Abstract: A lever operated mechanism for dispensing paper toweling, particularly from a transfer type of towel dispenser for sequentially delivering toweling from a primary roll in a first station and from a secondary roll in a second station and including a two-way actuable lever and a toothed rack movable in opposite directions by the lever and meshing with the teeth of a drive gear which is shiftably mounted, thereby providing for feed of the toweling upon movement of the lever in either direction, without the necessity for employment of clutches.

Abstract: A transfer towel dispenser for sequentially delivering toweling from a primary roll in a first station and from a secondary roll in a second station, provision being made for mounting the primary roll in the first station with freedom for shifting movement, and including transfer mechanism for transferring the web fed from the primary roll to the secondary roll, the transfer mechanism being connected with the shiftable mount for the primary roll and triggered by shifting movement of the primary roll and its support upon exhaustion of the web being delivered from the primary roll.