Improvements in Roll-paper Holders.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Dec., 1892-Accepted, 7th Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Roll-paper Holders.
We, GEORGE BLAND and NATHANIEL COHEN, trading as The United Kingdom
Roll Paper Company, of 15 Windsor Street, Bishopsgate, London, E.C., Merchants,.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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Our invention relates to improvements in roll-paper holders and has for its object
to provide a convenient stand or carrier which may be conveniently placed on a
counter or 'hung' for the purpose of allowing the ready separation from the paper
roll carried thereby of any length of paper required for wrapping and other
purposes.
In carrying the invention into practice, we provide a bed plate of wood or other
suitable material upon which are screwed the feet of two lateral and upright castings
each of which is terminated at the top with a flange whereon is screwed a transverse
wooden bar. These castings are provided with downwardly inclined front extensions
or arms having each an inner flange at the bottom upon which are placed the two
ends of the spindle or axis of the inner wooden or other roller upon which the paper
is wound to form a roll. The said extensions are provided at their front ends with
two holes or openings into which are inserted the journals of a metal bar bevilled at
the bottom to form a cutting edge, the upper edge of which bar is of greater
thickness than the lower or cutting edge and serving as a brake on the run of the
paper roll during the process of cutting. Against the knife the paper roll bears
constantly so that any desired length of paper can be readily torn off along such
edge.
Dated this 17th day of September 1892.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Roll-paper Holders.
We GEORGE BLAND and NATHANIEL COHEN trading as The United Kingdom
Roll Paper Company, of 15, Windsor Street, Bishopsgate, London, E.C., Merchants,
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 :-
Our invention relates to improvements in paper-roll holders and has for its object
to provide a convenient stand or carrier which may be conveniently placed on a
counter or hung for the purpose of allowing the ready separation from the paper
roll carried thereby of any length of paper required for wrapping and other
purposes.
In carrying our invention into practice we provide a bed plate of wood or other
suitable material upon which are screwed the feet of two lateral and upright
castings each of which is terminated at the top with a flange whereon is screwed a
transverse wooden bar. These castings are provided with downwardly inclined
front extensions or arms having each an inner flange at the bottom upon which are
placed the two ends of the spindle or axis of the inner wooden or other roller upon
which the paper is wound to form a roll. The said extensions are provided at their
front ends with two holes or openings into which are inserted the journals of a
metal bar bevilled at the bottom to form a cutting edge, the upper edge of which
bar is of greater thickness than the lower or cutting edge and serving as a break

page_text: on the run of the paper roll during the process of cutting. Against the knife the
paper roll bears constantly so that any desired length of paper can be readily torn
off along such edge.
The accompanying drawings in which like letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts throughout the figures illustrate three different forms or modifications
of my invention.
Figs. 1 and 2 are a side and a front elevation respectively of the holder arranged
to be fixed to a wall.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing a holder fixed under a counter.
Figs. 4, 5, and 6, show a holder in the form of a stand carrying two rolls in
superposed order. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing the position of the roll before
use, while Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the position of the roll after it has been
reduced in size by use. Fig. 5 is a front elevation.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 b b are two brackets fixed to a wall and provided with
front extensions or arms c having inside grooves e open at the back to allow the
axis a¹ of the roll a, which bears normally upon the bottom of these grooves, to be
readily removed, and exchanged when required. d is a knife or blade terminated
by journals d' passing through rectangular opening e' formed in the front ends of
the arms c which are inclined as shown so that the weight of the paper roll may
cause the latter to constantly bear whatever may be its size against the knife d thus
pushing its journals d' against the front edges of the openings c¹.
To use the roll the required length of paper is first unwound by drawing it off
the roll with the hand and then torn off straight along the edge of the knife.
In Fig. 3 the bracket has the form of a hanging support. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 show
a duplicate arrangement, two paper rolls being used. In this case there are two
superposed uprights at each end instead of brackets, these uprights being secured
to the plates g, g¹ and g² respectively.
In other respects the arrangement is similar to that above described being
designed to be placed upon a counter.
We may obviously arrange the holder to carry three, four or more superposed
rolls.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is.
1st. The three modifications of the improved paper-roll holder whereby the same
may be fixed to a wall, under a counter or be placed on a counter substantially as
herein described and shown.
2. In a paper roll holder the combination with brackets or a stand of the
extensions or arms c having grooves e and openings c' of a knife suspended by
means of journals carried by the said arms e substantially as herein described and
shown.
Dated this 2nd day of December 1892.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.