Automatic toilet paper box

As he waved his hand under the toilet paper box in the toilet and immediately released the five pieces of soft paper into his hand.

After a year of development and testing, Kimberly-Clark Professional in the United States launched an electronic toilet paper box. Richard Thorne, director of Sanitary Ware Sales, believes most people will be happy with five pieces of paper and will use less than 20 percent of their normal size.

Automatic toilet paper box
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Kimberly-Clark has spent years researching how much toilet paper is enough. Americans use twice the amount of toilet paper compared to Europeans - often each time they stretch to the limit. The company determined that the best length was 50 cm - that is, 5 standard toilet paper. However, the machine can also be adjusted to release four or six segments, depending on the requirements.

The Roswell-based company expects these automated toilet paper boxes to be popular in offices and public places.

When one of the two sensors is activated, the battery-powered device automatically releases a set amount of toilet paper. But it is not completely automatic either. Each machine comes with a safety feature in case of machine failure. There is an emergency button for users to manually pull out the paper if the machine is damaged or the battery is empty. There is also a roll of paper if someone likes to use the traditional way.

The device costs $ 30 for a plastic case and $ 55 for a stainless steel case.

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