Patent ID: 7213782
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: A47K,B65H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for automatically dispensing a paper product, comprising: a dispenser for dispensing the paper product; a holder for mounting and guiding a roll of the paper product inside the dispenser, the holder attached to a pivot at one end thereof, about which the holder rotates as the paper product is dispensed; an electric motor mounted inside the dispenser for activating the dispensing of the paper product from the roll; a product roller providing a single peripheral surface of contact with the roll of paper product for automatically dispensing a predetermined amount of the paper product from the roll wherein the peripheral surface of contact between the roll of paper product and the product roller changes under gravitational assistance as an amount of remaining paper product on the roll decreases the contact between the roller and the roll being the only contact on the peripheral surface of the roll; an exit guide roller for guiding the dispensed paper product through a front cover of the dispenser; and a plurality of interconnected gears mounted inside the dispenser that are driven by the electric motor to activate the product roller and exit guide roller and operate each roller at the same speed to prevent misfeeding or jamming of the paper product.