Abstract: A sheet material dispenser comprising an operation trigger and a rotatable drum for frictionally engaging sheet material to be dispensed, in which said operation trigger is manually movable in a first direction from a stand-by position to a depressed position, in which said dispenser comprises a return spring which drives said operation trigger in a second direction from said depressed position to said stand-by position, and in which said operation trigger comprises a releasable engagement mechanism which engages said drum and rotates it only when said operation trigger is moved in said second direction.

Abstract: A material dispenser comprising a housing, a mounting for a roll of material to be dispensed, and a material level indicator, in which said mounting comprises a first support member for rotationally supporting a first side of a roll of material to be dispensed in a plane, in which said material level indicator comprises an arm rotationally mounted to said dispenser at a pivot point, said arm comprising a visual indicator member at a first end thereof and a lateral abutment axially displaced from said visual indicator member for engaging with said first side of said roll of material, in which said arm is rotatable about said pivot point between a first position in which said arm is substantially parallel with said plane and said lateral abutment traverses said plane, and a second position in which said arm is arranged at an angle to said plane, and said lateral abutment and said visual indicator member are laterally displaced.

Abstract: A sheet material dispenser comprising an operation trigger and a rotatable drum for frictionally engaging sheet material to be dispensed, in which said operation trigger is manually movable in a first direction from a stand-by position to a depressed position, in which said dispenser comprises a return spring which drives said operation trigger in a second direction from said depressed position to said stand-by position, and in which said operation trigger comprises a releasable engagement mechanism which engages said drum and rotates it only when said operation trigger is moved in said second direction.

Abstract: A material dispenser comprising a housing, a mounting for a roll of material to be dispensed, and a material level indicator, in which said mounting comprises a first support member for rotationally supporting a first side of a roll of material to be dispensed in a plane, in which said material level indicator comprises an arm rotationally mounted to said dispenser at a pivot point, said arm comprising a visual indicator member at a first end thereof and a lateral abutment axially displaced from said visual indicator member for engaging with said first side of said roll of material, in which said arm is rotatable about said pivot point between a first position in which said arm is substantially parallel with said plane and said lateral abutment traverses said plane, and a second position in which said arm is arranged at an angle to said plane, and said lateral abutment and said visual indicator member are laterally displaced.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a paper dispenser comprising a housing holding at least one paper supply and a dispensing mechanism within said housing, the dispensing mechanism having a rotatable dispensing drum. The dispenser further comprises a turn knob coupled with the dispensing drum, the turn knob having an inner hub, and a wrap-spring clutch wrapped around the inner hub. The wrap-spring clutch has a first arias extending from it and being attached to a stationary point for causing the wrap-spring clutch to slightly unwind when the turn knob is rotated in the first direction. Characteristically of the invention, the wrap-spring clutch comprises a second arm extending from it, while a stopper is located in the second arm's rotational travel path in a second rotation direction for enabling the turn knob to be rotated in the second direction against a limited braking force.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for dispensing web-like paper towels. The apparatus contains a dispensing accommodation for a towel paper roll, a further accommodation for the roll (1) when partly consumed, a dispensing drum (7), means (3, 4, 5) for leading the paper towel web (6) on the periphery surface of the dispensing drum (7) to a dispensing aperture (8), means (3, 4) for guiding the leading end of the towel paper web (11) from a supplementary roll (10) to a ready-to-use position for the change mechanism and a mechanism for amending the paper towel web to run from a supplemental roll when the previous roll is consumed. The change mechanism comprises a falling flap (12) supported by the web (6) coming from the partly consumed roll (1), a slide (13) impeded against a pushing force by the flap (12) and a press (14) impeded against a pushing force (A) by the slide.