Container assembly for collecting pads, such as cosmetic pads or medical pads, wherein the container assembly comprises an elongate shell extending along a collecting axis parallel to a stacking direction and in a circumferential direction about the collecting axis, wherein the shell comprises a top side, a bottom side opposite to said top side in the stacking direction, wherein the shell is open at said top side for receiving the pads in said stacking direction and along said collecting axis, wherein the shell comprises a first shell segment and a second shell segment extending along said collecting axis between the top side and the bottom side and movable relative to one another in a clamping direction transverse to the stacking direction, wherein the second shell segment is biased relative to and towards the first shell segment in said clamping direction.

Rewinder for making paper logs, including a winding station with a first winding roller and a second winding roller delimiting a nip and a third winding roller downstream of the other rollers. The rewinder includes optical elements for detecting, at a predetermined time, an actual position of each log in said winding station and an electronic unit connected to the optical elements and programmed to compare the actual position with a theoretical position of the log at the time, the electronic unit being connected to at least one motor driving the rollers and programmed to modify the speed of the at least one motor when a deviation between the actual and theoretical positions exceeds a pre-established value, the electronic unit being also programmed to operate said optical elements at the time.

A log roll can be efficiently manufactured in a log roll manufacturing apparatus. When yet-to-be-wound base paper constituted of stacked sheets of first base paper and second base paper fed from first and second parent rolls is supplied to a main processing-winding unit, if a winder capable of manufacturing a two-ply log roll and including a sub processing-winding unit is to manufacture a one-ply log roll by using the main processing-winding unit, the yet-to-be-wound base paper constituted of the stacked sheets of the first base paper and the second base paper is separated into first separated yet-to-be-wound base paper and second separated yet-to-be-wound base paper by a base-paper separating unit. Then, one-ply log rolls are simultaneously manufactured by using the main processing-winding unit supplied with the first separated yet-to-be-wound base paper and the sub processing-winding unit supplied with the second separated yet-to-be-wound base paper.

The invention relates to a stack of absorbent sheets, such as paper towels, toilet tissue, napkins, facial tissue and the like. The stack is sewn with a first line of stitching disposed adjacent to a first edge of the bound stack, such as the top edge. The stack further comprises a second line of stitches, which may be disposed adjacent to the first line of stitches. The second line of stitches comprises an unbalanced stitch to facilitate separation and removal of individual sheets.

A roll dispenser drawer insert apparatus for convenient storage and dispensing of rolled goods includes a housing that fits within a kitchen drawer. A pair of dowel supports is coupled to a housing left side and a housing right side within a housing inside. A dowel rod is coupled to the pair of dowel supports and secures a rolled good such as, but not limited to, aluminum foil, stretch wrap, wax paper, paper towels, and the like. A lid is hingingly coupled to the housing top side adjacent a housing back side and moves between a closed position covering an open portion of the housing top side and an open position exposing the open portion of the housing top side. A cutter is coupled to a lid underside of the lid adjacent a lid front side of the lid.

The present application provides a napkin dispenser for dispensing a number of folded napkins from a sheet material to an end user. The napkin dispenser may include a loading station for loading the sheet material, a folding station for folding a napkin from the sheet material, and a presentation station for presenting one or more of the folded napkins to the end user.

A dispenser is provided which can dispense a variety of kitchen products that comes on rolls in the main part of the body, and can dispense bags and other items in compartments the bottom of the dispenser; the dispenser contains a housing, which can be a variety of shapes, made up of housing panels and a front door, the housing of the dispenser contains at least two longitudinal spring compression rollers, and two circular pivot motion disks which the longitudinal springs are attached, the housing can also include a horizontal support bar connected to the circular pivot motion discs, the dispenser also contains two knob spinner disks which are each located outside the housing, the housing can be mounted under a cabinet, or can stand on a flat horizontal surface, or a flat vertical surface, a lower housing contains compartments for additional storage and the bottom lower housing panel has openings therein which can dispense other kitchen products which are plastic bags of varying sizes, this lower housing can have a hinge door that comes down, or a sliding door that slides in slots present in the lower housing.

A method for bonding the tail of a convolutely wound log to the body is provided. The method comprises the use of a bonding material to bond the tail to the wound log. The bonding material is applied to application sites arranged in a non-uniform pattern.

A stack of paper sheets, particularly for use as dispenser napkins, includes a plurality of folded sheets. Each folded sheet is folded along a first folding line so that a part of a free edge opposite to the first folding line is located on an outer surface of the folded sheet and inward of the outer peripheral edges of the folded sheet, whereby a starter fold is formed. Each folded sheet is further folded along a second folding line non-parallel to the first folding line, the second folding line separating the folded sheet in two panels connected at the second folding line. Two consecutive folded sheets are interfolded so that one panel of one folded sheet is disposed between two panels of the consecutive folded sheet. Also, a method for manufacturing such a stack and folding the sheets included in the stack as well as a dispenser containing such a stack are disclosed.

An automated product dispenser for dispensing a product from a supply of product is provided. The automated product dispenser includes a chassis assembly, a drive assembly, and an isolation member. The chassis assembly includes a chassis frame, and the drive assembly includes a motor, a drivetrain, and a drivetrain housing. The isolation member mounts the drive assembly to the chassis assembly such that the drive assembly is substantially spaced apart from the chassis frame. A related method of inhibiting vibration transmission in an automated product dispenser also is provided.