Patent ID: 6439501
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A device for dispensing any flexible sheet material rolled up on a core, the device comprising: a holding device including a U-shaped holding base, the U-shaped holding base having at least two arms, said arms having two opposed facing recesses; a peg mounted in at least one of said arms and adjacent to one of said recesses; a collapsible spindle made up of two interacting cylinders pushed apart by a spring, and equipped with nipples that fit into said recesses in the arm of the holding base; a rotor firmly attached to the roll of said flexible sheet material so that the two turn together; and an L-shaped braking arm, one side of which has an opening that interacts with the rotor and a slot that interacts with the peg installed in the holding base; the other side of the L-shaped arm is provided with a slit having a first width for guiding the free end of the rolled material installed in the device, and which serves to pivot the arm upward or downward around the peg in the base by directing the free end of the roll upward or downward.