Improvements in Toilet Paper Holders.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Aug.. 1895--Accepted, 21st Dec., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Toilet Paper Holders.
I, JONATHAN LUCAS of Charleston, in the County of Charleston and State of
South Carolina, United States of America 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:-
My invention relates to an improvement in toilet paper holders, the object being
to provide a substantial and inexpensive holder for a package of toilet paper,
which will supply the paper easily and economically and which may be readily
replenished as occasion requires; and it consists in a metal case composed of two
parts detachably connected together and adapted to hold a supply of toilet paper
between them and provided with an inclining bottom adapted to support the paper
and feed it forward as fast as consumption takes place. It further consists in
certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be
hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of my improved toilet paper holder,
Fig. 2 is a detached view of the back plate in elevation,
Fig. 3 is a central vertical section, Fig. 4 is a horizontal section, and Figure 5 is
a view of a modification.
A represents a flat back plate, preferably case of metal with slots 1, 1, therein
to render it as light as possible. The side and bottom edges are provided with
flanges 2, 2, and 3, respectively and holes 4, 4, are formed in the plate to receive
screws or nails 5, 5, whereby to fasten the plate in place against the wall or other
support to which the holder is to be attached.
B, is the removable front of the holder comprising in the main a face plate 6,
sides 7, 7, bottom 8, and top 9. The sides 7, 7, have the outwardly extending
flanges 10, 10, adapted to slide into the grooves formed by the flanges 2, 2, on the
side edges of the back plate, the bottom flange 3, forming a stop upon which the
removable front B rests.
The bottom 8, inclines forward as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 is so formed as a
means of causing the toilet paper contained therein to feed forward by gravity
to the front of the holder. The face plate 6, is furnished with an opening 12,
which reaches nearly across the face plate, just of enough of the plate being left
at the corners 13, 13, to hold the paper in, and through this opening the paper is
removed. The bottom 8, is also preferably provided with an opening 14, to receive
a finger to facilitate the ready removal of the paper from the holder. The top a
may be furnished with an overlapping flange 16, adapted to cover the upper edge
of back plate A and give a finished appearance to the holder.
The holder thus constructed may be variously finished or ornamented. To
place a package in the holder it is simply necessary to slide the front up and place
a package therein and then slide it back into place, and if desired some means may
be provided for locking the front in place. When thus adjusted the sheets of
paper may be removed as fast as required for use, they feeding forward as fast as
the sheets in front are consumed, to fill their places.
In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the front opening is made a trifle smaller and
slits are left at 17, 17, for the withdrawal of the paper.
It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement

page_text: of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of
my invention and hence I do not wish to be limited to the precise construction
herein set forth, but,
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:
1st. As an article of manufacture, a toilet paper holder comprising two parts
separably connected with each other and adapted to form a receptacle between
them when together and said receptacle having inclining bottom and an opening.at
the lower end' through which to remove the paper contained in the holder,'
substantially as set forth.
2nd. A's an article of manufacture, a toilet paper holder comprising two plates
having sliding connection with each other and adapted when together to form a
receptacle for holding toilet paper, the bottom of this holder sloping forward and.
the front plate having an opening at its lower end extending nearly across. it.
through which the paper contained in the holder is removed, substantially as set.
forth.
3rd. As an article of manufacture, a toilet paper holder comprising, two parts.
separably connected together and adapted to form a receptacle when together in
which to receive the toilet paper, said receptacle having a forwardly inclining.
bottom and an opening in the front and bottom, the one in the front located at the
lower end thereof and extending nearly the entire width of the front,,substantially
as set forth.
4th. In a toilet paper holder, the combination with a back plate adapted to be
fastened to a wall or other support, said' plate provided with a stop at the lower
edge, of a removable front having an inclining bottom and opening, adjacent
thereto through which the paper contained in the holder is removed, one of. said
parts provided with grooves and' the other with flanges adapted to enter the
grooves whereby: the parts are constructed' and adapted to be slid together,
substantially as set forth:
Dated this 14th day of August 100%
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18 Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.