US564633A - Holder for roll-paper - Google Patents

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HMORGAN, HOLDER FOR ROLL PAPER.

Patented July 28, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

ELISHA MORGAN, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOLDER FOR ROLL-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,633, dated July 28, 1896. Application filed February 5 1896. Serial No. 57 8,148. (No model.)

To all whom it ntay concern.-

Be it known that I, ELISHA MORGAN, of Springfield, in the county of Hampden, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Roll- Paper and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to improvements in holders for roll-paper, and particularly to toilet-paper fixtures, the object of the invention being to improve the structure described in my prior patent, No. 551,040, dated December 10, 1895, whereby the device is rendered more practical, less liable to be injured by careless handling, and the friction applied to the roll in a more perfect manner to secure the desired regularity of tension regardless of the diameter of the roll.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a fixture constructed in accordance with my present invention. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a similar section through one of the arms, showing a modified arrangement of spring.

, spring-pins c, constituting'the journals of the core-piece and adapted when the roll is in place to prevent the removal of the core until the paper is removed.

In my former patented structure I made use of the spring for creating a friction or forming a f riction-brake for retarding the rotation of the roll to prevent wastage and to insure the separation of the web on the lines of weakness where a perforated web was used, and in the present structure I employ a friction-brake operating to retard the rotation of the roll,whereby the same results are attained, the form of the brake in the present instance,

however, and the construction of the cooperating parts constituting the brake being such that they cannot be wilfully meddle d with or injured, and, furthermore, the object of creating a greater friction on the roll when of large diameter than when of small diameter is attained in a more satisfactory manner.

Instead of a spring bearing directly against the end of the roll near the circumference thereof, I now make use of a relatively rigid friction-plate E, having its front edge rounded at e and provided with said side flanges 6, through slots in which securing pins or devices F may be passed to hold the frictionplate in place. The friction-plate thus constitutes a cap which is preferably fitted within but adapted to project beyond a cavity formed in one of the supporting-arms for the roll. The cap may be moved in or out and it is adapted to be held in its projected position preferably by spiral springs G, placed behind it at each end and on the bearing-arm. Two of these movable friction-plates may be employed, one at each end, if so desired, but I preferably employ only one movable plate and at the other end provide a stationary friction-plate H, against which that end of the roll may come to rest.

Instead of employing spiral springs to advance the friction-plate, springs of other shape'may be employed, such, for instance, as the U-shaped spring in Fig. 3, and hence I do not wish to be limited to any particular form of spring, it only being desirable that the plate should be capable of a tilting action or that one end should be capable of being moved back farther than the other. With such an arrangement when a roll of large diameter is placed in position the frictionplate will bear securely against the end of the same and create the greatest possible amount of friction to retard the rotation of the roll, and as the diameter of the roll decreases the friction decreases in proportion, and as the opposite ends of the friction-plate have an independent movement, as just explained, the pressure exerted by one end only is brought to bear on the roll the rear end of the plate then being projected to practically the full extent, while the front end is pressed back and the friction is brought to bear at a point near the periphery of the roll,

held in place by studs g thereby further decreasing the friction as the diameter of the roll decreases.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new is 1. In a roll-paper fixture, the combination with the supports for the roll and core held thereby of a relatively rigid friction-plate, carried by the supports and capable of advancing bodily or of having either of its ends advanced independently and a spring or springs for holding the ends of the frictionplate advanced independently; substantially as described.

2. In a roll-paper holder, the combination with the supporting-arm having a concavity therein, of a friction-plate movably mounted in said concavity and capable of advancing bodily or of having either of its ends advanced independently and closing the said concavity and a spring for advancing the plate; substantially as described.

3. In a roll-paper holder, the combination with the roll-supporting arm havinga concavity therein, a friction plate movably mounted in and closing said concavity with its forward end rounded and independent springs for advancing the opposite ends of the plate; substantially as described.

4:. In a roll-paper holder, the combination with the arm for supporting the roll having a concavity therein, of a friction-plate fitted in and closing said concavity and having the flanges projecting into the concavity, fastenin g devices loosely connected with said flanges to permit of an independent movement of the plate and springs for advancing the platebeyond the plane of the arm; substantially as described.

ELISHA MORGAN. WVitnesses:

ROBERT W. DAY, E. H. DAY.

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