EP0651723A1

EP0651723A1 - Device for receiving film rolls and for cutting sections of film

Info

Publication number: EP0651723A1
Application number: EP93917624A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Bernhard Weinbach; Reinhard Hörnlein
Original assignee: Emsa-Werke Wulf & Co GmbH; EMSA GmbH
Current assignee: Emsa-Werke Wulf & Co GmbH; EMSA GmbH
Priority date: 1992-07-22
Filing date: 1993-07-22
Publication date: 1995-05-10
Anticipated expiration: 2013-07-22
Also published as: ATE158998T1; WO1994002401A2; EP0650459A1; DE59307512D1; EP0650459B1; ATE172169T1; EP0651723B1; WO1994002401A3; DK0651723T3; DE59309067D1; WO1994002400A3; WO1994002400A2

Abstract

A device for receiving film rolls and for cutting sections of film has a housing with at least one dispensing compartment. Each dispensing compartment has a dispensing opening and a cutting blade (8) of a cutting device (6) which cooperates with a cutting profile (5) and which is movable in the longitudinal direction of the cutting profile (5) and transversely to a film web (26) drawn from the compartment. In order to cut sections of a web of film which may be made of different materials, with a high and uniform cutting quality, the cutting device has at least two rolls (7) between which is arranged the cutting blade (8).

Description

Device for receiving foil rolls and for separating

Sections of the film

The invention relates to a device for receiving film rolls and for cutting off parts of the film, with a housing having at least one dispensing compartment and a dispensing opening, and at least one separating device which interacts with a separating profile arranged on the front of the device, said device above the separating profile and is relatively movable transversely to a removed film web.

In the case of an object of this type known from EP 0 265 552, the housing has a cover covering a dispensing compartment, on which at least one cutting slide is arranged so as to be transversely displaceable. The cutting slide acts against a support cutting bar attached to the housing, which is formed on a support plate extending from the rear wall of the housing. An opening is provided in the cover, which forms a passage slot when the cover is placed with the support cutting bar, through which a pulled-off film web is passed.

With this object, a newly inserted film web must be threaded through the passage slot formed between the support cutting bar and cover. It is somewhat impractical. The production of this object is complex, since several complicated parts have to be manufactured, which have to be assembled with a perfect fit. Errors when manufacturing the individual parts or when assembling them, e.g. when putting the cover on, affect the cut quality.

The invention is based on the technical problem of creating a device of the type mentioned at the outset is easy to use, with which all types of foils can be separated precisely and practically, and which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture for a long service life.

This technical problem is solved according to the invention in that the separating profile is arranged on a cover.

As a result, the lid can be designed to be removable and the introduction of a film roll into the dispensing compartment and the threading of a film web into the dispensing opening is simplified. The separating profile is positioned on the cover and can be fitted to the device by fitting the cover. The position of the separating profile and separating device can be exactly positioned relative to one another. This results in a high cut quality. The lid can be arranged on a generic side of the device. In this sense, any page accessible to a user is conceivable under the front.

Resistance-increasing reinforcing elements are preferably arranged on the cover and in particular in the region of the separating profile.

The reinforcing elements increase the rigidity of the cover and in particular of the separating profile. The reinforcing elements absorb the forces required or occurring during the cutting process and make the cover and the separating profile stable against deformation. This ensures high cutting quality. The reinforcing elements can be formed in one piece with the cover during the primary shaping of the cover or can be subsequently attached to it.

The reinforcing elements are advantageously arranged on the inside of the housing or the cover. As a result, the reinforcement elements are visually covered. The The outside of the housing can be designed to meet the requirements of the operator.

Advantageously, reinforcement strips extend along the separating profile. They increase the stiffness of the cover, especially in the area of the separating profile. Forces that are e.g. be exerted on the separating profile via the separating device, effectively absorbed and the separating profile is retained in the form required for the effective separation of the film. The last shape along the separating profile favors in particular the rigidity during the displacement of the separating device along the separating profile.

In a special way, the separating profile can protrude from the plane of the cover on the front.

The increased arrangement increases the section modulus's moment of resistance, stiffens it and protects it from deformation. A removed film can be placed and stretched over the raised separating profile. The separation profile serves as a support surface on which the film web is tensioned tightly for the separation process. This tension can be generated both along the separating profile and in particular transversely to it.

The cover can be attached to the housing via a releasable snap-in connection. As a result, it can be fastened to the housing in an effective and precisely positioned manner. The connection is designed to be detachable, so that the cover can be removed from the housing. This makes it easier to replace a film roll. For example, cams which engage on the respective counterpart in shoulders or recesses are conceivable as a snap-in connection. The cams can be flexibly mounted so that the cover can be fastened to the housing by applying moderate force. The lid and housing together advantageously limit the dispensing opening. As a result, the dispensing opening is formed from two different parts. The dispensing opening can be enlarged by removing the cover from the housing. A removed film web of a new film roll can simply be inserted into the enlarged dispensing opening. Then the donation opening can be reduced to the normal size by putting the lid back on. Forming the dispensing opening from two different components saves the time-consuming production of an opening in a single component.

As a preferred embodiment, the reinforcement strips are designed as contact elements for the film roll.

As a result, the film roll can be aligned and positioned in the dispensing compartment on the reinforcing strips or the reinforcing elements. This secures the film roll against uncontrolled movements or jamming in the dispensing compartment or on its walls.

The reinforcing elements are expediently designed as a peeling edge for the film web.

The pull-off edge ensures that the film web is pulled off the film roll in an orderly manner and protects the film web against creasing or tearing. The pull-off edge can be used as a tensioning element over which the film web is pulled off.

As a variant of the invention, the reinforcing elements together with the separating profile essentially form a U-shaped cross section.

The U-shaped cross section is favorable for the reinforcement of the cover or the reinforcement elements of the separation profile. The U-shape is easy to manufacture when the cover is made by plastic injection molding and is material-saving with high rigidity. In addition, the inner part of the U-profile can serve as a guide or contact surface for a guide shoe or a guide part. The U-profile, which is open on one side, favors the accessibility of the separating profile, so that, for example, faults caused by drawing or pinching a film web in the separating profile can be easily eliminated.

It is proposed to form at least one guide rail on the cover, on which a guide part connected to the separating device engages and is displaceably mounted.

The guide rail and cover can be manufactured together in a way that is favorable to manufacture. The guide rail, together with the cover, can be attached to the housing with a precise fit and is clearly positioned relative to the separating profile arranged on the cover. The guide part engaging on the guide rail is aligned with the latter and can be displaced longitudinally on it to the separating profile. The separating device is clearly positioned in relation to the separating profile and interacts precisely with it. The guide rail can optionally be formed from the reinforcing strips or the reinforcing elements.

At least one guide rail is preferably arranged on each side along the cutting slot of the separating profile and the guide part connects the guide rails to one another.

Due to the symmetrical arrangement of the guide rail with respect to the cutting slot of the separating profile, forces acting on the separating profile or forces acting on the guide rail become evenly absorbed. By connecting the two guide rails via the guide part, the two guide rails are stabilized against one another. The guide part is aligned and guided on both guide rails and can transmit or support forces from one guide rail to the other.

Preferably, the guide rails are gripped by the guide part.

Forces occurring during the separation process, which push the separation profile and thus the guide rails apart, are absorbed by the guide part. The guide rails are kept in shape parallel to each other. A clip-like guide part is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and can be easily assembled.

The guide rails are advantageously arranged in a T-shape on the cover.

The T-shape of each guide rail is easy to shape and forms a stable profile. The shape of a T is a convenient shape for a rail. The guide part can engage this rail and effectively connect two clamp rails to one another or enclose them.

The guide rail advantageously engages in grooves formed on the guide part.

Grooves are easy to make on the guide part. They are favorable for gripping a rail shape, for example the T shape. The insides of the grooves can be used as Serve contact surfaces of the guide part. Forces can be transferred between two guide rails via the contact surfaces.

In a special way, the separating device can have a separating knife connected to the guide part, which extends through the cutting slot and is connected to the separating device on the side of the separating profile opposite the guide part.

The separating knife is a stable connection between the guide part and the separating device, which are thereby positioned against each other. The separating knife is advantageously designed as a supporting connecting part between the separating device and the guide part. Since the cutting knife extends through the cutting slot, it is in constant engagement with the cutting slot or with the separating profile. The guide part and separating device are precisely positioned opposite the cutting slot via the separating knife. When the separating device is handled, it is secured before the separating device is lifted off the separating profile. The guide part or separating device act against each other as securing hooks against forces occurring perpendicular to the separating profile.

In a special way, the separating device can have at least two rollers, between which the separating knife is arranged.

The rollers are able to transmit forces occurring during the cutting process to the separating profile and represent a smooth guidance of the separating device. A film web is fixed against the separating profile between the two rollers and separated from the separating knife between these two clamping points. The rollers ensure an exact position of the film web during the cutting process and thus ensure a perfect Cutting process by the cutting knife. The cutting quality obtained is very high.

The first roll grips the film web, leads it to the separating profile and clamps it to it. Advantageously, the film web between the first and second roll is just stretched so that the cutting knife can cut effectively. Since one roll is arranged on each side of the cutting knife, this tensioning and cutting process is identical in each of the two rolling directions.

Conceivably, the roles run on the separation profile.

As a result, the separating profile is used as a contact surface for the film web or for fixing the film web between rolls and a support. The film web is stretched and fixed in the area of the separating profile. This ensures a clean cut with high cut quality. A high cutting speed can be selected.

Possibly the rollers show separating edges engaging in the separating profile.

The separation edges of the rolls weaken or cut through the film web before the separation profile. As a result, metal foils in particular can be severed effectively. Materials that are not easily cut with the cutting knife are effectively cut by the rolling cutting edges in cooperation with the cutting profile. Particularly resistant film materials are only weakened by the separating edges and effectively cut through the subsequent separating knife along the weakening line. Films of all types can be severed with a separator designed in this way. As a preferred embodiment, the cover is rotatably mounted on the housing, as a result of which it is fastened to the housing and is secured against detachment or loss. It can be swung open to open the donation compartment or to enlarge the donation opening. The pivoting of the cover is optionally designed to be standing, hanging or pivotable to the side. It is guided exactly from the open position to the closed position via the axis of rotation of the cover. The lid is positioned exactly in the closed position. This ensures the reproducible, exact positioning of the cover with respect to the housing or housing parts with which the cover interacts.

The axis of rotation of the lid can expediently be spaced apart from a limiting lid edge.

As a result, the cover is divided into two cover parts lying opposite one another with respect to the axis of rotation. It executes a movement sweeping over two angular fields opposite one another with respect to the axis of rotation. Both lid parts open the lid opening. A cover part engages in the dispensing compartment. This intervention can be used to remove or lift a film roll from the dispensing compartment. This arrangement of the axis of rotation can also be used as an elongated hole guide when the cover is pivoted.

As a variant of the invention, the lid extends essentially over the entire height of the dispensing compartment.

As a result, a dispensing opening of the dispensing compartment can be effectively closed by the lid. The film is secured against rolling out or falling out of the dispensing compartment. By opening the lid, a sufficiently large dispensing opening can be created for inserting a film roll or threading a new film web. It is proposed to store the lid in the closed position.

As a result, the cover is in the closed position on the axis of rotation. Only small torques occur on the cover, generated by the weight of the cover. The lid can be folded down and opened with a user-friendly movement. In the open position, the dispensing compartment is easily accessible and film rolls can be easily changed.

In the closed position, the lid preferably delimits the dispensing opening with its upper edge.

As a result, the dispensing opening can be expanded to open the film roll by opening the cover. In the closed position of the cover, the dispensing opening forms between the housing and the cover. The threading of a film web into the dispensing opening can be done by simply pulling off the film web with the film roll inserted in the dispensing compartment and the lid open and then closing the lid. This process is very simple and user-friendly. The top edge of the lid can be used as a pull-off edge for the film web. The film web can be effectively tensioned via this pull-off edge.

The lid advantageously has stiffening elements in the region of the upper edge.

The stiffening elements increase the stability of the lid in the area of the upper edge. This proves to be particularly advantageous when pulling off the film, the upper edge and when closing the rotatably mounted cover. In this case, the lid is gripped predominantly in the area of the upper edge and pressed against the housing. The one that occurs The stiffening elements can counteract forces in a stabilizing manner. The same applies to pulling off a film web over the upper edge.

The stiffening elements are advantageously arranged on the inside of the cover.

As a result, the stiffening elements are concealed when the lid is closed.

The stiffening elements are expediently designed as a film peeling edge.

The edge-shaped design of the stiffening elements ensures a straight, flat contact of a film web on the stiffening elements. The film web can be stretched and aligned flat at the film pull-off edge.

In a special way, the opening angle of the lid can be limited by a stop.

As a result, the lid is assigned a clear maximum opening position and is secured against tampering with it in the open state. In the open position, the lid is precisely positioned and can be used, for example, as a support surface when changing foils. It is beneficial to open the lid up to a horizontal position. In this case the lid can be used as a flat support surface for film rolls. The stop can be formed, for example, on the housing or on other fixed parts.

It is conceivable that the separating profile is designed as a stop limiting the opening angle, which abuts a fixed part when the cover is fully open. Part of the shape of the separating profile can act as a stop. In the maximum opening position, for example, it can rest against the housing.

The guide rail may be designed as a guide channel in which the guide part is slidably mounted.

The guide channel can be closed on all sides or partially open in cross section. The sides of the guide part lie against the guide channel. As a result, the guide part can be easily and very precisely adapted to the guide channel by producing the outer shape. For example, square, triangular, circular or polygonal cross sections are conceivable as a guide channel. All cross-sectional shapes can be open, so that the guide part can be easily inserted into the guide channel via this open side and is also accessible during operation.

As a preferred embodiment, the guide channel is formed from at least two cover parts firmly connected to one another.

As a result, the guide channel can be manufactured separately from individual parts and then assembled. The guide part can either be inserted from the side of the guide channel or is arranged in the guide channel by joining the cover parts together. The guiding surfaces that are decisive for the guiding tasks of the guiding channel can be manufactured separately on the individual cover parts. Individual cover parts can be replaced if the guide channel is defective.

The cover parts preferably limit the cutting slot. The guide channel advantageously has elastic elements on the cutting slot side.

The guide part can be placed on these elastic elements. The elastic elements give way to unevenness in the film. When using a separating device with rollers, the separating device can be adapted to the respective film thickness. The contact pressure of the rolls on the film web can be varied by choosing the elasticity of the elements.

The elastic elements are advantageously designed as resilient tolerance compensation webs.

Tolerance compensation bars can be easily formed on the guide channel. Resilient tolerance compensation webs have proven to be a simple but effective compensation element for the bearing of the guide part.

In a special way, a resilient tolerance compensation web can be arranged on each cover part.

As a result, the elastic elements can each be manufactured together with the corresponding cover part. By exchanging cover parts with resilient tolerance compensation bars of different elasticity, the device can meet the respective requirements e.g. with regard to the film thickness.

It is conceivable that the side of the guide part facing the cutting slot is roof-shaped.

The roof edge of the guide part can align itself with the cutting slot and the angular shape of the roof points keel-shaped into the cutting slot. This ensures an automatic Alignment of the guide part and an associated separating device on the cutting slot.

In the closed position, the cover may be against a housing stop.

The housing stop is a shape adapted to the cover and defines the closed position of the cover.

In a preferred embodiment, the film web is carried out between the housing stop and the upper edge of the cover.

This feature can be designed as a labyrinth for the film web. This creates frictional forces when a film web is pulled off between it and the housing stop and / or the upper edge of the cover. The film web is thus removable against a slight resistance. This resistance can be used when the film web is stretched over the separating profile to hold the film web on one side.

The cover can expediently be releasably attached to the housing in the closed position by means of a locking device.

The locking device holds the lid in the closed position when pulling off a film web over a lid edge. To open the lid, the locking device is designed to be detachable.

As a variant of the invention, the locking device has latching tongues which engage behind shoulders or recesses formed on the respective counterpart.

The locking tongues can be arranged on the housing or on the cover and engage the respective counterpart. Optionally, the locking tongues locking cams or resilient bending legs exhibit. Shoulders or recesses are formed on the respective counterpart, into which the latching tongues snap. This latching connection can be released by an operator by applying little force.

The locking device can preferably be operated via a handle on the front.

The handle can be designed, for example, as a protruding tab or shoulder. The arrangement on the front favors the accessibility and thus the user-friendliness of the locking device. Several devices according to the invention can be arranged next to one another without disabilities. The handle creates a defined element for actuating the locking device.

Advantageously, the latching tongues protrude from the front of the cover and have a shoulder that engages over the cover in the closed position.

This prevents the lid from opening. The heel can be released by slightly bending the locking tabs from the overlapping position over the lid, so that the lid can be opened.

The locking device advantageously has a handle which can be operated by a movement directed from the center of the housing to the housing side.

As a result, the operator's hand is moved to the housing side when the locking device is released and the way to open the cover is opened. Normally a handle of the locking device ^'with the thumb is released. The thumbs can grip the handle from the inside of the housing and be led outwards by slight pressure, whereby the locking device is released. This direction of movement is very user-friendly.

In a special way, at least one opening spring can be arranged on the housing and / or cover, which rests elastically deformed on the respective counterpart in the closed position of the cover.

The lid is spring-loaded in the opening direction by the opening spring. It jumps when loosening e.g. a locking device or a locking device, in the opening direction. The opening force can be adjusted by selecting the deformation of the opening spring in the closed position. When the lid is open, the spring is relieved and is re-tensioned when the lid is closed. The cover can open up to the maximum open position or open only to a limited extent, so that the operator can grip the cover and open it completely.

The opening spring is advantageously designed as a bending web molded onto the cover and / or housing.

A bending web can, for example, be formed in one piece with a cover or housing. This is particularly advantageous in the plastic version. A bending bridge ensures an effective and fatigue-resistant spring action. The bending web can be arranged below the film roll in the closed position of the cover, so that when the cover is opened the bending web can be used to pry out the film roll by opening the cover. As a result, the film roll is lifted out of the dispensing compartment when the lid is opened by the bending bridge and fed to the user. In a special way, the bending web can rest on a shoulder formed on the respective counterpart.

The heel creates a defined system for the bending web for deforming or tensioning the same.

Conceivably, the bending web is L-shaped and is elastically deformed by the end face of an L-leg in the closed position of the lid.

An L-leg ensures that the bending web is deformed in the closed position when it is in contact with the respective counterpart. The L-shape of the bending web can be produced, for example, by a plastic injection molding process during primary molding or is designed as an L-shaped metal web produced by bending.

The opening spring may be arranged in the region of a lateral rest position of the separating device.

As a result, the opening spring is arranged next to the film roll. When the cover is opened, an opening spring designed as a bending web sweeps over a free area, so that the cover can be opened easily and continuously. The opening spring can act as a stop formed on a fixed part, for example the housing.

As a preferred embodiment, the cover is at least partially cylindrical in shape.

The cylindrical shell shape is structurally stable with a high section modulus. As a result, the cover can effectively withstand forces acting on it, for example from the cutting process. The cylindrical shell of the cover resembles the cross-sectional shape of one Foil roll. As a result, the lid shape of the film roll can be adapted to save space.

It is proposed to essentially adapt the radius of the cylinder shell to the radius of the film roll.

As a result, the lid of the film roll is adapted to save space and the film roll is guided on the inside of the cylinder shell. When changing the film roll, a film roll can be inserted into the cylindrical shell shape of the open lid and then automatically fitted into the dispensing compartment by putting the lid on. This process is reversed when a film roll is removed from the dispensing compartment.

As a variant of the invention, the separating profile is arranged on the front apex edge of the cylinder shell.

As a result, the separating profile and separating device are located at a protruding point on the device and are easily accessible to an operator. The forces acting on the separating profile are introduced centrally into the cylindrical shell shape, so that the cover is evenly loaded with forces.

Ribs are preferably arranged on the cover.

The ribs increase the stability of the lid and can be formed in one piece with it or can be attached to it later.

Generic is also a device with at least two dispensing compartments, each of which has a cylindrical shell-shaped cover. Advantageously extends from each lid of a dispensing compartment in the direction of an adjacent dispensing compartment, one front panel each.

The front plate creates a flat front part of the device. It conceals recesses in the housing between the two dispensing compartments or between two adjacent lids. In this case, two front panels which extend from adjacent dispensing compartments can adjoin one another when the lids are closed. This creates a user-friendly, injury-preventing front section.

A front plate advantageously borders tangentially on the cylindrical shell shape of the cover.

The tangential transfer of the front plate into the cylindrical shell-shaped cover creates a smooth transition between the front plate and the cover.

In a special way, the front panels of two adjacent dispensing compartments can be arranged parallel to one another when the lids are closed.

The front plates of two adjacent dispensing areas can expediently be arranged in one plane when the lids are closed.

A flat boundary of the device is created by the plane. Handling or operating elements of the device can protrude easily accessible from this level for the operator.

As a variant of the invention, the front panels of two adjacent donation compartments delimit a donation opening. As a result, the dispensing opening is simply made between two parts. The front panels can be aligned in a user-friendly manner in such a way that a film web can be gripped at the dispensing opening and can be removed from it.

In particular, an arrangement of two adjacent front panels at an obtuse or acute angle, the angular field of which is directed toward the inside of the housing, is appropriate here. These front plates together form a wedge profile, from which a film web can be gripped and pulled off with a simple hand movement.

The cover is preferably rotatably mounted on the housing via an elongated hole guide.

As a result, the cover can be opened using a mixed form of translatory and rotary movement. The cover can be released from a positive locking on the housing by translatory movement and then opened by a rotary movement.

The elongated hole is advantageously arranged essentially vertically.

This causes the cover to fall down to a stop along the slot. It can be locked in its closed position by its own weight.

Conveniently, a nose is formed on the cover, which engages over a shoulder formed on the housing when the cover is closed.

The lid can be hung on the heel over the nose. This is particularly advantageous in the case of a cover which is mounted so that it can rotate. The lid can go through the translational movement along the elongated hole on the shoulder or be hung and then opened by the rotary movement.

In a special way, an angle bracket can be attached to the cover, on which the film roll can be placed.

By fastening the angle bracket to the cover, the angle bracket executes the analog rotary movement of the cover.

A film placed on it is forcibly removed from the

Angle bracket levered out of the dispensing compartment or inserted into the dispensing compartment. He creates in the dispenser compartment

Angle bracket a defined contact surface for the

Foil roll.

When the lid is closed, the angle bracket can extend parallel to the bottom of the dispensing compartment.

When the lid is closed, the film roll has the maximum space available for the dispensing compartment. When the lid is closed, the angle bracket can hit the bottom of the dispensing compartment, thereby limiting the closing movement of the lid.

The angle bracket may extend over the entire depth of the dispensing compartment.

This ensures that when the cover is folded out, the angle bracket lever out the film roll from the dispensing compartment.

As a preferred embodiment, a driver shoulder is arranged on the free end region of the angle bracket.

The driver shoulder acts as a hook engaging behind the film roll and takes the film roll with it when it is swung out by opening the lid. When the cover is open, the angle bracket advantageously bears against a housing part and limits the opening angle of the cover.

As a result, the angle bracket, acting against the housing part, assumes the function of a stop. The opening angle can be adjusted by choosing the length or arrangement of the angle bracket.

As a variant of the invention, the angle bracket extends in the form of a plate essentially over the entire width of the compartment.

As a result, the angle bracket can serve as a flat bottom of the dispensing compartment. The angle bracket forms the subdivision in the housing into individual donation compartments.

The cover preferably has side cheeks on the side facing the film roll.

The side cheeks extend essentially in the opening direction of the cover. The film roll is arranged between the side walls. The side cheeks can connect an angle bracket and the lid to each other. The side walls determine the space in which a film roll can be inserted. When the lid is open, the side cheeks essentially form an extension of the housing sides and ensure that the film roll is inserted into the dispensing compartment when the lid is closed. Opening springs or, in a special version, the bending webs can be formed on the side walls.

The height and / or width of the side cheeks can expediently correspond approximately to the diameter of a film roll. As a result, the film roll is guided over the entire cross section of the side cheeks when the cover is folded out. The side cheeks can be designed to be curved to match the rotational movement of the cover.

The cover is preferably formed in two parts with a hanging and a standing rotatably mounted flap.

In the open position, the two flap parts form an insertion channel for a film roll. You need less space on the front than the solution with a rotating lid.

The two flaps advantageously limit the dispensing opening between them.

As a result, the dispensing opening is formed between two parts to be manufactured separately. It can be expanded to open the film roll by opening the two flaps. It is particularly easy to thread a pulled-off film web into the dispensing web. The film roll is placed in the dispensing compartment with the flaps open and part of the film web is pulled off. Then both flaps are closed and automatically take the removed film web between them and insert it into the dispensing opening formed between them when the two flaps are closed.

As a preferred embodiment, the two flaps together form the separating profile in the closed state.

As a result, the separating profile can be divided by opening the flaps, so that operating faults which occur, for example by pinching a film web between the separating device and the separating profile, can be easily remedied. The two flaps may be chamfered on their sides facing one another in the closed position.

The facing end faces of the two flaps can be individually formed with a chamfer during manufacture or can be chamfered afterwards. The two flaps are chamfered in opposite directions, so that a narrow removal gap is created between them, through which the film web can be passed. By aligning the bevels, the film web can either be directed upwards, horizontally or downwards when it exits the dispensing opening.

As a variant of the invention, the two flaps are coupled to one another by mechanical transmission means.

As a result, the movement of each individual flap is linked to that of the other. Both flaps can be moved by operating only one flap. The relative position of the two flaps to one another is defined in each opening or closing position of the flaps. Elements or devices formed by both flaps in the closed position are reliably formed in the same form in each closed position.

The mechanical transmission means are preferably designed as toothed wheel segments which are in engagement with one another.

Interlocking gear segments ensure exact positioning of the two flaps in relation to each other. The gear segments can be formed together with side cheeks formed on the cover. The two flaps are advantageously motionally connected to one another via a link guide.

The slide guide ensures that the flaps can be moved within limits. It is easy to manufacture and gives the two flaps relative freedom of movement relative to one another.

One of the flaps advantageously has a guide finger which is guided in a link channel of the other flap.

The guide finger can be rod-shaped or adapted to the shape of the link channel. Guide finger and link channel must be manufactured separately from each other on the respective flap and then simply assembled by plugging them together.

In a special way, the link channel can be designed as a tab that is open on one side.

A flap that is open on one side can be produced simply and cheaply, for example, by a plastic injection molding process. A guide finger can be easily inserted into the link channel through the opening on one side.

It is conceivable that the flaps are held in the closed position by elastic means and / or weight forces.

As a result, the flaps are held in the closed position when subjected to forces. They are secured against unintentional opening, for example by forces occurring when pulling off a film web. As an elastic means, for example, an elastic band or a coil spring can be stretched between the housing and the cover. A control cam is preferably formed on one of the two flaps and controls the opening movement of the other flap.

The control cam can, for example, be formed with the side cheeks on one of the two flaps. By actuating one flap, the other flap is automatically opened or closed. The control flap is advantageously attached to the lower rotary flap which is mounted in an upright position. The upper flap, which is formed in a hanging manner, is pushed open against the weight of the control flap by opening the lower flap and, when the lower flap is closed, rotates back into the closed position due to its weight.

The two flaps advantageously overlap at least in regions.

This ensures that the dispenser compartment is closed on the front. The overlap joint between the two flaps can be used, for example, as a dispensing opening. This results in a labyrinth-like passage for the film web, which offers a gentle resistance to the removal of the film.

The separating profile is advantageously arranged in the region of a lateral rest position on the cover connected to the separating device and swings out together with the separating device when the cover is opened.

As a result, the separating device is supported by the separating profile when pivoting out. After severing a film, the door device can be moved to a lateral resting position and the lid opened to change the film. In a special way, the dispensing compartment can be designed as an insert container which can be removed from the housing.

As a result, the dispensing compartment can be removed as a part of the housing. Foil changing work can be carried out separately from the housing.

The separating profile and the separating device can be formed on the insert container.

As a result, sections of the film can also be cut off when the insert container is separate from the housing. The device is composed in a modular manner from individual devices that can be arranged together in a housing. This significantly increases the usability of the device.

The insert container may have at least one film change opening.

A film roll can be introduced into or removed from the insert container through the film change opening. The change process can be carried out independently of the housing.

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As a preferred embodiment, the film change opening is at least partially closed by a housing wall when the insert container is inserted into the housing.

The closability of the film change opening secures the film roll against unwanted / falling out of the dispensing compartment or the insert container. The insert container can be designed to be open on any side. A fastening device can expediently be formed between the insert container and the housing.

The fastening device can be designed to be detachable and fixes the insert container to the housing.

As a variant of the invention, elastic locking tongues are formed on the insert container or on the housing, which engage in the recess or shoulders formed on the respective counterpart.

This type of fastening device can be designed in the sense of a latching connection. This connection is easy to operate and inexpensive to manufacture. It ensures that the two parts are securely attached to one another and is easy to remove.

At least one suspension device for a film roll is preferably arranged on the outside of the housing.

For example, a paper roll can be attached to the hanging device. The role is freely accessible from the outside.

The suspension device advantageously has two angle levers, the angled ends of which are arranged on a line and face one another.

A film roll can be hung between the ends of the two angle levers. The film roll is held by the angle levers and is rotatably supported on them.

The two angle levers are expediently arranged on a rail on the housing so as to be longitudinally displaceable. The rail can be continuous or consist of sections spaced apart from one another. The two angle levers can be pushed apart so that a film roll can be inserted into the space between them. The angle levers are then pushed together and engage with their mutually facing ends in the film carrier body which is hollow on the inside.

In a special way, the two angle levers can be moved towards one another by elastic elements.

As a result, a film roll is easily clamped between the two angle levers. When pulling off a film, the angle levers act as brake shoes. There is a gentle resistance to the peeling movement, so that the film is held in the rest position when the peeling force decreases. When a film roll is inserted, the elastic elements are deformed and then press on the film roll using the angle levers.

A tension spring can be arranged between the angle levers and moves the angle levers towards one another.

A rubber band or a coil spring can serve as a tension spring, for example. Through them, the angle levers are clamped together and represent an effective holding and braking device for the film roll.

The angle levers may be rotatably mounted on the housing.

This allows the angle levers to be turned to a desired position.

As a preferred embodiment, the angle levers can be countersunk in the housing recesses. As a result, the angle levers can be brought into a hidden rest position and the device can be designed to save space. This is particularly convenient for transportation.

It is proposed to arrange the separating profile of a generic device on a rotatably mounted cover and to arrange reinforcing strips designed as guide rails in the area of the separating profile, the separating knife extending from the separating device through the cutting slot and one on the side of the separating profile opposite the separating device arranged guide part connects to the separating device.

As a result, the separating device with the guide part is mounted on the guide rails so as to be longitudinally displaceable along the separating profile. This guide bearing is arranged on a rotatably mounted cover, so that the separating profile and separating device are pivoted with the guide part by pivoting the cover. The reinforcement strips absorb the forces acting on the cover due to the cutting process and stabilize the cover.

As a variant of the invention, the guide part comprises the reinforcing strips in the form of a clamp.

As a result, the reinforcement strips are effectively held together and the separating profile and cutting slot remain in the form required for the separating process, regardless of the forces acting on them.

Embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawing and are explained below. Show it:

1 shows a vertical section through a device according to the invention with two dispensing compartments and a film roll attached on the outside,

2 shows a cross section through a separating device according to the invention with a separating profile having reinforcing strips and a guide part comprising guide rails,

3 shows a vertical section through a dispensing compartment of a device according to the invention,

4 shows a horizontal section through a device according to the invention with a handle protruding from the housing front,

5 shows a front view of the invention

4 with two dispensing compartments,

6 shows a cross section through a separating device according to the invention, which is connected via a separating knife to a guide part mounted in a guide channel,

7 shows a cross section through a cover of a device according to the invention with a guide part in the form of a round rod and a guide channel formed on the cover,

8 shows a longitudinal section through a separating device according to the invention with a roller-mounted guide part, 9 shows a cross section through a separating device according to the invention according to FIG. 8 with a separating knife and roller-mounted guide part,

10 shows a longitudinal section through a separating device according to the invention with a V-shaped separating knife protruding from the cutting slot,

11 shows a cross section through a cutting device according to the invention with a truncated cone-shaped roller and cutting blade chamfered on one side,

12 is a front view of an inventive

Device with laterally arranged handles have two half-sections with open or closed lids,

13 shows a vertical section through a device according to the invention with two dispensing compartments and in each case one closed and one open lid,

14 shows a vertical section through a device according to the invention with two dispensing compartments and angle levers attached to the outside of the housing,

15 shows a vertical section through a dispensing compartment of a device according to the invention with a two-part guide channel and tolerance compensation bars _r 16 shows a top view of a cover of a device according to the invention with bending webs formed in the lateral rest position of the separating devices,

17 shows a vertical section through a dispensing compartment of a device according to the invention with a guide channel of two parts and a releasably attachable angle lever,

18 shows a partial front view of a device according to the invention with lids in the form of a cylindrical shell,

19 shows a vertical section through a device according to the invention with covers shaped like cylindrical shells,

20 shows a vertical section through a cylindrical dish-shaped cover provided with ribs and a front plate,

21 shows a cross section through a separating device arranged on the cylinder-shell-shaped cover along the section line XXI-XXI in FIG. 20,

22 shows a vertical section through a device according to the invention with lids in the form of a cylindrical shell and axes of rotation of the lids arranged offset on the lid shell,

23 shows a vertical section through a device according to the invention with covers in the form of cylindrical shells, which are mounted on the housing via an elongated hole guide, 24 shows a partial front view of a device according to the invention,

25 shows a vertical section through a device according to the invention with two-part covers,

26 shows a side view with a partial cutout of a device according to the invention with a two-part cover,

27 shows a partial front view of a device according to the invention,

28 shows a vertical section through the device according to the invention shown in FIG. 27,

29 shows a partial front view of a device according to the invention,

30 shows a vertical section through the device shown in FIG. 29,

31 shows a partial front view of a device according to the invention,

32 shows a side view with a partial breakout of a device according to the invention according to FIG. 31,

33 shows a vertical section through a device according to the invention with two-part covers and an angle lever arranged on the outside of the housing, 34 shows a vertical section through a device according to the invention with an L-shaped bending web,

35 shows a partial front view of a device according to the invention,

36 shows a vertical section through a device according to the invention with lids guided by one another,

37 shows a vertical section through a device according to the invention,

38 shows a rear view of a device according to the invention in two half-sections with angle levers arranged on the outside of the housing,

39 shows a partial view of an angle lever and loaded in a rail by a tension spring

40 shows a longitudinal section through a device according to the invention with two dispensing compartments designed as insert containers.

In the drawing, a device 1 is shown with one or more dispensing compartments 2 arranged one above the other. A film roll 3 is located in each of the dispensing compartments 2. A film web 4 is pulled off the film rolls 3 and passed through a dispensing opening 5 of the respective dispensing compartment 2. The dispensing compartments 2 can be closed by a cover 6. A cover 6 is rotatably mounted on the housing 7 of the device 1. The cover 6 has a separating profile 8 which protrudes from the plane of the cover to the front of the device 1.

In the area of the separating profile 8, reinforcing strips 9 are attached to the cover 6 on the inside of the housing. The reinforcing strips 9 extend parallel to the separating profile 8. Between the reinforcing strips 9, a guide part 10 is arranged, which is displaceably mounted along the separating profile 8 or the reinforcing strips 9. It rests on the separating profile 8 and the reinforcing strips 9 on the inside.

The reinforcing strips 9 form a substantially U-shaped profile with the separating profile 8. The reinforcing strips 9 designed as U-legs extend as far as a film roll 3 inserted into the dispensing compartment 2. The height of the reinforcing strips 9 is in each case adapted to the horizontal distance between the cover 6 and the film roll 3. The reinforcing strips 9 are designed as pull-off edges for the film web 4.

On the inside of the housing, reinforcement strips 9 are formed on the separating profile 8 as guide rails 13. The guide part 10 engages with grooves 14 formed on the guide rails 13. The two guide rails 13 are gripped by the guide part 10 from the inside of the housing. The guide part 10 is guided over the side surfaces of the grooves 14 on the guide rails 13.

The separating device 12 attached to the outside of the housing has two rollers 15, between which a separating knife 16 is arranged. The separating knife 11 ^' is substantially V-shaped and has a V tip which engages in that of the separating profile 8 formed cutting slot 17. Optionally, the V-tip of the cutting knife 11 is directed from the inside of the housing through the cutting slot 17 to the outside towards the cutting device 12. The separating knife 11 is connected to the guide part 10 on the inside of the housing. The V-legs of the cutting knife 11 are designed as cutting edges 18 and chamfered on one or two sides.

The rollers 15 are arranged on both sides of the separating knife 11 and are essentially in series with the separating knife 11. They each have a separating edge 19 which is in engagement with the separating profile 8. The rollers 15 are frustoconical at least in some areas. The larger of the truncated cone surfaces faces the cutting knife 11. Essentially, the separating edges 19 of the rollers and the cutting edges 18 of the separating knife 11 are in a line. The rollers 15 roll on the separating profile 8.

The guide part 10 can be square or round to the respective shape of the guide rail 13. The guide part 10 optionally has support rollers 20. The support rollers 20 are connected to the guide part 10 via bending legs 21 and roll on the inside of the housing on the separating profile 8.

The guide rail 13 can be designed as a guide channel 22. The guide channel 22 is composed of guide channel parts 23. The assembled guide channel parts 23 together form the cutting slot 17 and the separating profile 8. A guide channel part 23 is further developed as a cover edge or stop edge of the cover.

Elastic tolerance compensation webs 24 are formed on the inside of the guide channel 22. The guide part 10 bears against them. At each guide channel part 23 is an elastic tolerance compensation web 24 is formed. In the case of composite guide channel parts 23, the elastic tolerance compensation webs 24 are arranged at a distance from one another, so that the separating knife 11 extends between them. The guide part 10 is roof-shaped on the side facing the cutting slot 17. The roof edge 25 automatically fits into the cutting slot 17.

The cover 6, which is rotatably mounted on the housing 7, extends essentially over the entire height of the dispensing compartment 2. Between the upper edge 26 of the cover 6 and the housing 7, a dispensing opening 5 is formed, through which a pulled-off film web 4 is passed. The upper edge 26 has stiffening element 27. The stiffening elements 27 are molded onto the upper edge 26 as a film peeling edge 28.

The cover 6 is rotatably supported in an upright position and in the closed position is essentially perpendicular to its axis of rotation 29. The opening angle of the cover 6 is limited by a stop 30. The stop 30 can be formed on the housing 7, for example near the axis of rotation 29. As a variant of the invention, the separating profile 8 is designed as a stop 30 limiting the opening angle. When the cover is fully open, the separating profile 8 bears against the housing 7.

On the housing 7 locking tabs 31 are formed which protrude from the front of the closed position of the cover 6. The locking tongues 31 have a shoulder 32. The paragraph 32 engages over the lid 6 in the closed position. The latching tongues 31 can be actuated via a handle 33. The handle 33, which is designed as a fluted surface protruding from the front, can be operated by a movement directed from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing. It can be used to release the cover 6 in the closed position. An opening spring 34 is arranged on the cover 6 or on the housing 7. In the closed position of the cover 6, the opening spring 34 rests elastically deformed on the respective counterpart. It is shaped as a bending bridge. According to FIGS. 34, 36 and 37, the bending web 34 is L-shaped and rests with the end face of an L-leg on the respective counterpart. According to FIG. 16, the opening spring 34 is formed on the cover 6 and is arranged at a distance from the film roll 3 in the region of a lateral rest position 35 of the separating device 12. According to FIGS. 18 to 23, the cover 6 can be cylindrical in shape. In these figures, the cover 6 is designed as a half-cylinder shell 36. The radius of the half-cylinder shell 36 is adapted to the radius of a film roll 3. On the inside of the housing, the cover has 6 ribs 37, which run essentially vertically.

A front plate 38 is formed tangentially on the front of the half-cylinder shell 36, which extends vertically in the closed position of the cover 6 and extends in the direction of an adjacent dispensing compartment 2. The front plates 38 of two adjacent dispensing compartments 2 together form a flat surface and delimit a dispensing opening 5 between their mutually facing edges. When the cover 6 is cylindrical in shape, the separating profile 8 and the separating device 12 are arranged on the apex 39 of the cover 6 protruding from the front.

The axis of rotation 29 of the cover 6 is arranged on an outer edge of the cover 6. Optionally, the axis of rotation 29 is arranged spaced from an outer edge of the cover 6. This increases the opening angle of the cover 6, in particular in the case of a cover 6 in the form of a cylindrical shell. In this case, part of the cover 6 engages in the dispensing compartment 2 when it is opened and serves to lift out a film roll 3. According to Figure 23, the cover 6 is rotatably mounted on the housing 7 via an elongated hole guide 40. A guide finger 41 engages in a vertically arranged elongated hole 42 and is rotatable therein and displaceable along this. In the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 23, the guide finger 41 is formed on the cover 6 and engages in an elongated hole 42 formed on the housing 7. Conversely, guide fingers 41 and slot 42 can be interchanged on the respective counterpart.

According to FIG. 23, the lid 6 has on its upper edge 26 a nose 43 which engages over a shoulder formed on the housing 7 when the lid 6 is closed. In this case, the cover 6 is attached to the housing 7 via the shoulder formed on the housing 7 and remains in the closed position due to its own weight.

An angle bracket 44 is arranged on the cover 6. Cover 6 and angle bracket 44 are arranged perpendicular to each other so that the angle bracket comes to lie horizontally and parallel to the bottom surface of a dispensing compartment 2 in the closed position of the lid 6. The angle arm 44 extends essentially over the entire depth of a dispensing compartment 2 and can have a driver shoulder 45 at its free end region. The driver shoulder 45 engages behind a film roll 3 when the cover 6 is opened. When the cover 6 is open, the angle bracket 44 lies against the housing 7 and limits the opening angle of the cover 6. Optionally, the angle bracket 44 is plate-shaped over the entire width of the compartment.

On the end face of a film roll 3, a side cheek 47 is arranged on the cover 6 parallel to a housing side wall. The side cheeks 47 have the shape of a quarter curve and form an extension of the when the cover 6 is open Housing side walls 46. The height and width of the side cheeks 47 are adapted to the diameter of a film roll.

The cover 6 can be formed in two parts with a hanging and a standing rotatably mounted flap 48. The flaps 48 are each rotatably mounted on the top or bottom of the housing 7 via axes of rotation 29. Separating device 12 and separating profile 8 are attached to the front of the flaps 48. When the flaps are closed, the separating device 12 engages with the separating profile 8. According to FIG. 28, part of the separating profile 8 is formed on each flap. The separating profile 8 is assembled when both flaps 48 are closed.

In the area of the lateral rest positions 35 of the separating device 12, the guide rail 13, separating device 12 and separating profile 8 are arranged on the hanging flap 48. The separating profile 8 extending between the two lateral rest positions 35 is formed on the standing flap 48. When flaps 48 are closed, the two-part separating profile 8 is assembled to fit exactly.

The two flaps 48 delimit the dispensing opening 5 between them. Depending on the design of the mutually facing surfaces of the flaps 48, they can be designed as a labyrinth. 28, the two flaps 48 overlap in the closed state. According to FIG. 34, the mutually facing edges of the flaps 48 are chamfered in opposite directions.

According to FIGS. 26 to 33, the side cheeks 47 are designed as gear segments, which are in engagement with one another.

According to FIGS. 36 and 37, the two flaps 48 are motionally connected to one another via a link guide. On the hanging Flap 48 is arranged a link channel 50 open on one side, in which engages a guide finger formed on the standing flap 48. The link channel 50 is designed as a tab that is open on one side.

According to FIG. 25, a control cam 52 is formed on the side cheeks 47, which controls the opening movement of the hanging flap 48 by actuating the standing flap 48.

According to FIG. 34, a tooth of a gear segment 49 is designed as a spring bar 53. This spring bar is slightly deformed when the flaps 48 are opened from the closed position and generates a restoring force which loads the flaps 48 with a closing force.

According to FIG. 40, a dispensing compartment 2 is designed as a removable insert container 54. The insert container 54 is inserted into the housing 7. The separating profile 8 and the separating device 12 are formed on it. A film roll 3 can be introduced into the insert container 54 via a film change opening 55. The film change opening 55 can be designed as an open side of the insert container 54 or can be closed by a cover 6 or flaps 48.

An open film change opening 55 is closed by the housing 7 when the insert container 54 is inserted into the housing 7.

A fastening device 56 is formed between insert container 54 and housing 7. It consists of elastic locking tongues 57 formed on the housing 7, which engage in recesses 58 formed on the insert container 54. Below the housing 7, two angle levers 59 are arranged, between which a further film roll 3 can be used. The angle levers 59 are rotatably mounted over the housing 7, snap-in U-pieces 60 and axially displaceable perpendicular to their direction of rotation. According to FIG. 38, the angle levers 59 can be rotated from the broken-down position shown in dashed lines to the position shown in solid lines. In the folded position, the angle lever is sunk into housing recesses 61.

Two tension springs 62 are arranged between the angle levers. The two tension springs are attached on one side to the housing 7 and connected to the other side with one of the angle levers 59. The angle levers 59 are moved towards one another via the tension springs 62 and clamp an inserted film roll 3 between them.

According to FIG. 28, the cover 6 can be connected to the housing 7 by elastic means 63, for example a spring balancer 63. The elastic means 63 hold the lid 6 in the closed position by their spring force.

The separating device 12 can have a magnet 64. The magnet 64 interacts with a ferromagnetic element 65 attached to the cover 6 and holds the separating device 12 on the cover 6 by the magnetic force. The ferromagnetic element 65 is advantageously designed as a band arranged parallel to the separating profile 8.

According to FIG. 35, the cover 6 or the flap 48 has cutouts 66 in the area overlapped by the shoulder 32. The recesses 66 give the cover 6 or the flap 48 space for slightly enlarging the dispensing opening 5 by swiveling it out slightly. With the device according to the invention, or the separating device, films of all types, in particular plastic, paper, metal (eg aluminum) and baking paper films (eg parchment) can be separated.

Claims

P a t e n t a n s r u c h e

1. Device for receiving rolls of film and for cutting off parts of the film, with a housing having at least one dispensing compartment and a dispensing opening, and at least one separating device which interacts with a separating profile arranged on the front of the device, said device separating the separating profile and transversely to one Film web is relatively movable, characterized in that the separating profile (8) is arranged on a cover (6).

2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that on the cover (6), in particular in the region of the separating profile (8), resistance-increasing reinforcing elements (9) are arranged.

3. Apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the reinforcing elements (9) are arranged on the inside of the housing or the cover.

4. Device according to one of claims 2 or 3, characterized in that along the separating profile (8) reinforcing strips (9) extend.

5. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the separating profile (8) protrudes from the front of the plane of the cover (6) increased. 6. Device according to one of claims 4 or 5, characterized in that the reinforcing strip (9) are designed as contact elements for the film roll (3).

7. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (6) is fastened to the housing (7) via a releasable latching connection (31).

8. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lid (6) and housing (7) limit the dispensing opening (5).

9. Device according to one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that the reinforcing elements (9) is designed as a peeling edge (28) for the film web (4).

10. Device according to one of claims 2 to 9, characterized in that the reinforcing elements (9) together with the separating profile (8) form a substantially U-shaped cross section.

11. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one guide rail (13) is formed on the cover (6), on which a guide part (10) connected to the separating device (12) engages and is displaceably mounted.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, characterized in that at least one guide rail (13) on each side

REPLACEMENT LEAF is arranged along the cutting slot (17) of the separating profile (8) and the guide part (10) connects the guide rails (13) to one another.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, characterized in that the guide part (10) comprises the guide rails (13) in a clamped manner.

14. Device according to one of claims 11 to 13, characterized in that the guide rail (13) is arranged in a T-shape on the cover (6).

15. The device according to one of claims 11 to 14, characterized in that the guide rail (13) engages in grooves (14) formed on the guide part (10).

16. Device according to one of claims 11 to 15, characterized in that the separating device (12) has a with the guide part (10) connected separating knife (11) which extends through the cutting slot (17) and on which the guide part ( 10) opposite side of the separating profile (8) is connected to the separating device (12).

17. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the separating device (12) has at least two rollers (15), between which the separating knife (11) is arranged. 18. The apparatus according to claim 17, characterized in that the rollers (15) roll on the separating profile (8).

19. Device according to one of claims 17 or 18, characterized in that the rollers (15) in the separating profile (8) engaging separating edges (19).

20. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (6) is rotatably mounted on the housing (7).

21. The apparatus according to claim 20, characterized in that the axis of rotation (29) of the lid (6) is spaced from a limiting lid edge (26).

22. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (6) extends substantially over the entire height of the dispensing compartment (2).

23. The device according to one of claims 20 to 22, characterized in that the cover (6) is mounted standing in the closed position.

24. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (6) in the closed position with its upper edge (26) limits the dispensing opening (5). 25. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (6) in the region of the upper edge (26) has stiffening elements (27).

26. The apparatus according to claim 25, characterized in that the stiffening elements (27) are arranged inside the cover.

27. The device according to one of claims 25 or 26, characterized in that the stiffening elements (27) are designed as a film peeling edge (28).

28. Device according to one of claims 20 to 27, characterized in that the opening angle of the cover (6) is limited by a stop (30).

29. Device according to one of claims 20 to 28, characterized in that the separating profile (8) is designed as an opening angle limiting stop (30) which bears against a fixed part when the cover (6) is fully open.

30. Device according to one of claims 10 to 29, characterized in that the guide rail (13) is designed as a guide channel (22) in which the guide part (10) is slidably mounted.

31. The device according to claim 30, characterized in that. that the guide channel (22) is formed from at least two cover parts (23) which are firmly connected to one another. 32. Apparatus according to claim 31, characterized in that the cover parts (23) limit the cutting slot (17).

33. Device according to one of claims 30 to 32, characterized in that the guide channel (22) has elastic elements (24) on the cutting slot side.

34. Apparatus according to claim 33, characterized in that the elastic elements (24) are designed as resilient tolerance compensation webs (24).

35. Apparatus according to claim 33 or 34, characterized in that a resilient tolerance compensation web (24) is arranged on each cover part (23).

36. Device according to one of claims 11 to 35, characterized in that the cutting slot (17) facing side of the guide part (10) is roof-shaped.

37. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (6) bears in the closed position on a housing stop (30).

38. Apparatus according to claim 37, characterized in that the film web (4) is carried out between the housing stop (30) and the upper edge (26) of the cover (6). 39. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (6) in the closed position via a

Locking device (31, 32) on the housing (7) is releasably attached.

40. Apparatus according to claim 39, characterized in that the locking device (31, 32) has latching tongues (31) which engage behind shoulders or recesses (32) formed on the respective counterpart.

41. Device according to one of claims 39 or 40, characterized in that the locking device (31, 32) via a front handle (33) can be operated.

42. Device according to one of claims 39 to 41, characterized in that the latching tongues (31) protrude from the front over the cover (6) and have a shoulder (32) which engages over the cover (6) in the closed position.

43. Device according to one of claims 39 to 42, characterized in that the locking device (31, 32) has a handle (33) which can be operated by a movement directed from the middle of the housing to the housing side.

44. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one opening spring (34) is arranged on the housing (7) and / or cover (6), which rests elastically deformed on the respective counterpart in the closed position of the cover (6). 45. Apparatus according to claim 44, characterized in that the opening spring (34) as a on the cover (6) and / and housing (7) formed on the bending web (34).

46. Apparatus according to claim 45, characterized in that the bending web (34) bears on a shoulder formed on the respective counterpart.

47. Apparatus according to claim 45 or 46, characterized in that the bending web (34) is L-shaped and is elastically deformed by the end face of an L-leg in the closed position of the cover (6).

48. Device according to one of claims 44 to 47, characterized in that the opening spring (34) is arranged in the region of a lateral rest position (35) of the separating device (12).

49. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (6) is at least partially cylindrical-shell-shaped.

50. Apparatus according to claim 49, characterized in that the radius of the cylinder shell (36) is essentially adapted to the radius of the film roll (3).

51. Apparatus according to claim 49 or 50, characterized in that the separating profile (8) on the front apex edge (39). The cylinder shell (36) is arranged. 52. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that ribs (37) are arranged on the inside of the housing (6) on the cover (6).

53. Device according to one of the preceding claims with at least two dispensing compartments, each having a cylindrical shell-shaped cover, characterized in that each cover (6) of a dispensing compartment (2) in the direction of an adjacent dispensing compartment (2) has a front plate (38). extends.

54. Apparatus according to claim 53, characterized in that a front plate (38) is tangent to the cylindrical shell shape of the cover (6).

55. Apparatus according to claim 53 or 54, characterized in that the front plates (38) of two adjacent dispensing compartments with closed lids (6) are arranged parallel to one another.

56. Device according to one of claims 53 to 55, characterized in that the front plates (38) of two adjacent dispensing compartments (2) are arranged in one plane with closed lids (6).

57. Device according to one of claims 53 to 56, characterized in that the front plates (38) of two adjacent dispensing compartments (2) delimit a dispensing opening (5). 58. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (6) via a slot guide (40) on the housing (7) is rotatably mounted.

59. Apparatus according to claim 58, characterized in that the elongated hole (42) is arranged substantially vertically.

60. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a lug (43) is formed on the cover (6), which engages over a molded-on shoulder on the housing (7) with the cover (6) closed.

61. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an angle bracket (44) is attached to the cover (6), on which the film roll (3) can be placed.

62. Apparatus according to claim 61, characterized in that the angle bracket (44) extends parallel to the bottom of the dispensing compartment (2) when the cover (6) is closed.

63. Device according to one of claims 61 or 62, characterized in that the angle arm (44) extends over the entire depth of the dispensing compartment (2).

64. Device according to one of claims 61 to 63, characterized in that a driver shoulder (45) is arranged on the free end region of the angle arm (44). 56

72. Device according to one of claims 69 to 71, characterized in that the two flaps (48) are chamfered on their sides facing each other in the closed position.

73. Device according to one of claims 69 to 72, characterized in that the two flaps (48) are coupled to one another by mechanical transmission means (49, 50, 51, 52).

74. Device according to claim 73, characterized in that the mechanical transmission means are designed as gear segments (49) which are in engagement with one another.

75. Apparatus according to claim 73, characterized in that the two flaps (48) are motionally connected to one another via a link guide (50, 51).

76. Apparatus according to claim 75, characterized in that one of the two flaps (48) has a guide finger (51) which is guided in a link channel (50) of the other flap (48).

77. Apparatus according to claim 75 or 76, characterized in that the link channel (50) is designed as a tab open on one side.

78. Device according to one of claims 69 to 77, characterized in that the flaps (48) are held in the closed position by elastic means (53) and / or weight forces. 55

65. Device according to one of claims 61 to 64, characterized in that the angle bracket (44) with the cover (6) on a housing part (7) adjoins the opening angle of the cover (6).

66. Device according to one of claims 61 to 65, characterized in that the angle bracket (44) extends plate-shaped substantially over the entire width of the compartment.

67. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (6) on the side facing the film roll (3) has side cheeks (47).

68. Apparatus according to claim 67, characterized in that the height and / or width of the side cheeks (47) correspond approximately to the diameter of a film roll (3).

69. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (6) is formed in two parts with a hanging and a standing rotatably mounted flap (48).

70. Apparatus according to claim 69, characterized in that the two flaps (48) between them limit the dispensing opening (5).

71. Device according to claim 69 or 70, characterized in that the two flaps (48) together form the separating profile (8) in the closed state. 79. Device according to one of claims 69 to 78, characterized in that a control cam (52) is formed on one of the two flaps (48), which controls the opening movement of the other flap (48).

80. Device according to one of claims 69 to 79, characterized in that the two flaps (48) overlap at least in regions.

81. Device according to one of claims 20 to 80, characterized in that the separating profile (8) is arranged in the region of a lateral rest position (35) on the cover (6) connected to the separating device (12) and with the separating device (12) swings out together when opening the cover (6).

82. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the dispensing compartment (2) is designed as an insert container (54) which can be removed from the housing (7).

83. Apparatus according to claim 82, characterized in that the separating profile (8) and the separating device (12) are formed on the insert container (54).

84. Device according to one of claims 82 or 83, characterized in that the insert container (54). has at least one film change opening (55). 85. Device according to one of claims 82 to 84, characterized in that the film change opening (55) is at least partially closed by a housing wall (7) when the insert container (54) is inserted into the housing (7).

86. Device according to one of claims 82 to 85, characterized in that a fastening device (56) is formed between the insert container (54) and the housing (7).

87. Apparatus according to claim 86, characterized in that elastic locking tongues (57) are formed on the insert container (54) or housing (7), which engage in recesses or shoulders (58) formed on the respective counterpart.

88. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one suspension device (59) for a film roll (3) is arranged on the outside of the housing (7).

89. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the suspension device (59) has two angle levers (59), the angled ends of which are arranged in a line facing one another.

90. Apparatus according to claim 89, characterized in that the two angle levers (59) on a rail (60) on the housing (7) are arranged to be longitudinally displaceable. 91. Device according to one of claims 89 or 91, characterized in that the two angle levers (59) are moved towards one another by elastic elements (62).

92. Apparatus according to claim 91, characterized in that at least one tension spring (62) is arranged between the angle levers (59), which moves the angle levers (59) towards one another.

93. Device according to one of claims 89 to 92, characterized in that the angle levers (59) are rotatably mounted on the housing (7).

94. Device according to one of claims 89 to 93, characterized in that the angle levers (59) can be countersunk in the housing recesses (61).