An apparatus adapted for use with a dispenser housing for rolled sheet
material to provide reliable dispensing of sheet material therefrom is
provided. The apparatus is adapted for a dispenser housing which includes
a roll support configured to hold at least one cylindrical roll of sheet
material and a dispensing assembly. The dispensing assembly includes an
exit port to permit sheet material to be withdrawn therefrom. The
cylindrical roll of sheet material is desirably mounted on a portion of
the roll support. The roll includes opposing flat surfaces and an outer
circumference, the apparatus comprises a guide roller including an
elongated central portion positioned between two opposing ends and a
flange positioned near each end of the guide roller. The central portion
is configured to be positioned adjacent the outer circumference of a roll
of sheet material when the roll is a new roll disposed in the dispenser
housing. At least a portion of an inner surface of each flange is
positioned adjacent a flat surface of the roll of sheet material when the
roll is a new roll. The guide roller is positioned such that sheet
material flows from the roll between the flanges and over the central
portion of the guide roller to the dispensing assembly. The flow of sheet
material is aligned on its path to the dispensing assembly such that
bunching and jamming of non-aligned sheet material is eliminated. A
system is provided as well.