US20090179105A1 - Loo Loo - Google Patents

Abstract

This device fits longitudinally over a common Spring Loaded Toilet Paper Holder and then placed inside the cardboard tube which holds the toilet tissue. The toilet tissue is then placed in the original receptacle.

Description

• This invention relates to paper dispenser systems, specifically in bathrooms.
• The most common toilet paper rollers are similar in structure changing in time with the materials available. U.S. Pat. No. 3,823,889 is one example of a standard design that wastes paper. Attempts to control paper waste, U.S. Pat. No. 5,887,759 added cost to the system and is not esthetic.
• A paper holder in FIG. 1A through FIG. 1F is produced from expanded polymers by injection molding, producing a flexible tube that encircles a telescoping holder (FIG. 2) resulting in the configuration FIG. 3A, 3B, 3C. The polymer tube's elasticity enables it to adhere to the large diameter cylinder in FIG. 2, but lets the small diameter cylinder move longitudinally. The square outer perimeter of the device, FIG. 1E, 1F, FIG. 3B, 3C, FIG. 4B, allows the device to fit various sizes of cardboard cores. When paper is dispensed, the device retards the revolutions by forcing the roller FIG. 2, the paper roll FIG. 4A, 4B, the device FIG. 1 to revolve as one unit.
• The compression coil springs' longitudinal force add resistance at the outer ends of the cylinders, supported in conventional housings (not shown).
• The result is a silent, invisible and economical device to reduce paper waste, that easily adapts to rollers presently being manufactured.
DRAWINGS—FIGURES
• FIG. 1A to 1F show various views of a molded homogenous tube.
• FIG. 1A shows an isometric view of the molded tube.
• FIG. 2A to 2D shows views of a telescoping spring-loaded paper holder.
• FIG. 2B shows a cross section view exposing the compression coil spring contained in the larger diameter cylinder that enables the smaller cylinder to move longitudinally on it's axis.
• FIG. 3A shows the tube from a side view when mounted on the paper holder.
• FIG. 3B to 3C shows the end views of the tube when mounted on the paper holder.

Claims (3)

1. A Loo Loo is a device which impedes the rotating motion existing in a toilet paper dispensing system.

2. A pliant tubular device defined in claim 1, fits firmly over the large diameter of the spring loaded roller, leaving the smaller diameter of the roller to move longitudinally along its axis.

3. A system defined in claim 2 is comprised of the toilet tissue roll, the device, and the spring loaded roller rotating as one unit, creating a resistance at each end of the axis contained by the receptacle.

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