An Improved Device for Holding Separate Sheets of Paper, more particularly Toilet Papers, on One Spindle, in such a way as to be capable of being Easily Torn Off.
Year: 1894

page_text: CODE LEIDDIPUITTUATION.
An Improved Device for Holding Separate Sheets of Paper, more
particularly Toilet Papers, on One Spindle, in such a way as to
be capable of being Easily Torn Off.
A communication by MAX FREIHERR VON GIENANTH, of Eisenhüttenwerke
Hochstein, near Winnweiler Palatinate, in the Empire of Germany, Blast
Furnace Proprietor.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of The Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, 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 has for its object an improved device for holding separate sheets
of paper, in which device the separate sheets are spread out and arranged at
different angles to one another, so as to render it possible to easily tear off all the
separate sheets one after the other. For this purpose the separate sheets are
arranged in a circle on one spindle and turned against one another in such a way,
that the separate sheets form a round disc spread out like the rays of the sun,
from which it is possible, without trouble, to remove, or tear off, each separate
sheet.
Several modes of arranging this device are shown on the accompanying two
sheets of drawings, in which device the separate loose sheets of paper are spread
out like the rays of the sun and are held gripped in such a way that they may
afterwards be easily removed.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 on Sheet I show several modes of arrauging such a device,
whilst
Figures 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 show these arrangements on a larger scale.
A large number of sheets of paper are placed on a pin a provided with a plate b,
and these sheets are then turned round on the pin as an axis, and spread out.
The pin may be passed through the sheets of paper, either at one corner as
shown in Figure 1, or at the side as shown in Figure 2, or at the centre as shown
in Figure 3.
In the form shown in Figure 3 each strip of paper when removed or torn off
yields two sheets, for which object, the sheets of paper are made of suitable length
and perforated in the centre from both sides almost up to the pin a, (as shown
at x) or nicked (cut) as shown at y so that they may be easily divided into two
pieces.
The pin a may be solid or hollow, and, after the sheets of paper have been
placed thereon, a second plate is suitably fastened on the free end of the pin a
in such a way that the sheets are firmly enclosed between these two plates b, b²,
so that any slipping or movement of the sheets against one another is prevented.
In order however to prevent the remaining sheets of paper from altering their position
when compression of the sheets has ceased through a portion of them having already
been torn away from the device, the pin a, as shown in Figure 4, and the perforation
of the sheets, is made angular, in order that the latter shall not be able to turn on
the pin a..
This angular pin may also be made solid or hollow, or it may be formed,
as shown in Figures 5 and 6, by placing an angular casing a¹ made of indiarubber
or other suitable material on the round pin a.

page_text: In Figures 7 and 8, in order to prevent the turning of the sheets on the pin a, a
splint or bar a is arranged, which either is forced beside the pin a through the one
plate and the whole of the sheets of paper, or may be fixed to the pin a.
For the same object, as shown in Figure 9, one or more round or angular pins c
may be driven through the whole of the sheets of paper together with the
plates b, b and the ends of such pins be riveted on the outside of the plates in
order to prevent them dropping out.
Such sheets of paper arranged on a spindle may be easily attached to the wall
so as to allow of their being conveniently torn off, this attachment being by means
of a handle or loop 62 Figure 6 arranged on the plate b, or where the pin a is hollow,
the apparatus may be placed with this hollow pin over a pin or nail inserted in the
wall, see Figure 8.
Figures 10 and 11 (Sheet 2) also show several other ways of constructing &
device for holding a number of separate sheets of paper, in which a spring clamp
plate is employed for holding these sheets. In Figure 10 a flat or domed clamp
plate is loosely placed on the pin a, which is suitably extended and provided with
a screw thread, and a wing, or other suitable nut a³, adjustable thereon. Between
the plate and the nut a³ a spiral spring d, or the like, is also placed on the pin a,
which spiral spring, bearing against the nut a³, presses the plate 6' toward the
plate band consequently grips the separate sheets between the plates and b.
Any slipping or shifting of the sheets of paper out of their mutual positions is thereby
prevented, as by adjusting the nut a the spring d may be more or less compressed,
and thereby the pressure of the clamp 6' on the sheets of paper may be regulated.
The mode of construction shown in Figure 11 differs from that shown in Figure 10,
in that the spring d is omitted. In order however to have a spring pressure
exerted on the sheets of paper by means of the plate 6, and thus to prevent the
sheets of paper from changing their position, the plate is formed by means of
radial slits into a number of flat spring-like tongues b*, which rest against the sheets
of paper and press the same against the plate b.
Finally Figure 12 shows another arrangement for holding loose sheets of paper,
in which the sheets are first gummed or otherwise fastened, side by side, by one
corner to a strip e¹ of paper linen or the like, and then placed round a disc like
projection e formed on the plate 6 and firmly clamped by means of the plate b¹
which is fastened on the pin a by means of a screw nut a³.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A device for holding a number of loose sheets of paper, more particularly
toilet papers, consisting of a solid or hollow spindle or pin a, angular or provided
with a projection a' or a sheath a', ou which spindle the sheets are placed by one
corner or by one side, or by their centre, and are arranged round in a circle, and
turned against one another; and of two plates arranged on this pin or spindle,
both of which may be fixed, or one may be loose and have a spring action, and
which are held and compressed in such a way that it is possible to easily tear off
the separate sheets according to requirements.
2. A modification of the device described in Claim 1 consisting in the separate
sheets being first attached to a narrow strip of paper, linen, or the like, and then
arranged round a projection e', formed on a plate b, and retained fast by means of
a second plate ', which may be adjusted by means of a screw nut a³.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents.