Automatic dispensing apparatus for paper towels and toilet paper

An automatic apparatus for dispensing toilet paper, said apparatus comprising:

• a molded plastic housing;
• a take-off reel of paper material supported in an upper part of the housing;
• a hinged cutting blade for cutting a portion of paper material;
• a support drum rotatably supported in a lower part of said housing;
• a start mechanism associated with support drum and disposed on one side of said housing;
• a pressure component disposed in relation to said support drum which ensures feeding of a strip of paper material from said take-off reel to the support drum and ensures tensioning of the strip of paper;
• a rack gear internally fixed on one side of said plastic housing;
• a toothed heel-shaped portion associated with a shaft of said hinged cutting blade and said rack gear for moving said cutting blade;
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• a protective cover hingably connected to said housing, said housing further including a front end shield and a rear wall, each of said front end shield and said rear wall being spaced to allow positioning of said support drum and said pressure roller, each of said front end shield and rear wall including plastically deformable tongues having recesses to accommodate the pressure component and scallopings to position opposing ends of the support drum and wherein the protective cover includes horizontal tabs capable of engaging the tongues of said end shields.

An automatic paper dispensing apparatus for dispensing paper towels, said apparatus comprising:

• a molded plastic housing;
• a take-off reel of paper material supported in an upper part of said housing;
• a hinged cutting blade for cutting a portion of paper material;
• a support drum rotatably supported in a lower part of said housing;
• a start mechanism associated with said support drum disposed on one side of said housing;
• a pressure roller disposed in relation to said support drum which ensures feeding of a strip of paper from said take-off reel to the support drum and ensures tensioning of the strip of paper;
• a rack gear internally fixed on one side of said plastic housing;
• a toothed heel associated with a shaft of said hinged cutting blade and said rack gear for moving said cutting blade;
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• a protective cover hingably attached to said housing, said housing further including a pair of parallel end shields disposed in the lower part of said housing, each of said parallel end shields being perpendicular to a rear plane of said housing and spaced to allow positioning of said support drum and said pressure roller, each of said end shields including elastically deformable tongues having recesses to accommodate the pressure roller and to position opposing ends of the support drum, and wherein the protective cover includes horizontal tabs capable of engaging the tongues of said end shields.