Dispenser of Sheets of Material for Household Cleaning and/or Personal Hygiene

Abstract

The present invention relates to a dispenser ( 1 ) for supplying material for household cleaning and/or personal hygiene comprising a box element ( 2 ) adapted for containing a roll ( 4 ) of material for household cleaning and/or personal care and hygiene housed so as to freely rotate and soaking means ( 5 ) for soaking a portion of said material when it is unwound from the roll ( 4 ), characterised in that at least one container ( 7 ) containing a liquid for household cleaning and/or personal care and hygiene is connectable to said soaking means. Said dispenser allows excellent versatility as it allows using different solutions on the same base without being forced to empty any basins, so as to meet all of the user's needs.

1 . Dispenser ( 1 ;  100 ) for supplying material for household cleaning and/or personal hygiene and/or for cleaning public toilets and/or a workshop and/or a medical-hospital office and the like, compriseing a box element ( 2 ) adapted for containing a roll ( 4 ) of material for household cleaning and/or personal care and hygiene housed so as to rotate freely, soaking means ( 5 ;  30 ) of a portion of said material when it is unwound from the roll ( 4 ), characterised in that at least one container ( 7 ) containing a liquid for household cleaning and/or personal care and hygiene is attachable to said soaking means. 
   
   
       2 . Dispenser ( 1 ;  100 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein said soaking means ( 5 ;  30 ) is selectively actuable. 
   
   
       3 . Dispenser ( 1 ;  100 ) according to  claim 1 , comprising at least one housing ( 6 ) for said at least one container ( 7 ). 
   
   
       4 . Dispenser ( 1 ) according to  claim 3 , wherein said at least one housing ( 6 ) is obtained in the proximity of said soaking means ( 5 ). 
   
   
       5 . Dispenser ( 1 ;  100 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the box element has a substantially parallelepipedal shape with an upper wall ( 21 ), a lower wall ( 22 ), a front wall ( 23 ), a back wall ( 24 ) and two side walls ( 25 ). 
   
   
       6 . Dispenser ( 1 ) according to  claim 5 , wherein the upper wall ( 22 ) and the lower wall ( 23 ) comprise at least one opening ( 26 ) in communication with corresponding housings ( 6 ) for containers ( 7 ). 
   
   
       7 . Dispenser ( 1 ;  100 ) according to  claim 5 , wherein the front wall ( 23 ) comprises an opening ( 27 ) for the output of the cleaning material. 
   
   
       8 . Dispenser ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , comprising a housing ( 3 ) for the roll ( 4 ) of material for household cleaning and/or personal care and hygiene provided with a semi-cylindrical hollow seat ( 8 ). 
   
   
       9 . Dispenser ( 1 ;  100 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein said soaking means ( 5 ) comprises two opposed rollers ( 51 ,  52 ) between which a sheet (T) of material of roll ( 4 ) slides. 
   
   
       10 . Dispenser ( 1 ;  100 ) according to  claim 9 , wherein said soaking rollers ( 51 ,  52 ) are provided with a surface crossed by grooves ( 53 ) for distributing the liquid coming from the containers ( 7 ). 
   
   
       11 . Dispenser ( 1 ) according to  claim 3 , wherein each of said housings ( 6 ) for the containers ( 7 ) of the liquids comprises an orifice ( 61 ) obtained on the bottom wall ( 62 ) of said housings so as to be at the soaking means ( 5 ). 
   
   
       12 . Dispenser ( 1 ) according to  claim 11 , further comprising diffuser means arranged between orifice ( 61 ) of housings ( 6 ) of containers ( 7 ) and rollers ( 51 ,  52 ) of the soaking means ( 5 ) for evenly diffusing the usage liquid that comes out of the containers by gravity on the entire surface of the rollers. 
   
   
       13 . Dispenser ( 1 ) according to  claim 12 , further comprising a valve element or a tap arranged between said orifice ( 61 ) and the corresponding soaking roller ( 5 ). 
   
   
       14 . Dispenser ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , further comprising sealing means ( 72 ) connected to said containers ( 7 ) actuable so as to release the liquid from the containers by gravity. 
   
   
       15 . Dispenser ( 1 ;  100 ) according to  claim 14 , wherein said sealing means ( 73 ;  31 ) comprises cylinders adapted for sealingly engage the openings of the respective containers ( 7 ) when the containers are not used. 
   
   
       16 . Dispenser ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , further comprising a reversible locking system of containers ( 7 ) in usage position. 
   
   
       17 . Dispenser ( 1 ) according to  claim 16 , wherein said locking system comprises a pair of elastic snap elements ( 64 ), provided on the side wall ( 63 ) of the housing ( 6 ) of said containers ( 7 ), provided with a ramp ( 65 ) for aiding the introduction of the container and a stop ( 66 ) against which the container stops in usage position. 
   
   
       18 . Dispenser ( 100 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the roll ( 4 ) of material for household cleaning and/or personal care and hygiene is rotatably mounted into the box element ( 2 ) on an axis (X-X) so as to allow the release of a sheet (T) of the roll material in a substantially vertical direction. 
   
   
       19 . Dispenser ( 100 ) according to  claim 18 , comprising containers ( 7 ) in the shape of cartridges ( 28 ,  29 ) arranged specular relative to the sheet (T) and provided with a tapered portion ( 30 ) comprising said soaking means ( 5 ) adapted for soaking said sheet when actuated and adapted for sealingly close said cartridges when deactivated. 
   
   
       20 . Dispenser ( 100 ) according to  claim 19 , wherein said soaking means ( 5 ) comprises a cylinder ( 31 ) for sealing and distributing the usage liquid. 
   
   
       21 . Dispenser ( 100 ) according to  claim 19 , further comprising mechanical means adapted for moving said cartridges ( 28 ,  29 ) away from each other so that the respective cylinders ( 31 ) do not contact each other with the interposition of the sheet (T) of material for household cleaning and/or personal care and hygiene. 
   
   
       22 . Dispenser ( 1 ;  100 ) according to  claim 1 , further comprising an aid for tearing pieces of said material, such as a protruding edge or a segmented element. 
   
   
       23 . Dispenser ( 1 ;  100 ) according to  claim 1 , further comprising tensioning means ( 10 ) adapted for keeping tensioned a sheet (T) of material unwound from roll ( 4 ). 
   
   
       24 . Dispenser ( 1 ;  100 ) according to  claim 23 , wherein said tensioning means ( 10 ) comprises two opposed rollers ( 11 ,  12 ) between which the sheet (T) of material for household cleaning and/or personal care and hygiene slides. 
   
   
       25 . Dispenser ( 1 ;  100 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein said roll ( 4 ) of material for household cleaning and/or personal care and hygiene comprises any fibre of cellulosic material, such as conventional paper, or textile material or, preferably, non-woven fabric of natural and/or synthetic fibres and/or threads, such material consisting of one or more layers of short spunlace fibres of polyester (PE), polypropylene (PP), PLA (polylatex), PVA (polyvinylalcohol), polyethylensulfone (PES), acrylic polymers, lyocell, tencell, cotton, viscose generally interconnected by hydro-entanglement, synthetic spunbond fibres such as polyamides, polyethylene, polyester, polyethylensulfone, lyocell and tencell, continuous fibres consisting of one or more synthetic or natural polymeric components splittable into microfibres (splittable multi-component polymeric fibres and exploded polymeric fibres). 
   
   
       26 . Dispenser ( 1 ;  100 ) according to  claim 25 , wherein the non-woven fabric can be of the of the thermo-embossed calendered, printed or decorated type. 
   
   
       27 . Dispenser ( 1 ;  100 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the containers ( 7 ) comprise liquids for household cleaning and/or personal care and hygiene selected from water, alcohol, and solvents of various types, or detergents commonly used for both household cleaning and for personal care and hygiene, cleansing and moisturising soaps, fragrances, deodorants, lotions, creams and cleansing and moisturising oils or disinfectant and anti-bacterial solutions or combinations thereof. 
   
   
       28 . Kit for household cleaning and/or personal care and hygiene comprising the dispenser ( 1 ;  100 ) according to  claim 1 , one or more spare rolls ( 4 ) of material for household cleaning and/or personal care and hygiene and multiple containers ( 7 ) or cartridges ( 28 ,  29 ) containing a same or different usage liquid as spare refills.