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Abstract

A towel dispenser of the continuous loop type wherein the housing has two spaced apart and vertically extending support members mounted on the rear wall, each support member having a cantilever portion with mounting mechanism for pivotally mounting a towel bed thereon, towel dispensing mechanism mounted in the housing for dispensing clean towel therefrom into the loop along an exit path when the accessible portion of the loop is pulled by the user, loop take-up mechanism mounted in the housing coupled to the towel dispensing mechanism for retracting and storing soiled towel from the return path. The loop take-up mechanism includes a take-up roll for storing soiled towel and drive mechanism coupled to the dispensing mechanism for driving the take-up roll. Also disclosed is mechanism for controlling slippage between the take-up roll and the drive mechanism therefor including towel breaker means for adjusting the tension in the soiled towel to vary the amount of soiled towel taken up during operation of said loop take-up mechanism to control the amount of towel in the loop.

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