JP2000287872A - Paper roll automatic feeding apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper roll feeding apparatus capable of feeding a piece of paper in a required length from a paper roll easily in a folded condition. SOLUTION: This paper roll feeding apparatus has a pair of guiding plates 3, one or plural pairs of feed rollers 6 and 7 for feeding paper 16, and a motor 4 and a drive mechanism 5 for driving one of the feed rollers to rotate. The guiding plates 3 supports a paper roll 1 such as a toilet paper roll rotatably and guide the paper 16 continuously fed out of the paper roll 1. The drive mechanism 5 has a feeding quantity judging means automatically controlled to further feed the paper 16 fed forward from the feed roller 6 and 7 in the length equivalent to one unit of use. The apparatus also has a pair of cutters 12 and 13 for automatically cutting the paper 16 fed forward in the length of one unit of use with prescribed timing, a drive mechanism 9 for making the cutters 12 and 13 do cutting motions, and a paper receiver 17 with a pair of width determining side plates for folding a cut-off piece of the paper 16 with the paper's own weight.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic roll paper feeding device for automatically feeding and cutting roll paper such as toilet paper, kitchen paper, and paper towel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a roll paper holder with a toilet paper feeding device has been disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-54.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 862, paper having a predetermined length is fed out from roll paper by a manual or motor driven feed roller, and the fed paper is cut by a predetermined blade or the like. At this time, the paper fed out was held and folded by hand.

[0003]

In the case of the above-mentioned conventional technique, when folding the paper fed from the roll paper, the work must be performed using both hands, and the work is time-consuming and neatly folded. It was hard to see. It is especially difficult for elderly people with disabilities to pull out rolls and fold them.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and provides an automatic roll paper feeding apparatus capable of easily feeding a required length of paper from roll paper to be folded. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

An automatic roll paper feeding apparatus according to the present invention comprises a pair of guide plates for rotatably supporting roll paper such as toilet paper and guiding paper continuously output from the roll paper. And one or more pairs of feed rollers for feeding out the paper, and a motor and a driving mechanism for driving one of the feed rollers to rotate. The drive mechanism includes a feeding amount determination unit that is automatically controlled so as to feed the paper fed ahead of the feed roller by a length corresponding to one use unit. Further, a pair of cutters for automatically cutting at a predetermined timing the paper that has been fed out by a length corresponding to one use unit from the feed roller, and a driving mechanism for causing the cutters to perform a cutting operation; The roll paper automatic feeding device includes a pair of paper receivers with a width determining side plate that folds the paper under its own weight.

[0006] The automatic roll paper feeding device of the present invention comprises:
The paper continuously output from the roll paper is fed out by the feed roller to the length of one use unit, folded,
A series of operations until cutting is electrically operated by a single operation such as a pressing operation of an operation button, a light shielding operation, a proximity operation, and a sound, so that the operation is fully automatically performed.

Further, a disinfectant or other pharmaceutical agent can be automatically sprayed on the paper for one use unit before or after folding. Here, the setting of the length for one use unit and the necessity of spraying the pharmaceutical agent can be appropriately selected according to the intended use.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show the overall schematic structure of an automatic roll paper feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a pair of left and right brackets 21 are attached to both upper sides of the base plate 20, and a support frame 15a that supports the support frame 15b is integrally provided below the bracket 21. At the bottom of the base plate 20, the unfolded paper 1
6 is provided directly below.

A roll paper 1 such as toilet paper is removably and rotatably supported between a pair of brackets 21 via a core rod 2 passed through a center hole of the roll paper 1.

In the supporting frames 15a and 15b, a continuous paper 16 drawn from the roll paper 1 is sandwiched from the front and back, and a pair of guide plates 3 for guiding the paper 16 and a pair of feed rollers 6 for feeding the sheet paper 16 are provided. A motor 4 for driving the roller 6 via a driving mechanism 5 is connected to one of the feed rollers 6. Support frames 15a, 15b
In addition, a pair of cutters 12 and 13 for cutting the fed paper 16 are provided.
2 is driven by a driving mechanism 9 for cutting operation.
Is installed through.

The feed roller 6 or the drive mechanism 5 is provided with a detector 22 for detecting the feeding amount of the paper 16 from the rotation speed of the feed roller 6 and the like. The detector 22 includes a detector that detects the number of times the limit switch is turned on and off, and various rotary encoders using an optical sensor or a proximity sensor. The detector 22 compares the count number corresponding to the number of revolutions set in the counter (not shown) with the count number by the detection signal, and when the detected count number reaches the set number of revolutions, the feed amount for stopping the motor 4. It is connected to a control device (not shown) which is a judging means.

A drive mechanism 9 for the cutter 12 has a detector 2 for detecting one cycle of the back and forth movement of the cutter 12.
3, the motor 8 for cutting rotates in response to the stop signal of the motor 4, and the motor 8 rotates until one cycle of the back-and-forth movement is completed. And the detector 23
Detects one cycle, the motor 8 is stopped by the detection signal, and the cutting of the paper 16 for one unit of use previously fed is completed.

The support frame 15b is supported by a shaft 15c with respect to the support frame 15a, and is urged against the support frame 15a by a tension spring 14 so that the feed roller 7 is constantly pressed against the feed roller 6. I have.

The method of feeding the roll paper 1 is as follows. First, the roll paper 1 is supported between a pair of brackets 21 via a core rod 2, and then, as shown in a two-dot chain line diagram in FIG. The support frame 15b is opened by hand around the shaft 15c against the pulling force of 14, and the paper 16 from the roll paper 1 is fed out to the lower end of the guide plate 3 by hand. Thereafter, the paper 16 is fed by the feed rollers 6 and 7.
By returning the support frame 15b to the original position so as to be sandwiched between the sheets, the paper 16 is held by the feed rollers 6 and 7 and becomes ready for feeding. The feed rollers 6 and 7 are preferably provided with grooves cut in the rotation direction on the surface thereof in order to prevent the paper 16 from adhering to the rollers. May be arranged at intervals.

The paper receiver 17 is provided with a pair of width determining side plates 18 that determine the folding width of the paper 16 that is fed and falls under its own weight. The paper 16 fed out by the width determining side plate 18 falls by its own weight, and when it comes into contact with one of the width determining side plates 18, it is folded at that position and folded toward the other width determining plate 18, and so on. Folding proceeds.

The folding may be performed automatically by arranging a guide member such as a plate or a bar while the paper 16 is falling, instead of using the width determining plate 18.

Further, a medicine dispersing device 19 is provided below the support frame 15a, and the paper 1 cut in a folded state is provided.
The medicine may be automatically sprayed on the upper part of the tube 6 by a cutting completion signal. Further, the medicine may be sprayed on the falling paper 16 or the folding paper 16.

The automatic roll paper unwinding apparatus of this embodiment includes a paper 16 continuously discharged from roll paper 1 such as toilet paper, kitchen paper, and paper towel.
Is fed out by feed rollers 6 and 7 to the length of one use unit, folded, cut, and, if necessary, a series of operations up to spraying of the pharmaceutical agent are operated by one-touch operation button 2.
By pressing 4, a control device (not shown) electrically operates automatically.

The operation buttons are of a push type,
A non-contact type using an optical sensor or a proximity sensor may be used. Further, a device that responds by voice may be provided instead of the operation button. Further, a plurality of folded papers may be automatically supplied by one operation. In this case, if the paper is picked up after one folding / cutting operation, it is detected and automatically fed out, folded,
It is preferable that the cutting operation is performed and the next use becomes possible, and the setting is made so that this operation is automatically repeated as many times as necessary. This number can be set arbitrarily. Also,
The length of the paper to be folded may be set as appropriate.

Thus, the user can obtain paper folded in a desired state without using both hands.
In particular, for an elderly person or a person with a disability, the roll paper feeding operation can be reduced.

Further, in the automatic roll paper feeding device of this embodiment, the paper feed amount of the feed roller can be freely set by a counter (not shown), so that the paper length can be arbitrarily set, and waste of paper is reduced. A clean cut is obtained without any problems.

The setting of the length for one use unit, the setting of the folding width, and the necessity of spraying the pharmaceutical agent can be appropriately selected according to the intended use. Further, the cutter and the feed roller can have an appropriate configuration, and the interval between the width-determining side plates of the paper receiver may be movable to an appropriate width. The spraying of the medicine may be selectively enabled by another operation button. In addition, kitchen paper, paper towel,
In some cases, folding is not necessary.

Here, the power source of the drive motor, the cutting motor, the switches, the detector, the control device and the like may be a 100 V AC power source or a power source such as a dry battery. Further, when the guide plate is opened, the cut motor may not be driven by a limit switch or the like.

[0024]

According to the roll paper automatic feeding device of the present invention, an elderly person, a physically handicapped person with one hand or a child, etc., or a child, etc. can easily feed out the paper from the roll paper, automatically cut, and put it in a folded state. It can be safely and quickly set up to a state where it can be used in a single operation. Furthermore, it is more hygienic for the user and also more convenient for the user by allowing automatic dispensing of the pharmaceutical agent.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of an automatic roll paper feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the automatic roll paper feeding device of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 roll paper 2 core rod 3 guide plate 4, 8 motor 5, 9 drive mechanism 6, 7 feed roller 10 cam plate 12, 13 cutter 14 tension spring 15 a, 15 b support frame 17 sheet paper receiver 18 width determining side plate 19 pharmaceutical agent spraying Apparatus 20 Base plate 21 Bracket 22, 23 Detector 24 Operation button

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A guide plate for rotatably supporting roll paper and guiding paper continuously output from the roll paper, a feed roller for feeding the paper, a motor and a driving mechanism for driving the feed roller to rotate. Feeding amount determination means automatically controlled so as to feed the paper fed out of the pair of feed rollers by the length of one use unit; and Roll paper automatic cutter, comprising: a cutter for automatically cutting the paper fed to the cutter; a driving mechanism for causing the cutter to perform a cutting operation; and a paper receiver for folding the cut paper by its own weight. Feeding device. 2. The roll paper automatic feeding device performs a series of operations until the paper continuously output from the roll paper is fed by the feed roller to a length corresponding to one use unit, folded, and cut. 2. The automatic roll paper feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the automatic operation is performed by a single operation. 3. The automatic roll paper feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the medicine is automatically sprayed on the paper for one use unit.