Towel dispenser

A dispenser for dispensing sheet material from a roll, comprising:

• a feed roller rotatably mounted to a housing to thereby dispense sheet material from the roll;
• a press bar assembly having a first orientation that is generally vertical, the press bar assembly being pivotably mounted to the housing so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis extending through the press bar assembly, the press bar assembly comprising a rack operatively connected to the feed roller to cause the feed roller to be rotated when the press bar assembly pivots about the pivot axis;
• and
• a handle extending from the housing and oriented in the first orientation, the handle being in engagement with the press bar assembly and configured to be pushed by a user generally into the housing of the dispenser, such that the press bar assembly pivots about the pivot axis,
• wherein the handle comprises an upper end portion in vertical proximity to the pivot axis and an opposed lower end portion in vertical proximity to the rack,
• wherein the press bar assembly has a top and a bottom separated by a distance and the rack is disposed more than about 65% of that distance from the top of the press bar assembly toward the bottom of the press bar assembly, and
• wherein the top of the press bar assembly is aligned with an upper end of the upper end portion of the handle.