Patent ID: 6032898
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: A47K,Y10T

Abstract:
In a dispenser for dispensing a web from a roll of paper, said dispenser including a housing and a housing cover connected thereto to provide access to the housing interior, said housing defining a dispensing outlet and including means for supporting a paper roll within said housing, a drive roller and tension means operatively associated therewith urging paper from the paper roll into contact with said drive roller for dispensing a length of paper from the paper roll, drive means for rotating said drive roller and actuator means operatively connected to said drive means, the improvement comprising said actuator means being pivotally mounted on said housing extending outwardly of said housing and across substantially the entire housing at a bottom thereof in a plane parallel to the width of the paper roll, whereby pivotal movement of said actuator means operating said drive means to rotate said drive roller causing paper in contact therewith to be unwound from the paper roll and dispensed through said dispensing outlet.