Apparatus for dispensing towels

A dispensing apparatus, comprising:

• a housing having an opening in a front side and defining an interior space;
• at least one hub mounted in said interior space and defining a pivot axis;
• a coiled sheet of tissue releasably coupled to said hub and having a free end extending through said opening, said sheet being pivotal about said pivot axis upon extension of said sheet;
• a first roller pivotally mounted in said interior space and having a disinfectant thereon;
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• a second roller pivotally mounted in said housing and selectably movable between a first position bearing against said first roller and a second position displaced from said first roller, said sheet of tissue being sandwiched between said first and second rollers when said second roller is in said first position for transferring said disinfectant from said first roller to said sheet of tissue as said sheet is drawn across said first roller.

An apparatus for dispensing cleaning tissue, comprising:

• a housing having a horizontal slot extending through a front side thereof and defining an interior space, said housing having first and second side walls extending upwardly from a bottom wall, said first side defining a vertical slot, a lower end of said vertical slot communicating with a notch adjacent said vertical slot;
• a pair of oppositely disposed spaced apart hubs mounted in said interior space and defining a pivot axis;
• a bolt of tissue releasably coupled to said hubs and pivotal about said pivot axis, a free end of said bolt of tissue extending through said opening upon an uncoiling of said bolt of tissue;
• a cartridge mounted in said interior space of said housing and displaced from said tissue, said cartridge having a quantity of disinfectant therein;
• a first roller pivotally coupled to said cartridge in communication with said disinfectant such that said first roller is coated with said disinfectant upon rotation of said first roller;
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• a second roller pivotally mounted in said interior space and selectably movable by a user between a first position bearing against said first roller and a second position displaced from said first roller such that said tissue is sandwiched between said first and second rollers when said second roller is in said first position, whereby said tissue is coated with disinfectant as said bolt of tissue is uncoiled.