Rolls of Paper and for other like Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Rolls of Paper and for other like Purposes.
I, JOHN SHORT DOWNING of Commercial Street Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TOILET FIXTURES, FOR HOLDING ROLLS OF PAPER, AND FOR
OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an appliance or apparatus for carrying or holding
continuous webs or lengths of paper, and commonly known as toilet fixtures; and
the object of my said invention is to simplify and to render more efficient the said
toilet fixtures, by arranging and constructing the parts as hereinafter described.
My invention consists essentially of a wire or other frame, provided with
hanging loops at top, and an inclined serrated cutter or base plate at bottom; by
which latter means, paper is cut off from the continuous length. The sides of the
frame are made loop like, which form open bearings for the axis or pivot ends of
the rolls, thus admitting of varying sized rolls of paper being used, with a particular
sized framing; and further, the lower periphery of the roll of paper is always
presented to or rests upon the back part of the cutting off plate, which gives a
drag thereto, or prevents the paper from being rolled off or uncoiled too freely ;
and further, the bearing hub of the roll is made conical, so as to more truly fit
within the hollow or axis running through the middle of the roll.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the
manner in which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation, and part vertical section, a toilet fixture
or an appliance for carrying a roll of paper, constructed according to my invention.
Figure 2 is an end view of the same, with one of the end caps removed from the
pivot axis, so as to exhibit how the said axis works within the slotted or open
bearing. Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section on the dotted lines A. B-figure 1.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of the frame, showing the opposite open bearings,
wherein the pivot axis works, and also the inclined base or cutter off plate.
Figure 5 shows a side and end elevation of the conical hub bearing.

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The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the Drawing.
a is the supporting or suspending framing, preferably made from wire, and pro-
vided with loop or open bearing ends b b, within the gaps or longitudinal holes of
which, pivot axes or ends c² ca of a rod c rotates and works downwards on the
uncoiling of the web, or the removal of paper from the roll d. ee are conical hub
bearings or bushed centres which fit into the two opposite ends of the axial hole d*
running through the middle of the roll of paper.
By making the outsides of these hub bearings conical, they are made to fit and
secure themselves within the middles of the said rolls of paper much more securely
than where the sides are made only parallel, as in those of the ordinary kind.
Each of these hub bearing centres have pivot holes through which the ends of
the rod c pass, and which said axial rod is secured in position by end caps f screwed
upon the ends c².
The framing has provided at its lower part with an inclined serrated base or
cutter off plate g, by which means a length of paper can be severed or divided
from the continuous length forming the roll; and moreover, this serrated plate is
made to incline downwards in advance of the underside of the roll, so that an end
is always presented which can be taken hold of for next or subsequent uncoiling,
as best seen in end view figure 2, and section figure 3-The left end of the roll is
marked d³, while a portion to be severed is marked d'; that is to say, an uncoiled
* length is always left at the base or underside of the roll to be taken hold of for
next uncoiling, and subsequent removal; so that by making the cutter plate project
and incline forwards, it is impossible to sever or remove a length from the roll
without leaving a portion uncoiled.
The bracket is suspended by the loops h made out of the same piece of metal as
the bracket.
The inclined base plate or cutter is secured to the bracket portion a² of the
frame by turning the ends of the former over one of the bars of the latter.
By constructing the frame with open or long bearings, varying sized rolls of
paper can be used, without the necessity of employing suitable sized framings for
carrying them; and further, as the pivot axes are free to work within the slots,
the weight of the roll is always and constantly pressing upon the back of the base
or cutter off plate g; this gives drag and retards the too freely rolling out or
uncoiling of the paper, when a length is severed.
The appliance or apparatus herein described may be used for various purposes,
other than for toilet and lavatory uses, where a roll of paper, cloth, string or any
other suitable material is required; and instead of a serrated cutter edge, a knife
edge may be substituted therefor.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is,
First. Providing the ends of toilet and other bracket fixtures for various
purposes with long or slotted bearings marked b, wherein the ends of the pivot
axis carrying the roll of paper or other material, work and slide vertically,
substantially as and for the purpose herein described and illustrated.
Secondly. Making the hub bearings of toilet and other bracket appliances for
various purposes, and marked e, conical or taper, substantially as and for the
purpose as described and illustrated.
Thirdly. Preventing the too freely paying out of paper or other material from
the roll, by making the underside of the said roll come into direct contact and rest
upon (by its own weight) the cutting off plate or an equivalent in the form of a
bar; thereby making the roll act as a brake or drag upon itself, substantially as
described and set forth.

page_text: Fourthly. Inclining downwards or giving an inclination to the cutter or base
plate marked g, substantially as described and illustrated.
Fifthly. The general construction of the framing and the arrangement of the
other parts employed in the construction of toilet and other fixtures for various
5 purposes, substantially as described and illustrated.