Dispenser for coreless rolls of products

A method of installing a coreless roll of an absorbent consumer paper product wound to define a coreless cylindrical structure having end faces positioned at opposite axial ends of the structure, each end face having a depression defined therein thereby permitting the roll to be disposed into a dispenser, the method including the steps of:

• displacing at least one of a pair of opposed non-rotatable plungers to a loading position, each plunger having a cross-sectional width greater than a width of a depression in a roll;
• orienting the coreless roll so that each depression is adjacent one plunger;
• and
• securing the coreless roll to the dispenser by returning the at least one of the pair of opposed plungers to a dispensing position whereby the plungers cooperate by penetrating the respective depressions in the coreless roll, the width of each plunger preventing overspin of the roll during a dispensing operation.

A paper product dispensing system comprising:

• a coreless roll of a sheet material of an absorbent consumer paper product wound to define a coreless cylindrical structure having end faces positioned at opposite axial ends of the structure, each end face having a depression defined therein;
• an assembly comprising:
• a frame;
• mounting means supported by the frame and configured to permit the frame to be mounted to a stationary surface such as a wall;
• and
• a coreless roll securing means supported by the frame and configured to secure a coreless roll for rotation within the frame, the coreless roll securing means comprising
• a pair of opposed arms extending from the frame, at least one arm being configured to provide movement with respect to the frame;
• and
• a pair of cooperating non-rotatable plungers, each plunger including a base supported by one of the arms and a distal end having a radius of curvature, a central shaft extending between and connecting the distal end and the base, the central shaft being configured to have a length at least as great as the plunger's widest dimension, the distal end of each plunger supported by its respective arm to penetrate the depression defined at an end face of the coreless roll, each plunger configured to have a cross-sectional width greater than the width of the depression in an end face of the coreless roll to prevent overspin of the roll during dispensing, the pair of opposed arms and plungers configured to cooperate with the depressions in the coreless roll to prevent radial displacement of the coreless roll with respect to the frame during a dispensing operation.