Patent ID: 7309042
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. An automatic positioning dispenser for paper rolls, which comprises: (a) a main housing having a front section and a rear section, the front section of the main housing including a reciprocating paper roll elevator shaft, the rear section of the main housing including a paper roll storage and feeding mechanism; (b) the elevator shaft having a handle, a roll holder and a reciprocal track, the roll holder having a roll engaging position and a roll disengaging position, the handle and roll holder being moveably connected to one another so as to move together along the reciprocal track, the reciprocal track having a first track section and a second track section, and the reciprocal track having a top and a bottom, wherein when the handle and the roll holder are located at the top of the reciprocal track, the roll holder is in the roll engaging position, and when the handle and roll holder are moved from the top to the bottom of the reciprocal track along its first track section, the roll holder is in the roll disengaging position, and when the handle and roll holder are at the bottom of the reciprocal track, the roll holder moves into the roll engaging position, and when the handle and roll holder are moved from the bottom to the top of the reciprocal track along its second track section, the roll holder is in the roll engaging position, such that the roll holder holds a paper roll at the top of the track, releases the paper roll when it moves from the top to the bottom, engages a new paper roll at the bottom and elevates the new paper roll to the top when moved from the bottom to the top; and, (c) said paper roll storage and feeding mechanism having sufficient storage area to store a plurality of paper rolls in sequential position, and having feeding means to move a paper roll from the storage area to the bottom of the elevator shaft.