HAND-TOWEL DISPENSER

The invention relates to a hand-towel dispenser (1) comprising: a support frame (2) which can be fastened to a building wall (19); a receiving device (5) having a shell (7) for inserting a fresh towel roll (8); a dirty towel roller (10) which is rotatably arranged on the support frame (2) below the receiving device (5) for the fresh towel roll (8) in the vertical direction and to which one end of the fresh towel can be fastened such that used fresh towel can be wound up to form a dirty towel roll (11) when said used fresh towel is taken up on the dirty towel roller (10); a drive roller (13) and a drive apparatus (27), wherein the drive roller (13) can be pressed onto the dirty towel roll (11) such that when used fresh towel is taken up, the receiving device (5) can be lifted in the vertical direction via the drive roller (13); and means (18) that are arranged on the support frame (2) and are intended for lifting the dirty towel roller (10) such that when used fresh towel is taken up, the dirty towel roller (10), the drive roller (13) and the receiving device (5) for the fresh towel roll (8) can simultaneously be lifted in the vertical direction.