Cleaning tissue dispenser

Claim 1

A device for wetting and dispensing lengths of body cleaning tissue from rolls thereof, said device comprising: a. an elongate container shaped and dimensioned to receive and enclose a roll of body cleaning tissue, the lower portion of said container forming a reservoir for tissue wetting liquid, said container including means for rotatably supporting a horizontal roll of body cleaning tissue therewith and having an aperture in the upper portion thereof above said reservoir shaped and sized to permit insertion of said roll of tissue within said container upon said rotatable roll supporting means; b. a cover member for said aperture which in operative position closes said aperture except for a horizontal longitudinal slit located above said reservoir parallel to the axis of rotation of said roll, said cover member including and formed integrally therewith an upwardly, outwardly extending doctor lip, the weight of said cover member being sufficient to press said doctor lip against said wetted cleaning tissue to squeeze excess liquid therefrom; and c. a tissue support lip formed integrally with said container extending upwardly along the lower edge of said slit on the exterior of said container, the outer edge of said lip forming a tearing edge for said wetted tissue, said tissue support lip being located below and cooperating with said doctor lip to squeeze excess liquid from said wetted tissue such that excess liquid squeezed therefrom is returned to said reservoir.

Claim 2

A device for wetting and dispensing lengths of body cleaning tissue from rolls thereof, said device comprising: a. an elongate container shaped and dimensioned to receive and enclose a roll of body cleaning tissue, the lower portion of said container forming a reservoir for tissue wetting liquid, said container including means for rotatably supporting a horizontal roll of body cleaning tissue therewith and having an aperture in the upper portion thereof above said reservoir shaped and sized to permit insertion of said roll of tissue within said container upon said rotatable roll supporting means; b. a cover member for said aperture which in operative position closes said aperture except for a horizontal longitudinal slit located above said reservoir parallel to the axis of rotation of said roll, said cover member including and formed integrally therewith an upwardly, outwardly extending doctor lip, the weight of said cover member being sufficient to press said doctor lip against said wetted cleaning tissue to squeeze excess liquid therefrom; and c. a tissue support lip formed integrally with said container extending upwardly along the lower edge of said slit on the exterior of said container, the outer edge of said lip forming a tearing edge for said wetted tissue, said tissue support lip being located below and cooperating with said doctor lip to squeeze excess liquid from said wetted tissue such that excess liquid squeezed therefrom is returned to said reservoir.