Dispenser for continuous toweling

Claim 1

A TOWEL DISPENSER COMPRISING: A HOUSING FORMED WITN AN OUTLET SLOT FOR THE DISCHARGE OF A CONTINUOUS WEB OF TOWELING FORMING A LOOP BELOW SAID HOUSING, AND AN INLET SLOT FOR RE-ENTRY OF THE WEB AFTER USE; SUPPLY MEANS IN SAID HOUSING SPACED FROM SAID OUTLET SLOT FOR FEEDING THE WEB THERETO; TAKEUP MEANS IN SAID HOUSING FOR RECEIVING PORTIONS OF THE WEB RE-ENTERING THROUGH SAID INLET SLOT AND INCLUDING A TAKEUP-DRIVE ROLLER FOR WINDING SAID PORTIONS OF SAID WEB INTO A ROLL; A GUIDE ROLL JOURNALED IN SAID HOUSING BETWEEN SAID SUPPLY MEANS AND SAID OUTLET SLOT AND DISPOSED ALONG ONE SIDE OF SAID WEB FOR ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH; A DISPENSING ROLLER HAVING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL FRICTION SURFACE ENGAGEBLE WITH SAID WEB ALONG THE OTHER SIDE THEREOF FOR CLAMPING SAID WEB AGAINST GUIDE ROLL AND ADVANCING THE WEB THROUGH SAID OUTLET SLOT; A FIRST GEAR COAXIAL WITH AND ROTATABLY ENTRAINING SAID DISPENSING ROLLER WHILE HAVING N TEETH, AND A SECOND GEAR COAXIAL WITH AND ROTATABLY ENTRAINING SAID DRIVE ROLLER WHILE HAVING M TEETH, N BEING INTEGERS DIFFERING BY ONE; A SINGLE TRANSMISSION GEAR IN MESH WITH BOTH OF SAID GEARS FOR ROTATING THEM IN THE SAME SENSE; A SHAFT COAXIALLY ROTATABLE WITH ONE OF SAID ROLLERS; TIMER MEANS IN SAID HOUSING ACTUATABLE FOR TEMPORARILY BLOCKING ROTATION OF SAID ROLLERS AND DISPENSING OF SAID WEB FOR A PREDETERMINED PERIOD; PAWL MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING AN ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID TIMER MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAME UPON SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID PAWL MEAN, THEREBY INITIATING OPERATION OF SAID TIMER MEANS; UNIROTATIONAL CAM MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT AND COOPERATING WITH SAID PAWL MEANS FOR SWINGING SAID PAWL MEN TO ACTUATE SAID TIMER MEAN UPON ROTATION OF SAID ROLLERS IN RESPONSE TO WITHDRAWAL OF SAID