Patent ID: 7182288

Claim:
A dispenser for absorbent web material stored in a roll, the dispenser comprising: a carriage rotatable between at least a first orientation and a second orientation, the carriage comprising: a first roll holder adapted to hold a first roll of absorbent web material in a primary position when the carriage is in the first orientation and in a secondary position when the carriage is in the second orientation; and a second roll holder adapted to hold a second roll of absorbent web material in the secondary position when the carriage is in the first orientation and in the primary position when the carriage is in the second orientation; a roll sensor for sensing the amount of absorbent web material remaining on the roll held in the primary position; a feed mechanism into which absorbent web material from at least one of the two rolls is fed for dispensation; and a transfer mechanism adapted to feed absorbent web material from the roll held in the secondary position into the feed mechanism when the roll sensor senses that the absorbent web material on the roll held in the primary position is depleted to less than a first predetermined diameter.