Patent ID: 8079540

Claim:
An automatic towel dispenser, comprising: (a) a housing for receiving toweling, the housing comprising, (i) a main body, (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; and (b) a motor located within the housing for feeding the toweling outside of the housing during dispensing of a towel; (c) wherein the loading door comprises, (i) a curved body defining an area within which the toweling is positioned when the toweling is received within the housing, and (ii) a lip that generally extends away from the curved body in a radial direction relative to an axis of rotation of the loading door, (iii) wherein a portion of the main body extends over the lip of the loading door when the loading door is in the closed position; and (d) wherein the motor is located within the portion of the main body extending over the lip of the loading door when the loading door is in the closed position.