Dispenser for rolled flexible sheet material

A dispenser for wound rolls of flexible sheet material that have supporting spindles projecting outwardly from the roll core ends comprising:

• a dispenser housing to receive the rolls to be dispensed having inwardly facing tracks on the opposite inner sidewalls of said housing for the rolls to move downwardly within said housing along said tracks;
• movably mounted roll driving guide means positioned adjacent the lower end of each said track, each said guide means providing a friction surface to engage the periphery of a source roll spindle within the track and promote source roll rotation during said downward movement of the roll;
• means biasing each said guide means toward the center of the track with which it is associated;
• a movably mounted reserve roll segregating device associated with each track having an upper portion to engage a reserve roll spindle within the track to retain the reserve roll adjacent the upper ends of said tracks, said device having a lower portion pressing against said guide means to augment said biasing means in urging said friction surface against the periphery of the source roll spindle within the track;
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• a feed roller rotatably mounted within said housing adjacent the lower ends of said tracks to drivingly engage with the periphery of the source roll.