Sheet product dispenser

A dispenser for dispensing rolled product having a series of interconnected sheets separated by perforations, the dispenser comprising:

• a body having a product holding area for holding the rolled product;
• a dispensing device having an orifice defining an opening in the body to the product holding area, a gate configured to move between a first position and a second position with respect to the orifice, a biasing device configured to bias the gate towards the first position, and a dampener coupled to the gate and configured to impede the biasing device from biasing the gate towards the first position to delay, in time, the gate from moving from the second position to the first position;
• wherein:
• in the first position the gate frictionally engages the series of interconnected sheets passing through the orifice with enough force to break a perforation separating two contiguous sheets of the series to cause single sheet dispensing;
• and
• the delay allows multiple sheets of the series of interconnected sheets to pass through the orifice, when pulled at a given rate, before the gate moves from the second position to the first position;
• and a movable door and wherein the orifice is defined at least in part by the gate, and the movable door is configured to allow the series of interconnected sheets to enter the orifice through a side of the orifice.