Light-weight containers for holding, transporting and dispensing light-weight tissues and other wipes which provide for dispensing unused tissues from one compartment and receiving used tissues into the second compartment.

A method for loading a stack of interfolded paper units into a dispenser includes inserting a stack of interfolded paper units into an interior volume of the dispenser through a dispenser opening. The dispenser has a lid having a dispensing aperture, as well as a movable platen that has a paper-engaging surface, and which is urged upwardly toward the dispenser opening. A bottom wall of the dispenser is disposed opposite the dispenser opening, and a lock of the dispenser is selectively engageable with the platen. The stack is placed on the platen and a downward force is exerted on the top surface of the stack to thereby push the platen downward until the platen has been engaged by the lock and has reached a locked position in which the paper-engaging surface has an oblique orientation relative to the bottom wall of the dispenser.

A method for loading a stack of interfolded paper units into a dispenser includes inserting a stack of interfolded paper units into an interior volume of the dispenser through a dispenser opening. The dispenser has a lid having a dispensing aperture, as well as a movable platen that has a paper-engaging surface, and which is urged upwardly toward the dispenser opening. A bottom wall of the dispenser is disposed opposite the dispenser opening, and a lock of the dispenser is selectively engageable with the platen. The stack is placed on the platen and a downward force is exerted on the top surface of the stack to thereby push the platen downward until the platen has been engaged by the lock and has reached a locked position in which the paper-engaging surface has an oblique orientation relative to the bottom wall of the dispenser.

A dispenser for sheet products comprising a base, an outer shell mounted to the base, wherein the outer shell has a first portion configured to enclose a stack of sheet products to be dispensed and a second portion having a dispensing opening, the first and second portion being non-detachably and non-movably fixed relative to each other, a platen reciprocally moveable relative to the base and spring biased toward the dispensing opening, and first and second columns respectively extending from the base parallel to a movement direction of the platen on opposite sides of the platen, wherein the outer shell is detachable from the base for inserting a stack of paper products between the first and second columns onto the platen.

An article advancing assembly and various article advancers are provided for helping dispense articles from a container. In some forms, the article advancers are provided that can bias the contents of the containers towards the dispensing opening. This can, in some forms, provide extra friction within the container and/or at the dispensing opening to decrease extra contents from being dispensed and thus decrease waste.

In one example, a wipe dispensing system includes a housing that defines an internal wipe storage area, a lid connected to the housing, a fluid reservoir disposed within the housing, a pump in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, a fluid discharge manifold in fluid communication with the pump and located proximate a wipe dispensing path. The lid is operably disposed with respect to the pump such that depression of the lid causes the pump to discharge fluid from the fluid discharge manifold, and also causes dispensation of a portion of a wipe from the housing, and a return of the lid from a depressed position to a ready position causes the pump to discharge fluid from the fluid discharge manifold, and also causes dispensation of portion of a wipe from the housing.

There is provided a sheet product dispenser including a housing defining a product containing chamber and having an opening defined in a top portion thereof; and at least one product size adjustment plate insertable in the product containing chamber, detachably engageable with the housing, and obstructing at least partially the opening when engaged with the housing. There is also provided a kit of product size adjustment plates to be used in combination with a sheet product dispenser and a method to convert a sheet product dispenser.

An apparatus for sanitizing hands comprising a base, wherein the base is configured to dispense towels; at least one dispensing chamber configured to store a viscous material comprising a conduit; at least one sensor activated pump mechanism comprising a sensor device connected to a circuit system, an actuator, and an energy source; and wherein when the sensor device is triggered, the sensor activated pump mechanism is configured to draw a predetermined volume of viscous material through the conduit and out the discharge nozzle.