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Automatic towel dispenser

  • US 10,441,116 B2
  • Filed: 06/08/2018
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sheet material dispenser comprising:

  • a housing defining a top and configured to be mounted to hang down from underneath a cabinet, wherein the housing comprises;

    a main body comprising a main body roller;

    a loading door movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the loading door comprises a loading door roller, wherein the loading door is configured to rotate downwardly from the main body when the sheet material dispenser is installed underneath the cabinet; and

    a cavity formed between the loading door and the main body, wherein the cavity is sized to house a roll of sheet material therein, wherein, in an instance in which the loading door is in the open position, the loading door roller is spaced apart from the main body roller and an opening is formed, wherein the opening is sized to enable a user to insert the roll of sheet material into a cavity portion of the loading door and position a leading portion of the roll of sheet material between the spaced apart loading door roller and main body roller, wherein, in an instance in which the roll of sheet material is within the cavity portion of the loading door and the leading portion of the roll of sheet material is positioned between the loading door roller and the main body roller, movement of the loading door to the closed position causes the roll of sheet material to be installed in the sheet material dispenser and ready for dispensing with the leading portion of the roll of sheet material sandwiched between the loading door roller and the main body roller.

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