Patent ID: 7350742

Claim:
A device for dispensing paper towel sheets from a web of sheets arranged in a roll having a cylindrical tube with an inner wall disposed substantially centrally therein and separated by rows of perforations, the device comprising: a base member adapted to support a roll of sheets for rotation about an axis; a first guide bar fixedly carried by the base member and extending substantially parallel to the axis and spaced from the axis a first distance greater than a maximum radius of the roll of sheets; and a second guide bar extending substantially parallel to the axis and carried by the base member for movement relative to the first guide bar, between a loading position facilitating loading of the roll onto the base member and a dispensing position spaced from the first guide bar by a narrow gap through which a leading end of the roll may be freely received, the second guide bar spaced a second distance from the axis, the second distance being greater than the first distance when the second guide bar is in the dispensing position.