Spindle for paper rolls

A spindle assembly for supporting a roll of paper product in a paper product dispenser, the roll of paper product having a spindle receiving core with an inner core diameter, the spindle assembly comprising:

• a sleeve body having first and second sleeve body ends and a sleeve body longitudinal axis, the sleeve body having a rod receiving passageway extending through the first sleeve body end and axially into the sleeve body;
• a sleeve body brake member carried by the sleeve body;
• a first ring extending outwardly from the sleeve body and having a first outer diameter, the first ring being positioned between the first and second sleeve body ends and nearer to the second sleeve body end than to the first sleeve body end;
• a second ring extending outwardly from the sleeve body and positioned at the second sleeve body end, the second ring having a second outer diameter that is less than the first outer diameter;
• a biasing spring positioned within the rod receiving passageway;
• wherein the sleeve body comprises an annular sleeve body recess between the first ring and the first sleeve body end, and the sleeve body brake member comprises a plurality of O-rings positioned in the sleeve body recess;
• a rod body having first and second rod body ends and a rod body longitudinal axis;
• a third ring extending outwardly from the rod body and having a third outer diameter, the third ring being positioned between the first and second rod body ends and nearer to the second rod body end than to the first rod body end;
• an outer rod body ring extending outwardly from the rod body and having an outer rod body ring outer diameter, the outer rod body ring being located at the second rod body end, the outer rod body ring outer diameter being less than the third outer diameter;
• a rod body brake member carried by the rod body;
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• the rod body comprising a spindle rod portion between the third ring and the first end of the rod body, the first end of the rod body comprising a first end of the spindle rod portion, the first end of the spindle rod portion and the spindle rod portion having a cross sectional dimension that is sized to permit sliding of the spindle rod portion into and along the rod receiving passageway upon assembly of the sleeve body and rod body into the spindle assembly, the first end of the spindle rod portion engaging the biasing spring and compressing the engaged biasing spring as the spindle rod portion is inserted into the rod receiving passageway, the compressed biasing spring applying a force that urges the second ring and the outer rod body ring away from one another;
• wherein the rod body comprises an annular rod body recess between the third ring and the first rod body end, and the rod body brake member comprises a plurality of O-rings positioned in the rod body recess;
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• the sleeve body brake member and rod body brake member being sized to engage and support the core of a paper roll on the spindle assembly.

A spindle assembly for supporting a roll of toilet paper in a toilet paper dispenser in combination with the toilet paper dispenser, the roll of toilet paper having a spindle receiving core with an inner core diameter, the spindle assembly comprising:

• a sleeve body having first and second sleeve body ends and a sleeve body longitudinal axis, the sleeve body having a rod receiving passageway extending through the first sleeve body end and axially into the sleeve body;
• a first ring extending outwardly from the sleeve body and having a first outer diameter, the first ring being positioned between the first and second sleeve body ends and nearer to the second sleeve body end than to the first sleeve body end;
• a second ring extending outwardly from the sleeve body positioned at the second sleeve body end, and having a second outer diameter, the second outer diameter being less than the first outer diameter;
• the portion of the sleeve body between the first and second rings having an outer diameter that is less than the second outer diameter;
• an annular sleeve body brake member carried by the sleeve body, the sleeve body brake member having a diameter that is greater than any portions of the sleeve body between the first ring and the first sleeve body end;
• a biasing spring positioned within the rod receiving passageway;
• a rod body having first and second rod body ends and a rod body longitudinal axis;
• a rod body brake member carried by the rod body;
• a third ring extending outwardly from the rod body and having a third outer diameter, the third ring being positioned between the first and second rod body ends and nearer to the second rod body end than to the first rod body end;
• a fourth ring extending outwardly from the rod body and having a fourth outer diameter, there being no rings of a greater diameter than the fourth outer diameter between the third ring and the first end of the rod body, the rod body brake member being annular with a diameter that is greater than the fourth outer diameter;
• a fifth ring extending outwardly from the rod body and having a fifth outer diameter, the fifth ring being located at the second rod body end, the fifth outer diameter being less than the third outer diameter;
• the portion of the rod body between the third and fifth rings having an outer diameter that is less than the fifth outer diameter;
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• the rod body comprising a spindle rod portion between the fourth ring and the first end of the rod body comprising a first end of the spindle rod portion, the first end of the spindle rod portion and the spindle rod portion having a cross sectional dimension that is sized to permit sliding of the spindle rod portion into and along the rod receiving passageway upon assembly of the sleeve body and rod body into the spindle assembly, the first end of the spindle rod portion engaging the biasing spring and compressing the engaged biasing spring as the spindle rod portion is inserted into the rod receiving passageway, the compressed biasing spring applying a force that urges the second and fifth rings away from one another;
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• the toilet paper dispenser comprising a housing having a first side wall with a first channel mounted to the first side wall and a second side wall opposed to the first side wall, a second channel being mounted to the second side wall, the first channel having a first spindle receiving slot and the second channel having a second spindle receiving slot facing the first spindle receiving slot, the second spindle receiving slot being spaced from the first spindle receiving slot by a spacing distance that is less than the distance between the second end of the sleeve body and the second end of the rod body when the spindle rod portion is inserted into the rod receiving passageway and the spindle rod portion has not compressed the spring, the spacing distance also being greater than the distance between the second end of the sleeve body and the second end of the rod body when the spindle rod portion is inserted a maximum distance into the rod receiving passageway and compresses the spring, the toilet paper roll being carried by the spindle assembly with the first ring being positioned between the first channel and the toilet paper roll and the third ring being positioned between the second channel and the toilet paper roll, the toilet paper roll being positioned between the first and third rings and supported by the sleeve body brake member and by the rod body brake member, the second and fifth rings being respectively positioned in the first and second slots to load the toilet paper dispenser with the roll of toilet paper, the spring urging the second and fifth rings against surfaces of the channels or of the dispenser to hold the toilet paper roll in a desired orientation in the dispenser.