Towel dispenser with improved drive roll and improved dispensing chute

A dispenser for dispensing rolls of paper towel comprising:

• (a) a housing;
• (b) means for rotatably mounting rolls of paper towel in the housing;
• (c) a feed nip including a drive roll and a nip roll adapted to cooperate to advance the towel to a dispensing chute;
• (d) a cutter bar disposed between the feed nip and the dispensing chute;
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• (e) wherein the dispensing chute is provided with a textured delivery tray surface configured to guide the dispensed towel forward toward a dispensing aperture.

A method of dispensing paper towel from a primary feed roll and a partially depleted stub roll comprising:

• (a) providing a towel dispenser with housing, an elevated mounting rack for rotatably mounting a primary feed towel roll, a stub roll cavity below the elevated towel mounting rack and drive means for advancing paper towel from the rolls to a dispensing chute, the drive means consisting of:
• a feed nip with (i) a drive roll and (ii) a nip roll as well as (iii) means for rotating the drive and nip rolls;
• (b) rotatably mounting a primary feed paper towel roll on the elevated mounting rack;
• (c) concurrently with step (b), disposing a partially depleted stub roll in the stub roll cavity below the primary feed roll;
• (d) concurrently with steps (b) and (c), providing towel from both the primary feed roll and the stub roll into the feed nip such that towel from both the primary feed roll and the stub roll are advanced when the drive and nip rolls are rotated in a dispensing direction;
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• (e) simultaneously dispensing towel from both the primary feed roll and the stub roll through the feed nip.