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US 4,362,278 AGranted
Roll dispenser
OwnerLinn L. Hopkinsoninventor
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Abstract
A holder and dispenser for paper rolls or the like which has an unlocked cover that can be pivotally opened on a cabinet so that rolls can be inserted on spindles. The rolls are gravity fed into position by way of guiding tracks so that one roll is always in a dispensing position and at least one other is in a storage position. Pilfering is discouraged by way of spring-like lever arms positioned in the guiding tracks and the construction of the lower portion of the cabinet itself.
Claims4
A holder and dispenser for a dispensing roll of paper and at least one storage roll of paper comprising:
- a generally hollow cabinet having a backside, a front side, a right side and a left side;
- a pair of supporting means located on said left side and said right side of said hollow cabinet, said supporting means providing support for a cylindrical core of said dispensing roll of paper;
- a cover means pivotally mounted on a top end of said cabinet and moveable between positions in which said top end is normally covered and uncovered for selective insertion of a roll of paper;
- a guide means operatively connected to said right side and said left side of said cabinet for guiding a cylindrical core of a dispensing roll of paper to said supporting brackets and for guiding a cylindrical core of at least one storage roll of paper to be in a position over said dispensing roll so as to be gravity fed as a new dispensing roll as soon as a user has exhausted paper rolled on said dispensing roll and has removed the cylindrical core of said dispensing roll from said supporting means;
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- a first antipilfering means positioned within said guide means so as to prevent removal of a storage roll or a dispensing roll from said cover means.
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