Dispenser for dispensing tissue paper and method for manufacturing a dispenser

Abstract

The present application pertains to a dispenser for dispensing tissue paper from a volume defined within a dispenser housing, the dispenser housing being made from a flat material, preferably a cardboard material, the dispenser having at least one handling section which can be folded out from a wall of the dispenser housing, the dispenser housing having at least two layers of the flat material at the location where the at least one handling section is situated, wherein the at least one handling section is present in the outer layers of the flat material only such that at least the innermost layer of the flat material remains intact and seals off the volume defined by the dispenser housing at the location where the at least one handling section is present such that the dispenser can be used as a fully-operational dispenser when the at least one handling section is folded out.

1 . Dispenser for dispensing tissue paper, the dispenser comprising a dispenser housing having a plurality of walls each of which is at an angle to an adjacent one of the walls, the dispenser housing being made from a flat material, the dispenser having at least one handling section adapted to be folded out from a respective one of the walls of the dispenser housing, such that each of the at least one handling section is folded out from only one of the walls of the dispenser housing, the dispenser housing having at least two layers of the flat material including an innermost layer and a parallel outer layer, the innermost layer including an inner surface facing an interior of the dispenser and an opposite outer surface facing away from the interior of the dispenser, the outer layer being in direct contact with the outer surface of the innermost layer at a location where the at least one handling section is situated, wherein the at least one handling section is present in the outer layer of the flat material only, and the at least one handling section is only partially removed from the one wall of the dispenser housing when the at least one handling section is folded out such that a part of the at least one handling section remains intact with the one wall of the dispenser housing, and such that the at least one handling section forms a cut-out section in the outer layer of the flat material and at least the innermost layer of the flat material behind the cut-out section remains intact at the location where the at least one handling section is situated and seals off a volume defined by the dispenser housing at the location where the at least one handling section is situated such that the dispenser is adapted to be used as a fully operational dispenser when the at least one handling section is folded out,
 wherein a dispensing opening is defined in the flat material, such that tissue paper can be removed at the dispensing opening, 
 wherein the dispenser further comprises a stack or roll of tissue paper in the volume defined by the dispenser housing. 
 
     
     
         2 . Dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one handling section is ornamentally shaped. 
     
     
         3 . Dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one handling section includes a holder portion for holding material. 
     
     
         4 . Dispenser according  claim 1 , wherein at least two handling sections are present in different, walls of the dispenser housing. 
     
     
         5 . Dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein the dispenser is defined by at least n main walls having full panels and at least one composite wall having at least two flaps, wherein the flat material comprises at least n+1 full panels and at least two full panels overlap at the location where the at least one handling section is situated. 
     
     
         6 . Dispenser according to  claim 5 , wherein the at least one handling section extends substantially across the entire outer full panel. 
     
     
         7 . Dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein the dispenser comprises at least one composite wall having at least two flaps, wherein at least two flaps overlap at the location where the at least one handling section is situated. 
     
     
         8 . Dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one handling section and the dispensing opening are situated in different walls of the dispenser. 
     
     
         9 . Dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one handling section and the dispensing opening are situated in the same wall of the dispenser. 
     
     
         10 . Dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one handling section is integral with the flat material. 
     
     
         11 . Dispenser according to  claim 10 , wherein the at least one handling section is defined by a line of weakness being shaped in an open shape having two ends, wherein between the two ends a section of material remains intact. 
     
     
         12 . Dispenser according to  claim 9 , wherein the at least one handling section is defined in the flat material by a line of weakness. 
     
     
         13 . Dispenser according to  claim 5 , wherein, at the overlap, the at least two layers are attached to one another, and wherein, at the overlap, the at least two layers are not attached to one another at the location where the at least one handling section is present. 
     
     
         14 . Dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein print is provided on the dispenser housing at the at least one handling section or behind the at least one handling section on the layer of the flat material which remains intact. 
     
     
         15 . Dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one handling section comprises a gripping section to enable a user to easily fold out the at least one handling section. 
     
     
         16 . Dispenser according to  claim 15 , wherein the gripping section is provided in the form of a protrusion of the at least one handling section or in the form of a cut-out and/or punch-out in the layer in which the at least one handling section is provided, in order to enable a user to grip the at least one handling section. 
     
     
         17 . Dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one handling section is adapted to pop out from the wall of the dispenser when a user grips it. 
     
     
         18 . Dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein at least two handling sections are present which have outer shapes which are different from one another. 
     
     
         19 . Method for manufacturing a dispenser according to  claim 1 , including the steps of:
 providing a flat material;   providing the flat material with a line of weakness to define the at least one handling section;   providing a dispensing opening in the flat material, such that tissue paper can be removed at the dispensing opening;   shaping the flat material such that when forming the dispenser housing, at least two layers of flat material are present at the location where the at least one handling section is present, such that when folding out the at least one handling section from the dispenser housing, the dispenser housing remains fully closed and seals off the volume defined by the dispenser housing at the location where the at least one handling section is present such that the dispenser can be used as a fully operational dispenser; and   including a stack or roll of tissue paper in the volume defined by the dispenser housing.   
     
     
         20 . Dispenser according to  claim 1 , the dispenser housing being made from a cardboard material. 
     
     
         21 . Dispenser according to  claim 4 , wherein at least two handling sections are present in opposite walls of the dispenser housing. 
     
     
         22 . Dispenser according to  claim 12 , wherein the at least one handling section is defined in the flat material by a line of weakness by punching or perforating a part of a panel or a flap. 
     
     
         23 . Method according to  claim 19 , wherein only too layers of flat material are present at the location where the at least one handling section is present.