JP3120241U - Paper towel holder - Google Patents

Abstract

A paper towel holder is provided that can stably draw out a paper towel, whether it is a long paper towel or a short paper towel.
Positioning of at least two bundles of paper towels on the opposite side of a main body of a plate-shaped laterally long flap for positioning at least one bundle of paper towels inside a paper towel holder, and a surface when the horizontally long flaps are erected When placing a short paper towel into the paper holder, place a horizontal flap, and open the vertical flap vertically to the side of the bundle of paper towels, and place a long paper towel into the paper holder. Is characterized by tilting the horizontally long flap and rotating and storing the vertically long flap.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a paper towel holder configured to store stacked paper towels (hereinafter simply referred to as “paper towels”) so that it can be pulled out from the bottom, and can accommodate both long and short paper towels. The present invention relates to a paper towel holder that can be easily pulled out with any paper towel.

Conventional paper towel holders have a width corresponding to the standard because there is only one type of paper towel width.
However, in order to save paper, paper towels with a short width have been put on the market, and it has become necessary to manufacture a paper towel holder that matches the paper towel with the short width. The reason for this is that when a paper towel is pulled out by storing a short paper towel in a paper towel holder manufactured for a conventional wide paper towel, the paper towel bundle moves as the paper towel is pulled out, and the center of the paper towel bundle is the paper towel. This is because the paper towel cannot be taken out well because the paper towel is displaced from the outlet of the paper holder.
In addition, there has been a demand for a paper towel holder that can be used for a wide paper towel and a short paper towel.

Further, in Patent Document 1, a rotatable pressing member and a rib projecting inward in the vicinity of the paper towel take-out hole are provided on the housing of the paper towel holder, and a bundle of paper towels is placed on the rib. In the case of storing a long paper towel, there is described a paper towel holder in which a bundle of paper towels is stored by bending the pressing member. By adopting such a configuration, it becomes possible to store the paper towel in the paper towel holder regardless of the width of the paper towel.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No.2-129088

  However, since the paper towel holder described in Patent Document 1 has the rib facing inward, when the first first sheet is taken out, not only must the hand be put into the rib to take out the paper towel but also the storage. Since the paper towel was not visually confirmed, the first sheet had to be drawn by groping, which was inconvenient.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a paper towel holder capable of stably drawing out a paper towel, whether it is a long paper towel or a short paper towel, in view of the above-described problems.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is a paper towel holder that stores stacked paper towels and can take out the paper towels one by one from a paper towel drawer hole provided in a main body part,
It has a positioning mechanism that positions the center line in the longitudinal direction of the bundle of paper towels so that they are substantially aligned with the paper towel drawer holes,
By rotating the positioning mechanism, the storage width of the paper towel can be adjusted to two or more widths, and the center of the paper towel bundle in the longitudinal direction is sandwiched between the pair of paper towel bundles facing each other. It is characterized by comprising a storage width adjusting section that adjusts the storage width so that the line substantially fits into the paper towel take-out hole.

The invention according to claim 2 is provided with a main body having a pair of side surfaces for storing stacked paper towels, having paper towel drawer holes on the bottom surface, and standing up and sandwiching substantially vertically from both edges of the bottom surface, from the paper towel drawer holes. A paper towel holder that can take out paper towels one by one,
It has a positioning mechanism that positions the center line in the longitudinal direction of the bundle of paper towels so that they are substantially aligned with the paper towel drawer holes,
The positioning mechanism is disposed on one of the side surfaces, a laterally long flap whose longitudinal surface rotates in a direction substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface, and a longitudinal edge disposed on the other side of the side surface, the longitudinal edge of the positioning mechanism with respect to the bottom surface. Storage that adjusts the storage width of the paper towel to two or more types by rotating the horizontal and vertical flaps while rotating substantially vertically with respect to the side surface while maintaining substantially vertical. A width adjustment unit is included.

  The paper towel holder of the present invention is provided with vertical and horizontal flaps that can be rotated inside the main body. When storing a wide paper towel, the flap is tilted and stored, and when storing a short paper towel, the flap is stored. When the paper towel bundle is positioned so that the center of the paper towel bundle is always positioned in the paper towel take-out hole of the paper towel holder and the long paper towel is stored, Even when the paper towel is stored, the center of the bundle of paper towels is positioned so as to fit the paper towel take-out hole, and the paper towel can be easily pulled out.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 to 7 show an example of an embodiment for carrying out the invention, and parts denoted by the same reference numerals in the drawings represent the same thing. Needless to say, the embodiment is not limited to this.

<Figure Description>
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a paper towel holder according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view when the flap of the paper towel holder according to the present embodiment is erected.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view when the flap of the paper towel holder according to the present embodiment is stored.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a laterally long flap according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a vertically long flap according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the paper towel holder according to the present embodiment in FIG. 3A.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a bundle of folded paper towels according to the present embodiment.

<Description of configuration>
As shown in FIG. 1, a paper towel holder according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 1 that stores a paper towel and a lid 2 that covers an opening of the main body 1. The lid portion 2 rotates so as to cover the opening of the main body portion 1 and is locked to the main body portion so as to be openable and closable. When the lid 2 is closed, the paper towel holder has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the main body 1 has a box shape with open sides, a vertically long flap storage portion 6 that is recessed in a rectangular shape on the side that is not open, and a paper towel on the bottom from the bottom of the main body. A paper towel takeout hole 5 for taking out is provided.
Further, the main body 1 is formed in a long plate shape extending in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the paper towel drawer hole 5 and is rotatable in the vertical direction with respect to the horizontal flap. A positioning mechanism is provided that includes a vertically long flap 4 that is formed in a long plate shape and is rotatable about the vertical direction.
The positioning mechanism includes a storage width adjusting unit, and the storage width adjusting unit means an arbitrary mechanism capable of adjusting the storage width, and the storage width adjusting unit includes the rotatable flap. .

The positioning mechanism is disposed on one of the side surfaces of the pair of main body parts 1 that rises substantially vertically from both edges of the bottom surface having the paper towel drawer hole 5 and sandwiches the longitudinal axis, and the longitudinal surface rotates in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the bottom surface. The laterally long flap 3 and the longitudinally long flap 4 which is disposed on the other side of the side surface and whose longitudinal edge rotates substantially perpendicularly to the side surface while maintaining a substantially vertical edge with respect to the bottom surface. A storage width adjustment unit that adjusts the storage width of the paper towel to two or more types by rotating the flap 3 and the vertically long flap 4 is included.
The arrangement of the horizontally long flap 3 and the vertically long flap 4 is not limited to the present embodiment.
There are no restrictions on the method of locking the horizontally long flap 3 and the vertically long flap 4 to the main body 1.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the horizontally long flap 3 has horizontally long flap fitting protrusions 7 at both ends in the longitudinal direction, and the vertically long flap 4 has vertically long flap fitting protrusions 8 as shown in FIG. The main body portion 1 is provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction, and the main body portion 1 is used for fitting a horizontal flap fitting hole (not shown) that is a hole for fitting the horizontal flap fitting projection 7 and a vertical flap fitting projection 8. It has the vertically long flap fitting hole 11 shown in FIGS. Details of FIG. 6 will be described later.
The lid portion 2 is attached to the main body portion 1 so as to be openable and closable so as to cover an open portion of the main body portion 1 when rotated and closed.

  When the horizontally long flap 3 and the vertically long flap 4 are stored, as shown in FIG. 6 (A), the inner method 17 between the main body side surface 12 of the paper towel holder of the present embodiment and the main body side surface that is not opened is The long paper towel bundle is configured to be approximately equal to the width 13 of the bundle of paper towels with a slight margin.

The horizontally long flap 3 is engaged with a horizontally long flap fitting projection 7 and a horizontally long flap fitting hole (not shown) so as to be rotatable.
The vertically long flap 4 is engaged with the vertically long flap fitting protrusion 8 and the vertically long flap fitting hole 11 so as to be rotatable.

  The bundle of stacked paper towels forms a rectangular parallelepiped as shown in FIG. The width of the paper towel means the width 13 of the bundle of paper towels shown in FIG. Further, the side surface of the bundle of paper towels means the side surface 14 shown in FIG. The center line in the longitudinal direction of the bundle of paper towels means the center 15 indicated by a one-dot broken line shown in FIG.

<Description of action>
When a user stores a long paper towel having a width of 13, as shown in FIG. 3, one horizontal flap 3 is rotated and stored in the direction of the paper towel take-out hole 5, and the two vertical flaps 4 are rotated. It is moved and tilted and stored in the vertically long flap storage unit 6.
As shown in FIG. 6A, the paper towel having a long width 13 is stored so as to overlap the stored horizontal flap 3.

  When the horizontally long flap 3 and the vertically long flap 4 are stored, as shown in FIG. 6 (A), the inner method 17 between the main body side surface 12 of the paper towel holder of the present embodiment and the main body side surface that is not opened is The center line of the longitudinal direction of the bundle of paper towels is constituted by the inner wall of the side surface 12 of the main body and the side surface of the main body which is not opened by being configured to be substantially equal to the width 13 of the long paper towel bundle. 15 is positioned so as to substantially fit the paper towel take-out hole 5.

A state in which the paper towel is stored in the paper towel holder of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 (A) and 6 (B). Both figures show a state in which the paper towel holder of the present embodiment in a state in which the paper towel is housed is cut at the position A in FIG.
FIG. 6A shows a case where a bundle of paper towels having a long width 13 is stored. The horizontally long flap 3 is rotated in the direction of the paper towel take-out hole 5 and is stored on the bottom surface of the main body 1. The vertically long flap 4 is rotated and stored in the vertically long flap storage portion 6. A bundle of paper towels is stored so as to be placed on the stored horizontal flap.

FIG. 6B shows a case where a bundle of paper towels having a short width 13 is stored.
The horizontal flap 3 is parallel to the side surface having the paper towel pull-out hole 5 in the rotation axis, and the paper towel when the surface of the horizontal flap 3 is turned substantially perpendicular to the side surface having the paper towel pull-out hole 5. The width of the bundle storage space is reduced by W1.
The two vertical flaps 4 are surfaces of the vertical flap 4 so that the rotation axis is perpendicular to the side surface having the paper towel drawer hole 5 and the end of the flap protrudes from the vertical flap storage portion 6 by rotating. The width of the storage space for the bundle of paper towels is narrowed by W2 when the paper towel stands vertically against the side surface 14 of the bundle of paper towels.
The paper towel bundle is positioned so as to be sandwiched between the pair of opposite faces of the paper towel bundle by the horizontal flap 3 and the vertical flap 4 so that the longitudinal center line 15 of the paper towel bundle is substantially aligned with the paper towel take-out hole 5. Is positioned and stored.

  In this embodiment, the width W <b> 1 is the length from the main body side surface 12 to the locking position of the horizontally long flap 3 on the main body. Further, the vertical flap 4 is opened so that the surface of the vertical flap 4 is in perpendicular contact with the side surface 14 of the paper towel, thereby reducing the width of the storage space for the bundle of paper towels by W2. In this embodiment, the width W <b> 2 is a difference between the width 16 of the vertically long flap and the depth of the vertically long flap storage portion 6.

  When each flap is set up, the space for storing the bundle of paper towels is narrowed by the width W1 by the horizontally long flap 3 and by W2 by the vertically long flap 4, as shown in FIG. 6B. The width W1 and the width W2 are determined so that the longitudinal center line 15 of the bundle of paper towels comes to the paper towel take-out hole 5 in accordance with the width of the short paper towel having the width 13. In this case, W1 can be adjusted by changing the thickness of the laterally long flap 3 and / or moving the position of a laterally long flap fitting hole (not shown). W2 can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the width 16 of the vertically long flap 4.

  As another embodiment of the present invention, the attachment angle of the vertically long flap 4 can be attached obliquely with an angle instead of being parallel to the side surface of the main body as in the above embodiment. In this case, the number of vertically long flaps may be one.

With this configuration, in the present embodiment, the horizontally long flap 3 is turned upright substantially vertically with respect to the side surface having the paper towel pull-out hole 5 and the vertically long flap 4 is turned to remove the vertically long flap storage portion 6. The center line 15 in the longitudinal direction of the bundle of paper towels can be obtained even when a short paper towel having a width of 13 is stored by raising the end of the flap so that the surface of the vertical flap 4 is perpendicular to the side surface 14 of the bundle of paper towels. The paper towel can be positioned so as to be at the position of the paper towel take-out hole 5, and by pulling out the paper towel, the bundle of paper towels can be prevented from moving and the paper towel cannot be pulled out.
Moreover, by storing the horizontal flap 3 and the vertical flap 4, a bundle of paper towels having a long width 13 can be stored. Therefore, a single paper towel having a long width 13 or a paper towel having a short width 13 can be stored. Even in the case of paper towels can be pulled out smoothly.

1 is a perspective view of a paper towel holder according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view at the time of raising the flap of the holder for paper towels of this embodiment It is a perspective view at the time of storing the flap of the holder for paper towels of this embodiment. It is a perspective view of the horizontally long flap of this embodiment. It is a perspective view of the vertically long flap of this embodiment. It is sectional drawing in FIG. 3A of the holder for paper towels by this embodiment. It is a perspective view of a bundle of folded paper towels according to the present embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1: Main body part, 2: Lid part, 3: Horizontally long flap, 4: Longitudinal flap, 5: Paper towel taking-out hole, 6: Longitudinal flap accommodating part, 7: Protrusion for horizontal flap fitting, 8: Protrusion for vertically long flap fitting

Claims (2)

A paper towel holder capable of storing stacked paper towels and taking out the paper towels one by one from a paper towel drawer hole provided in the main body,
It has a positioning mechanism that positions the center line in the longitudinal direction of the bundle of paper towels so that they are substantially aligned with the paper towel drawer holes,
By rotating the positioning mechanism, the storage width of the paper towel can be adjusted to two or more widths, and the center of the paper towel bundle in the longitudinal direction is sandwiched between the pair of paper towel bundles facing each other. A paper towel holder comprising a storage width adjusting section that adjusts a storage width so that a line substantially fits into a paper towel take-out hole. Contains stacked paper towels, has a paper towel drawer hole on the bottom surface, and has a body part with a pair of side surfaces that rises and sandwiches substantially vertically from both edges of the bottom surface, and the paper towel can be taken out one by one from the paper towel drawer hole A paper towel holder,
It has a positioning mechanism that positions the center line in the longitudinal direction of the bundle of paper towels so that they are substantially aligned with the paper towel drawer holes,
The positioning mechanism is disposed on one of the side surfaces, a laterally long flap whose longitudinal surface rotates in a direction substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface, and a longitudinal edge disposed on the other side of the side surface, the longitudinal edge of the positioning mechanism with respect to the bottom surface. Storage that adjusts the storage width of the paper towel to two or more types by rotating the horizontal and vertical flaps while rotating substantially vertically with respect to the side surface while maintaining substantially vertical. A paper towel holder including a width adjusting portion.

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