Patent ID: 6502781
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A dispenser apparatus for receiving, mounting, and dispensing rolls of a paper product, said dispenser comprising:a housing defining a generally enclosed interior space for receipt of a roll of the paper product, said housing further comprising an access opening therein through which the roll of paper product is inserted into said housing; opposed projections disposed within said housing at a dispensing position defining a fixed rotational axis for the roll of paper product within said housing, said projections biased inwardly towards each other and movable between retracted and extended positions; elongated opposed support members disposed within said housing and defining an insertion pathway therebetween along which the roll of paper product is pushed to insert the roll into said housing to said dispensing position, said support members resiliently biased towards each other along at least a portion of said insertion pathway such that sides of the roll of paper product engage and push said support members apart as the roll is pushed along said insertion pathway; and said projections engaged by said support members such that said projections are held in said retracted position by said support members upon insertion of the roll of paper product and initial movement of said support members, and said projections are released by said support members and movable to said extended position upon further movement of said support members as the roll of paper product is pushed to said dispensing position.