Patent ID: 8083170

Claim:
A towel dispenser, comprising: (a) a housing for receiving toweling, the housing comprising, (i) a main body that comprises a front wall of the housing, (ii) a loading door that is configured to rotate relative to the main body between, (A) a closed position, in which the housing is configured to dispense towels therefrom, and (B) an open position, in which the housing is configured to receive toweling therein, and (iii) a guide system configured to guide the toweling while towels are dispensed from the housing, the guide system comprising a first roller attached to the main body and a second roller attached to the loading door; (b) wherein the loading door comprises a curved body defining an area within which the toweling is positioned when the toweling is received in the housing and a lip that extends from the curved body and defines a generally planar surface; (c) wherein the front wall of the main body and the lip of the loading door collectively define a gap to which the guiding system guides the toweling and through which towels are dispensed when the loading door is in the closed position; and (d) wherein the generally planar surface of the lip of the loading door extends generally downwardly below the curved body of the loading door when the loading door is in the open position.