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Abstract

A curl reducing adapter kit for a napkin dispenser used for dispensing interfolded napkins including an enclosure with a dispensing wall defining a dispensing slot and a slidably mounted, biased pressure carriage adapted to advance a stack of napkins in the enclosure toward the dispensing wall includes a tongue for mounting about the dispensing wall such that the tongue projects into the dispensing slot and narrows the slot. The tongue further includes a plurality of friction tabs configured to project inwardly into the enclosure from the upper inner lip of the dispensing slot and frictionally engage the napkins to limit bulge through the slot. A plurality of orienting ridges are configured to be disposed about a lower portion of the dispensing wall and are adapted to frictionally engage the napkin stack to guide the stack and reduce curl while a plurality of curl limiting tabs are configured to be disposed about the lower inner lip of the dispensing slot and project inwardly into the enclosure so as to frictionally engage the stack of napkins and further limit curl. A napkin dispenser having the foregoing features may likewise be constructed incorporating the features without the need for an adapter kit.

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First Claim