Patent ID: 8555761

Claim:
Paper sheet material dispenser apparatus for dispensing paper sheet material from a roll of paper sheet having a tail, said apparatus comprising, in combination: a housing defining an opening; a roll support within said housing for rotatably supporting the roll of paper sheet material; a rotatable sheet material support roller for receiving paper sheet material from the roll of paper sheet material, said sheet material support roller having a cylindrically-shaped outer peripheral surface; an electric motor operatively associated with said sheet material support roller for selectively rotating said sheet material support roller; an electric switch operatively associated with said electric motor and with said sheet material support roller, said electric switch responsive to rotation of said sheet material support roller caused by a user of the paper sheet material dispenser apparatus pulling on the paper sheet material tail projecting through said opening and extending outwardly from said housing to a first position to energize said electric motor when the sheet material support roller reaches said first position and cause rotation of said sheet material support roller by said electric motor from said first position to a second position; a cutter blade for substantially or completely severing the paper sheet material on said sheet material support roller during rotation thereof caused solely by the user pulling on the paper sheet material tail and without energization and use of said electric motor before said sheet material support roller reaches said first position, and said electric switch responsive to rotation of said sheet material support roller by said energized electric motor to said second position to de-energize said electric motor and present a new tail projecting through said opening and extending outwardly from said housing.