Patent ID: 7472802

Claim:
A system for optimally filling an apparatus for dispensing a zigzag folded web of towel material, the system comprising: a holder that is disposed in a housing, for receiving a first stock of zigzag folded web of towel material, which zigzag folded web of towel material, on one side thereof, runs from the holder to a space of use and, on another side thereof, has an end that is connectable with a first free end of a subsequent stock of zigzag folded web of towel material forming a refill stock, wherein each zigzag folded web of towel material has a thickness with a thickness direction oriented from said one side to said another side, and wherein the holder is provided with a fill meter having a division in a thickness direction of each stock of zigzag folded web of towel material, of at least three areas, each area having its own coding: a first, upper coding in said thickness direction indicating that no refilling is required, a second coding following the first, upper coding indicating refilling with a refill stock provided with a refill coding corresponding to the second coding, and at least one further coding indicating refilling with an increasingly thicker refill stock having a refill coding corresponding to the at least one further coding.