Improvements in Cabinets or Cases for Toilet Paper or like purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 10th Feb., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cabinets or Cases for Toilet Paper or like purposes.
I, REGINALD HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert Haddan & Co., of 18, Bucking-
ham Street, Strand, W.C., London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
a communication to me from abroad by James Taylor Hoyt, Attorney and
Counselor at Law, of 17, East 95th Street, Manhattan Borough, New York City,
State of New York, and Clarence Wood Scott, Merchant, of 27, North Sixth
Street, Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, both in the United States of America,
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 a cabinet or case suitable for toilet paper and by
means of this invention the cabinet can be readily supplied with paper, and can
be made to contain a large supply of paper and the latter can be made to readily
feed or pass from the cabinet as required.
The invention is set forth in the following specification and claim and illustrated
in the annexed drawing in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the cabinet sectioned along a
Fig. 2.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the cabinet with the cover open and partly broken
away.
Figure 3 is a front elevation of the cabinet with the cover open and partly
broken away.
Figure 4 shows a gear sectioned along y y Fig. 3.
In the drawing is shown a cabinet with the bottom 1, sides 2 and back 3.
The top of the cabinet is open, as is also the front, the sides at the front being
held or braced in position by a cross piece 4. The open front under the cross
piece 4 gives access to the cabinet as hereinafter explained. The paper 5 is
shown in a receptacle comprising the bottom 6, sides 7, back 8 and front 9.
The top of the receptacle is open so that it can be readily filled or charged.
The sheets 5 resting an edge on bottom 6 can have their upper edges engaged by
a retainer 10 at the top or upper part of the receptacle. A wire strung or pierced
through the sheets and secured to the receptacle at its front 9 and back 8 will
form a suitable retainer. A strip of sheet metal with its sharp edge facing upward
or away from bottom 6 can be inade to act as a paper retainer.
When the receptacle 6-9 is slipped or put into the cabinet the leading or front
sheet 51 comes into contact with ejector 11, the receptacle having a suitable cut
away portion or opening at 12 sufficiently large or extended to give the ejector
access to the contents 5 and prevent the ejector contacting with the receptacle.
The ejector can be suitably formed by a roller or cylinder carried by or journaled
in the cabinet and having a handle or actuator 14. This ejector as known is
usually formed by a roller which is split or in two sections and fixed to or turning
with axle 15 and button 14. The cut or opening 12 is receding or such that
the ejector 11 will not contact with the receptacle 6 while the paper 5 is free
to move into contact with the ejector, and the receptacle will not contact with
any movable part of the mechanism.

page_text: As the front sheets are fed off or ejected the pack 5 or remaining sheets are
moved forward or to the ejector by a suitable feeder. In the drawing is shown
a feeder plate composed of a back piece 16 set against the rear of pack 5 and
having a spring or yielding connection 17 with a loop or wire 18, 19, 20 and 21.
The branches 19 and 21 are shown running alongside the pack 5 a certain 5
distance but do not contact with the front sheets of the pack but pass out of the
receptacle near the front 9 through openings 22 in the sides 7. The front sheets
of the pack are thus not obstructed by the loop parts or connections 19 and 21 in
passing to ejector 11 as the loop is not in contact with such pack front or is
outside the receptacle 6-9 at the front of the pack.
The front branch 20 of the loop or wire is caught by studs or hooks 23 on a
rotary shaft 24 having gear 25 engaging gear 26 on ejector shaft 15. As the
ejector 11 is rotated the actuating gear 26 drives gear 25 with shaft 24 to wind
up or actuate the connection 18-21 and move pack 5 toward the ejector. The
feed can be made intermittent by suitable means. By making the gear 25 and 26
or one of them intermittent or broken, excessive feed or compression of the
sheets or pack 5 can be prevented as on the actuating gear 26 releasing the
driven gear 25 the latter with shaft 24 and connection 18-21 are freed so that
the back 16 can be moved back by the action of spring or springs 17 or by the
expansion of pack 5, or the joint action of all these parts, if excessively com-
pressed or fed forward. The active gear portion 26 as also shaft 24 could be
made of small size so that but a slight degree of feed is effected on each turn of
the ejector. The size or diameter of gear 25 can also be so chosen as to insure
no more than the required degree of feed and by making the ejector 11 of larger
or smaller diameter a less or greater rotation of the ejector will be required to
start or move a sheet. If the feed is so set as never to be excessive, inter-
mittent gears or intermittent release of the feed is unnecessary. Friction gears
as shown at 25 and 26 are thought preferable to tooth gears, as the teeth might
jam or catch.
The interior paper-holding receptacle 6-9, is unattached to the exterior
cabinet, and when empty the said receptacle can be readily removed by detaching
or unhooking the wire or connection 20 from shaft 24 or its studs 23 and a
fresh receptacle when in the cabinet can readily have its wire 20 hitched or
connected to such shaft. The open front of the cabinet gives access for making
the connection or disconnection between wire 20 and shaft 24.
The open front and top of the cabinet can be closed by a cover which comprises
the front portion 27 and top portion 28. This cover can be formed of one piece
of material and permanently or detachably jointed or connected at 29 to the
cabinet so that when the padlock or securing device at 30 is freed or open the
cover can open or come off.
The cabinet bottom 1 being interrupted or stopped short of the front will leave
an exit or mouth for the ejection of the leading sheet 51. The front 9 of the
removable and replaceable receptacle is provided at its top portion with an
inclined hold-back flange or lip 31 which prevents the leading sheet from jamming
or contacting against front 9 whereby such sheet would be prevented from being
detached or moved by the ejector. The cabinet can be secured in a suitable place
as on a shelf or by a side 2 being suitably attached. A side or portion of the
cabinet or cover or both can be made transparent or of broken work to allow a
view of the receptacle or its contents while preventing access to or tampering
with the latter as long as the cover 26 is locked. The cabinet can be of suitable
length to accomodate a receptacle with a large supply of paper. The removable
receptacle can be of suitable material, and if made cheap as of pasteboard or the
like such receptacle when exhausted could be cast aside if not to be refilled. The
ejector 11 with feeder axle 24 being carried by the cabinet will remain in place
on the removal of the receptacle. The receptacle or its bottom 6 holds or support
the contents 5 clear of or out of contact with the bottom of the cabinet and by
making the bottom 6 smooth the paper can readily feed or slide on such bottom

page_text: for the ejector to engage or eject the contents 5, or to rip the leading sheet from
the retainer 10. In practice it has been found advisable to have the feeder 18-21
act in proximity to or near the level of the ejector 11 so as to keep the successive
leading sheets in operative contact with the ejector, or to enable the ejector to
secure the proper grip or friction for starting a sheet from the retainer 10 and
out of the receptacle and cabinet. The hold back flange or lip 31 is shown on
the receptacle but could be arranged elsewhere as on the cabinet or front brace 4.
The ejector 11 is customarily provided with means such as ratchet and pawl to
prevent retrograde rotation but this feature is no part of this invention. The
receptacle is out of contact with gear 25 or this gear is set sufficiently to one side
or out of the way to not contact with or hinder the action of the feed wire 18-21.
The cabinet can have a side suitably cut away or recessed for housing or setting
aside the gear 25. The cabinet being suitably fixed or placed the receptacle can
be inserted into or removed from the cabinet or have its feed connection 18-21
hitched or unhitched as required.
The spring 17 arranged as shown tends to draw the loop shank 18 toward the
upper edge of back board 16 thus throwing said shank 18 into an upwardly
curved loop when the winding axle 24 is loose or free. Supposing the ejector 11
to be operated when the pack 5 or its front is already jammed up forcibly or
rests firmly against the ejector. The connection 18 to 21 can in such case give
or yield by the stretch of spring 17 when the ejector 11 rotates shaft 24, so that
the pack
remains stationary while the ejector takes off sheets. As a new or
heavy pack may have been set against ejector 11 sufficiently close for the ejector
to take off two or more successive sheets without the pack having to be fed,
the yielding connection allows the connection 18 to 21 to give while the pack
remains at rest.
Said spring 17 also keeps the loop or wire 18 to 21 taut between the roller 24
and the point where the loop or wire is attached to the spring, such spring tending
to draw the loop away from this roller or winding shaft 24.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The combination with an exterior cabinet designed to be secured to a support,
of a removable and replaceable interior paper-receptacle held immovable when
in the cabinet and provided at its top portion with a paper-retainer, a movable
paper-feeder plate located in and removable with the interior receptacle and
means substantially as described connected to or carried by the exterior cabinet
for operating the feeder-plate, said interior receptacle serving to hold the paper
from contact with the bottom of the exterior cabinet, substantially as described.
2. The combination with an exterior cabinet designed to be secured to a
support and having an opening and closing cover, of a paper-holding receptacle
having a paper-retainer at its top portion and held immovable when in the cabinet
but removable and replaceable while said cabinet remains stationary with its
cover open, said receptacle serving to hold the paper from contact with the bottom
of the exterior cabinet, a movable paper-feeder-plate located in and removable
with the interior cabinet, feeder-plate operating devices at one end of the cabinet,
and a connection between the feeder-plate and said feeder-plate operating devices,
said connection being detachably engaged with said feeder operating devices,
substantially as described.
3. The combination with an exterior cabinet designed to be secured to a support,
and having an opening and closing cover, of an interior paper receptacle having
a paper-retainer at its top portion and held immovable when in the cabinet but
removable and replaceable while said cabinet remains stationary with its cover
open, a movable paper-feeder-plate located in the interior receptacle and remov-
able therewith, and means substantially as described connected to or carried by
the exterior cabinet for actuating the paper feeder-plate, substantially as described.

page_text: 4. The combination with an exterior cabinet designed to be secured to a
support and having an opening and closing cover, of an interior paper-receptacle
having a paper-retainer at its top portion and held immovable when in the
cabinet but removable and replaceable while said cabinet remains stationary
with its cover open, a movable paper-feeder-plate located in the interior receptacle,
and removable therewith, means for actuating the paper feeder plate, and a
paper ejector mounted on the cabinet and constructed and arranged to eject the
paper from one end of said interior receptacle, substantially as described.
5. The combination with an exterior cabinet designed to be secured to a
support, of a removable and replaceable interior paper-receptacle held immovable
when in the cabinet and provided at its top with a paper-retainer and at one end
with a cut-away or recessed portion, a paper-feeder-plate located in the receptacle
and removable therewith, means for actuating the paper-feeder-plate, and a paper-
ejector mounted on the cabinet and projecting into the said cut-away or recessed
end portion of said receptacle, substantially as described.
6. The combination with a cabinet designed to be secured to a support, of a
removable and replaceable paper-receptacle arranged in said cabinet, a paper-
feeder-plate movable within said receptacle and removable therewith, and means
substantially as described connected to or carried by the cabinet for advancing
the paper-feeder-plate in the receptacle, substantially as described.
7. The combination with a cabinet having a paper-ejector at one end, of a
removable and replaceable receptacle arranged in the cabinet and having side
walls provided in proximity to one end with openings, a paper-feeder-plate mov-
able within said receptacle, a loop engaging the paper-feeder-plate and having
its branches passing through the side openings of the receptacle, and a winding
device with which said branches are connected, substantially as described.
8. A paper cabinet provided with a stationary or immovable receptacle, an
ejector, and a feeder, said cabinet having an actuator provided with a hook or
catch for releasably engaging the feeder substantially as described.
9. The combination with a cabinet, of an interior paper-receptacle having a
paper-retainer at its top portion, a paper-feeder-plate movable longitudinally of
and within the said receptacle to press the paper forward and mechanism con-
nected with and actuating said paper-feeder-plate to alternately feed and release
the paper, substantially as described.
10. The combination with a cabinet, of a removable and replaceable paper-
receptacle arranged in said cabinet and provided with a paper-feeder-plate mov-
able longitudinally thereof, a winding shaft, a loop connected with the winding
shaft and engaging the paper-feeder-plate, and a spring connected with said
loop, and made to keep the loop taut between the winding shaft and spring
substantially as described.
11. The combination with a cabinet, of a paper-receptacle arranged therein,
an ejector mounted on the cabinet and constructed and arranged to eject the
paper from one end of said receptacle, a winding shaft carried by the cabinet,
a paper-feeder-plate movable in the receptacle, and a loop engaging the feeder-
plate and connected with said winding shaft, substantially as described.
12. A paper cabinet provided with a receptacle, an ejector, a back piece for
the paper, a spring or yielding connection at the back piece, a wire or loop
connected to the spring, and a shaft for engaging the wire or loop to move the
back piece toward the ejector said spring being made to keep the loop taut
between the shaft and the spring substantially as described.
13. A paper cabinet provided with a receptacle, an ejector, a feeder, and an
actuator or driving shaft for the feeder, said cabinet having a door or opening for
the insertion of the receptacle, and an end open for the passage of the feed r
said feeder being made to be connected to and disconnected from its actuator
substantially as described.
14. A paper receptacle adapted to be inserted in a cabinet and provided with
a paper pack and a paper retainer, a feeder plate and a loop or wire engaged

page_text: with the feeder plate and held out of contact with the front portion of the paper
pack, said loop or wire being adapted for connecting with an actuator or shaft
on the cabinet for operating the feeder plate in said receptacle substantially
as described.
15. The combination with a cabinet, of a paper-receptacle arranged therein
and provided with a paper-retainer, a paper-feeder-plate and a loop or wire
connected to the paper feeding plate, and a winding shaft on the cabinet to
which the loop or wire is connected, substantially as described.
16. The combination with a cabinet,. of a paper-receptacle arranged therein
and provided with a paper-retainer, a paper-feeder-plate and a loop or wire
engaged with the feeder-plate and held out of contact with the front portion
of the paper pack and a device on the cabinet with which the loop or wire
connects, for operating the feeder-plate in the said receptacle, substantially as
described.
17. The combination of a paper-receptacle provided with a paper-retainer, a
paper-feeder-plate, a winding shaft, and a yielding connection comprising a
spring 17 and a loop 18-21 betwen the feeder plate and the said shaft, sub-
stantially as described.
18. The combination with a cabinet, of a paper-receptacle arranged therein
and provided with a paper-retainer, a paper-feeder-plate in the receptacle, a
winding shaft mounted on the cabinet, and a yielding connection comprising a
spring 17 and a loop 18-21 between the paper-feeder-plate and the said shaft.
substantially as described.