Patent ID: 7275655

Claim:
A center pull tissue dispenser comprising means defining an openable enclosure, a base member located within said enclosure with which a coreless roll of towel material is to be located in an upward supporting manner in a maimer such that an end face of said roll is placed therewith, said base member including a dispensing opening for said towel material to pass through, an opening is provided in alignment with said dispensing opening, through said openable enclosure defining member, to allow said towel material to be dispensed from said dispenser, wherein downstream of the support of said roll by said base member there is provided a dispensing characteristic adjustment mechanism which includes, a passageway through which said towel material is to pass, and a passageway restriction controlling member, with relative movement to said passageway in a direction lateral to the direction of the passing of said paper towel material there through and penetrating into the passageway to act on said paper towel material during the dispensing thereof from said dispenser, said relative movement being controlled by a spindle rotatable about an axis transverse to the direction of said relative movement and having a lug off-set from said axis, mechanically coupled with said restriction controlling member to displace said restriction controlling member relative to said passageway.