Apparatus for regulating the dispensing of sheets from a roll of sheets

A device for controlling dispensing of flexible sheets from a continuous roll of sheets releasably mounted on a spindle, the device comprising:

• a generally U-shaped member having a spaced apart parallel pair of legs and a cross member interconnecting said pair of legs, said U-shaped member sized to fit over the roll of sheets so as to nest the roll boxed-in between said pair of legs and said cross member,
• a pair of releasable mounting means mounted on the distal ends of said pair of legs, distal from said cross member, for releasably mounting said pair of legs onto opposite ends of the spindle so as to bracket the roll of sheets mounted on the spindle, and wherein said mounting means are adapted to suspend said U-shaped member from said spindle as the sole support for said U-shaped member, and wherein said U-shaped member is not adapted to be wall-mounted,
• a brake arm mounted cantilevered at a first end thereof from said cross member so as to extend cantilevered between said pair of legs, said brake arm rotatable relative to said cross member between a roll engaging position wherein said brake arm is resiliently biased by biasing means towards a plane containing said pair of legs and against the roll of sheets when mounted on the spindle, and a roll releasing position wherein said brake arm has been rotated about an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to said pair of legs so as to rotate a distal end of said brake away from contact with the roll of sheets against a return biasing force of said biasing means, whereby said distal end of said brake arm is released from frictional engagement with a cylindrical, outermost surface of the roll of sheets.