Apparatus for dispensing rolled paper

Claim 1

PAPER DISPENSING APPARATUS, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A DRUM HAVING A CYLINDRICAL SURFACE WITH LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING RIGID SERRATIONS FORMED THEREON; A GUIDE ROLLER HAVING A CYLINDRICAL SURFACE WITH CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING RESILINET SERRATIONS FORMED THEREON; SUPPORT MEANS FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID GUIDE ROLLER AND SAID DRUM WITH THEIR AXES OF ROTATION PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, AND INCLUDING SPRING MEANS OPERABLE FOR BIASING SAID GUIDE ROLLER TOWARD SAID DRUM IN A DIRECTION RADIAL TO THE DRUM AXIS; PAPER GUIDE MEANS FOR PRESENTING A STRIP OF PAPER IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXES OF SAID DRUM AND SAID GUIDE ROLLER AND PARALLEL TO THE ENGAGING SURFACES THEREOF, SO AS TO BE GRASPED THEREBETWEEN, INCLUDING A PAPER ROLL ROTATABLY SUPPORTED UPON AN AXIS PRECISELY PARALLEL TO SAID DRUM AXIS IN A POSITION SUCH THAT THE ANGULAR SEPARATION BETWEEN SAID GUIDE ROLLER AND SAID PAPER ROLL IS SOMEWHAT MORE THAN 95* MEASURED RELATIVE TO SAID DRUM AXIS, A FIXED PAPER GUIDE EXTENDING ADJACENT SAID DRUM FROM A POINT NEAR SAID GUIDE ROLLER TO POINT NEARLY IN LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE AXES OF SAID PAPER ROLL AND SAID DRUM SO THAT PAPER DRAWN FROM SAID PAPER ROLL IS HELD TIGHTLY AGAINST SAID DRUM SURFACE PRIOR TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS GRASPED BETWEEN SAID DRUM AND GUIDE ROLLER SURFACES; AND DRIVE MEANS FOR DRIVINGLY ROTATING SAID DRUM IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION SO AS TO DRAW THE PAPER FROM SAID PAPER ROLL.