Abstract: A dispenser for rolled material, such as rolled towel and tissue, includes a receptacle made as two separable interfitting elements so that the rolled material can be easily replaced. One form has a cup-like member with a lid and a separable interfitting horizontal or vertical dispensing slot is provided in the receptacle through which the material is dispensed. Another form has an inner body member that nests in an outer body member with opposed walls defining a dispensing passage and slot. Two different types of rolled material are dispensed from a single dispenser.

Abstract: A heat reduction volume compensator for use with a drip coffee maker in which the temperature applied by a hot plate to a coffee pot is reduced as the amount of liquid in the pot decreases by means of resilient segments that lift the pot away from the hot plate as the weight of the liquid in the coffee pot decreases.

Abstract: A dip stick cleaning tool having a cylindrical body with flexible sides and removable ends. The body contains a core of absorbant, flame proofed, rolled material having an open center for receiving the dip stick. The top of the tool has an opening leading into the open center of the core and also has a pivotably mounted cover that acts with the side of the top opening to clean an inserted dip stick with squeegee action while the core wipes the dip stick and absorbs the wiped liquid. Inside the cylindrical body the core is spaced from the cylinder walls by a plurality of ribs to allow air to circulate around the core, and the core is spaced from the top of the tool by a plurality of pointed spurs to provide a space to hold liquid squeezed out of the core when the cylindrical body is squeezed while operating the tool.