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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2000
Stephen L. Phelps, Lilburn, GA (US);
Christopher O. Luettgen, Roswell, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for dispensing cored or coreless rolled paper is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a housing having a dispensing side from which rolled paper products may be dispensed. A doorway enclosed by one or more doors allows the insertion of a rolled paper product through the doorway to the interior of the housing in a simple and efficient manner. One or more roller guides may be mounted on a door to contact the outer circumferential surface of the rolled paper to support the rolled paper within the housing, and to assist in dispensing the rolled paper from the housing. Cored or coreless rolled paper may be dispensed from the dispenser.