US 11,737,616 B2
Dispensers for wet-on-demand substrates
Kinsley N. Williams, Charlevoix, MI (US); Edward Valle, Akron, OH (US); Jonathan M. Johnson, Akron, OH (US); and Nick E. Ciavarella, Seven Hills, OH (US)
Assigned to GOJO Industries, Inc., Akron, OH (US)
Filed by GOJO Industries, Inc., Akron, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,699.
Application 17/574,699 is a continuation of application No. 16/843,960, filed on Apr. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,224,315.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/832,308, filed on Apr. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0133099 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47K 10/38 (2006.01); B05B 9/04 (2006.01); B05B 12/12 (2006.01); A47K 10/32 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 10/38 (2013.01) [B05B 9/0403 (2013.01); B05B 12/12 (2013.01); A47K 2010/328 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wet-on-demand dispenser comprising:
a housing;
a container for holding a fluid;
a plurality of wetting tips;
each wetting tip having
a housing; and
a moveable valve member;
wherein at least a portion of the moveable valve member moves within the housing;
wherein the moveable valve member is in a normally closed position preventing fluid from flowing through;
wherein the moveable valve member moves to an open position to allow fluid to flow through;
one or more conduits placing the plurality of wetting tips in fluid communication with the container;
a roll of substrate containing one or more sheets of substrate;
wherein when the one or more sheets of substrate are dispensed from the dispenser, the one or more sheets of substrate contact the movable valve members and move the movable valve members to their open position to allow fluid to flow out of the one or more wetting tips.