Leaf material dispenser arrangement for selective dispensing of leaf material from multiple feeds of rolled leaf material

Abstract

A sheet material dispenser comprising: a dispenser housing with a first and a second feed of sheet material supported therein; a first driven roller rotatably mounted within the dispenser housing and configured to drive sheet material from the first feed of sheet material; a second driven roller rotatably mounted within the dispenser housing and configured to drive sheet material from the second feed of sheet material; a drive mechanism operatively coupled to a selected first or second driven roller to selectively drive the rotation of the selected first or second driven roller, the drive mechanism comprising: a gear arrangement configured to selectively drive the rotation of the selected first or second driven roller;and a motor configured to drive in a first direction of rotation to cause the gear assembly to disengage with the second driven roller and engage with the first driven roller and rotate it to cause the movement of the sheet material from the first feed of sheet material along a first discharge path towards and out of an outlet defined in the dispenser housing, and further configured to drive in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of rotation to cause the gear assembly to disengage with the first driven roller and engage with the second driven roller and rotate it to cause the movement of sheet material from the second feed of sheet material along a second discharge path towards and out of the outlet of the dispenser housing.