheets of a paper product from a stack of sheets includes an external housing having a bottom opening. A module is slidably received in the compartment through the bottom opening. The module is sized for receipt of a stack of the folded paper products. The module is moveable vertically within the compartment between a loaded position wherein the module is inserted substantially entirely within the compartment, and a refill position wherein the module is slid vertically down and out of the compartment a sufficient distance for reloading the module with a refill stack of the sheets. A latch mechanism releasably holds the module within the housing at the loaded position.

US Patent:

7726599, Jun 1, 2010

Filed:

Dec 31, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/750238

Inventors:

Richard Paul Lewis - Marietta GA, US
Paul Francis Tramontina - Alpharetta GA, US
David W. Kapiloff - Gainesville GA, US
Stephen L. Phelps - Lilburn GA, US
Darrell R. Johnson - Woodstock GA, US
Gerald L. Clark - Nicholson GA, US

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

A47K 10/38

US Classification:

242563, 2425632, 2425644

Abstract:

A sheet material dispenser includes a controller for automatically controlling the lengths of sheet materials dispensed from a continuous roll by identifying the type of sheet materials on the roll and dispensing suitable lengths of the identified sheet material. The dispenser desirably has a support for rotatably supporting a roll of sheet material carrying identification relating to the type of sheet material on the roll, and an identifier positioned in or adjacent the dispenser for identifying the type of sheet material on the roll. A processor receives data from the identifier, processes the data and generates an output command, and a controller controls the lengths of sheet material dispensed from the roll in response to the output command. In this way, more absorbent products may be dispensed in shorter lengths and less absorbent products may be dispensed in longer lengths.

US Patent:

D682506, May 21, 2013

Filed:

Apr 23, 2012

Appl. No.:

29/418856

Inventors:

Gerald E Clark - Fairburn GA, US

International Classification:

0101

US Classification:

D 1106

US Patent:

20100170979, Jul 8, 2010

Filed:

Feb 3, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/699190

Inventors:

Richard Paul Lewis - Marietta GA, US
Paul Francis Tramontina - Alpharetta GA, US
David W. Kapiloff - Gainesville GA, US
Stephen L. Phelps - Liburn GA, US
Darrell R. Johnson - Woodstock GA, US
Gerald L. Clark - Nicholson GA, US

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

A47K 10/38
B65H 16/00
B65H 20/00
B65H 43/00

US Classification:

2425632

Abstract:

A sheet material dispenser includes a controller for automatically controlling the lengths of sheet materials dispensed from a continuous roll by identifying the type of sheet materials on the roll and dispensing suitable lengths of the identified sheet material. The dispenser desirably has a support for rotatably supporting a roll of sheet material carrying identification relating to the type of sheet material on the roll, and an identifier positioned in or adjacent the dispenser for identifying the type of sheet material on the roll. A processor receives data from the identifier, processes the data and generates an output command, and a controller controls the lengths of sheet material dispensed from the roll in response to the output command. In this way, more absorbent products may be dispensed in shorter lengths and less absorbent products may be dispensed in longer lengths.