Patent ID: 7784424
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A towel dispenser, comprising: a housing, having an opening therein, and an interior; a plurality of rolls each consisting of a plurality of sheets of a semi-absorptive medium, disposed in said interior of said housing, at least one liquid disposed in said interior and intended to communicate with said semi-absorptive medium; a mechanism for advancing each of said roll to emit at least one of said plurality of sheets of said semi-absorptive medium through said opening and a computer for monitoring a variety of conditions in said housing, including an amount of said semi-absorptive medium on at least one of said plurality of rolls; said computer directing said mechanism such that seamlessly pulling of said semi-absorptive medium occurs from another of said plurality of rolls when said computer determines that said semi-absorptive medium on said one of said plurality of rolls has run out.