Patent ID: 8177156
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: A47K,B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet roll dispenser, comprising: said sheet roll dispenser adapted to be mounted in a first, horizontal position or a second, vertical position; an open-top hollow housing having a front wall; a lid hingedly connected to said hollow housing for selectively opening and closing said open top of said hollow housing; said lid positioned in a substantially horizontal plane when said sheet roll dispenser is in said first, horizontal position and said lid positioned in a substantially vertical plane when said sheet roll dispenser is positioned in said second, vertical position; said hollow housing adapted to house a roll of sheet material; a roll support member mounted in said hollow housing; said roll support member including a first pair of idler rollers disposed in a substantially horizontal plane in supporting relation to said roll of sheet material and a second pair of idler rollers disposed in a substantially vertical plane in non-supporting relation to said roll of sheet material when said housing is mounted in said first, horizontal position; said roll support member including said first pair of idler rollers disposed in a substantially vertical plane in non-supporting relation to said roll of sheet material and said second pair of idler rollers disposed in a substantially horizontal plane in supporting relation to said roll of sheet material when said housing is disposed in said second, vertical position; an opening formed in said front wall of said housing: a nip means mounted in registration with said opening; a free end of said sheet material adapted to be disposed in said nip means; a motor mounted to an underside of said lid; said motor including a power take off shaft; a drive roller mounted to an underside of said lid; said nip means including said drive roller and an idler roller of said second pair of idler rollers; interconnecting means for interconnecting said drive roller in driven relation to said power takeoff shaft; and a switch actuator for activating said motor; whereby activation of said motor causes said free end of said sheet material to be unrolled, to travel through said nip means, and to be dispensed to a user through said opening.