Improvements in Combined Paper-roll Holders and Cutters.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1890-Accepted, 4th Oct., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Paper-roll Holders and Cutters.
I ELMER ELLSWORTH LAKEY of Groton in the County of Tompkins State of New
York United States of America Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this
invention 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 the class of paper holders and cutters in which a roller
with webs of paper wound upon it is axially supported on standards or posts and a
cutting plate is guided on said posts and rests by gravity on the paper wound on the
aforesaid roller.
The invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts
constituting a roll paper holder and cutter which is simple in construction adapted to
be readily taken apart and packed conveniently for transportation and when in use it
is very convenient and efficient in its operation all as hereinafter more fully described
and specifically set forth in the claims.
In the annexed drawings
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a paper holder and cutter embodying my improve-
ments.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of one of the posts and its connection with the base
and top plate or cap.
Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the cutting plate, and
Fig. 4 is a side view of a modification of my invention.
Similar lotters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
B represents the base upon which the paper holder and cutter is mounted. To said
base are rigidly secured two socket plates a a in which are removably stepped the
posts P P which consist preferably of cylindrical metal bars fitted snugly in the
sockets of the plates a a. On the upper ends of the said posts is mounted a cap U to
which are rigidly attached two socket plates e e in which the upper ends of the posts
are fitted closely but removably.
To the front of each of the posts P P is rigidly secured a hook D the attaching
shank of which is inserted in a perforation extending transversely through the post.
In the front of the post is a groove b extending from the perforation part way
downward, and in said groove rests the back of the hook portion and thus the hook
is prevented from turning on the post.
In the two hooks D D are placed the trunnions &t on the roller R on which the
paper is wound. Said roller is thus axially supported and pivoted on the posts and is
also readily mounted on its said supports and is readily removed therefrom when
desired.
I denotes the paper cutter consisting of a metal plate which is perforated at each
end and is slipped by the perforations onto the posts from the upper ends thereof said
plate sliding freely on the posts and resting by gravity on the paper roll. This cutting
plate is formed with a slot d extending lengthwise thereof and in front of this slot the
said plate is formed with a vertical enlargement I¹ and with cutting edges e and e' on
the top and bottom thereof said enlargement adding the necessary weight to the plate.
In operating the cutter the paper may be passed under the entire width of the
cutter and severed by means of the cutting edge e' on the bottom of the enlargement I'
but by passing the paper under the rear portion of the plate I then up through the
alot d and over the top of the enlargement I', the upper cutting edge e' is employed
for severing the paper and this method is preferred inasmuch as it leaves the end of
the roll of paper in a convenient position for drawing out the paper from the roll.
I do not however wish to be limited specifically to the aforesaid form of the cutter
inasmuch as the plate may be of a uniform thickness and the portion in front of tho
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page_text: slot may be bent upward and formed with the cutting edge e as shown in Fig. 4 of the
drawings. To hold this plate with roquisite pressure on the paper roll two separate
weights are to be applied to the top of the plate said woights being provided with
perforations by which they slide on the posts P P.
It will be observed that in either case the apparatus can be readily taken apart
by removing the roller R and cap from the posts P P and withdrawing the latter
from the socket plates of the base B3 and then tho separated parts can be packed
conveniently for transportation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to e. performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The knock down paper holder consisting of the inse B having affixed to it tho
socket plates a a, the posts P P stepped removably in said socket plates and provided
with the hooks D D, and the plate provided with the socket platesc and sented
thereby romovably on the upper ends of the aforesaid posts substantially as described
and shown.
2. The combination of the post l' provided with a transverse perforation and with
the longitudinal groove & extending from said perforation and the hook D having its
attaching shank inserted in said perforation and the hook portion resting with its back
in the groove & substantially as described and shown.
3. In combination with the posts and roller the cutting plate 1 formed in one piece,
and with the slot d substantially as described and shown.
4. In combination with the posts and roller, the plate 1 formed in one pieca and
with the slot d and cutting edge ein front of said slot, substantially as described and
shown.
5. In combination with the posts and roller the plate I formed in one piece, with
the slot d and with the vertically enlarged portion 1 in front of said slot, and with
the cutting edges e and on the top and bottom of said enlarged portion substantially
as described and shown.
1906
Dated this 1st day of September 1906,
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.