Recessed apparatus for cutting and dispensing a web of rolled material

• Main Authors: Purcell, Ricky W, Kapiloff, David W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.07.2003

The present invention relates to a dispenser for a roll of material, and particularly to a sanitary dispenser that automatically cuts and dispenses a measured amount of material upon a user grasping and pulling the tail end of the web. A dispenser for dispensing and cutting a measured amount from a web of roll material includes a housing and a roll carrier disposed within the housing to rotationally carry a first web of roll material. A rotatable drum is disposed in the housing proximate to the roll carrier. The roll carrier is biased towards the drum so that a roll carried by the roll carrier is urged towards the drum and the web material is frictionally engaged against the drum to rotate the drum upon a consumer pulling on the free end of the web material. A cutting device extends longitudinally along and is disposed at least partially within the drum. The cutting device extends automatically from a retracted position to a cutting position upon the drum being rotated a constant predetermined amount by a consumer pulling on the free end of the web material. A stub roll carrier is disposed in the housing to rotationally carry a depleted second roll of material that is simultaneously dispensed with the first web of roll material. The stub roll carrier defines an axis of rotation that is behind a vertical plane through the first axis of rotation of the primary roll carrier.