Patent ID: 7191976

Claim:
A cabinet for storing and dispensing rolls of paper including in combination: a housing having a top, a bottom, opposite sides, a rear and a front for holding a predetermined number of vertically stacked rolls of paper, with an opening at the top of the housing for receiving rolls of paper to be stored in the housing, and an opening at the bottom of the housing for removing rolls of paper from the housing; a pair of substantially parallel arms extending outwardly from the housing, on opposite sides of the opening at the bottom of the housing, for receiving a roll-holding spindle therebetween; an intermediate movable, rotatable support bar in a first position extending substantially across, and spaced from the rear of, the housing above the opening at the bottom of the housing, the support bar being located beneath a lowermost roll of paper stored in the housing; an angled member pivotally attached to the ends of the intermediate movable support bar; a spring normally biasing the support bar to the first position; means for moving the support bar to a second position adjacent the rear of the housing against the bias of the spring, causing the angled member to rotate beneath and hold a roll of paper above a roll supported on the support bar allowing the lowermost roll of paper previously resting on the support bar to drop by gravity to the bottom of the housing for the housing, thereafter allowing the spring to bias the support bar back to the first position and the angled member to return to a position adjacent the rear of the housing.