Improvements in the Construction of Holders for Rolls of Toilet Paper.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Oct., 1889-Accepted. 16th Nov. 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Holders for Rolls of Toilet
Paper.
I, ALFRED BREARD, of 4 Grove Terrace, Highgate Road, in the County of Middlesex,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The object of this invention is to provide a cheap and simple form of holder for rolls
of toilet paper, constructed in such a manner that when the paper is being withdrawn
therefrom, the rolls will not jamb against and block up the outlet, thereby creasing or
tearing the paper and rendering its withdrawal difficult, nor are they liable to rotate
so as to unroll more paper than is desired. A further object of the invention is to
prevent the contents of the holder from being pilfered or unfairly removed.
According to this invention I construct the holder in the form of a box with an
opening or aperture in the back through which the holder may be replenished when
required. The box is constructed of sheet tin or other suitable material and has a
strip of metal extending across the top of the back with a vertical slot in the centre
thereof, the remainder of the back of the box being left open to enable it to be readily
replenished. The bottom of the box at the rear is provided with two metal eyes or
staples. The vertical slot aforesaid is intended to be passed over the neck of a
T headed screw or screw button, or stud which may with advantage be affixed to an
advertisement or show card, or board attached to or suspended from a wall, or any
other suitable spot for placing the toilet holder, the eyes or staples on the bottom of
the box being disposed one on each side of a third eye or staple, screwed or otherwise
firmly fixed in a convenient position on the advertisement or show card, or on the
wall, or other spot.
The bottom of the box is inclined downwards towards the rear, and is produced
beyond the front of the box so as to form a cutting edge over which the paper may be
easily broken. The paper is withdrawn through an aperture in the bottom of the front
of the box. As it is withdrawn, the bulk or roll moves down the incline at the bottom
of the box and gravitates to the rear so as to bear against the advertisement, or show
card, or board, or against the wall or other place to which the box is fixed. Sufficient
friction is thus produced to prevent the roll from rotating more than is necessary to
unroll the quantity of paper desired and at the same time the roll will not come
forward and jamb against the front of the box thereby blocking up the outlet.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice, will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accom-
panying drawings, in which similar letters are used to indicate corresponding parts
throughout.
Figure 1 is a perspective view shewing the toilet paper holder affixed to an advertise-
ment or show card; Figure 2 is a perspective view of the holder taken from the back
thereof; Figure 3 is a front elevation of part of the advertisement or show card with
the holder removed, and Figure 4 is a vertical section through the centre of the
holder when attached to an advertisement, or show card, or to the wall, or other place.
The holder or receptacle C is constructed in the form of a box open at the back, as
shewn in Figure 2, and is provided with a slit G which is passed over the neck of a
T piece H. This piece H is provided or formed with a screw J by means of which it
may be screwed into the advertisement or show card, or into the wall, or other spot.
The holder or receptacle C is provided with an aperture at the bottom of its front L
and the bottom F is made to protrude slightly beyond the front L so that the toilet
paper, in a continuous length, may be easily pulled forward and turned over on the
protruding front edge M, the roll D meanwhile remaining at the rear of the recep-
acle C, bearing against the card, or wall etc. A

page_text: As the end d of the roll D) is pulled through the aperture at the bottom of the front L,
the roll D will remain at or fall down to the bottom of the inclined plane F thus causing
the paper to automatically unwind itself from the roll by the mere act of pulling the end d
forward, obviating the necessity of mounting the roll in bearings or journals of any
kind. The periphery of the roll, bearing against the advertisement board, wall etc. A
and against the inclined plane F will develop sufficient friction to ensure that the
length of paper unwound from the roll shall equal the length drawn forward through
the front aperture. By this means, the roll will be evenly unwound throughout its
entire length and no loose unwinding will occur. The front edge M forms a cutting
edge on which the paper may be easily cut or broken and thus detached as
required.
To prevent the roll D of toilet paper from being abstracted from the holder or
receptacle, or from being otherwise tampered with, and to recharge the holder or
receptacle when required, two eyes or staples N are affixed to the bottom F and a
similar eye is affixed to the advertisement or show card, or to the wall, or other spot,
as shewn in Figure 3, so that when the holder or receptacle is in its proper position,
the eye is between the eyes N on the receptacle, and the link of a padlock E may be
passed through the three eyes or staples and the holder or receptacle thus secured
against dishonest tampering.
It will be seen that the invention comprises a cheap form of lock up box or holder
for toilet paper, with an open back for replenishing, and a simple and secure means of
attaching the box by the slit G and T piece H, both of which are out of sight when
the box is secured in position; the advertisement board, wall, etc. A to which the box
may be affixed being to form the back of the box and in combination with the inclined
plane F, to assist in the automatic unwinding of the roll by the mere act of pulling
the loose end d, thus dispensing with bearings or journals of any kind for the roll.
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 : :-
The construction and use of a holder or receptacle such as C for toilet paper
with a slit G which may be fitted over the neck of a T piece H and secured to
an advertisement or show card or to the wall, or other place, and with eyes or
staples N on the bottom of the said receptacle, so placed as to lie one on each side
of a similar eye or staple O also secured to the advertisement or show card, or to the
wall, or other spot, substantially as and for the purpose herein before set forth and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
TV: tith love of Ontahan 1880
CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.