JP2013111224A - Toilet paper holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toilet paper holder allowing easy and cozy use of toilet paper even by one hand without applying an excessive load onto a user, in use of a portable toilet (a chair type simplified toilet) or the like.SOLUTION: The toilet paper holder includes: a nearly L-shaped holder body supporting a paper roll; paper roll support arms tiltably pivotally mounted to the holder body; a cutter portion cutting a paper sheet pulled out from the paper roll supported by the paper roll support arms; and a paper sheet guide portion leading a front end part of the paper roll to the cutter portion. The cutter portion is constituted by a pair of cutter blades journaled to the holder body horizontally turnably in directions opposite to each other, are always urged inward by springs, and face to each other. The toilet paper holder has a structure to pull out the paper sheet in a state of holding the paper sheet and cutter blades by fingers in the paper sheet guide portion, to simultaneously release the cutter blades to restore the cutter blades to original positions, and to pull out the paper sheet of proper amount.

Description

  The present invention relates to a toilet paper holder particularly suitable for a portable toilet (chair type simple toilet) used in the field of nursing care, and more particularly to a toilet paper holder capable of pulling out and cutting roll paper with one hand. is there.

  As a chair-type simple toilet (portable toilet) that can be used safely, easily, and cleanly by the elderly, people with weak legs, and physically handicapped without help from caregivers 7 is known. This chair-type simple toilet has a bucket-type toilet (not shown) attached to a seat surface of a chair-type toilet body 11 under a retractable toilet seat 12 whose rear end is pivotably attached, and a toilet seat. An open / close-type seating pad 13 with a rear end pivotably attached to the upper side of 12 is attached. When using a toilet, the seating pad 13 is set up to serve as a backrest, while being used as a chair When doing so, the sitting pad 13 is brought down and stacked on the toilet seat 12.

Roll-type paper such as toilet paper provided in this type of chair-type toilet, as shown in FIG. In general, it is used by being hung on an armrest 14 of a chair-type simple toilet.
However, such a method of using the toilet paper is inconvenient for the user because it is necessary to use both hands when the appropriate amount of paper is pulled out from the roll-shaped paper 4 and shredded. Also, if only one hand could be used, the caregiver had to help.

In such a situation, various toilet paper holders using roll paper that can be operated with one hand have been proposed (see Patent Documents 1 to 4).
Patent Document 1 proposes a toilet paper holder having a cutter part and a weight part at the front end of the lid part, and having a long hole at the approximate center of the lid part. It has been proposed to pull out toilet paper and pull it up and cut the paper with a cutter.

  Patent Document 2 has a cover consisting of two pieces of an upper lid and a lower lid, pulls out the paper from between the upper lid and the lower lid, presses the roll paper by the pulling force downward, Toilet paper holders for cutting have been proposed.

  In Patent Document 3, a cover plate provided with a V-shaped slit opened in the front for squeezing and holding a paper or sheet to be cut and squeezed at the front edge is slid in the support shaft direction of the cover plate. A roll paper holder has been proposed that can be mounted with movement and pressed against the other end by a coil spring that is contracted at one end of the support shaft, while suppressing the upward rotation of the cover plate so that the paper can be cut with one hand. ing.

  Patent Document 4 has a holding device that gives an operation to prevent the paper from passing when the paper drawn out from the roll-shaped paper passes when the paper is pulled in the pull-out direction of the roll-shaped paper. Toilet paper holders have been proposed, and the paper can be cut with one hand by moving upward or downward.

JP 2011-12049A JP 2004-329798 A JP 2006-25908 A JP 2009-6104 A

  However, all of the above-described conventional toilet paper holders are designed so that the operation of pulling out the roll paper from the paper holder with one hand and the operation of cutting an appropriate amount of the drawn paper are directed upward, downward, or obliquely upward. Therefore, it is necessary for the user to move his / her arm up and down. However, since the operation to move the arm up / down requires a large amount of labor for the muscles, It is disadvantageous for people with physical disabilities, people who need the help of caregivers, etc., and it takes time.

  In addition, when using various conventional toilet paper holders in contact with the side of the body at a position higher than the waist as illustrated in FIG. 7, the operation of pulling out the paper from the relationship between the position of the paper holder and the length of the arm, The operation of cutting the drawn paper is very cramped, and increases the burden on the user, which is not practical.

  In view of the disadvantages of the conventional various toilet paper holders described above, the present invention is particularly easy and easy to use with one hand, without overloading the user, especially in the use of a chair-type simple toilet (portable toilet). The purpose is to provide a toilet paper holder that can be used.

  The toilet paper holder according to the present invention includes a holder body having a substantially L-shaped cross-section supporting roll paper, a pair of left and right roll paper support arms pivotably attached to the holder body, and the roll shape. A cutter unit that cuts the paper drawn from the roll-shaped paper that is detachably supported by the paper support arm at both ends by a concave-convex fitting method, and a paper guide unit that guides the leading end of the roll-shaped paper to the cutter unit The cutter part is composed of a pair of opposed cutting blades that are pivotally mounted horizontally in directions opposite to each other to the holder main body and are always urged inward by a spring, In addition, the paper guide portion is provided with a notch recess immediately below the pair of cutting blades, and the paper drawn out to the notch recess when the paper is used. The cutting blade is pulled out by rotating the cutting blade in the paper pulling direction against the spring in a state where the tip portion is overlapped with the cutting blade and the paper and the cutting blade are sandwiched between fingers. Is opened and then returned to its original position, and then the cutting blade has a structure in which an appropriate amount of the paper is pulled out by grasping the leading end of the paper extending forward in the paper drawing direction. .

  In the toilet paper holder configured as described above, the present invention provides a pair of left and right roll-shaped paper support arms that are detachably provided with a gap adjustment cap for adjusting the gap between the support arms by means of an uneven fitting method. This is a preferred embodiment.

  When the paper is used, the toilet paper holder of the present invention springs the cutting blade while holding the paper and the cutting blade in one hand with the leading edge of the paper pulled out in the notch recess of the paper guide portion overlapped with the cutting blade. At the same time, the paper is pulled out by rotating it against the same time, and when the cutting blade is opened and returned to its original position, the leading end of the drawn paper remains in front of the cutting blade. You can grasp the leading edge of the paper remaining in front of the cutting blade and pull out the appropriate amount of paper to cut it, so a series of operations such as drawing out and cutting the paper while holding the arm up and down with one hand is possible. It becomes possible, and the effect that it can be used easily and easily with one hand without giving an excessive burden to the user is obtained. Therefore, especially when used for a chair-type toilet (portable toilet), it can be attached to the side of the chair-type toilet so that it can be used by elderly people, people with weak legs, and physically disabled people. It can be used easily and easily with one hand without requiring the help of a caregiver, and is extremely practical.

It is a side view which shows one Example of the toilet paper holder which concerns on this invention. It is a top view of a toilet paper holder same as the above. It is a front view of a toilet paper holder same as the above. It is explanatory drawing which shows the paper drawer | drawing-out operation | movement and cutting | disconnection operation | movement of the roll-shaped paper supported by the toilet paper holder same as the above, (a) is the state before the paper drawer | drawing-out operation start, (b) is the state in paper drawer operation | movement, (c) Indicates a state in which the cutting blade is returned to its original state, and (d) indicates a state in which an appropriate length of paper is pulled out. It is sectional drawing which shows an example of the cap for space | interval adjustment of a pair of right and left roll-shaped paper support arms of a toilet paper holder same as the above. It is a perspective view which shows the chair type simple toilet bowl (portable toilet) equipped with the toilet paper holder same as the above. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the chair type simple toilet bowl (portable toilet) equipped with the conventional paper holder.

  The toilet paper holder of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 includes a holder body 1 having a substantially L-shaped cross section for supporting a roll paper 4, and a pair of left and right roll paper support arms pivotably attached to the holder body 1 2 and a cutter unit 3 for cutting the paper 4-1 drawn from the roll-shaped paper 4 that is detachably supported by the roll-shaped paper support arm 2 by means of an uneven fitting method.

  The holder main body 1 having a substantially L-shaped cross section includes a pair of left and right substantially L-shaped members 1-1, and a back plate 1-2 vertically disposed between the left and right short side portions of the substantially L-shaped member 1-1. And a paper guide portion 1-3 made of a horizontal plate disposed between the long side portions, and the back plate 1-2 is attached to attach the holder body 1 to a mating member (not shown). The paper guide part 1-3 is a part that leads the leading end of the roll-shaped paper 4 to the cutter part 3, and the paper 4-1 is provided at the leading end of the paper guide part 1-3. When performing the operation of drawing out, a notch recess 1-4 serving as a drawer space for pulling out the paper 4-1 by stacking a cutting blade 3-1 and a paper 4-1, which will be described later, with fingers is formed. ing. In addition, 1-5 is a screw hole provided in the back plate 1-2 used when attaching the holder main body 1 to a counterpart member (not shown) (see FIG. 3).

  The pair of left and right roll-shaped paper support arms 2 has a paper support cap 2-1 that can be concavo-convexly fitted to openings at both ends of the roll-shaped paper 4 at the tip, and the arm base 2-2 is the above-mentioned The holder main body 1 is pivotally attached to a connecting portion between the short side portion and the long side portion via a shaft pin 2-3 so as to be tiltable, and is attached to the paper support cap 2-1 of the pair of left and right roll-shaped paper support arms 2. The opening of both ends of the roll-shaped paper 4 is configured to support the paper by engaging the concave and convex portions so as to freely rotate.

  The cutter unit 3 that cuts the paper 4-1 drawn out from the roll-shaped paper 4 has a pin 3 so as to overlap the top surface of the paper guide unit 1-3 of the holder body 1 directly above the notch recess 1-4. -3, a spring 3-2 which is attached to the back surface of the paper guide portion 1-3 between the pin 3-3 and the projection 3-4. Is constituted by a pair of opposed cutting blades 3-1, which are constantly urged inward (opposite to the paper drawing direction). As shown in FIG. 2, the pair of left and right cutting blades 3-1 has, for example, a sawtooth blade 3-5 formed on the tip side, and usually the sawtooth blade 3-5 is the tip of the paper guide portion 1-3. It is attached so as to be substantially flush with the portion, and can be horizontally rotated in opposite directions (arrows A and B) with the pin 3-3 as a fulcrum. Needless to say, the shape and form of the cutting edge is not limited to a sawtooth shape.

Next, the drawing and cutting operation of the roll paper 4 supported by the toilet paper holder configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the figure (a) which shows the state before a paper drawer | drawing-out operation | movement is pulled out from the roll-shaped paper 4 which attached the both-end opening to the paper support cap 2-1 of the left-right paired roll-shaped paper support arm 2 by uneven | corrugated fitting. The paper after cutting the paper placed on the paper guide portion 1-3 and the cutting blade 3-1, and the paper 4-1 pulled out from the roll-shaped paper 4 is the cutting blade 3-1. In the state of overlapping with each other, the tip end portion (breaking portion) is flush with the sawtooth blade 3-5 of the cutting blade 3-1.
In this state, the cutting blade 3-1 is resisted against the spring 3-2 with the cutting blade 3-1 and the paper 4-1 held between the fingers at the position of the notch recess 1-4 as shown in FIG. Then pull out the paper while rotating it in the paper pulling direction. Next, when the cutting blade 3-1 is opened, the cutting blade 3-1 returns to the original position as shown in FIG. Since the leading edge of the paper 4-1 pulled out together with the cutting blade 3-1 remains, finally, as shown in FIG. Cut with the cutting blade 3-1 that has returned to the position. The cutting operation of the paper can be easily performed by moving the paper downward or upward while holding the paper. When this cutting operation is completed, the state shown in FIG. 5A is obtained again, and thereafter, the operations shown in FIGS.
As described above, in the case of the toilet paper holder of the present invention, the pulling and cutting operations of the roll-shaped paper 4 can be easily and easily performed with one hand and a small amount of vertical movement.

  In addition, the toilet paper holder according to the present invention can be applied to a pair of left and right roll-shaped paper support arms 2 of the toilet paper holder as shown in FIG. A gap adjusting cap 6 is provided for adjusting the gap. The gap adjusting cap 6 is detachably attached to the paper support cap 2-1 of the pair of left and right roll-shaped paper support arms 2 by a concave-convex fitting method, and uses a short-width roll-shaped paper (not shown). When doing, it attaches to the paper support cap 2-1 of a pair of right and left roll-shaped paper support arms 2, and uses it. In addition, it cannot be overemphasized that the thickness of this space | interval adjustment cap 6 is set according to the roll-shaped paper from which width differs (short).

  When the toilet paper holder having the above configuration is used by being attached to a chair-type simple toilet (portable toilet), as shown in FIG. 6, a back plate 1-2 of the toilet paper holder is provided on the side surface of the toilet body 11 of the chair-type simple toilet. These parts can be fixed with screws 5 and used. In this case, the above-described roll-out paper 4 can be pulled out and cut only with the hand on this side while sitting on the toilet seat 12 of the chair-type simple toilet. That is, as described above, the cutting blade 3-1 is sandwiched with one finger while the leading end of the paper drawn out to the notch recess 1-4 of the paper guide portion 1-3 is overlapped with the cutting blade 3-1. At the same time as pulling out the paper 4-1 against the spring, the cutting blade 3-1 is opened and returned to the original position, and the paper remaining in front of the cutting blade 3-1 Grab the tip of 4-1 and pull out the paper to cut it. Therefore, even when the toilet paper holder of the present invention is attached to a chair-type simple toilet (portable toilet), the roll paper 4 can be pulled out and cut easily and easily with one hand and with little up and down movement. Can do.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Holder main body 1-1 Substantially L-shaped member 1-2 Back board 1-3 Paper guide part 1-4 Notch recessed part 1-5 Screw hole 2 Roll-shaped paper support arm 2-1 Paper support cap 2-2 Arm root part 2 -3 shaft pin 3 cutter part 3-1 cutting blade 3-2 spring 3-3 pin 3-4 protrusion 3-5 sawtooth blade 4 roll-shaped paper 4-1 paper 5 screw 6 gap adjustment cap

Claims (2)

  A holder body having a substantially L-shaped cross section for supporting the roll-shaped paper, a pair of left and right roll-shaped paper support arms pivotably attached to the holder body, and both ends of the roll-shaped paper support arm are unevenly fitted. A cutter unit that cuts the paper drawn from the roll-shaped paper that is detachably supported by a combination method, and a paper guide unit that guides the leading end of the roll-shaped paper to the cutter unit, The holder body is composed of a pair of opposed cutting blades that are pivotally mounted horizontally in directions opposite to each other and are always biased inward by a spring, and the paper guide portion includes the pair of cutting blades. A notch recess is provided immediately below the cutting blade of the paper, and when the paper is used, the leading edge of the paper drawn out to the notch recess is overlapped with the cutting blade and the paper With the cutting blade sandwiched between fingers, the cutting blade is rotated against the spring in the paper pulling direction to pull out the paper, and at the same time, the cutting blade is opened and returned to the original position. A toilet paper holder characterized by having a structure in which an appropriate amount of paper is pulled out by grasping a leading end portion of the paper extending forward in the paper drawing direction of the cutting blade.   The toilet paper holder according to claim 1, wherein a gap adjusting cap for adjusting the gap between the support arms is detachably attached to the pair of left and right roll-shaped paper support arms by an uneven fitting method. .

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