EP1951096A1 - Paper dispenser - Google Patents

Paper dispenser

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EP1951096A1
EP1951096A1 EP06831075A EP06831075A EP1951096A1 EP 1951096 A1 EP1951096 A1 EP 1951096A1 EP 06831075 A EP06831075 A EP 06831075A EP 06831075 A EP06831075 A EP 06831075A EP 1951096 A1 EP1951096 A1 EP 1951096A1
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paper
housing
roll
dispenser
front face
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Jean-Louis Neveu
Nicolas Pommier
Philippe Guillemette
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Essity Operations France SAS
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Georgia Pacific France SAS
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24—Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet-paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
    • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
    • A47K10/34—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means
    • A47K10/38—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means the web being rolled up with or without tearing edge
    • A47K10/3809—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means the web being rolled up with or without tearing edge with roll spindles which are not directly supported
    • A47K10/3818—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means the web being rolled up with or without tearing edge with roll spindles which are not directly supported with a distribution opening which is perpendicular to the rotation axis
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T225/00—Severing by tearing or breaking
    • Y10T225/20—Severing by manually forcing against fixed edge
    • Y10T225/238—With housing for work supply
    • Y10T225/246—Including special support for wound supply package

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  • the invention relates to the field of sanitary papers and domestic and relates to a roll paper dispenser, including toilet paper.
  • the toilet paper dispensers generally comprise a housing, in which is mounted a roll of a strip of paper which is unwound by a dispensing orifice.
  • the paper web has pre-cuts transverse to the direction of its unwinding, defining sheets that can be detached individually.
  • the toilet paper is a cellulose wadding paper, flexible and soft surface, comprising one or more plies whose weight is usually between 14g / cm 2 and 30g / cm 2 approximately.
  • the most common dispensers include an opening, or window, at least the width of the toilet paper, arranged in a low position on the dispenser, by which the paper is unwound.
  • the unwinding takes place by pulling on the free end of the paper which corresponds to the outer layer of the roll: in this case it is referred to as peripheral feeding of the paper.
  • peripheral feeding of the paper When the user has a certain amount of paper, he can cut it by, for example, a cutting edge of the dispenser opening.
  • a cutting edge of the dispenser opening For the operator of the paper dispenser, and therefore for its designer, one of the main issues in defining the characteristics of the dispenser and its roller is the minimization of paper consumption.
  • the disadvantage of the device described above is the freedom of the user of the paper to unwind a large amount of paper sheets by pulling on the end of the strip continuously. This faculty of the user is statistically translated by a considerable waste of paper, since the user rolls out more paper than he needs.
  • the prior art proposes, particularly in the field of kitchen paper or wiping, for example in the factories, central-fed dispensers sheet-fed.
  • the paper is unwound from the center of the roll and extracted through the orifice of a nozzle, placed in the axis of the roll or at the periphery of the dispenser, the nozzle being generally of frustoconical shape and of small cross section. exit to impose the distribution sheet by sheet.
  • a dispenser is described in FR 2, 761, 252. With such dispensers, the user can not unroll large amounts of paper and its consumption is reduced.
  • the distributor housing is generally closed, with a secure locking means which only, for example, the persons in charge of cleaning have the key, in order to replace the rollers.
  • the dispenser is in the form of a closed casing, with a dispensing orifice through which the paper can take out only sheet.
  • the paper is thus effectively protected against untimely unwinding.
  • dispensers have the following disadvantage: in case of jamming of the paper inside the housing or the dispensing nozzle, or if the paper no longer leads to the orifice of the unwinding nozzle, the user There is no way to catch the paper at the nozzle or to fire it to solve the problem. The solution would be to leave the user the opportunity to open the housing, but it is not desired for various reasons, including hygiene.
  • the present invention aims to solve this problem and to provide a paper dispenser, allowing the user to solve paper jam problems, but without the possibility of stealing roll or, in any case, leaving it in shape so that it remains usable.
  • the invention relates to a paper dispenser, in particular toilet paper, comprising a housing for accommodating a roll of paper, the housing comprising a front face, with a dispensing nozzle through which the paper is unwound sheet by sheet, and means for locking the front face on the housing, characterized in that the front face comprises an access door inside the housing through which the free end of the roll can be pulled out.
  • the paper is well protected by the locked front face and a user can not steal the roll, if the lock is secure.
  • the unwinding by the nozzle is sheet-by-sheet, which prohibits inadvertent unwinding of the paper.
  • the user can, without unlocking and opening the front panel, access the inside of the case, by opening the hatch, to either unlock the paper or reinsert it into the nozzle, or to directly take out the free end of the roll to unwind the paper through the hatch.
  • the hatch comprises a closing means, arranged to be able to be moved between a closed position and an open position.
  • the closing means is biased and held in the closed position by a spring means.
  • the hatch is thus, by default, closed, which contributes to good hygiene of the whole and ensures a merely casual use of the hatch.
  • the hatch comprises a recess and a slide, rotatably mounted between a closed position and an open position of the recess.
  • the slider is guided by a groove of the housing, which provides good compactness and good strength to the assembly, the slider is better secured to the housing and can hardly be removed.
  • the slider is rotatably mounted around the axis of the housing.
  • the slider is mounted on the face of the housing at an orifice in which the dispensing nozzle is engaged.
  • the dispenser comprises means for locking the closure means in the closed position.
  • the locking means comprises a rod arranged to be housed in the groove.
  • the invention is particularly applicable to a toilet paper dispenser, but it can be applied to other types of paper, such as paper towels or paper towels.
  • FIG. 1 represents a front view of the dispenser of FIG. the invention with a sheet of paper being unwound
  • FIG. 2 shows an exploded perspective view of the various elements of the dispenser of the invention, with a paper roll.
  • the dispenser 1 of the invention is a toilet paper dispenser.
  • Toilet paper is a paper made of cellulose wadding, for example comprising two plies, or layers, connected or not to each other by any appropriate mechanical or chemical means, for example by knurling or collage, in a manner well known to those skilled in the art.
  • the toilet paper is in the form of a strip 2 which is wound into a roll 3, the latter having no central internal mandrel when it is accommodated in the dispenser 1, or that the roll is directly designed without mandrel, or that the mandrel is removed from the roll 3 just before its introduction in the dispenser 1.
  • the paper is initially wound so that the free end 4 of the strip 2 protrudes from the central part of the roll 3 before it can be unwound.
  • the band 2 has pre-cuts 4, parallel to the axis of the cylinder formed by the roll 3, defining paper coupons that can be detached individually.
  • the dispenser 1 comprises a housing 5 of substantially cylindrical shape for receiving the roll 3, also of cylindrical shape.
  • the housing 5 comprises a bottom 6, a circumferential side wall 7 and a front face 8.
  • the bottom 6 comprises hooking means, not shown, to a support, for example to a wall of the room in which the dispenser is to be arranged. 1, means arranged so that once the distributor hooked, the axes of the housing 5 and the roller 3 are perpendicular to the wall; these axes are a priori confused, if the cylinders formed by the housing 5 and the roller 3 are coaxial, or at least parallel. They are here confused in an axis A.
  • the housing 5 is arranged so that the roller 3 does not rotate on its axis A during its unwinding.
  • a plate 9 holding the roll 3 is mounted on the bottom 6 of the housing 5.
  • spring means are arranged between the bottom 6 of the housing 5 and the holding plate 9, so that the latter pushes the roll 3 against the inner surface of the front face 8, which avoids its rotation and keeps it in shape, to avoid sagging during its unwinding.
  • the front face 8 which is pivotally mounted on a hinge 10, here arranged on a lower part of the housing 5, is closed in order to close the housing 5.
  • This front face 8 is then blocked, using a locking member 11, which is mounted in the housing 5 and engages on the front face 8 to block it.
  • the locking means 11 cooperates with a key 12 for unlocking.
  • the unlocking key 12 can be secured, that is to say, be accessible only to a restricted group of people, or be mounted permanently on the housing 5 so that it can be operated by anyone .
  • the unlocking key 12 can also be permanently mounted on the dispenser 1. In this case, the key 12 is inserted into the slot 22, in which it remains in place.
  • the key 12 may for example comprise a push button, which when actuated pushes the locking member 11, which frees the front face 8 which can be opened.
  • the housing 5 can be opened by anyone, by pressing the push button.
  • the locking means 11 and the means 12 for unlocking the front face in the closed position are not described further, since they are well known to those skilled in the art and may be arbitrary.
  • the front face comprises, here in the central position, a nozzle 13 of paper distribution.
  • This nozzle 13 is for example of frustoconical shape, its smaller diameter orifice being the outlet orifice, or dispensing orifice 14, located on the outside of the nozzle 13 relative to the housing 5.
  • the nozzle 13 is mounted on a corresponding orifice 15 of the front face 8.
  • the free end 4 of the strip 2 starting from the center of the roll 3, is inserted into the nozzle 13 so as to project from its dispensing orifice 14.
  • the strip 2 When a user draws on the end 4 of the strip 2 projecting out of the nozzle 13, the strip 2 is unwound from its center.
  • the diameter of the dispensing orifice 14 of the nozzle 13 and the sheets of paper cooperate in such a way that the dispensing is done sheet-by-sheet in a known manner.
  • the front face 8 further comprises a hatch 16, formed by a recess 17, or opening 17, in the front face 8, and a means 18 for movable closing of the recess 17.
  • the closing means can be released from its closed position, either by being effectively removed from the housing 5, that is to say by being removable, or by being moved, a closed position to an open position in which the access to the recess 17 is possible.
  • the recess 17 is here of substantially rectangular shape with rounded corners, its dimensions being chosen so that a user can slide the fingers.
  • the means 18 for closing the hatch 16 closes the hatch 16 in the normal position and can be moved so as to release the recess 17.
  • the closure means 18 is in the form of a slider 18, of generally rectangular shape, in front view, whose dimensions are greater than or equal to those of the recess 17 of the hatch 16 , to seal it.
  • the slider 18 extends between the central part of the front face 8 and its connecting edge with the lateral face 7. It is fixed, with a degree of freedom in rotation, in a central position on the front face 8, at the level of an orifice 19 located at one of its ends 18a.
  • the orifice 19 is maintained between the front face 8 and the nozzle 13, which is engaged and locked in the orifice 19.
  • the slide 18 is thus fixed on the housing 5, at its orifice 19, and can rotate around the axis A of the housing 5.
  • the slide 18 extends over the entire radius of the front face 8 and its other end 18b is at the edge of the front face 8.
  • the latter has a groove 20 , on a portion of its circumference, on which the end 18b of the slider 18 is slidably mounted. In this case, this end 18b is curved in the direction of the bottom 6 of the housing 5, the groove 20 having a complementary shape.
  • the slider 18 can rotate about the axis A of the housing 5, on the outer surface of the front face 8, its end 18b being guided by the groove 20.
  • the slider 18 can thus be brought, either in a closing position of the recess 17 of the hatch 16, ie in an open position, in which the recess 17 is freely accessible.
  • This makes it possible, in the event of jamming of the paper in the dispenser 1, or of breaking of the paper such that its free end 4 is inside the casing 5 or is jammed and inaccessible in the nozzle 13, to open the hatch 16 and 5.
  • the user can then either properly put the free end 4 of the strip 2 into the nozzle 13, or directly unwind the paper through the recess 17 of the hatch 16. making the free end 4 of the band 2 come out of this recess 17.
  • the unlocking key 12 is not permanently mounted on the casing 5 and is in the possession of only certain persons, the user, if he can catch the free end 4 of the band 2 by the hatch, can not however release the roller 3 of the housing 5, because the dimensions of the recess 17 do not allow the passage of the roller 3
  • the unlocking key 12 is mounted in a permane manner On the housing 5, without security, it is certain that the user could open the front face 8 of the housing. It is not desirable, however, for him to do so.
  • the roll 3, partly unwound could collapse and become unusable, insofar as it is precisely held in shape by its pressurization between the holding plate 9 and the face before 8.
  • the hatch 16 being, in normal operation, closed, the sealing of the housing 5 is retained, which allows a good packaging of the paper and its maintenance in the state, particularly protected from moisture and dirt.
  • a curved rod 21 is provided for locking the slide 18 in the closed position.
  • the rod 21 is arranged to be housed in the groove 20, when the slider 18 is in the closed position of the hatch 16, so as to prevent its rotation in the groove 20.
  • the rod is disengaged from the groove 20 and the slide 18 can be moved so as to release the recess 17.
  • the distributor 1 is adaptable for its operator. If the latter does not want users to open the hatch 16, he puts the wand 21. If instead it allows users to open the hatch 16, it does not provide means 21 for blocking the slide 18 such as the wand 21, and the slider 18 can freely be moved by the user between its open position and its closed position of the recess 17.
  • a spring means can be arranged, for example at the end 18a of the slider 18 forming the center of rotation of the slider 18, so as to force the slider 18 in its position of closing.
  • the slider 18 is moved, against the action of the spring means, so as to disengage the recess 17 and that the user can insert his fingers inside the housing 5.
  • the slider 18 automatically returns to its closed position.
  • Such an optional spring means may be of any suitable form, fulfilling a function of returning and holding the movable closing means 18 in its closed position, by exerting a restoring force against which the user can actuate the closing means 18 to bring it into the open position, said closing means 18 automatically returning to the closed position after use of the flap 16.
  • This spring means can of course be combined with a locking means 21 the movable closing means 18 in the closed position. When the blocking means 21 is deactivated, the user can freely open the closure means 18, against the restoring force of the spring means.
  • any other form or arrangement of the hatch 16 can be provided, as long as the latter has an opening 17, access to the interior of the housing 5, and a means 18 for closing the door 16.
  • the closing means could be removable, that is to say, engaged on the recess 17 of the hatch 16, and removed for the opening of the hatch 16.
  • This closure means is, as shown in the form of preferred embodiment, preferably mounted movably between a closed position and an open position, in order to always remain mounted on the housing 5.
  • the movement operated by the closing means could be different, for example a rectilinear sliding movement, or still a pivoting movement like that of a door.
  • the preferred embodiment described in connection with the figures, has the advantage of good compactness, insofar as the closure means 18 rotates on the surface of the front face 5, around the axis of the housing, and is held in place without additional means simply by the dispensing nozzle 13.

Abstract

The inventive dispenser is a paper dispenser, particularly for dispensing toilet paper, comprising a housing (5) for housing a roll (3) of paper, the housing (5) having a front side (8) with a dispensing opening (13) via which the paper is unwound sheet by sheet, and comprising means (11) for locking the front side (8) to the housing (5). This dispenser is characterized by virtue of the fact that the front side (8) comprises a hatch (16) for accessing the interior of the housing (5) via which the free end (4) of the roll (3) can be removed. A dispenser of this type permits the user to solve problems of paper blocking inside the housing (5) without, however, being able to steal the roll (3) or, in any event, while leaving it in its original shape so that it can still be used.

Description

DISTRIBUTEUR DE PAPIER PAPER DISPENSER
L'invention concerne le domaine des papiers sanitaires et domestiques et porte sur un distributeur de papier en rouleau, notamment de papier toilette. Dans les lieux publics, notamment, les distributeurs de papier toilette comprennent généralement un boîtier, dans lequel est monté un rouleau d'une bande de papier qui est dévidée par un orifice de distribution. La bande de papier comporte des prédécoupes transversales à la direction de son déroulement, définissant des feuilles qui peuvent être détachées individuellement. Le papier toilette est un papier en ouate de cellulose, souple et doux en surface, comprenant un ou plusieurs plis dont le grammage est habituellement compris entre 14g/cm2 et 30g/cm2 environ.The invention relates to the field of sanitary papers and domestic and relates to a roll paper dispenser, including toilet paper. In public places, in particular, the toilet paper dispensers generally comprise a housing, in which is mounted a roll of a strip of paper which is unwound by a dispensing orifice. The paper web has pre-cuts transverse to the direction of its unwinding, defining sheets that can be detached individually. The toilet paper is a cellulose wadding paper, flexible and soft surface, comprising one or more plies whose weight is usually between 14g / cm 2 and 30g / cm 2 approximately.
Les distributeurs les plus répandus comprennent une ouverture, ou fenêtre, au moins de la largeur du papier toilette, disposée en position basse sur le distributeur, par lequel on dévide le papier. Le dévidage s'effectue en tirant sur l'extrémité libre du papier qui correspond à la couche externe du rouleau : on parle dans ce cas de dévidage périphérique du papier. Lorsque l'utilisateur possède une certaine quantité de papier, il peut la découper grâce, par exemple, à un bord de coupe de l'ouverture du distributeur. Pour l'exploitant du distributeur de papier, et par conséquent pour son concepteur, l'un des enjeux principaux de la définition des caractéristiques du distributeur et de son rouleau est la minimisation de la consommation de papier. L'inconvénient du dispositif décrit ci-dessus est la liberté qu'a l'utilisateur du papier de dévider une grande quantité de feuilles de papier en tirant sur l'extrémité de la bande de façon continue. Cette faculté de l'utilisateur se traduit statistiquement par un gâchis de papier considérable, puisque l'utilisateur dévide plus de papier qu'il n'en a besoin.The most common dispensers include an opening, or window, at least the width of the toilet paper, arranged in a low position on the dispenser, by which the paper is unwound. The unwinding takes place by pulling on the free end of the paper which corresponds to the outer layer of the roll: in this case it is referred to as peripheral feeding of the paper. When the user has a certain amount of paper, he can cut it by, for example, a cutting edge of the dispenser opening. For the operator of the paper dispenser, and therefore for its designer, one of the main issues in defining the characteristics of the dispenser and its roller is the minimization of paper consumption. The disadvantage of the device described above is the freedom of the user of the paper to unwind a large amount of paper sheets by pulling on the end of the strip continuously. This faculty of the user is statistically translated by a considerable waste of paper, since the user rolls out more paper than he needs.
Une solution consiste à imposer à l'utilisateur un dévidage du papier feuille à feuille. L'art antérieur propose, notamment dans le domaine du papier cuisine ou d'essuyage, par exemple dans les usines, des distributeurs feuille à feuille à dévidage central. Dans ces derniers, le papier est dévidé à partir du centre du rouleau et extrait par l'orifice d'une buse, placée dans l'axe du rouleau ou en périphérie du distributeur, la buse étant généralement de forme tronconique et de faible section de sortie pour imposer la distribution feuille à feuille. On parle de dévidage central du papier, en l'espèce feuille à feuille. Un exemple d'un tel distributeur est décrit dans le document FR 2, 761, 252. Grâce à de tels distributeurs, l'utilisateur ne peut dérouler de grandes quantités de papier et sa consommation est donc réduite. Le boîtier du distributeur est en général fermé, avec un moyen de verrouillage sécurisé dont seules, par exemple, les personnes chargées du nettoyage disposent de la clé, afin de pouvoir remplacer les rouleaux.One solution is to force the user to unwind the sheet-by-sheet paper. The prior art proposes, particularly in the field of kitchen paper or wiping, for example in the factories, central-fed dispensers sheet-fed. In the latter, the paper is unwound from the center of the roll and extracted through the orifice of a nozzle, placed in the axis of the roll or at the periphery of the dispenser, the nozzle being generally of frustoconical shape and of small cross section. exit to impose the distribution sheet by sheet. We speak of central reeling of the paper, in this case sheet by sheet. An example of such a dispenser is described in FR 2, 761, 252. With such dispensers, the user can not unroll large amounts of paper and its consumption is reduced. The distributor housing is generally closed, with a secure locking means which only, for example, the persons in charge of cleaning have the key, in order to replace the rollers.
Ainsi, le distributeur se présente sous la forme d'un boîtier fermé, avec un orifice de dévidage par lequel le papier ne peut sortir que feuille à feuille. Le papier est ainsi efficacement protégé contre son dévidage intempestif.Thus, the dispenser is in the form of a closed casing, with a dispensing orifice through which the paper can take out only sheet. The paper is thus effectively protected against untimely unwinding.
Toutefois, de tels distributeurs présentent l'inconvénient suivant : en cas de blocage du papier à l'intérieur du boîtier ou de la buse de distribution, ou si le papier ne débouche plus de l'orifice de la buse de dévidage, l'utilisateur n'a pas de moyen d'attraper le papier au niveau de la buse ou de tirer dessus de sorte à résoudre le problème. La solution serait de laisser à l'utilisateur la possibilité d'ouvrir le boîtier, mais on ne le souhaite pas pour diverses raisons, notamment d'hygiène.However, such dispensers have the following disadvantage: in case of jamming of the paper inside the housing or the dispensing nozzle, or if the paper no longer leads to the orifice of the unwinding nozzle, the user There is no way to catch the paper at the nozzle or to fire it to solve the problem. The solution would be to leave the user the opportunity to open the housing, but it is not desired for various reasons, including hygiene.
Par ailleurs, et quand bien même on laisserait la possibilité à l'utilisateur d'ouvrir le boîtier - par exemple si le moyen de verrouillage n'est pas sécurisé -, il n'est pas souhaitable que l'utilisateur le fasse, car alors le rouleau, en partie dévidé, risque de s'affaisser et de devenir inutilisable. La présente invention vise à résoudre ce problème et à proposer un distributeur de papier, permettant à l'utilisateur de résoudre des problèmes de blocage de papier, sans toutefois avoir la possibilité de subtiliser de rouleau ou, en tout état de cause, en le laissant en forme afin qu'il reste utilisable.Moreover, and even if it would leave the possibility to the user to open the housing - for example if the locking means is not secure - it is not desirable for the user to do so, because then the roll, partly unwound, may collapse and become unusable. The present invention aims to solve this problem and to provide a paper dispenser, allowing the user to solve paper jam problems, but without the possibility of stealing roll or, in any case, leaving it in shape so that it remains usable.
A cet effet, l'invention concerne un distributeur de papier, notamment de papier toilette, comprenant un boîtier pour loger un rouleau de papier, le boîtier comportant une face avant, avec une buse de distribution par laquelle le papier est dévidé feuille à feuille, et des moyens de verrouillage de la face avant sur le boîtier, caractérisé par le fait que la face avant comporte une trappe d'accès à l'intérieur du boîtier par laquelle on peut faire sortir l'extrémité libre du rouleau. Grâce à l'invention, le papier est bien protégé par la face avant verrouillée et un utilisateur ne peut pas subtiliser le rouleau, si le verrouillage est sécurisé. Par ailleurs, le dévidage par la buse se fait feuille à feuille, ce qui interdit tout dévidage intempestif du papier. En cas de blocage du papier au sein du boîtier ou si l'extrémité libre de la bande de papier n'est plus en saillie de l'orifice de la buse, l'utilisateur peut, sans déverrouiller et ouvrir la face avant, accéder à l'intérieur du boîtier, par ouverture de la trappe, afin, soit de débloquer le papier ou de le réinsérer dans la buse, soit de directement faire sortir l'extrémité libre du rouleau pour dévider le papier par la trappe.For this purpose, the invention relates to a paper dispenser, in particular toilet paper, comprising a housing for accommodating a roll of paper, the housing comprising a front face, with a dispensing nozzle through which the paper is unwound sheet by sheet, and means for locking the front face on the housing, characterized in that the front face comprises an access door inside the housing through which the free end of the roll can be pulled out. Thanks to the invention, the paper is well protected by the locked front face and a user can not steal the roll, if the lock is secure. Furthermore, the unwinding by the nozzle is sheet-by-sheet, which prohibits inadvertent unwinding of the paper. In the event of jamming of the paper within the housing or if the free end of the paper web is no longer protruding from the orifice of the nozzle, the user can, without unlocking and opening the front panel, access the inside of the case, by opening the hatch, to either unlock the paper or reinsert it into the nozzle, or to directly take out the free end of the roll to unwind the paper through the hatch.
De préférence, la trappe comporte un moyen de fermeture, agencé pour pouvoir être déplacé entre une position de fermeture et une position d'ouverture. De préférence dans ce cas, le moyen de fermeture est rappelé et maintenu en position de fermeture par un moyen formant ressort. La trappe est ainsi, par défaut, fermée, ce qui participe à une bonne hygiène de l'ensemble et garantit une utilisation simplement occasionnelle de la trappe.Preferably, the hatch comprises a closing means, arranged to be able to be moved between a closed position and an open position. Preferably in this case, the closing means is biased and held in the closed position by a spring means. The hatch is thus, by default, closed, which contributes to good hygiene of the whole and ensures a merely casual use of the hatch.
Avantageusement, la trappe comporte un évidement et un coulisseau, monté rotatif entre une position de fermeture et une position d'ouverture de l'évidement.Advantageously, the hatch comprises a recess and a slide, rotatably mounted between a closed position and an open position of the recess.
Avantageusement encore, le coulisseau est guidé par une rainure du boîtier, ce qui procure une bonne compacité et une bonne robustesse à l'ensemble, le coulisseau étant mieux solidarisé au boîtier et pouvant difficilement en être enlevé.Advantageously, the slider is guided by a groove of the housing, which provides good compactness and good strength to the assembly, the slider is better secured to the housing and can hardly be removed.
Avantageusement toujours, le coulisseau est monté rotatif autour de l'axe du boîtier.Advantageously still, the slider is rotatably mounted around the axis of the housing.
Selon une forme de réalisation, le coulisseau est monté sur la face du boîtier au niveau d'un orifice dans lequel la buse de distribution est engagée. Selon une forme de réalisation particulière, le distributeur comprend un moyen de blocage du moyen de fermeture en position fermée.According to one embodiment, the slider is mounted on the face of the housing at an orifice in which the dispensing nozzle is engaged. According to a particular embodiment, the dispenser comprises means for locking the closure means in the closed position.
Selon un mode de réalisation, le moyen de blocage comporte une baguette agencée pour être logée dans la rainure.According to one embodiment, the locking means comprises a rod arranged to be housed in the groove.
L'invention s'applique particulièrement bien à un distributeur de papier toilette, mais elle peut s'appliquer à d'autres types de papier, tel du papier essuie- mains ou essuie-tout.The invention is particularly applicable to a toilet paper dispenser, but it can be applied to other types of paper, such as paper towels or paper towels.
L'invention sera mieux comprise à l'aide de la description suivante d'une forme de réalisation non limitative du distributeur de l'invention, en référence au dessin annexé, sur lequel : - la figure 1 représente une vue de face du distributeur de l'invention avec une feuille de papier en train d'être dévidée etThe invention will be better understood with the aid of the following description of a non-limiting embodiment of the dispenser of the invention, with reference to the appended drawing, in which: FIG. 1 represents a front view of the dispenser of FIG. the invention with a sheet of paper being unwound and
- la figure 2 représente une vue en perspective éclatée des divers éléments du distributeur de l'invention, avec un rouleau de papier.- Figure 2 shows an exploded perspective view of the various elements of the dispenser of the invention, with a paper roll.
En référence à la figure 1, le distributeur 1 de l'invention est un distributeur de papier toilette. Le papier toilette est un papier en ouate de cellulose, comportant par exemple deux plis, ou couches, reliés ou non entre eux par tout moyen mécanique ou chimique approprié, par exemple par moletage ou collage, de façon bien connue de l'homme du métier. En référence à la figure 2, le papier toilette se présente sous la forme d'une bande 2 qui est enroulée en un rouleau 3, ce dernier ne comportant pas de mandrin interne central lorsqu'il est logé dans le distributeur 1, soit que le rouleau est directement conçu sans mandrin, soit que le mandrin est ôté du rouleau 3 juste avant sa mise en place dans le distributeur 1. Le papier est initialement enroulé de sorte que l'extrémité libre 4 de la bande 2 dépasse de la partie centrale du rouleau 3 avant de pouvoir en être dévidée. La bande 2 comporte des prédécoupes 4, parallèles à l'axe du cylindre formé par le rouleau 3, définissant des coupons de papier qui peuvent être détachées individuellement.With reference to FIG. 1, the dispenser 1 of the invention is a toilet paper dispenser. Toilet paper is a paper made of cellulose wadding, for example comprising two plies, or layers, connected or not to each other by any appropriate mechanical or chemical means, for example by knurling or collage, in a manner well known to those skilled in the art. With reference to FIG. 2, the toilet paper is in the form of a strip 2 which is wound into a roll 3, the latter having no central internal mandrel when it is accommodated in the dispenser 1, or that the roll is directly designed without mandrel, or that the mandrel is removed from the roll 3 just before its introduction in the dispenser 1. The paper is initially wound so that the free end 4 of the strip 2 protrudes from the central part of the roll 3 before it can be unwound. The band 2 has pre-cuts 4, parallel to the axis of the cylinder formed by the roll 3, defining paper coupons that can be detached individually.
Le distributeur 1 comprend un boîtier 5, de forme sensiblement cylindrique, de réception du rouleau 3, également de forme cylindrique. Le boîtier 5 comporte un fond 6, une paroi latérale 7 circonférentielle et une face avant 8. Le fond 6 comporte des moyens d'accrochage, non représentés, à un support, par exemple à un mur du local dans lequel on veut disposer le distributeur 1, moyens agencés de façon à ce qu'une fois le distributeur accroché, les axes du boîtier 5 et du rouleau 3 soient perpendiculaires au mur ; ces axes sont a priori confondus, si les cylindres formés par le boîtier 5 et le rouleau 3 sont coaxiaux, ou au moins parallèles. Ils sont ici confondus en un axe A. Le boîtier 5 est agencé de façon à ce que le rouleau 3 ne tourne pas sur son axe A lors de son dévidement. A cet effet, une plaque 9 de maintien du rouleau 3 est montée sur le fond 6 du boîtier 5. Typiquement, des moyens formant ressort sont agencés entre le fond 6 du boîtier 5 et la plaque de maintien 9, afin que cette dernière pousse le rouleau 3 contre la surface interne de la face avant 8, ce qui évite sa rotation et le maintient en forme, afin d'éviter son affaissement lors de son dévidage.The dispenser 1 comprises a housing 5 of substantially cylindrical shape for receiving the roll 3, also of cylindrical shape. The housing 5 comprises a bottom 6, a circumferential side wall 7 and a front face 8. The bottom 6 comprises hooking means, not shown, to a support, for example to a wall of the room in which the dispenser is to be arranged. 1, means arranged so that once the distributor hooked, the axes of the housing 5 and the roller 3 are perpendicular to the wall; these axes are a priori confused, if the cylinders formed by the housing 5 and the roller 3 are coaxial, or at least parallel. They are here confused in an axis A. The housing 5 is arranged so that the roller 3 does not rotate on its axis A during its unwinding. For this purpose, a plate 9 holding the roll 3 is mounted on the bottom 6 of the housing 5. Typically, spring means are arranged between the bottom 6 of the housing 5 and the holding plate 9, so that the latter pushes the roll 3 against the inner surface of the front face 8, which avoids its rotation and keeps it in shape, to avoid sagging during its unwinding.
Lorsque la plaque de maintien 9 est en position et le rouleau 3 logé dans le boîtier 5, la face avant 8, qui est montée pivotante sur une charnière 10, ici agencée sur une partie inférieure du boîtier 5, est fermée afin de fermer le boîtier 5. Cette face avant 8 est alors bloquée, à l'aide d'un organe 11 de verrouillage, qui est monté dans le boîtier 5 et s'enclenche sur la face avant 8 pour la bloquer. Le moyen 11 de verrouillage coopère avec une clé 12 de déverrouillage.When the holding plate 9 is in position and the roller 3 housed in the housing 5, the front face 8, which is pivotally mounted on a hinge 10, here arranged on a lower part of the housing 5, is closed in order to close the housing 5. This front face 8 is then blocked, using a locking member 11, which is mounted in the housing 5 and engages on the front face 8 to block it. The locking means 11 cooperates with a key 12 for unlocking.
La clé 12 de déverrouillage peut être sécurisée, c'est-à-dire n'être accessible qu'à un groupe restreint de personnes, ou être montée de manière permanente sur le boîtier 5 de sorte à pouvoir être actionnée par n'importe qui.The unlocking key 12 can be secured, that is to say, be accessible only to a restricted group of people, or be mounted permanently on the housing 5 so that it can be operated by anyone .
Ainsi, si elle est sécurisée, seules certaines personnes possèdent cette clé 12 de déverrouillage. La face avant 8 est ainsi bloquée en position fermée par l'organe 11 de verrouillage et ne peut être ouverte par l'utilisateur. Les personnes autorisées, par exemple les personnes chargées du remplacement des rouleaux 3, peuvent utiliser leur clé 12 de déverrouillage, qu'elles introduisent dans une fente 22, ménagée à cet effet dans la paroi latérale 7 du boîtier 5, la clé 12 poussant alors sur l'organe 11 de verrouillage, ce qui débloque la face avant 8.Thus, if it is secure, only some people have this key 12 unlocking. The front face 8 is thus locked in the closed position by the locking member 11 and can not be opened by the user. The authorized persons, for example the persons responsible for replacing the rollers 3, can use their unlocking key 12, which they introduce into a slot 22, formed for this purpose in the side wall 7 of the housing 5, the key 12 then pushing on the locking member 11, which unlocks the front face 8.
La clé 12 de déverrouillage peut également être montée de manière permanente sur le distributeur 1. Dans ce cas-là, la clé 12 est insérée dans la fente 22, dans laquelle elle reste en place. La clé 12 peut par exemple comporter un bouton-poussoir, qui lorsqu'il est actionné pousse l'organe 11 de verrouillage, ce qui libère la face avant 8 qui peut être ouverte. Ainsi, le boîtier 5 peut être ouvert par n'importe qui, par pression sur le bouton-poussoir.The unlocking key 12 can also be permanently mounted on the dispenser 1. In this case, the key 12 is inserted into the slot 22, in which it remains in place. The key 12 may for example comprise a push button, which when actuated pushes the locking member 11, which frees the front face 8 which can be opened. Thus, the housing 5 can be opened by anyone, by pressing the push button.
Les moyens 11 de verrouillage et les moyens 12 de déverrouillage de la face avant en position fermée ne sont pas décrits plus avant, car ils sont bien connus de l'homme du métier et peuvent être quelconques. La face avant comporte, ici en position centrale, une buse 13 de distribution de papier. Cette buse 13 est par exemple de forme tronconique, son orifice de plus petit diamètre étant l'orifice de sortie, ou orifice 14 de distribution, situé du côté extérieur de la buse 13 par rapport au boîtier 5. La buse 13 est montée sur un orifice 15 correspondant de la face avant 8. L'extrémité libre 4 de la bande 2, partant du centre du rouleau 3, est insérée dans la buse 13 de façon à en faire saillie par son orifice de distribution 14. Lorsqu'un utilisateur tire sur l'extrémité 4 de la bande 2 en saillie hors de la buse 13, la bande 2 se dévide à partir de son centre. Le diamètre de l'orifice de distribution 14 de la buse 13 et les feuilles de papier coopèrent de telle manière que la distribution se fasse feuille à feuille, de manière connue.The locking means 11 and the means 12 for unlocking the front face in the closed position are not described further, since they are well known to those skilled in the art and may be arbitrary. The front face comprises, here in the central position, a nozzle 13 of paper distribution. This nozzle 13 is for example of frustoconical shape, its smaller diameter orifice being the outlet orifice, or dispensing orifice 14, located on the outside of the nozzle 13 relative to the housing 5. The nozzle 13 is mounted on a corresponding orifice 15 of the front face 8. The free end 4 of the strip 2, starting from the center of the roll 3, is inserted into the nozzle 13 so as to project from its dispensing orifice 14. When a user draws on the end 4 of the strip 2 projecting out of the nozzle 13, the strip 2 is unwound from its center. The diameter of the dispensing orifice 14 of the nozzle 13 and the sheets of paper cooperate in such a way that the dispensing is done sheet-by-sheet in a known manner.
La face avant 8 comporte par ailleurs une trappe 16, formée par un évidement 17, ou ouverture 17, dans la face avant 8, et un moyen 18 de fermeture mobile de l'évidement 17. Par mobile, on entend que le moyen de fermeture peut être dégagé de sa position de fermeture, soit en étant effectivement enlevé du boîtier 5, c'est-à-dire en étant amovible, soit en étant déplacé, d'une position de fermeture à une position d'ouverture dans laquelle l'accès à l'évidement 17 est possible.The front face 8 further comprises a hatch 16, formed by a recess 17, or opening 17, in the front face 8, and a means 18 for movable closing of the recess 17. By mobile means that the closing means can be released from its closed position, either by being effectively removed from the housing 5, that is to say by being removable, or by being moved, a closed position to an open position in which the access to the recess 17 is possible.
L'évidement 17 est ici de forme sensiblement rectangulaire aux coins arrondis, ses dimensions étant choisies de sorte qu'un utilisateur puisse y glisser les doigts. Le moyen 18 de fermeture de la trappe 16 ferme la trappe 16 en position normale et peut être déplacé de sorte à libérer l'évidement 17. Selon un mode de réalisation, le moyen 18 de fermeture se présente sous la forme d'un coulisseau 18, de forme globalement rectangulaire, en vue de face, dont les dimensions sont supérieures ou égales à celles de l'évidement 17 de la trappe 16, pour l'obturer. Le coulisseau 18 s'étend entre la partie centrale de la face avant 8 et son bord de raccord à la face latérale 7. Il est fixé, avec un degré de liberté en rotation, en position centrale sur la face avant 8, au niveau d'un orifice 19 situé à l'une de ses extrémités 18a. A cet effet, l'orifice 19 est maintenu entre la face avant 8 et la buse 13, qui est engagée et bloquée dans l'orifice 19. Le coulisseau 18 est ainsi fixé sur le boîtier 5, au niveau de son orifice 19, et peut tourner autour de l'axe A du boîtier 5. Le coulisseau 18 s'étend sur tout le rayon de la face avant 8 et son autre extrémité 18b se situe au niveau du bord de cette face avant 8. Cette dernière comporte une rainure 20, sur une portion de sa circonférence, sur laquelle l'extrémité 18b du coulisseau 18 est montée coulissante. En l'espèce, cette extrémité 18b est de forme courbe, en direction du fond 6 du boîtier 5, la rainure 20 ayant une forme complémentaire. Une telle conformation procure une bonne compacité à l'ensemble, ainsi qu'une bonne robustesse, car il est difficile d'arracher le coulisseau 18 du boîtier 5, faute de moyens de prise en saillie.The recess 17 is here of substantially rectangular shape with rounded corners, its dimensions being chosen so that a user can slide the fingers. The means 18 for closing the hatch 16 closes the hatch 16 in the normal position and can be moved so as to release the recess 17. According to one embodiment, the closure means 18 is in the form of a slider 18, of generally rectangular shape, in front view, whose dimensions are greater than or equal to those of the recess 17 of the hatch 16 , to seal it. The slider 18 extends between the central part of the front face 8 and its connecting edge with the lateral face 7. It is fixed, with a degree of freedom in rotation, in a central position on the front face 8, at the level of an orifice 19 located at one of its ends 18a. For this purpose, the orifice 19 is maintained between the front face 8 and the nozzle 13, which is engaged and locked in the orifice 19. The slide 18 is thus fixed on the housing 5, at its orifice 19, and can rotate around the axis A of the housing 5. The slide 18 extends over the entire radius of the front face 8 and its other end 18b is at the edge of the front face 8. The latter has a groove 20 , on a portion of its circumference, on which the end 18b of the slider 18 is slidably mounted. In this case, this end 18b is curved in the direction of the bottom 6 of the housing 5, the groove 20 having a complementary shape. Such a conformation provides a good compactness to the assembly, as well as a good robustness, because it is difficult to tear the slide 18 from the housing 5, for lack of projecting means.
Ainsi, le coulisseau 18 peut tourner autour de l'axe A du boîtier 5, sur la surface externe de la face avant 8, son extrémité 18b étant guidée par la rainure 20. Le coulisseau 18 peut de la sorte être amené, soit dans une position de fermeture de l'évidement 17 de la trappe 16, soit dans une position, d'ouverture, dans laquelle l'évidement 17 est libre d'accès. Cela permet, en cas de blocage du papier dans le distributeur 1, ou de rupture du papier telle que son extrémité libre 4 est à l'intérieur du boîtier 5 ou est coincée et inaccessible dans la buse 13, d'ouvrir la trappe 16 et d'avoir accès à l'intérieur du boîtier 5. L'utilisateur peut alors, soit remettre convenablement l'extrémité libre 4 de la bande 2 dans la buse 13, soit directement dévider le papier par l'évidement 17 de la trappe 16 en faisant sortir l'extrémité libre 4 de la bande 2 par cet évidement 17. Dans le cas où la clé 12 de déverrouillage n'est pas montée de manière permanente sur le boîtier 5 et n'est en la possession que de personnes déterminées, l'utilisateur, s'il peut attraper l'extrémité libre 4 de la bande 2 par la trappe, ne peut pas en revanche sortir le rouleau 3 du boîtier 5, car les dimensions de l'évidement 17 ne permettent pas le passage du rouleau 3. Dans le cas où la clé 12 de dé verrouillage est montée de manière permanente sur le boîtier 5, sans sécurité, il est certain que l'utilisateur pourrait ouvrir la face avant 8 du boîtier. Il n'est toutefois pas souhaitable qu'il le fasse. En effet, si tel était le cas, le rouleau 3, en partie dévidé, risquerait de s'affaisser et de devenir inutilisable, dans la mesure où il est justement maintenu en forme par sa mise sous pression entre la plaque de maintien 9 et la face avant 8. Si rouleau 3 venait à s'affaisser, sa remise en forme ultérieure serait impossible et le rouleau serait perdu. Il est donc souhaitable que le boîtier 5, une fois le rouleau 3 logé à l'intérieur, ne soit plus rouvert jusqu'à l'épuisement du papier. Cela est possible grâce à la trappe 16. L'utilisateur, en voyant la trappe 16, sera incité à l'utiliser, plutôt que de chercher à ouvrir la face avant 8 en actionnant le bouton-poussoir placé au sommet du boîtier 5. Il est d'ailleurs possible d'inciter explicitement l'utilisateur à agir ainsi, par exemple à l'aide d'indications visuelles.Thus, the slider 18 can rotate about the axis A of the housing 5, on the outer surface of the front face 8, its end 18b being guided by the groove 20. The slider 18 can thus be brought, either in a closing position of the recess 17 of the hatch 16, ie in an open position, in which the recess 17 is freely accessible. This makes it possible, in the event of jamming of the paper in the dispenser 1, or of breaking of the paper such that its free end 4 is inside the casing 5 or is jammed and inaccessible in the nozzle 13, to open the hatch 16 and 5. The user can then either properly put the free end 4 of the strip 2 into the nozzle 13, or directly unwind the paper through the recess 17 of the hatch 16. making the free end 4 of the band 2 come out of this recess 17. In the case where the unlocking key 12 is not permanently mounted on the casing 5 and is in the possession of only certain persons, the user, if he can catch the free end 4 of the band 2 by the hatch, can not however release the roller 3 of the housing 5, because the dimensions of the recess 17 do not allow the passage of the roller 3 In the case where the unlocking key 12 is mounted in a permane manner On the housing 5, without security, it is certain that the user could open the front face 8 of the housing. It is not desirable, however, for him to do so. In indeed, if this were the case, the roll 3, partly unwound, could collapse and become unusable, insofar as it is precisely held in shape by its pressurization between the holding plate 9 and the face before 8. If roll 3 were to collapse, its subsequent fitness would be impossible and the roll would be lost. It is therefore desirable that the housing 5, once the roller 3 housed inside, is not reopened until the depletion of the paper. This is possible thanks to the hatch 16. The user, seeing the hatch 16, will be encouraged to use it, rather than seeking to open the front panel 8 by actuating the push button placed at the top of the housing 5. It it is also possible to explicitly encourage the user to act in this way, for example by means of visual indications.
La trappe 16 étant, en fonctionnement normal, fermée, l'étanchéité du boîtier 5 est conservée, ce qui permet un bon conditionnement du papier et son maintien en l'état, protégé notamment de l'humidité et des salissures.The hatch 16 being, in normal operation, closed, the sealing of the housing 5 is retained, which allows a good packaging of the paper and its maintenance in the state, particularly protected from moisture and dirt.
Dans une forme de réalisation particulière, telle que celle des figures, une baguette courbe 21 est prévue, de blocage du coulisseau 18 en position de fermeture. La baguette 21 est agencée pour être logée dans la rainure 20, lorsque le coulisseau 18 est en position de fermeture de la trappe 16, de sorte à interdire sa rotation dans la rainure 20. En cas de nécessité d'ouverture de la trappe 16, la baguette est dégagée de la rainure 20 et le coulisseau 18 peut être déplacé de sorte à libérer l'évidement 17. Ainsi, le distributeur 1 est adaptable pour son exploitant. Si ce dernier ne souhaite pas que les utilisateurs puissent ouvrir la trappe 16, il met la baguette 21. Si au contraire il autorise les utilisateurs à ouvrir la trappe 16, il ne prévoit pas de moyen 21 de blocage du coulisseau 18 tel que la baguette 21, et le coulisseau 18 peut librement être déplacé par l'utilisateur entre sa position d'ouverture et sa position de fermeture de l'évidement 17.In a particular embodiment, such as that of the figures, a curved rod 21 is provided for locking the slide 18 in the closed position. The rod 21 is arranged to be housed in the groove 20, when the slider 18 is in the closed position of the hatch 16, so as to prevent its rotation in the groove 20. In case of need to open the hatch 16, the rod is disengaged from the groove 20 and the slide 18 can be moved so as to release the recess 17. Thus, the distributor 1 is adaptable for its operator. If the latter does not want users to open the hatch 16, he puts the wand 21. If instead it allows users to open the hatch 16, it does not provide means 21 for blocking the slide 18 such as the wand 21, and the slider 18 can freely be moved by the user between its open position and its closed position of the recess 17.
Selon une forme de réalisation préférée, non représentée, un moyen formant ressort peut être agencé, par exemple au niveau de l'extrémité 18a du coulisseau 18 formant le centre de rotation du coulisseau 18, de sorte à forcer le coulisseau 18 dans sa position de fermeture. Lorsque la trappe 16 doit être ouverte, le coulisseau 18 est déplacé, contre l'action du moyen formant ressort, de sorte à dégager l'évidement 17 et à ce que l'utilisateur puisse insérer ses doigts à l'intérieur du boîtier 5. Lorsque l'opération est terminée, le coulisseau 18 revient automatiquement dans sa position de fermeture. Ainsi, tout dévidage intempestif du papier est encore mieux évité, dans la mesure où le coulisseau 18 est toujours en position fermé, sauf action de l'utilisateur à l'encontre du moyen formant ressort. Un tel moyen, optionnel, formant ressort peut être de toute forme appropriée, remplissant une fonction de rappel et de maintien du moyen 18 de fermeture mobile dans sa position de fermeture, en exerçant une force de rappel à l'encontre de laquelle l'utilisateur peut actionner le moyen 18 de fermeture pour l'amener en position d'ouverture, ledit moyen 18 de fermeture revenant automatiquement en position de fermeture après utilisation de la trappe 16. Ce moyen formant ressort peut bien sûr être combiné avec un moyen 21 de blocage du moyen 18 de fermeture mobile en position de fermeture. Lorsque le moyen 21 de blocage est désactivé, l'utilisateur peut librement ouvrir le moyen 18 de fermeture, à l'encontre de la force de rappel du moyen formant ressort.According to a preferred embodiment, not shown, a spring means can be arranged, for example at the end 18a of the slider 18 forming the center of rotation of the slider 18, so as to force the slider 18 in its position of closing. When the hatch 16 is to be opened, the slider 18 is moved, against the action of the spring means, so as to disengage the recess 17 and that the user can insert his fingers inside the housing 5. When the operation is complete, the slider 18 automatically returns to its closed position. Thus, inadvertent unwinding paper is even better avoided, insofar as the slide 18 is always in the closed position, except action of the user against the spring means. Such an optional spring means may be of any suitable form, fulfilling a function of returning and holding the movable closing means 18 in its closed position, by exerting a restoring force against which the user can actuate the closing means 18 to bring it into the open position, said closing means 18 automatically returning to the closed position after use of the flap 16. This spring means can of course be combined with a locking means 21 the movable closing means 18 in the closed position. When the blocking means 21 is deactivated, the user can freely open the closure means 18, against the restoring force of the spring means.
Il va de soi que toute autre forme ou agencement de la trappe 16 peut être prévu, tant que cette dernière comporte une ouverture 17, d'accès à l'intérieur du boîtier 5, et un moyen 18 de fermeture de la trappe 16. Ainsi, le moyen de fermeture pourrait être amovible, c'est-à-dire enclenché sur l'évidement 17 de la trappe 16, et enlevé pour l'ouverture de la trappe 16. Ce moyen de fermeture est, comme présenté dans la forme de réalisation préférée, de préférence monté mobile entre une position de fermeture et une position d'ouverture, afin de toujours rester monté sur le boîtier 5. Le mouvement opéré par le moyen de fermeture pourrait être différent, par exemple un mouvement de coulissement rectiligne, ou encore un mouvement de pivotement tel celui d'une porte.It goes without saying that any other form or arrangement of the hatch 16 can be provided, as long as the latter has an opening 17, access to the interior of the housing 5, and a means 18 for closing the door 16. , the closing means could be removable, that is to say, engaged on the recess 17 of the hatch 16, and removed for the opening of the hatch 16. This closure means is, as shown in the form of preferred embodiment, preferably mounted movably between a closed position and an open position, in order to always remain mounted on the housing 5. The movement operated by the closing means could be different, for example a rectilinear sliding movement, or still a pivoting movement like that of a door.
La forme de réalisation préférée, décrite en relation avec les figures, présente l'avantage d'une bonne compacité, dans la mesure où le moyen 18 de fermeture tourne sur la surface de la face avant 5, autour de l'axe du boîtier, et est maintenu en place sans moyens supplémentaires, simplement grâce à la buse de distribution 13. The preferred embodiment, described in connection with the figures, has the advantage of good compactness, insofar as the closure means 18 rotates on the surface of the front face 5, around the axis of the housing, and is held in place without additional means simply by the dispensing nozzle 13.

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1- Distributeur de papier, notamment de papier toilette, comprenant un boîtier (5) pour loger un rouleau (3) de papier, le boîtier (5) comportant une face avant (8), avec une buse (13) de distribution par laquelle le papier est dévidé feuille à feuille, et des moyens (11) de verrouillage de la face avant (8) sur le boîtier (5), caractérisé par le fait que la face avant (8) comporte une trappe (16) d'accès à l'intérieur du boîtier (5) par laquelle on peut faire sortir l'extrémité libre (4) du rouleau (3). 2- Distributeur de papier selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la trappeA paper dispenser, especially a toilet paper dispenser, comprising a housing (5) for accommodating a paper roll (3), the housing (5) having a front face (8), with a dispensing nozzle (13) through which the paper is unwound sheet by sheet, and means (11) for locking the front face (8) on the housing (5), characterized in that the front face (8) comprises a hatch (16) access inside the housing (5) by which the free end (4) of the roll (3) can be pulled out. 2- paper dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the hatch
(16) comporte un moyen (18) de fermeture, agencé pour pouvoir être déplacé entre une position de fermeture et une position d'ouverture.(16) has a closing means (18) arranged to be movable between a closed position and an open position.
3- Distributeur de papier selon la revendication 2, dans lequel le moyen (18) de fermeture est rappelé et maintenu en position de fermeture par un moyen formant ressort.3- paper dispenser according to claim 2, wherein the means (18) for closing is recalled and held in the closed position by a spring means.
4- Distributeur de papier selon l'une des revendications 2 ou 3, dans lequel la trappe (16) comporte un évidement (17) et un coulisseau (18), monté rotatif entre une position de fermeture et une position d'ouverture de l'évidement (17). 5- Distributeur de papier selon la revendication 4, dans lequel le coulisseau (18) est guidé par une rainure (20) du boîtier (5).4- paper dispenser according to one of claims 2 or 3, wherein the door (16) has a recess (17) and a slide (18), rotatably mounted between a closed position and an open position of the door. recess (17). 5- paper dispenser according to claim 4, wherein the slider (18) is guided by a groove (20) of the housing (5).
6- Distributeur de papier selon l'une des revendications 4 ou 5, dans lequel le coulisseau (18) est monté rotatif autour de l'axe (A) du boîtier.6- paper dispenser according to one of claims 4 or 5, wherein the slider (18) is rotatably mounted about the axis (A) of the housing.
7- Distributeur de papier selon l'une des revendications 4 à 6, dans lequel le coulisseau (18) est monté sur la face avant (8) du boîtier (5) au niveau d'un orifice (19) dans lequel la buse (13) de distribution est engagée.7- paper dispenser according to one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the slide (18) is mounted on the front face (8) of the housing (5) at an orifice (19) in which the nozzle ( 13) is engaged.
8- Distributeur de papier selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, comprenant un moyen (21) de blocage du moyen (18) de fermeture en position fermée. 9- Distributeur de papier selon les revendications 5 ou 6, et 8, dans lequel le moyen (21) de blocage comporte une baguette (21) agencée pour être logée dans la rainure (20). 8- paper dispenser according to one of claims 1 to 7, comprising a means (21) for locking the means (18) closing in the closed position. 9- paper dispenser according to claims 5 or 6, and 8, wherein the means (21) for locking comprises a rod (21) arranged to be housed in the groove (20).
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