Coreless roll product adapter and dispenser

An adapter for solid or coreless rolls of paper material dispensed in a roll dispenser having slots defined on inner side wall members, the solid or coreless rolls having recesses provided in sides thereof defining a rotating axis for the rolls, said adapter comprising:

• a carriage having opposite side members attached to a generally transverse support arm, said side members comprising generally plate-like components;
• said transverse support arm having a length so that said side members are extendable generally parallel along the sides of a solid or coreless roll when said carriage member is engaged with the roll;
• a pin disposed on an outboard surface of each said side member and having a shape and length so as to extend into and slide along the slots defined in the dispenser side walls;
• a protrusion disposed on an inboard surface of each said side member, said protrusions having a shape and length so as to extend at least partially into the recesses formed in the sides of the solid or coreless rolls;
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• wherein said pin and protrusion of said side members are disposed at a distance from said transverse support arm at least as great as a radius of the solid or coreless roll to be dispensed.

A dispenser for storing and dispensing multiple rolls of a solid or coreless roll of material, comprising:

• a frame having side wall members and a front with a dispensing opening therein, said side wall members having generally vertically oriented and oppositely facing slots defined on inside surfaces thereof, said slots defining a first dispensing position for dispensing of a first roll of material, a storage position for a second roll of material stored above said first roll until said first roll is depleted, and a second dispensing position for dispensing said second roll;
• interchangeable first and second adapters removably insertable into said slots for holding said first and second rolls respectively in position within said frame, each said adapter comprising:
• a carriage having opposite side members attached to a generally transverse support arm, said side members comprising generally plate-like components spaced apart a distance so as to extend generally parallel along sides of the rolls;
• a pin disposed on an outboard surface of each said side member and having a shape and length so as to extend into and slide along a respective said slot;
• a protrusion disposed on an inboard surface of each said side member and having a shape and length so as to extend at least partially into a recess formed in the sides of the rolls at a rotational axis thereof;
• said pins and protrusions disposed at a distance from said transverse support arm at least as great as a radius of the rolls;
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• wherein in said first dispensing position of said first roll of material, said first adapter is oriented in a first angular position, and in said storage position of said second roll of material, said second adapter is oriented in a different angular position.