Patent ID: 7878368

Claim:
A towel dispenser comprising: a) a casing having a mounting portion and an interior chamber, the casing having a base region and a panel region movably attached to the base region, the base region further having a surface defining an access slot, b) an iris adjusting system comprising an iris adjustment member comprising an adjustable iris surface which defines in part a towel iris, the iris adjustment system operatively configured to reposition the iris adjustment member to reposition the adjustable iris surface to change the cross-sectional area of the towel iris from within the interior chamber of the casing, c) an iris locking system including a front transverse surface portion repositionally connected to the base region of the casing and a surface defining a slot opening, wherein i) the surface defining the slot opening comprises an open orientation where the slot opening is in alignment with the access slot of the casing to provide lateral access to the towel iris, and ii) the transverse front surface comprises a closed orientation to discontinue communication between the access slot of the casing, and the towel iris where the transverse front surface is repositioned by way of an engagement surface of the iris locking system which is configured to engage the panel region of the casing and rotate the transverse front surface to the closed position with respect to the base region of the casing.