Patent ID: 6409120
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
An assembly for automatically mounting and then dispensing an absorbent paper roll, comprising:a housing having an interior space and an exterior cover, and at least one paper roll insertion pathway extending into the interior space of the housing, a pair of opposed elongated support members, wherein the elongated support members are adapted to movably engage the sides of a paper roll, the elongated support members being mounted on the interior of the housing in spaced relation to each other, a first pair of projections within the interior space of the housing, at least one projection being operably connected to an elongated support member, said projections being adapted to engage the sides of the paper roll upon displacement of the elongated support members by insertion of the paper roll into the interior space of the housing along the insertion pathway, the projections being adapted to form a fixed mounting axis from which the roll may be dispensed, and a stub roll unit, wherein the stub roll unit is adapted to dispense a partially consumed roll, the stub roll unit comprising a suspension apparatus for operatively engaging and dispensing a stub roll, wherein the assembly is adapted for automatically receiving and mounting a paper roll through the insertion pathway within the interior space of the housing upon the insertion of the paper roll into the housing.