ROLLED SHEET MATERIAL DISPENSER WITH PROTECTED SHEET CUTTING MEANS

摘要

A dispenser (10) from which sheet material (12) may be dispensed from a supply of the sheet material carried on the dispenser (10). The dispenser (10) has a frame (18) on which the roll (13) of sheet material is journaled for rotation about its axis. An elongate blade (24) fixed to the frame (18) has a sharp cutting edge (26) that is adapted for transversely cutting the sheet material (12) after a desired length of the sheet material has been dispensed. A guard strip (30) of resiliently movable material extends along one major surface of the blade and along the cutting edge (26) to help protect the sheet material (12) and/or users of the dispenser from the cutting edge (26). That guard strip (30) is resiliently movable by pulling the sheet material (12) toward the cutting edge (26) to allow the cutting edge to transversely sever the sheet material being pulled from the dispenser (10).