Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
212 words
A moist tissue dispenser comprising: (A) an open-mouthed cylindrical container; (B) a roll disposed in the container, said roll being formed by a web of absorbent sheet material divided by equi-spaced transverse lines of perforation into interconnected tissues, said web being impregnated with a liquid agent and being coiled into a roll having a hollow core; and (C) a removable cover receivable over the mouth of the container, said cover having at its center a frusto-conical discharge orifice through which the leading end tissue drawn from the core of the roll is funnelled, said orifice forming a converging passage providing a constriction which forces the end tissue passing therethrough to rope and effectively plug the orifice to maintain the container in a sealed state, the orifice constriction and its configuration being such as to impose a drag on the roped end tissue as it is pulled from the dispenser by a user which is insufficient to cause severance of the leading end tissue at its line of perforation until this line is advanced beyond the orifice and the exposed tissue is then subjected to a snap action causing separation of the end tissue from the web, the tail of the succeeding tissue now protruding above the orifice to permit its subsequent extraction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
212 words
A moist tissue dispenser comprising: (A) an open-mouthed cylindrical container; (B) a roll disposed in the container, said roll being formed by a web of absorbent sheet material divided by equi-spaced transverse lines of perforation into interconnected tissues, said web being impregnated with a liquid agent and being coiled into a roll having a hollow core; and (C) a removable cover receivable over the mouth of the container, said cover having at its center a frusto-conical discharge orifice through which the leading end tissue drawn from the core of the roll is funnelled, said orifice forming a converging passage providing a constriction which forces the end tissue passing therethrough to rope and effectively plug the orifice to maintain the container in a sealed state, the orifice constriction and its configuration being such as to impose a drag on the roped end tissue as it is pulled from the dispenser by a user which is insufficient to cause severance of the leading end tissue at its line of perforation until this line is advanced beyond the orifice and the exposed tissue is then subjected to a snap action causing separation of the end tissue from the web, the tail of the succeeding tissue now protruding above the orifice to permit its subsequent extraction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A dispenser as set forth in claim 1, wherein said roll is impregnated with an alcohol-based cleansing agent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A dispenser as set forth in claim 1, wherein said orifice is formed in the center of the floor of a well depressed in said cover and surrounded by a circular ridge which is sealable.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A dispenser as set forth in claim 3, wherein said ridge is sealed by a metal foil disc which has a pressure-sensitive undersurface layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A dispenser as set forth in claim 4, further including a cap which is receivable over said ridge and said discs to effect a double-seal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A dispenser as set forth in claim 1, wherein said orifice has a slope of about 7.5 degrees.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A dispenser as set forth in claim 1, wherein said cover and said container are both formed of synthetic plastic material.