Tissue dispenser

Claim 1

A tissue dispenser comprising: A. a holder body member engageable in a roll of tissue for mounting the roll; B. stationary end attachment means rotatably mounting said body member; C. motor drive means operatively mounted in the interior of said body member, having an output shaft operatively attached to said body member for driven rotation thereof, wherein said holder body member is hollow and having end openings therethrough, a motor mount extending through one said end opening and operatively mounting a motor interiorly of the body member, a pivot shaft mounted within the body member and having an end thereOf extending through the opening at the opposite end of said body member, the exterior ends of said motor mount and said pivot shaft being operatively associatable with said stationary end attachment means, said body member being rotatable by said motor upon energization thereof; a spring housing having a web attached to the interior of said body member and a tubular hollow extension thereon, a coil spring mounted within said tubular extension and engaged between said web and the interior end of said pivot shaft with said spring being compressible through inward movement of said pivot shaft, said motor having an output shaft attached to said web, an indented end spring cap on said spring, the interior end of said pivot shaft being pointed and engaged within the indentation and providing a pivot therebetween for permitting rotation of said body member with respect to said motor and said pivot shaft, D. selectively operable actuating means for said drive means adapted upon actuation to rotate said body member and a roll of tissue mounted thereon with respect to said stationary end attachment means for dispensing tissue from a roll thereof.