Patent ID: 7878445
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A dispensing device for dispensing wiping material comprising a housing for holding at least one roll containing a continuous web of wiping material, said housing comprising an outer front wall, and two outer side walls, said outer front wall comprising a dispensing opening for the web, the dispenser further comprising a feeding means for controlling the dispensing of the web, wherein the feeding means comprises a rotatable drum with a web guide means arranged spaced from and surrounding the drum around a major part of a periphery of the drum, wherein the web is arranged to be fed from a first roll, over at least part of an outer surface of the web guide means, which outer surface faces away from said drum, and into the feeding means, an actuating means is at least partially supported in a first position by the web supplied by the first roll, and, if the first roll is depleted, said actuating means is arranged to be displaced into a second position, and to actuate at least a first loading means for a second roll, the actuating means comprising an open cylinder mounted rotatably about ends of the cylinder in the housing, and wherein one end of the cylinder is provided with a shaped cam, which, when rotated by displacement of the actuating means, is arranged to control a second loading means to move a free end of the second roll into the feeding means.