Donnie L Gantt

US Patent:

60927593, Jul 25, 2000

Filed:

Aug 24, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/138663

Inventors:

Bruce McLean Gemmell - Wilmington DE
Cleary Efton Mahaffey - Suwanee GA
John Richard Skerrett - Alpharetta GA
George R. Cohen - Marietta GA
Donnie Lee Gantt - Marietta GA
Stephen Lawrence Phelps - Lilburn GA

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

B65H 1606

US Classification:

2425968

Abstract:

A system for dispensing coreless rolls of product. The system includes: (1) a rotary dispenser including a frame, a mounting mechanism and a pair of cooperating plungers, each plunger including: a base, the base being fixed to the frame; a distal end, the distal end having a radius of curvature; and a central shaft, the central shaft connecting the base and the distal end and providing sufficient length so the plunger has a length at least as great as its widest dimension so the plunger is adapted to penetrate a mounting hole defined at an end of a careless roll product, and (2) a coreless roll of product that is self-supporting in the rotary dispenser, the careless roll including: a rolled web of product that is wound substantially throughout its diameter about a winding axis into a cylinder having first and second flat ends; and at least one flat end defining a mounting hole at substantially the center of the winding axis of the coreless roll, the mounting hole having a depth and having sides generally perpendicular to the end of the roll, the sides being separated by a distance that is less than the depth of the hole. The mounting hole of the coreless roll is adapted to receive a plunger from a rotary dispenser such that radial displacement of the careless roll with respect to the frame is prevented during use.

US Patent:

58759859, Mar 2, 1999

Filed:

Sep 8, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/925241

Inventors:

George R. Cohen - Marietta GA
Donnie Lee Gantt - Marietta GA
Cleary Efton Mahaffey - Suwanee GA
John Richard Skerrett - Alpharetta GA
Joseph Mitchell - Alpharetta GA

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

B65H 1828

US Classification:

2421604

Abstract:

A coreless roll of product that is self-supporting in a rotary dispenser. The roll includes a rolled web of product that is wound throughout its diameter about a winding axis into a cylinder having first and second flat ends. At least one flat end defines a mounting hole at substantially the center of the winding axis of the coreless roll. The mounting hole has a depth and has sides generally perpendicular to the end of the roll. The sides are separated by a distance that is less than the depth of the hole such that the mounting hole is adapted to receive a plunger from a rotary dispenser. Methods of making the coreless roll are also described.