Year: 1885

page_text: I ARCHIBALD CHRISTIE of Sussex Street Manchester in the County of Lan-
caster Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be
as follows:-
My Invention relates principally to the apparatus or appliances known to some
extent as toilet requisites and adapted to hold a roll of paper. Previously to my
Invention the paper has been perforated at intervals the perforations being
arranged in rows extending across the width of the band of paper the intention
being to facilitate the tearing across of the paper as is well understood. There
has been a liability for the paper to tear irregularly unless care has been exercised
in the operation and also the perforating has added somewhat to the cost of
production of the rolls of paper. Owing to the thinness of the paper and to other
causes the free end of the band has not been always prominently accessible. To
remedy these defects is the object of my invention. To this end I provide the
appliance with a knife or serrated edge which is formed upon or fixed to a bar
which is caused to rest upon the roll of paper being carried by hinged arms or
being otherwise mounted so as to rest by its weight upon the paper or to be
pressed thereupon by means of springs or of a spring or of weights or of a weight.
The end of the band of paper is brought upward or downward below the said bar.
When a length of paper is required the free end of the band is seized and the
required length is drawn from the roll. The operation of tearing brings the paper
down upon the serrated edge or knife which aids in the severance and causes the
paper to be torn or severed in a straight line across the band. The severed edge
of the roll is left in a prominent position wherein it can be readily seen and
grasped. I do not confine myself to any particular use to which the detached
pieces of paper may be applied.

page_text: I ARCHIBALD CHRISTIE of Sussex Street, Manchester in the County of Lancaster
Commercial Traveller, 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 and accompanying drawings :-
:-
My Invention relates principally to the apparatus or appliances known to some
extent as toilet requisites and adapted to hold rolls of paper. Previously to my
invention the paper has been perforated at intervals the perforations being arranged
in rows extending across the width of the band of paper the intention being to
facilitate the tearing across of the paper as is well understood. There has been
a liability for the paper to tear irregularly unless care has been exercised in the
operation and also the perforating has added somewhat to the cost of production
of the rolls of paper. Owing to the thinness of the paper and to other causes the
free end of the band has not been always prominently accessible. To remedy these
defects is the object of my invention. To this end I provide the appliance with
a knife or serrated edge which is formed upon or fixed to a bar which is caused to
rest upon the roll of paper being carried by hinged arms or being otherwise
mounted so as to rest by its weight upon the paper or to be pressed thereupon by
means of springs or of a spring or of weights or of a weight. The end of the band
of paper is brought upward or downward below the said bar. The nature of my
invention will be well understood when reference is made to the accompanying
drawings wherein Fig. 1. represents a side view and Fig. 2. a front view of the
improved appliance. In the said Figs. a, is the roll of paper which is suspended
from the plate b. by means of the bridle o. these parts being somewhat of the usual
formation with the exception that the paper is not supposed to be perforated.
To the brackets d. d. are hinged two arms e. e. having fixed to their lower ends
a cross bar f. to which is screwed or secured a serrated knife g. which is similar in
formation to a thin saw blade. One face of the bar f. is kept by the weight of the
parts e. f. and g. in contact with the roll of paper so that as the roll diminishes in
size the knife "follows it up" and maintains its position relative to the paper. The
free end of the paper is brought over this bar and over the serrated edge of the
knife g. as indicated by the line a¹. In Fig. 2 the overhanging free end of
the paper is not shown so as not to obscure the parts. When a length of paper
is required the free end of the band is seized and the required length is drawn
from the roll. The operation of tearing brings the paper down upon the serrated
edge or knife which aids in the severance and causes the paper to be torn or
severed in a straight line across the band. The severed edge of the roll is left
in a prominent position wherein it can be readily seen and grasped. I do not
confine myself to any particular use to which the detached pieces of paper may
be applied.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
(1.) The combination of the parts e. f. g. with the ordinary parts b. c. the whole
when supplied with a roll of paper forming the complete appliance substantially as
set forth and indicated.
(2.) In a toilet requisite a serrated knife attached to a bar which rests in contact
with the surface of the roll of paper and is carried by hinged arms substantially as
set forth and indicated.
(3.) In a toilet requisite a bar, knife, or serrated knife, carried by hinged arms so
that it maintains its position relative to the roll of paper as the latter becomes less
in diameter substantially as set forth and indicated."
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Sq., Manchester,
Agents.