Paper for Various Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1888
Specification Accepted, 9th Mar., 1888
Paper for Various Purposes.
I, JOHN SHORT DOWNING of Commercial Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick 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 :-
The said invention, consists of the improvements, as hereinafter described, in
apparatus, for the holding, and cutting off of paper, and commonly known as toilet
fixtures.
The toilet fixture, constructed according to my invention, consists of a trough
shaped box or receptacle, with a semi-circular or concaved bottom, and with a hinged
lid or covering, whose outer and overhanging edge, is toothed or serrated, whilst the
inner edge, which is made into a roll joint, comes within a short distance of the inside
back of the receptacle; and between the said back, and the lid, tho web of the roll of
paper, deposited within the inside of the receptacle, outwardly passes.
Thus, the paper is drawn or uncoiled from the roll, by its outer end, extending
upwardly through the division between the back of the box, and the back of the lid,
and drawn to the front on the top of the lid, and a length severed therefrom, by
depressing the same, vertically against the overhanging serrated edge.
Having described the nature of my invention, I will now proceed to describe with
reference to the accompanying drawing, the manner in which the same is to be
performed.
Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a toilet fixture, constructed and arranged
according to my invention. Figure 2 is a plan of the same, with a length of paper
drawn upon the top of the lid, and in a position which it assumes before the fore part
is severed from the hind part. Figure 3 shows a transverse vertical section of the
said toilet fixture, and showing a roll of paper, and its uncoiled outer end extended
and drawn over the top side of the lid, and extended beyond its serrated overhanging
edge.
Figure 4 represents a like view as figure 3, but with the lid shown in an open
position, for the introduction of the roll of paper.

page_text: a is a trough like box or receptacle, with a semi-circular bottom a², front part a³,
and back part a' which latter is provided with attachment holes as, through which
nails or pins pass, in connecting it to a wall or other object.
b is a slanting lid, jointed or hinged at 62, to the ends of the receptacle a; and
which said ends are extended upwards above the plane of the lid, so as to make an
- enclosure, with the back a³.
The fore part 3 of the lid is made serrated, toothed or the like, and overhangs the
top edge of the front part a³; so that on a length of paper being drawn over the top
of the lid, and pressed against the serrated edge, the same becomes pierced or cut, by
the serrations, and the fore part of the said length severed from the rear part.
The back of the lid, is divided from the back as of the receptacle, by a space c,
wherethrough the web d2, of the roll of paper d, upwardly passes.
The roll of paper, simply rests within the concave of the receptacle, and the
necessary drag given thereto, to prevent undue coiling, is effected by its own
weight.
Although I have described that the web of the roll of paper, is drawn over the
back edge of the lid, yet the same may be drawn through a slit, near or at the joint
of the lid.
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
First. In a toilet fixture or apparatus, for holding rolls of paper, and cutting off
lengths therefrom. Making the outer edge of the lid into an overhanging serrated or
cutting edge, substantially as set forth.
Secondly. Making the delivered or drawn paper, uncoiled from the roll, pass
outwardly from the receptacle at the back of the lid, between the inner edge of the
said lid, and the back of the receptacle; or making the said paper pass through a slit
in the lid, preferably at or near the joint, substantially as set forth.
Thirdly. The combination with a paper roll receptacle a, of a jointed lid b, b²,
whose inner edge comes within a short distance of the back of the said receptacle, and
with its fore part, made serrated and overhanging, substantially as set forth.
Dated this Second day of February 1888.