An Improved Roller Towel Holder.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 14th May, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Roller Towel Holder.
I, FELIX KÖHLER, of No. 8, Karl Strasse, Zwickau, in the Kingdom of
Prussia, and German Empire, Mechanic, 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 :-
The towel holders usually in use in hotels, lavatories, and the like, consist of a
revolving roller, over which the towel sewn together to form an endless band is
placed. If it is desired to remove the said towel it is always necessary to take the
roller out of its bearings. Further, these endless towels are much
troublesome to handle, especially in washing, drying, and mangling, as they
require considerably more labour than ordinary flat towels.
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The invention which forms the subject of the present application is designed to
obviate this inconvenience by providing two rollers adjustable one against the
other, between which an ordinary towel can be held. The distance between the
two rollers is regulated by means of set screws in such a manner that the said
towel can be drawn through between the rollers, but is prevented from escaping
from them by means of the hem. This improved towel holder consequently
attains the same purpose as the ordinary one, and obviates the inconvenience of an
endless towel.
In the accompanying drawing the improvement is illustrated.
drawing
Figure 1 shows a side view of the improved towel holder.
Figure 2 a front view.
Figure 3 shews a portion of the ground plan.
In this
To a frame a, conveniently constructed of wood, or the like the arms b or b¹ are
fixed which support the rollers. The arms d and are connected pivotally with
the arms band b₁ by means of the pieces c and c¹ attached to the said
arms bb. These latter support between themselves the roller e which is fixed
at the same height as the roller e¹. The distance of these two rollers from one
another is fixed by means of the screws s which are screwed into the widened
parts f and f¹ respectively. The towel is passed between the two rollers, but in
consequence of the thickness of the hem and the small distance between the said
rollers it cannot escape therefrom. When it is necessary to take out the towel it
is only requisite to increase the distance of the rollers from one another somewhat
by turning the screws 8.
The improved mechanism enables as already stated ordinary towels to be used
without the drawbacks of the endless towels.
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. The improved towel holder characterized by the provision of two rollers
adjustable in relation to one another between which the towel is passed in such a
manner that it is hindered from escaping therefrom by the hem.

page_text: 2. The constructional form of the apparatus characterized in Claim 1 in which
the pivotally.connected arms b b¹ and d d¹ are adjustable at any desired distance
by means of the screws 8, substantially as described.
T 1000
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicant.