Patent ID: 8439293
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A dispenser for dispensing paper from a dispensing roll located in a lower dispensing position, the dispenser comprising: a blocking device; a guide track which leads from a top into the lower dispensing position and in which a standby position, defined by said blocking device, for a reserve roll is provided; a device for releasing said blocking device once the paper on the dispensing roll has been used up; and a device for detecting a diameter of the dispensing roll, said device having a sensing element resting against a circumferential surface of the dispensing roll in a sensing position, said blocking device and said device for releasing being interconnected with said sensing element, said sensing element being displaced by a dropping of the reserve roll for providing clearance between the reserve roll and said sensing element, said sensing element returning to the sensing position once the reserve roll has moved past the sensing element and dropped into the dispensing position.