An Improved Holder or Bracket for Paper Rolls.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 14th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 14th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Holder or Bracket for Paper Rolls.
We, SETH WHEELER, of Montgomery, corner of Colonie Street, in the City
and County of Albany, State of New York, United States of America, Engineer,
and WALTER JAMES ALCOCK, of 42 Banner Street, Golden Lane, in the City of
London, England, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to an Improved Holder or Bracket for Paper-rolls.
An important feature of our said invention relates to the provision of improved
means whereby the freedom of revolution of a paper roll placed in the holder or
bracket can be regulated:
Another important feature of our invention lies in the fact that when a roll of
paper is once put in position on the holder it cannot be disengaged therefrom as
long as the holder is in its normal position before the roll is entirely unwound, the
paper therefore cannot be stolen.
According to one method of carrying out our invention we provide a base plate
adapted to be secured to a wall or the like, said base plate having two standards or
lugs projecting therefrom between which the roll of paper is to be suspended.
One of the said standards is firmly secured to or made in one piece with the
base plate, the other of the said standards being pivoted on the base plate and
adapted to be swung outwards into approximately the same plane as the base
plate. The standards are each furnished with a projecting cylindrical lug for
supporting the roll, the said lugs are preferably tapered and face each other in a
line parallel to the base plate. The lug which projects from the fixed standard is
prolonged into an arm the end of which has a pivoted piece arranged to touch the
end face of the lug attached to the movable standard. The said pivoted piece,
which forms a stop, can be rotated so as to engage with one or other of a series of
depressions of varying depth in the said end face and thus regulate the distance
between the fixed and movable standards.
We can therefore arrange that when the roll of paper is in position between the
standards the tapered ends of the lugs shall be pressed tightly against the ends of
the roll so that the roll evolves with difficulty, and as the paper in the roll is
either cut or perforated at intervals it follows that in drawing on the sheet in order
to turn the roll each one of these squares or lengths of paper will be torn off
separately as soon as the cut or perforation leaves the body of the roll; this we
call single delivery of each square or length of paper. When however the
standards are kept at a further distance apart by means of the pivoted stop, the
ends of the roll will not be pressed so tightly and it will revolve very easily thus
allowing a long strip of paper to be taken off the roll without the paper parting
where it is cut or perforated, this we call continuous delivery. The apparatus can
thus be set before the paper is placed thereon out so as to give either continuous
delivery or single delivery of each square or length of paper.
The arm which projects from the fixed standard is provided with a suitable slot
at its end with which a catch which is fixed to the lug on the movable standard can
engage forming a locking device.
The lug attached to the movable standard is hollow and contains a push piece
which is pressed outward by a spring. The said push piece is adapted when pressed
in, to push forward a pivoted catch which when it is brought opposite to the slotted
part in the arm hereinabove mentioned is caused to engage therewith by its
own weight. It is obvious that if this is done while a roll of paper is on the

page_text: arm the said catch cannot be disengaged without the holder is taken down from
the wall or support so that the weight of the catch can act to disengage the same
from the slot. The roll therefore cannot be removed when once it is placed on the
holder as long as the holder is in its normal position.
Although we have herein described one method of carrying out our invention
we may vary the same considerably in detail without departing from our invention.
For instance it is obvious that we may so provide that both standards or arms
shall be pivoted on the base plate the arm which was described as fixed to
one standard and pushed through the roll being replaced by a loose bar both ends
of which are furnished with suitable catches. Morcover we do not confine our-
selves to the above described arrangement of pivoted catch as there are evidently
other devices of a similar nature which we can use without departing from the
spirit of our invention.
Dated this 15th day of June 1893
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Holder or Bracket for Paper Rolls.
We, SETH WHEELER, of Montgomery, corner of Colonie Street, in the City
and County of Albany, State of New York, United States of America, Engineer,
and WALTER JAMES ALCOCK, of 42 Banner Street, Golden Lane, in the City of
London, England, Manufacturer, 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 an Improved Holder or Bracket for Paper-rolls.
An important feature of our said invention relates to the provision of improved
means whereby the freedom of revolution of a paper roll placed in the holder or
bracket can be regulated.
Another important feature of our invention lies in the fact that when a roll
of paper is once put in position on the holder it cannot be disengaged therefrom as
long as the holder is in its normal position before the roll is entirely unwound,
the paper therefore cannot be stolen.
In order that our invention may be readily understood we will now- proceed to
describe how it may be carried into practical effect.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a plan partly sectional, and
Figure 2 is a front elevation of a roll holder or bracket constructed in accordance
with our invention.
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 shewing a modification of our invention.
Like letters denote similar parts throughout the drawing.
A is a base-plate adapted to be secured to a wall or the like by means of
screws for example, screwed thereinto through holes A', A' in the plate. B, B' are
standards or legs projecting from said plate, one standard, B, for example, being
firmly secured to or made in one piece with said plate the other of said standards B¹
being pivoted at B32 to the base plate and adapted to be swung outwards into
approximately the same plane as the base plate as shewn in dotted lines in
Figures 1 and 2.
The standards are each furnished with a projecting cylindrical
part C, C for supporting the roll of paper D shewn in dotted lines in the drawing.
The cylindrical parts C, C are taper and the part C which projects from the fixed
standard B is also prolonged into an arm which extends nearly the entire
distance between the parts C, C' as shewn.
The taper cylindrical part C' which projects from the pivoted standard B' is

page_text: hollow and contains a push piece E which is pressed outward by a spring E¹ in
the direction of the arrow. The end of the push piece is provided with a catch F
loosely pivoted thereto, the orifice C in the end of the projection C being slotted
to allow of the catch F moving up and down. The catch F is provided with.
projections F, F to prevent the same being drawn into the cylindrical part C
by the spring E¹. The arm C is provided with a suitable slot C at its end, with
which the catch F can engage forming a locking device.
In Figure 3 the slot C is shewn inade in a plate G which can slide lengthwise
relatively to the arm C for a purpose hereinafter indicated.
When the standard C' is in the position shown in full lines in Figures 1 and 2.
and the push piece E is pressed in, the pivoted catch F is pushed forward and.
engages by its own weight with the slot C and so retains the standard B' in that
position. It will be observed that the catch F cannot be disengaged from the
slot C unless it is lifted and hence the movable arm cannot be turned away from
the fixed arm as long as a roll of paper is on said fixed arm except when the
bracket is dismounted from the wall and turned upside down.
A roll of paper
can therefore not be removed except by unwinding all the paper therefrom when
the catch F can be operated and the movable standard released. We guard in
this manner against theft of the paper rolls.
Our improved holders or brackets are designed to support a paper roll so that
it will revolve easily or with difficulty as may be desired. We have shewn in the
drawings two different forms of holder in which this is accomplished.
Referring now to Figures 1 and 2. H is a piece pivotally attached at H' to the
end of the fixed arm and arranged to touch the end of the cylindrical part C¹.
Said pivoted piece which forms a stop can be rotated so as to engage with one or
other of a series of depressions I, I, I of varying depth in the end faces of said
part C and thus regulate the distance between the fixed standard B and the
movable standard B.
arm.
In the holder shewn in Figure 3 the distance between the standards is regulated
by the plate G having a slot at G' through which a pin G' passes to secure it to
the fixed arm C². The said plate can thus slide lengthwise relatively to the fixed
The end of the plate is furnished with a set-screw G³ which passes through
the standard B and a spring G* tends to press the plate G as far from the said
standard as the set screw will allow. The set screw can be rotated so as to draw
the plate nearer to the standard or allow it to move further away and we can there-
fore regulate the distance between the standards either before or after the roll of
paper is in position on the holder.
If the holder is adjusted by means of the piece H or plate G so that the taper
cylindrical parts C, C are pressed tightly against the ends of the roll of paper,
the said roll will revolve with difficulty and as the paper is either cut or perforated
at intervals it follows that in pulling on the sheet in order to turn the roll each
cuè of the squares or lengths of paper will be torn off separately as soon as the
cut or perforation leaves the body of the roll; this we call single delivery of each
Bquare or length of paper. When however the holder is so adjusted that the roll
is only loosely supported by the ends of the cylindrical parts C, C' it will revolve
very easily thus allowing a strip of paper to be taken off the roll without the paper
parting where it is cut or perforated; this we call continuous delivery.
Our improved holder can be adjusted as above described so as to give either
continuous delivery or single delivery. The holder shewn in Figures 1 and 2 must
be adjusted before the paper is placed thereon but the device shewn in Figure 3
admits of the adjustment being made at any time whether the roll is in position on
the holder or not.
We have herein shewn two forms of holder constructed according to our invention
but we do not restrict ourselves to the exact construction shewn. For example
we sometimes arrange that both the standards shall be pivoted to the base plate
the arm C' being replaced by a loose bar both ends of which are furnished with
suitable catches for engagement with the standards. Moreover we do not confine

page_text: ourselves to the use of the pivoted catch above described as there are evidently
other devices of a similar nature which we can use, without departing from the
nature of our invention.
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 :-
1. A roll-holder or bracket adapted to be secured to a wall or the like and
in which the rolls are supported by taper cylindrical projections the distance
apart of which can be regulated, substantially as, and for the purpose, specified.
2. A roll-holder or bracket adapted to be secured to a wall or the like, and
in which the rolls are supported by taper cylindrical projections connected by a
catch which is actuated by gravity in such a manner that a roll of paper when in
position on the holder cannot be removed therefrom until all the paper is stripped
off unless the said holder be removed from the wall or the like, substantially as,
and for the purpose, specified.
3. A roll holder or bracket constructed substantially as described with reference
to Figures 1 and 2 or to Figure 3 of the accompanying drawings and operating as
specified.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.