Improvements in Holders and Cutters for Rolls of Paper.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Holders and Cutters for Rolls of Paper.
I, THOMAS RIMMER, of 7, Southern Road, Birkdale, Southport, in the County of
Lancaster, Warehouseman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to holders for rolls of paper which holders carry a knife by,
which a length of paper may be severed from the roll; and the object is to so arrange
the knife that it will follow up the roll of paper as the diameter decreases, and at the
same time such knife will be prevented from moving away when a portion of the..
paper is brought against it to be severed.
For this purpose I arrange the knife so that it is free to slide in guides in the
holder; and I provide such knife or its carriers with a pawl or pawls taking into a
ratchet or ratchets, so that the knife is free to follow up as the roll of paper decreases_
in diameter, but such knife is held in position by the pawls and ratchets when a
portion of the paper is brought against it to be severed. Friction clutches or other
devices may be used for retaining the knife in position instead of the pawls and
ratchets if desired; and the knife may be fixed upon movable arms or otherwise so as
to follow up the roll instead of sliding in guides.
Dated the Seventh day of January 1897
I, THOMAS RIMMER of 7 Southern Road, Birkdale, Southport, in the County of
Lancaster, Warehouseman, 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 holders for rolls of paper which holders carry a knife by
which a length of paper may be severed from the roll, and the object is to so arrange
the knife that it will follow up the roll of paper as the diameter decreases and at the
same time such knife will be prevented from moving away when a portion of the
paper is brought against it to be severed.
For these purpose I arrange the knife so that it is free to slide in guides in the
holder and I provide such knife or its carriers with a pawl or pawls taking into a
ratchet or ratchets so that the knife is free to follow up as the roll of paper decreases
in diameter but such knife is held in position by the pawls and ratchets when a
portion of the paper is brought against it to be severed. Friction clutches or other
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page_text: devices may be used for retaining the knife in position instead of the pawls and
ratchets if desired, and the knife may be fixed upon movable arms or otherwise so as
to follow up the roll instead of sliding in guides.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 an end view of a roll paper holder and cutter
constructed according to my invention. a. are brackets or supports attached to a
board. b. The brackets. a. have bearings c in which the spindle d of the roll of paper. e.
is supported. f. is the knife or cutter resting on the roll of paper and having its ends
free to slide in slots or guides. q. in the brackets, a. so that the said knife can follow
up the roll as the diameter of such roll decreases. h. are pawls on the ends of the knife. f.
The pawls. h. take into ratchets. i. formed with or attached to the brackets, a. so as to
prevent the knife. f. receding when a portion of the paper is pulled against such knife
for the purpose of being severed. Instead of pawls and ratchets friction wedges or
other like devices may be used to prevent the knife receding. The holder and cutter
as shown are suitable for fixing upon a counter or table but it will be obvious that by
suitably shaping the brackets the holder can be hung from the under side of a shelf
or against a wall as may be found convenient.
Fig. 3 is a side view showing another modification of holder and cutter under my
invention. a. is the bracket designed for fixing to a wall, e. roll of paper, f knife
attached at each end to arins. j. pivotted at. k. to the bracket, l. are friction clutches
or wedges pivotted to the arms; and bearing against a resisting piece m. Instead of
friction wedges. l. pawls may be used and the piece m be provided with ratchet teeth
for the pawls to take into. The operation of the cutter is similar to that in
Figs. 1 and 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is;-
Roll paper holders and cutters having a knife or cutter free to slide in guides or
secured to movable arms and held in position by pawls and ratchets, friction clutches
or wedges, or equivalent devices substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this Twenty-fifth day of August 1897.