JPH067263A - Automatic toilet paper supplier - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the replacing of rolls of toilet paper with a roll already being used by a single action by allowing the housing of more than two rolls of the toilet paper. CONSTITUTION:With the manipulation of an operating element 7, a holder 4 opens outward and a core (a) of a roll A0 of toilet paper used comes off so as to let the lowest rolls A1-An housed in the case 1 drop onto a stopper 3 one at a time. Moreover, when the operating element 7 is returned to the original position, the holder 4 closes inwardly so as to keep the core A1 of the roll A1 dropped previously on the stopper 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic toilet paper supply device capable of accommodating and storing a plurality of toilet papers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are various types of toilet paper holders conventionally. Most of them are set with one piece of toilet paper, but some of them are designed to store and store spare toilet paper.

[0003]

Among the above-mentioned toilet paper holders, the one which can set only one toilet paper has the following problems. ． Every time the used toilet paper is replaced with a new toilet paper, the core of the used toilet paper must be removed from the holder and a new toilet paper must be set, which is troublesome to replace and is inconvenient. ． New toilet paper must be replenished before the used toilet paper is used up, which is troublesome to manage, and the toilet paper can easily be used up and is wasted. ． In some cases, new toilet paper could not be replenished in time, and the toilet paper in use may be lost. The conventional toilet paper holder that can store and store spare toilet paper does not have the above problem, but it is necessary to manually remove the core of the used toilet paper and set a new toilet paper. There were challenges.

[0004]

It is an object of the present invention to allow a used toilet paper to be removed and a new toilet paper to be automatically set when the handle is pushed or the knob is turned to perform a one-touch operation. Accordingly, the present invention provides an automatic toilet paper supply device that facilitates replacement and replenishment management of toilet paper in public facilities and the like in which toilet paper is heavily consumed.

[0005]

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the automatic toilet paper feeder according to claim 1 of the present invention has a plurality of toilet papers A ₁ to A ₁ in a case 1.
A storage space 2 capable of accommodating A _n up and down, a stopper 3 for receiving the toilet paper A ₁ falling one by one from the storage space 2, and a core a of the toilet paper A _{0 in} use held by the stopper 3 a holder 4 for supporting the same toilet paper a ₀ is inserted within a holder 5 for holding the toilet paper a ₁ of the lowermost of the toilet paper a ₁ to a _n in the storage space 2, 2 from the bottom
A supporting portion 6 for supporting the _second stage toilet paper A ₂ ;
The holder 4, the holding portion 5, and the operating element 7 for operating the supporting portion 6 are provided. The operating element 7 is provided so as to project from the outside of the case 1. When the operating element 7 is operated, the holder 4 is opened to the outside. The support of the core a of the used toilet paper A ₀ is released, the holding part 5 is opened, the lowermost toilet paper A ₁ falls on the stopper 3, and the second toilet paper A ₂ Is held by the support portion 6 and is prevented from falling, and when the operator 7 is returned to the original position, the holder 4 is closed inward and is inserted into the core b of the toilet paper A ₁ that has dropped onto the stopper 3 _first. The paper A ₁ is inserted and held, and the second-stage toilet paper A ₂ is dropped and held in the holding portion 5. The automatic toilet paper feeder according to claim 2 of the present invention is arranged such that when the operator 7 is operated in the case 1 as shown in FIGS.
A push-in preventing portion 8 is provided to prevent the toilet paper A ₂ of the second step from being pushed out to the back side of the case 1. The push-in preventing portion 8 is configured to move up and down as the operator 7 is operated. is there.

[0006]

The automatic toilet paper feeder according to the present invention shown in FIG. 2 is a used toilet paper A _0.
The core a is supported by the holder 4, and a plurality of toilet papers A _{1 to} A _n are stored in the storage space 2 in the case 1. At this time, the lowermost toilet paper A ₁ of the toilet paper in the storage space 2 is held by the plate-shaped holding portion 5, and the second lowermost toilet paper A ₂ is connected to the toilet paper A ₁ and the supporting portion 6. The toilet paper A _{3 at the} third stage from the bottom is held on the toilet paper A ₂ . When the operator 7 is pushed in the direction of the arrow X in FIG. 2 in this state, the holder 4 interlocking with the operator 7 via the holding portion 5 opens outward from the state of FIG. 5 as shown in FIG. The toilet paper A ₀ is removed from the core a and the holding of the core a is released. This causes the concentric core a to drop downward as shown in FIG. At the same time, the holding portion 5 which is interlocked with the operator 7 is opened, and the lowermost toilet paper A ₁ is placed below the stopper 3 as shown in FIG.
The toilet paper A ₂ on the second stage falls to the upper portion and is held by the support portion 6 as it is. When the operating element 7 is returned to the original position from this state, the holder 4 interlocks with the operating element 7 and closes inward as shown in FIG. 5, and first falls on the stopper 3 as shown in FIG. was inserted into the toilet paper a ₁ in the core b holds the same toilet paper a _1.
At the same time, the second-stage toilet paper A ₂ from the bottom drops from the support portion 6 as shown in FIG.
It is held by the holding unit 5 closed as described above. 3 from the bottom at the same time
The toilet paper A _{3 at the} stage passes through the outside of the push-in prevention portion 8 and is pushed out toward the support portion 6 side, and is held by the toilet paper A ₂ and the support portion 6 as shown in FIG.

[0007]

1 to 6 show an embodiment of the automatic toilet paper feeder of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 shown in these drawings is a case, which is formed into a rectangular parallelepiped by a plate made of plastic, metal or the like. Reference numeral 2 denotes a storage space formed in the case 1, which has a space capable of accommodating and storing three or more toilet papers A _{1 to} A _n stacked one above the other. Reference numeral 4 is a holder for supporting the toilet paper A ₀ in use. As shown in FIG. 5, the rotating arm 9 is attached to the outside of both side plates 10 of the case 1 by a support shaft 11 so as to be rotatable as shown by solid lines and imaginary lines in FIG.
A first rotating roller 13 that comes into contact with the outer surface of the first guide 12 is attached to the upper portion of the rotating arm 9, and the rotating roller 13 is always attached by a spring 14 attached between each side plate 10 and the rotating arm 9. It is pulled toward the first guide 12 side and brought into contact with the first guide 12. Second rotation b for supporting the toilet paper A ₀ further crowded difference in the core a toilet paper A ₀ in use at the bottom of the pivot arm 9 - Install the La 15, the rotation Russia - La 15 Case 1 From the through holes 16 formed in the side plates 10, each side plate 1
It is projected inside 0. In the normal state shown in FIG. 2, the holder 4 is pushed outward by the first rotating roller 13 by the first guide 12, and the lower end 9a of the rotating arm 9 faces inward as shown in FIG. 2 rotation roller 1
5 is inserted into the core a toilet paper A _0, it holds the same toilet paper A _0. When the operator 7 is pushed in the X direction from that state, the first guide 12 rotates in conjunction with the operator 7 as shown in FIG. 6, so that the first rotary roller by the first guide 12 rotates. When the pressing of 13 toward the outside is released, the rotating roller 13 is pulled inward by the force of the spring 14 and approaches the side plate 10 side along the first guide 12, and is attached to the lower end 9a of the rotating arm 9. The second rotating roller 15 is opened outward and comes out of the core a, and the core a falls as shown in FIG. When the operator 7 is returned to its original position, the first rotary roller 13 is pushed outward along the first guide 12, and the second rotary roller 15 is pushed.
Is designed to close inward. Further, a stopper 3 for receiving the toilet paper A ₁ dropped from the storage space 2 is provided below it. As shown in FIG. 2, the stopper 3 is constructed by attaching a front support member 17 and a rear support member 18 each having a triangular side face to both side plates 10 of the case 1 so as to face each other. The core b of the toilet paper A ₁ supported as shown in FIG.
The height is the same as the position where the rotary roller 15 is inserted.

Reference numeral 19 in FIGS. 1 to 4 denotes a plate-shaped first arm arranged in the front surface of the storage space 2. The first arm 19 is attached to both side plates 10 of the case 1 by a rotary shaft 20. As shown in FIG. 1, the rotary shaft 20 can be rotated from a forward tilted position protruding forward from the case 1 to a vertical position shown in FIG. This first arm 19 is normally attracted to the receiving plate 21 side by a pulling spring 22 (FIG. 2) provided between the first arm 19 and the receiving plate 21, and a magnet 23 (FIG. 2) attached to the receiving plate 21. It is fixed by adsorption.
On the inner surface of the first arm 19, slightly above the rotation shaft 20, a side triangular support portion 6 (FIG. 2) for supporting the second-stage toilet paper A ₂ from the bottom is projected. A disk-shaped second guide 24 is provided on both outer sides of the support portion 6.
And the second guide 24 is formed on the first arm 1
It is adapted to rotate together with the rotation of 9. First arm 1
An inner surface of the shaft 9 below the shaft 20 serves as a holding portion 5 for holding the lowermost toilet paper A ₁ in the storage space 2, and the holding portion 5 is attached to the upper end of the first arm 19. When the child 7 is pushed in the direction of the arrow X in FIG. 2, it opens as shown in FIG. 3, and when the pushing of the operator 7 is released, the first arm 19 is returned to the original position by the force of the pulling spring 22. It's closed like this. Also, the first arm 1
On both outer sides of the lower part of 9, there is provided a first guide 12 which is curved so as to project outward as clearly shown in FIGS.

Reference numeral 8 in FIGS. 1 to 4 denotes a push-in blocking portion, which has a third guide 26 formed on both sides of a semi-cylindrical base 25 as shown in FIG. 1, and the third guide 26 is a case. One of the two side plates 10 and the back plate 27 project outward from an opening 28 formed between them. The third guide 26 has a third rotating roller 29 that contacts the back plate 27.
Is attached, and further, a second arm 30 having a J-shaped side surface is attached to the outside of the rotary roller 29, and a curved tip portion 30a of the second arm 30 is attached to the first arm 19 in a disc shape. Is in contact with the third guide 24. As a result, when the operator 7 is pushed in the direction of the arrow X as shown in FIG. 2, the tip portion 30a of the second arm 30 is pushed up by the disc-shaped second guide 24 as shown in FIG. When the operator 7 is returned to its original position, the third guide 24 is lowered as shown in FIG. 4, and the tip portion 30a of the second arm 30 is interlocked with the guide 24 and is prevented from being pushed in. Part 8 also descends.

Incidentally, unless the support portion 6 and the push-in prevention portion 8 shown in FIG. 2 are provided as shown in FIG. 7, when the operator 7 is pushed in the direction of arrow X in FIG. When the toilet paper A ₁ drops onto the stopper 3 as shown in FIG. 3, the other toilet papers A _{2 to} A _n in the storage space 2 also drop together as shown in FIG. 7. In order to prevent this, according to the present invention, a support portion 6 is provided as shown in FIG. 8, and even if the operating element 7 is pushed in the direction of the arrow X in FIG. 2 to open the holding portion 5, the storage space as shown in FIG. The second-stage toilet paper A _{2 in 2} is held by the support portion 6 so as not to drop downward. However, simply providing the support portion 6 causes the second-stage toilet paper A ₂ to be pressed against the back plate 27 side of the case 1 by the support portion 6 so that the support portion 6 is removed. May bite into ₂ . In order to prevent this, in the present invention, FIG.
As shown in FIG. When the operator 7 is pushed in the direction of the arrow X in FIG. 2, the pushing paper blocking portion 8 causes the toilet paper A ₂ to move the back plate 2 by the first arm 19.
It is prevented from being pushed to the 7 side, and when the first arm 19 pushed by the operator 7 rotates, it rises along the back plate 27 so that the toilet paper A ₂ can escape upward. is there. Thus the support part 6 by pressing the operating element 7 as shown in FIG. 3 toilet paper A ₂
I try not to get into it.

[0011]

The effects of the automatic toilet paper feeder of the present invention are as follows. ． Since three or more toilet papers can be accommodated and stored in the case 1 at a time, it is not necessary to separately provide a spare toilet paper storage place. Moreover, the toilet paper rarely runs out, so it is suitable for installation in the toilet of public facilities where the consumption of toilet paper is heavy. ． Since the toilet paper can be replaced by a one-touch operation of the operation unit 7, it is very convenient because it is not necessary to remove the core and set a new toilet paper, which has been conventionally performed every time. ． Since a power source such as a power source and a motor and a driving device are not required, the structure is simple, and the size and weight can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially omitted perspective view showing an embodiment of an automatic toilet paper supply device of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] In the same toilet paper automatic feeder,
FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state where the toilet paper in use is used up.

[Fig. 3] In the same toilet paper automatic feeding device,
FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which a used core is removed and replaced with new toilet paper.

[Fig. 4] In the automatic toilet paper feeder,
FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which the toilet paper has been replaced.

[Fig. 5] In the same toilet paper automatic feeder,
The front view of the holder part which shows the state which has pinched the toilet paper.

[FIG. 6] In the toilet paper automatic feeding device,
The front view of the holder part which shows the state which opens the core of toilet paper.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory view of the toilet paper automatic feeder shown in FIG. 1 when there is no support portion and no push-in prevention portion.

FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory view of the automatic toilet paper feeder shown in FIG. 1 when there is no blocking unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Case 2 Storage Space 3 Stopper 4 Holder 5 Holding Part 6 Supporting Part 7 Operator 8 Push-in Blocking Part A ₀ Used Toilet Paper A _{1 to} A _n Toilet Paper in Storage Space a, b Toilet Paper Core

Claims (2)

[Claims] _1. A storage space 2 capable of accommodating a plurality of toilet papers A _{1 to} A _n vertically in a case 1, and one toilet paper A ₁ falling from the storage space 2 one by _one.
A stopper 3 for receiving the same, and a holder 4 for supporting the toilet paper A ₀ by inserting it into the core a of the toilet paper A _{0 in} use which is held by the stopper 3.
Of the toilet paper A _{1 to} A _n in the storage space 2, a holding portion 5 that holds the lowermost toilet paper A ₁ ;
The support part 6 for supporting the toilet paper A ₂ in the second stage from the bottom and the holder 4, the holding part 5, and the manipulator 7 for manipulating the support part 6 are provided on the outside of the case 1. When the holder 7 is projected and the operator 7 is operated, the holder 4 is opened to the outside to release the support of the core a of the used toilet paper A ₀ , and the holding portion 5 is opened so that the lowermost toilet paper A is opened. ₁ falls on the stopper 3, the second stage toilet paper A ₂ is held by the support portion 6 to prevent the fall, and when the operator 7 is returned to the original position, the holder 4 is closed inside. The toilet paper A ₁ dropped onto the stopper 3 is inserted into the core b of the toilet paper A ₁ to hold the paper A ₁ , and the second-stage toilet paper A ₂ is dropped and held on the holding portion 5. Is characterized by Toilet paper automatic feeder. 2. A push-in prevention for preventing the toilet paper A _{2 in the} second stage from the bottom in the storage space 2 from being pushed out to the back side of the case 1 when the operator 7 is operated in the case 1. The automatic toilet paper supply device according to claim 1, wherein a portion 8 is provided, and the push-in prevention portion 8 is moved up and down in accordance with the operation of the operator 7.