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

page_text: Date of Application, 18th N v., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug., 1894-Accepted, 8th Sept., 1894
An improved Holder or Bracket for Paper Rolls.
I, WALTER JAMES ALCOCK, of 42 Banner Street, Golden Lane, in the County
of London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved holder or bracket for paper rolls, chiefly
intended for supporting toilet rolls.
According to my said invention the paper roll is carried by spring-controlled
plugs which project into the ends of the tube on which the paper is wound but do
not completely pass through said tube. This mode of supporting the roll without a
rod or cylinder passing completely through the same constitutes the chief feature of
my invention.
Another important feature of my invention relates to the provision of improved
means whereby the paper as it is pulled from the roll is kept in tension.
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According to one method of carrying out my invention I provide a base plate
which can be secured to the wall or to any other support; said plate has two
outwardly projecting arms between which the roll of paper is supported, said arms
being rigidly secured to or formed in one piece with the plate. At the outward
end of each arm I provide a plug or short cylinder which is adapted to slide
relatively to said arm in a direction perpendicular to the arm and parallel with the
base plate. The plugs or cylinders in the ends of the arms face and are continually
pressed towards each other by suitable springs. When the paper roll is to be
placed in position on the holder the two plugs or cylinders at the ends of the arms
are pressed away from each other and the roll is introduced between them. The
roll being in position the plugs are allowed to approach each other under the
influence of their respective springs until they project into the ends of the tubular
orifice in the roll which is then supported by and can turn freely on said plugs or
cylinders. The movement of each plug is limited by suitable stops.
For maintaining the paper in tension as it is drawn from the roll, I provide a
pivoted lever, one arm of which is adapted to be pressed against the end of the roll
Ly a spring, and I preferably provide a screw or other simple means for readily
varying the pressure of the spring on the lever so as to regulate the force with
which said lever presses on the end of the roll.
I sometimes provide a similar tension regulator at each end of the roll.
One advantage arising from the use of my improved roll holder is that the roll of
paper when once placed in position thereon cannot be readily removed except by
unrolling the same.
Another advantage is that the resistance to rotation can be readily adjusted as
required.

page_text: An Improved Holder or Bracket for Paper Rolls.
I, WALTER JAMES ALCOCK, of 42 Banner Street, Golden Lane, in the County
of London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an improved holder or bracket for paper rolls, chiefly
intended for supporting toilet rolls.
According to my said invention the paper roll is carried by spring controlled
plugs or roll bearings which project into the ends of the tube on which the paper
is wound but do not completely pass through said tube. This mode of supporting
the roll without a rod or cylinder passing completely through the same constitutes
the chief feature of my invention.
Another important feature of my invention relates to the provision of improved
means whereby the paper as it is pulled from the roll, is kept in tension.
In the drawings
Figure 1 shows a vertical sectional view of one end and a portion of the base
plate of my holder, and a side elevation of the other end;
Figure 2 shows a vertical sectional view of the base plate and rear elevation of
a part of the pressure bar.
The numerals 1, 1 indicate the arms of my device, both of which are preferably
made detachable from the base, and are rigidly held to the base by the nut and bolt 12
which lies within the hollow arm. On the free end of each arm is a chambered
head piece 3 in which is a spring 5 preferably helical; and passing centrally
through the chambered head piece 3 is a stud or rod 6, which rod is fixed in the
rear wall of the head piece 3, and passes through the helical spring longitudinally,
and through the rear wall of chambered roll bearings 4. The opening in each
roll-bearing 4 through which the stud or rod 6 passes is of sufficient diameter
to allow of the roll-bearing sliding longitudinally on the rod. The end of the
rod 6 is riveted or otherwise formed with a head to retain the roll-bearing 4
in position. In respect to the spring 5, the rod 6 and the roll-bearing 4, both
head pieces are equipped alike.
Near one of the arms 1, is a pressure bar 7.
This bar is diminished in width
at the lower end where it passes through the base plate 2, as shown in Figure 2,
and rests upon and is prevented from further passing through the base plate
by the shoulders formed at this point. The reduced end of the bar below the
base turns at practically right angles to the main arm of the bar.
Its upper
or free end rises so as to rest against the end of the roll of paper and act as
a brake thereon. This pressure bar 7 is spring-controlled by means of the
spring 8, which is permanently attached to the base 2 by the rivet 10, its free
end resting upon the inner surface of the short arm of the pressure bar thus
causing the upper end of the long arm thereof to constantly press against the
end of the paper roll, forming a brake or frictional resistance to the revolution of
the roll. Through the base plate 2 passes the screw 9, by the turning of which the
tension of the spring 8 is reduced or increased at will, as will be readily seen, the
turning of the screw 9 downward pressing the spring down and causing its free end
to act with greater force on the short arm of the pressure bar 7, while by turning
it upward, the opposite result ensues.
I fasten my holder to the wall preferably by screws, and in the drawing, Figure 1,
the screw 11 is seen to pass through a hole in the spring 8, said hole being of
sufficient diameter to allow the spring 8 to act freely about the screw.
While I have shown and described the preferred mechanism by which I operate
my device, I do not confine myself to the form shown, nor to the method shown of
operating the roll bearings 4, 4, nor the pressure bar 7, but I prefer the method shown.

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Nor do I confine myself to any precise method of obtaining pressure or frictional
resistance of the pressure bar 7, as it may be accomplished by any well known:
My device operates as follows -When a roll of paper is to be placed in position
on the holder shown by dotted lines in Figure 1, the roll is held in the hands
longitudinally, and with one or more fingers of each haud the roll bearings 4, 4
are pressed backward and into the head pieces 3, 3, and the paper roll placed.
between the bearings so as to bring the central opening in the roll, or tube it
is wound upon, in line with the bearings, when the springs 5 will force the latter
into said opening. When once in position it is impossible to remove the roll from
the holder and it cannot be stolen without breaking the holder or destroying the
roll. To make a single delivery of the paper, i.e. to cause the paper to be delivered
in successive squares or strips, the screw 9 is turned down until the pressure bar 7 is.
made to press against the end of the roll with sufficient force to cause the roll to turn
only by the exertion of considerable force, when the successive squares or strips.
into which the paper is divided by cuttings or perforations in the paper, will be torn
off successively, and racing of the roll and taking the paper off in long unparted
sheets will be prevented. When it is desired to have free delivery of the paper in:
long unparted sheets, the screw 9 is turned backward to relieve the tension on the
spring 8, when the roll will revolve easily, and the paper will be delivered in
unparted sheets. Where it is not an object to control the revolution of the roll, as.
where the apparatus is desired for use in private houses, the pressure bar may be
entirely omitted if desired. It will be noticed that the bolt and nut 12 lie within
the hollow arm 1 and the pressure bar 7 lies in front of it and that it cannot be
reached so as to loosen it and remove the arm and thus take the roll of paper
from the holder, and this would be and is the result of simply putting the bolt and
nut 12 in the hollow arm, even though no pressure bar stands in front of it, for
when the roll of paper is in position neither of the bolts nor nuts holding either
arm 1, 1 can be removed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. For paper rolls, a holder having fixed arms which carry movable roll-bearings
that enter the ends of the central opening in the roll but do not pass through said
opening, for the purposes specified.
2. In such a holder, the roll-bearings mounted in chambers formed in the arms,
in combination with springs to force the roll-bearings towards each other, and stops
to limit such movement, substantially as, and for the purposes, specified.
3. For paper rolls, a holder having fixed arms chambered to receive roll-bearings
which are automatically adjustable to a roll of paper when in position in the holder,
and so constructed that the chambers and the paper-roll together prevent the latter
being disengaged from the holder, substantially as described.
4. In a holder for paper rolls, a tension device consisting of a spring-controlled
arm hinged to the holder and bearing against the end of the roll, with or without a
tension regulating device, substantially as described.
5. The tension device constructed substantially as described and operating as
specified.
6. The roll-holder constructed substantially as described with reference to the
drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of August 1894
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.