Patent ID: 8882021

Claim:
An automated dispenser comprising: a mounting station for holding a roll of sheet product; a drive system including a drive roller coupled to a motor and control circuitry responsive to a control signal, the drive roller having a circumference profile; an upper pinch roller bearing upon the drive roller and defining an upper dispensing nip with the drive roller; and a lower pinch roller bearing upon the drive roller and defining a lower dispensing nip with the drive roller; wherein the upper and lower pinch rollers are circumferentially-spaced such that the upper and lower pinch rollers include therebetween from 30° to 100° of the drive roller circumference profile along a sheet product path, wherein the dispenser is capable of dispensing sheet product comprising tissue having a basis weight of less than 25 pounds per 3000 square foot ream, a machine direction bending length of less than 3.5 cm, or both.