Patent GB-515689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to holders for rolls or sheets of paper
IPC: A47K10/40
Filed: 1938-05-09
Abstract: 515,689. Coating paper sheets. CANDLER, J. L. May 9, 1938, No. 13828. [Class 95] [Also in Groups XVII and VIII] A holder for paper in roll or sheet form includes a manually operated device by means of which, when desired, the paper can be moistened with a disinfectant, perfume &c. as it is withdrawn. In one embodiment, paper from a roll 23, Fig. 2, passes under a roller 26 and out through a slot just above which is positioned a tearing edge 53. When a pivoted arm 38 is depressed, a link 43 connected thereto pulls on the rear part of a further pivoted arm 44 and the front part thereof is raised. A spring 51 connects the front part of arm 44 with a freely pivoted arm 34 so that the latter, which carries a damping pad 33, is also raised and applied to the paper being withdrawn. A cam surface 45 is also pivoted to the arm 44 and as the latter is raised, the cam is pulled clear of the spindle 27 of the roller 26. and is thrown upwards by a spring 47 until an extension 57 of the cam strikes a stop 49. The latter is pivoted at 48 and movable by means of a finger piece 50 to adjust the amount by which the cam is raised. A spring 52 connected between arms 38, 44 pulls the cam surface down into contact with the spindle 27 and, as paper is withdrawn, the roller 26 and its spindle are rotated and the cam surface moves down until it clears the spindle and is once more pulled down to the position shown. There is a lost-motion connection between the link 43 and arm 38. The pad 33 carries an anti-splash plate 36 and, in its lowered position, it rests in a bath 28. A pivoted hood 54 normally covers the delivery slot &c. The roll of paper is centred between spring pressed cones on a spindle consisting of two telescoping portions of which the ends are housed in slots in plates 14 on the sides of the cabinets, the slots being closed by the edges of a pivoted cover 11. A spring 24 prevents the roll from over-running. In a further embodiment for separate sheets-of paper, each sheet can be withdrawn through a large slot 71 in the cabinet. A damping pad 81 is secured to a pivoted arm around the pivot of which a steel tape &c. 84 is wound, the other end of the tape being secured to the lower end of a frame 73, and a spring 85 is interposed in the tape. When a handle 80 is depressed, the frame 73 to which it is attached moves downwards, the tape unwinds and the damping pad is swung up until the projecting portion of the sheet to be withdrawn is clamped between the pad and a roller 74 carried by the frame 73. A pivoted cam 86 which is pressed upwards against a slidable stop 90 normally lies, as shown, under the spindle of the roller 74 but when the frame moves downwards, the roller 74 swings the cam downwards until it has passed the cam and is abutting against the face 88 thereof. As the sheet 72 is now pulled out, the roller 74 revolves and moves the cam downwards again until it clears the upper edge thereof whereupon the various parts will be returned to the positions shewn. A pivoted lever 76 having a tongue-andslot connection with the lower end of the frame 73 prevents the latter from being pulled over by the spring 85. The liquid is contained in a tank 92.