Apparatus for dispensing a wiping material

Apparatus for dispensing a wiping material, of the type comprising a housing (2), a cover (3), a drum (4), a cutter device (5-6) built into the drum, and drum cocking and returning means incorporating, arranged on a lateral side of the drum, a crank (7) and a cocking spring (8), side plates of the housing being constructed for the reel of material, a reel holder, of a reel of material [sic], the apparatus being characterized in that it comprises an anti-looping device for preventing looping of the material coming from the reel (B) of material including at least one mechanism acting on the reel holder to lock it in position, this mechanism being arranged on one of the side plates of the housing, and being actuated by a flyweight device (12) built into the movement of the rotating drum and either causing or not causing the reel holder (13) lock to be operated in the case of application of a large tensile force on the strip of material.