Patent ID: 6422503
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A dispenser for toilet paper rolls, each toilet paper roll having a hollow tube core section on which paper is rolled, comprising:an upstanding elongated container defined by a peripheral wall and a base portion at a bottom end thereof, a removable cover portion at an open top end of said elongated container, said peripheral wall having an aperture defined therein; said elongated container comprising a generally circular shaft extending axially therein and being adapted for receiving at least two paper rolls stacked one on another such that the paper rolls can rotate thereabout; an abutment plate disposed in said elongated container on a biasing member and free to translate longitudinally on said circular shaft in said elongated container, said abutment plate being adapted for receiving a bottommost paper roll of the stacked paper rolls thereon; said biasing member being calibrated to support the stack of paper rolls through said abutment plate such as to align an uppermost paper roll opposite said aperture in said peripheral wall, wherein said uppermost paper roll is in a dispensing position, said biasing member gradually moving said abutment plate upward as paper is dispensed from the uppermost paper roll and weight of the stacked paper rolls diminishes such that a subsequent paper roll gradually reaches said dispensing position.