Dispenser that automatically transfers rolls of absorbent material, method of reloading same, and rolls of absorbent material for use in same

摘要

A two-roll toilet paper dispenser automatically transfers a new roll into dispensingposition once the previous roll is spent or nearly spent. A spring-loaded platesenses the decreasing diameter of the first roll, and once it reaches a predeterminedminimum, actuates a linkage that permits a mandrel carrying the two rolls to dropdown within the dispenser body and position the second roll for dispensing. Themandrel and track structure permits reloading the dispenser without removingthe mandrel. The rolls of toilet paper have adapter plugs in one end only, to ensurethat the rolls are placed in the correct orientation within the dispenser.