JP2007014363A - Toilet paper holder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress a toilet paper sheet from being cut in ita middle with a simple configuration in a toilet paper holder capable of cutting the toilet paper sheet with one hand. <P>SOLUTION: The toilet paper holder comprises a toilet paper holding part for freely turnably holding the toilet paper sheet such that the front end edge of the toilet paper sheet is directed forward and positioned at the lower part, a narrowing part for narrowing the toilet paper sheet pulled out from the toilet paper holding part to such a width that it can be held with one hand, and a cutting part composed of cutting teeth for cutting the toilet paper sheet narrowed by the narrowing part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a holder for holding toilet paper, and more particularly, to a toilet paper holder capable of cutting toilet paper with one hand.

In a general toilet paper holder, the toilet paper is held at the edge of the upper lid portion, and the toilet paper is cut along this edge. For this reason, in order to cut the toilet paper, it was necessary to hold the lid part with one hand and cut the toilet paper with the other hand, and was forced to work with both hands. .
This is due to the fact that the work of restraining is necessary for the lid portion to move upward, and in order to cope with this, for example, the edge fixed downward as in the invention described in Patent Document 1 below It is conceivable to cut by pressing against this by providing a portion. However, even in such a configuration, the toilet paper is often fed out without being cut due to the difference in force and momentum. In order to solve this, in Patent Document 2 below, an edge portion fixed below is provided, and a fixed weight is applied between the edge portion and the toilet paper from above by a top cover. Techniques have been shown that enable toilet paper to be stably cut with one hand.
JP 2000-14594 A Japanese Patent No. 3218464

However, according to the method described in Patent Document 2, the structure is complicated, and when the toilet paper is pulled out horizontally for a long time and then cut, there is a high possibility that the toilet paper will be cut off.
In view of such a problem, an object of the present invention is to prevent a toilet paper holder capable of cutting toilet paper with one hand from being cut off in the middle with a simple configuration.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configuration.
The invention according to claim 1 is a toilet paper holding portion that rotatably holds toilet paper such that the front edge of the end portion of the toilet paper faces the front and is positioned below, and the toilet paper holding portion. A toilet paper holder having a squeezing part that squeezes the toilet paper drawn out from a width that can be grasped with one hand, and a cutting part that includes cutting teeth for cutting the toilet paper squeezed by the squeezing part. The “width that can be grasped with one hand” is determined based on the assumed one hand of the user, and a width shorter than the length from the base of the user's thumb to the second joint is assumed.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the toilet paper holder, the toilet paper holding portion is formed by a support plate that supports the toilet paper from below and a back plate that restricts movement to the back surface.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the toilet paper holder, the throttle portion is formed by a groove having an open upper surface having a predetermined width, and the toilet paper is held so that the upper surface is exposed. It protrudes from the part.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the toilet paper holder, the narrowed portion is formed by a groove having a predetermined width, and the tangent line between the roll-shaped toilet paper and the toilet paper drawn from the roll paper is provided. The distance from the position, that is, the boundary between the roll-like toilet paper and the sheet-like toilet paper to the entrance of the groove is at least one third of the width of the toilet paper.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the toilet paper holder, the narrowed portion is formed by a groove having a predetermined width, and the width of the groove is increased toward the toilet paper. It is what has been.

Since the toilet paper drawn out by the squeezing part is pulled out, the invention can be pulled out by holding it with one hand, and since the resistance in the pulling out direction becomes very strong when it is bent, it is pulled out. When the toilet paper is cut at the cutting portion, the toilet paper can be cut without being pulled out. In other words, the configuration can be simplified by obtaining resistance by squeezing the paper so that the toilet paper is not pulled out at the time of cutting. In addition, by squeezing the toilet paper, it can be easily prevented from being broken in the middle.
In the invention according to claim 2, the toilet paper holding portion is configured by the support plate and the back plate, so that the front edge of the end of the toilet paper faces the front and is positioned below simply by placing the toilet paper holding portion. Toilet paper can be installed.

Since the invention according to claim 3 remains in the groove where the upper surface protruding from the toilet paper holding part is opened after a part of the toilet paper drawn from the roll-like toilet paper is cut into the cutting part, The end of the toilet paper can be easily found, and the work efficiency when the user is using can be increased.
The invention according to claim 4 is a smooth toilet which reduces the resistance for squeezing by separating the position where the squeezing starts from a position where the toilet paper forms a roll by one third or more of the width of the toilet paper. Paper drawer can be realized. That is, in the part where the toilet paper forms a roll, it is highly resistant to squeeze in the width direction. The resistance is reduced by providing a predetermined distance or more to the position where the diaphragm starts.
The invention according to claim 5 reduces the resistance when the toilet paper is squeezed by squeezing gently instead of squeezing the toilet paper at a steep angle at the entrance of the groove forming the squeezing portion, Toilet paper can be pulled out smoothly.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which the lid of the toilet paper holder X according to the embodiment is opened, FIG. 2 is a front view of the toilet paper holder X, and FIG. 3 holds the toilet paper of the toilet paper holder X The longitudinal cross-sectional view in the state made is shown. The toilet paper holder X includes a toilet paper holding unit 10, a throttle unit 20, and a cutting unit 30.
The toilet paper holding unit 10 has a width that is slightly wider than the width of the toilet paper that supports the toilet paper from below, and has a depth that is slightly larger than the diameter of the toilet paper, and is erected on the back side of the support plate 11 The back plate 12, the support plates 11 and the side plates 13 and 13 that block both side surfaces of the back plate 12, and the upper edge of the back plate 12 are rotatably fixed to the upper edges of the side plates 13 and 13, respectively. It is comprised from the cover body 14 which contact | abuts a front edge and covers the toilet paper in the toilet paper holding | maintenance part 10 inside. A portion from the position of about one third from the front end of the support plate 11 to the back plate 12 is formed in a curved surface that substantially matches the curved surface of the average toilet paper that is commercially available. A mounting hole 12a for passing two screws is formed above the back plate 12. The lid body 14 is provided with a long hole 14a through which the inside can be observed substantially at the center, and a notch 14b is formed at the center of the lower edge of the front surface for hooking a finger when the lid body 14 is opened.

The narrowed portion 20 is formed by a U-shaped groove having an open upper surface having a width of about one third of the width of the toilet paper. By forming the narrowed portion 20 in this width, the toilet paper can be narrowed to a width that can be easily grasped by an average Japanese. The throttle unit 20 is provided so as to protrude from the center of the front edge of the support plate 11 of the toilet paper holding unit 10. Further, strip-like hidden plates 20a and 20a are formed so as to close the edge on the back side of the side plate of the groove constituting the throttle portion 20 and the front edge other than the portion where the throttle portion 20 of the support plate 11 is provided. It is provided on the left and right of the base of the throttle unit 20. FIG. 4 shows an enlarged plan view of the aperture portion 20 and the hidden plates 20a and 20a. As shown in the figure, the aperture 20 is formed so that its width increases toward the back side. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the base portion of the squeezing portion 20 is determined from the position of the tangent line between the commercially available average roll-shaped toilet paper installed in the toilet paper holding portion 10 and the toilet paper drawn from here. It is almost set to the length of the toilet paper radius. This length is about one half of the width of the toilet paper.
The cutting part 30 is formed of stainless cutting teeth having a metal front end formed with a plurality of chevron-shaped teeth, and is fixed to the front edge of the bottom plate of the throttle part 20.

  Next, a method for using the toilet paper holder X having the above configuration will be described. In addition, the toilet paper holder X shall be fixed to the suitable wall surface of the toilet through the attachment hole 12 of the back plate. First, the user opens the lid 14 of the toilet paper holding unit 10 and places it on the support plate 11 so that the front edge of the toilet paper faces forward and is positioned downward. Then, the toilet paper is slightly pulled out, and the drawn toilet paper is squeezed so as to be crushed in the width direction and is put into the groove constituting the throttle unit 20. Thereafter, when the lid 14 is closed, the state shown in the perspective view of FIG. 5 is obtained, and the setting of the toilet paper is completed. In order to use the toilet paper in this state, first, the end of the toilet paper located inside the groove of the squeezing part 20 is pulled out in a substantially horizontal direction. At this time, the width of the toilet paper is reduced to about one third, and since the strength is increased because it is a ridge, the toilet paper can be easily grasped and pulled out with one hand. Thereby, the toilet paper is pulled out while being narrowed in the width direction while becoming a ridge when passing through the narrowed portion 20 formed by the narrow groove. At this time, a certain distance is provided from the position of the tangent line between the roll-shaped toilet paper and the toilet paper drawn from the roll paper to the throttle unit 20, and the width of the rear side of the groove of the throttle unit 20 is directed toward the rear surface. Since it is formed so as to be wide, the toilet paper is smoothly squeezed by the squeezing portion 20. When the toilet paper is pulled out to an appropriate length, in this state, the toilet paper is pulled substantially vertically downward in order to press the toilet paper against the cutting teeth constituting the cutting unit 30. Since the toilet paper that has been squeezed and turned into a bowl is bent almost vertically at the cutting portion 30, the resistance when the toilet paper is pulled out is increased. It is cut by the cutting part 30 without being further pulled out from. Further, since the tip of the cutting part 30 is squeezed and becomes a ridge, the strength is increased, so that it hardly breaks in the middle. And since the edge part of the toilet paper after a cut | disconnection is located in the aperture | diaphragm | squeeze part 20, the effort which looks for the edge part of a toilet paper at the time of next use is lost.

  In the above embodiment, when the toilet paper is hard or the like, the toilet paper moves upward from the groove constituting the throttle unit 20, and the front edge of the lid body 14 and the concealing plates 20 a and 20 a of the throttle unit 20. Toilet paper may spread between the upper edge of the paper. In order to avoid this, for example, a cover is provided on the upper edge of the base end of the groove, or the upper edge of the hidden plate 20a as shown in a longitudinal sectional view cut at the hidden plate 20a portion of the toilet paper holder X in FIG. A step 20aa may be provided on the front end, and the step 20aa may be engaged with the front edge of the lid body 14 or the like. If the step 20aa that engages with the lid 14 is provided, even if the toilet paper moves upward from the groove constituting the throttle portion 20, the toilet paper cannot be spread sideways by the step 20aa, and the toilet paper. It is possible to hold the state that is narrowed down.

It is a perspective view showing the state where the lid of the toilet paper holder concerning an embodiment was opened. It is a front view of the toilet paper holder which concerns on embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view in the state holding the toilet paper of the toilet paper holder which concerns on embodiment. It is an enlarged plan view of an aperture part and a hidden plate part. It is a perspective view which shows the state which set the toilet paper of the toilet paper holder which concerns on embodiment. It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view cut | disconnected in the position which passes through the hidden board of a toilet paper holder which shows the modification of a hidden board part.

Explanation of symbols

X Toilet paper holder 10 Toilet paper holder 11 Support plate 12 Back plate 13 Side plate 14 Lid 20 Throttle portion 21 Cutting portion

Claims (5)

A toilet paper holding section that rotatably holds the toilet paper so that the front edge of the end of the toilet paper faces the front and is positioned below;
A squeezing part that squeezes the toilet paper drawn out from the toilet paper holding part to a width that can be grasped with one hand;
A toilet paper holder having a cutting portion made of cutting teeth for cutting the toilet paper drawn by the drawing portion.   The toilet paper holder according to claim 1, wherein the toilet paper holding unit is formed by a support plate that supports the toilet paper from below and a back plate that restricts movement to the back surface.   The said throttle part is formed by the groove | channel by which the upper surface which has a predetermined width | variety was open | released, Comprising: It protrudes from the said toilet paper holding | maintenance part so that this upper surface may expose | express. Toilet paper holder.   The squeezed portion is formed by a groove having a predetermined width, and the distance from the tangent line between the roll-shaped toilet paper and the toilet paper drawn out from the toilet paper to the entrance of the groove is at least that of the toilet paper. The toilet paper holder according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the toilet paper holder is provided at least one half of the width.   5. The narrowed portion is formed by a groove having a predetermined width, and is formed so that the width becomes wider toward the toilet paper side of the groove. Toilet paper holder.

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