Automatic or semi automatic wiping material and toilet paper dispenser

Apparatus for dispensing one of a wiping material and toilet paper, with automatic or semiautomatic operation, of the type comprising a housing (2) accommodating in its upper part a feed reel (3) of wiping material, a supporting drum (6) mounted between fixed internal side plates (5a) of the said housing, the said drum (6) having a slot (6f) for locating and pivoting a cutter device (7) with a serrated cutter blade (7a), and a presser means (11) pressing on the drum (6) in order to feed and tension the strip of paper passing between them, said cutter blade being pivotally attached inside the drum and moved by engagement of a toothed spur (8) connected to the cutter blade, and engaging with a fixed rack means (9) positioned on one of the side plates of the housing, said drum (6) being provided with a cocking means with a crank (6b) and return spring (10), and the drum (6) comprising, around an angular sector (α) of its periphery, a region (17) of increased thickness capable of coming into contact with the presser means (11);

• the apparatus also comprising a non-return device for the wiping reel and a contact idler (13) in contact with the reel, and a belt (16) surrounding the said idler to produce a non-return action;
• and the drum being constructed with a profiled groove (6g) in which the said belt is accommodated, wherein the apparatus comprises a drum immobilizing device constructed in the form of a profiled hook (18) pivoting freely on the shaft of the pressure roller (11), said hook being constructed with a lower part forming an arm (18b) capable of being brought up to and against the belt (16) in the profiled groove, and the end of said arm having a projecting form for coming into contact with the belt and preventing the drum from rotating backwards once the strip of material is cut.