Patent ID: 7234610

Claim:
An automatic napkin dispenser comprising: a housing have a rotatable feed roller with protrusions on an outer surface thereof for engaging a topmost napkin on a stack of napkins and displacing the topmost napkin to a powered nip roller arrangement having a pair of counterrotating upper and lower nip rollers that dispense the topmost napkin upon a dispenser tray, wherein the housing includes a first swing arm arrangement having a first end pivotably coupled to the housing and a second end, a second swing arm arrangement having a first end pivotably secured to the second end of the first swing arm arrangement, and a second end pivotably connected to the feed roller, a crank wheel arrangement rotatably mounted in the housing, and a powered crank arm arrangement having a first end eccentrically and pivotably joined to the feeder roll, and a second end eccentrically and pivotably attached to the crank wheel arrangement, whereby rotation of the crank wheel arrangement moves the crank arm arrangement causing the feed roller to progressively rotate and move with the assistance of the pivotable first and second swing arm arrangements along a slotted path structure formed in the housing towards the upper nip roller so that the feed roller lifts the topmost napkin from the stack of napkins and places the topmost napkin between the nip rollers.