Abstract: A toilet paper dispenser including a wall mounted toilet paper dispensing body entirely recessed within a building wall; at least one rod disposed within the wall mounted toilet paper dispensing body to support at least one toilet paper roll thereon; and a door hingedly coupled to a lateral edge of the wall mounted toilet paper dispensing body so to form an enclosure that encloses the at least one rod and the at least one toilet paper roll when the door is closed.

Abstract: Material holders for use with a structure (e.g., a stand, tool box, etc.) may include material holding apparatus configured to hold a roll and/or box of material. The material holding apparatus may be configured to hold various material in an organized, open, and unobstructed manner to provide convenient access to the material.

Abstract: A cable dispenser for unwinding a cable from a purchased spool of cable wherein the cable dispenser includes a base plate formed from a rigid sheet of material has a top side and a bottom side, the top side having at least one vertically extending hub shaped to receive a central opening in a spool of cable and the base plate further including at least one alignment peg to help orient the central opening of the spool onto the at least one hub.

Abstract: A core pin bag dispenser includes a planar base sized and shaped to fit beneath a roll of film bags. First and second upwardly extending rods are mounted to the base. A retaining pin is sized and shaped to fit slidably within a hollow core of the bag roll. The pin has first and second orthogonal apertures located adjacent the first and second ends that are spaced apart by at least a width of the roll of film bags and are sized and shaped to fit slidably over the first and second upwardly extending rods. An upward pointing snagging hook is mounted adjacent a front edge of the base and is sized and shaped to engage either a chisel cut or a perforation in the bags. Two of the dispensers are mounted to an adapter designed to fit into the side channels of a bin mounted to a vertical surface.

Abstract: A sandpaper dispenser (100) is provided. The sandpaper dispenser includes a frame (102) adapted to be coupled to a sanding device (106) and a sandpaper dispensing assembly 144 coupled to the frame. A sanding pad (105 or 110) is coupled to the frame. The sandpaper dispensing assembly is adapted to selectively dispense a length (108) of sandpaper to extend over the sanding pad.

Abstract: A dispensing apparatus and method are disclosed for dispensing sheet material from at least one roll of the sheet material. Dispensing is transferred from a stub roll to a reserve roll automatically in response to sensing a predetermined quantity of the stub roll. An isolating element is provided to lift the reserve roll out of contact with dispensing rollers during dispensing of sheet material from the stub roll, and a nipping element is provided to nip sheet material of the reserve roll when dispensing is transferred from the stub roll to the reserve roll. A cam controls movement of both the isolating element and the nipping element. Structure is also provided for sensing the diameter of the reserve roll of sheet material and providing an indication when the reserve roll is a predetermined diameter. The dispenser is quiet and capacity efficient.

Abstract: A dispensing apparatus and method are disclosed for dispensing sheet material from at least one roll of the sheet material. Dispensing is transferred from a stub roll to a reserve roll automatically in response to sensing a predetermined quantity of the stub roll. An isolating element is provided to lift the reserve roll out of contact with dispensing rollers during dispensing of sheet material from the stub roll, and a nipping element is provided to nip sheet material of the reserve roll when dispensing is transferred from the stub roll to the reserve roll. A cam controls movement of both the isolating element and the nipping element. Structure is also provided for sensing the diameter of the reserve roll of sheet material and providing an indication when the reserve roll is a predetermined diameter. The dispenser is quiet and capacity efficient.

Abstract: A dispensing apparatus and method are disclosed for dispensing sheet material from at least one roll of the sheet material. Dispensing is transferred from a stub roll to a reserve roll automatically in response to sensing a predetermined quantity of the stub roll. An isolating element is provided to lift the reserve roll out of contact with dispensing rollers during dispensing of sheet material from the stub roll, and a nipping element is provided to nip sheet material of the reserve roll when dispensing is transferred from the stub roll to the reserve roll. A cam controls movement of both the isolating element and the nipping element. Structure is also provided for sensing the diameter of the reserve roll of sheet material and providing an indication when the reserve roll is a predetermined diameter. The dispenser is quiet and capacity efficient.

Abstract: A mouthwash capsule includes a water soluble gel capsule having a fluid mouthwash therewithin. The invention is arranged to further include packaging and opening structure in association with the capsule structure. The opening structure includes a floor plate having spaced side walls to receive the packaging with a sliding cutter mounted to the side wails in operative association with the packaging to separate the capsule relative to the packaging.

Abstract: A disposable body towel includes a tie and apertures for retaining the towel around a bather. The disposable towel comprises a flexible substantially planar non-woven laminated sheet having top, bottom and side edges and includes a plurality of fibrous water absorbent cellulose plies. The sheet includes an outer ply and an inner ply, wherein the outer ply is water absorbent. The sheet possesses sufficient structural strength when wet to resist degradation in the presence of liquids and is sized to substantially cover a body. The inner and outer plies are bonded together by biodegradable resin at the side edges, thereby reinforcing said side edges for providing additional resistance to tearing. The sheet includes an adjustable tie attached to said top edge and apertures along said top edge for securing the towel about the body as said towel is positioned to substantially cover the body.

Abstract: A vertical holder for perforated paper toweling or other material, having a rectangular back support, base and top rod support, removable large square paper roll rod, having a magnet in its base end, a side support, also used as a grasping area for moving the holder, a tension piece, to aid the separation of sheet material, and non-skid material covering the underneath surface of the base rod support. The holder is mountable vertically or horizontally on a wall, or horizontally underneath a counter or cabinet.

Abstract: A roll holder includes a base plate and two yokes pivotally supported on the base plate. One of the yokes is a suspension yoke having a free arm for holding a roll with a tape material thereon and another yoke is a braking yoke for braking the rotation motion of the roll when a portion of the material is to be torn-off from the roll. The braking yoke also has a free arm which overlaps the free arm of the suspension yoke and has a U-shaped cross-section so that the free arm of the suspension yoke without the roll thereon can be inserted into the free arm of the braking yoke and the roll holder can be folded.

Abstract: A cutting device for a roll of material wherein a cutter bar with a cutting blade fixed thereto is arranged between two upright posts. To cut the material from the roll a length of material is withdrawn from beneath the cutter bar and lifted against the cutter bar. The cutter bar is allowed to pivot about a longitudinal axis until an upstanding rib and a notch in the cutter bar clamp the upright posts between them and lock the cutter bar against further pivoting motion. The material is then torn across the cutting blade since the cutter bar cannot be further pivoted.

Abstract: A device for rotatably supporting a roll of sheet material includes a frame rotatably supporting the roll. Arms on the frame support a cutter bar parallel to the axis of the roll and movable to bear resiliently against and follow the periphery of the roll. Spacing means having a convexly rounded head is fixed on the cutter bar spaced from its cutting edge, such that the cutter bar engages the roll only by said spacing member and adjacent said cutting edge.

Abstract: A portable apparatus for holding and dispensing a coiled strip of ribbon-like material, such as tack strip which is used in the upholstery business, includes a pair of parallel rods which are rigidly connected at first end thereof, with the length of said rods being substantially longer than the radius of a full coil of the material. The separation of the rods is only slightly greater than the width of the ribbon-like material. An arm is pivotably connected to and mounted between the pair of rods intermediate the length of said arm and relatively near one end thereof, so as to divide the arm into longer and shorter portions. The longer portion of the arm is curved inwardly to the extent that its distal end lies near the periphery of a coil of the material. Means, such as a cotter pin, holds the coil between the rods. A spring is mounted for biasing the arm toward general longitudinal alignment with the rods.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a series of absorbent tear-off elongated sheets of paper imprinted to have opposite ends with simulated borders and having felted absorbent fibers extending from the printed surface along the length of the respective sheets with multicolored zones resembling quality textile cloth toweling, with the series of sheets rolled and mounted for cranking forwardly beneath a spring-biased roller to a position beneath a tear-blade, such that the disposable simulated bath towel sheets might be cranked to a tear-off position one at a time and torn-away for use as a conventional bath towel to be hung in a bath room or used as such, or as a beach towel.