JPH069995Y2 - dispenser - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a dispenser that accommodates paper sheets represented by paper towels and the like. More specifically, the present invention relates to a structure of a dispenser suitable for taking out a bundle of paper sheets stored in a stacked state in the upper and lower one by one from the lower paper sheet.

(Prior Art and Problems Thereof) Disposable paper towels, non-woven towels and the like are placed in washrooms of hotels and department stores in consideration of hygiene and the like. As a method for installing this towel, there is known a method in which the towels are stored in a storage container called a dispenser in a vertically stacked state, and are sequentially drawn out one by one from a takeout opening opened on the lower surface.

In this type of dispenser, it is preferable that a large number of towels can be stored in order to reduce the number of times of supplying towels.
However, since the towels are stacked and stored vertically, the weight of the towels on the lower tile located at the outlet on the lower surface acts. Therefore, when a large number of towels are stored at the same time, a large force is applied to the lower towel, which makes it difficult to easily pull out the towel from the outlet. In some cases, the towel may not be able to withstand the pulling force at the time of pulling out, and the towel may break during the pulling out. Furthermore, there is a possibility that two or more towels may be ejected at the same time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a dispenser capable of easily pulling out paper sheets such as paper towels stacked one above the other from below.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the dispenser of the present invention stores a stack of paper sheets that are stacked one above the other in a folded state so as to engage with each other. In the dispenser configured to sequentially pull out the bundle of paper sheets from the lower paper sheet, the dispenser includes a pair of non-elastic members arranged so as to sandwich the bundle of paper sheets from both sides of the side surface. The distance between the guide surfaces having the guide members, which are in contact with the side surface of the paper sheet of these guide members, becomes gradually narrower from the upper end side toward the lower end side, and at the position near the lower end, the paper A first interval shorter than the length of the leaf body is formed, and at least one of the guide surfaces is inclined downward from the vertical direction from the position of the first interval, and the distance between the guide surfaces is increased. Is set to widen again Both of the guide surfaces are formed with protrusions that temporarily stop the downward movement of the paper sheet, and the distance between the opposing protrusions is greater than the first distance. It is also characterized by being short.

(Operation and Effect of Invention) The dispenser having the above-described configuration has the following three characteristics and the effects associated with those characteristics.

(1) The distance between the guide members becomes gradually narrower from the upper end side toward the lower end side, and reaches the first distance shorter than the length of the paper sheet.

The frictional resistance of the paper sheet held between the guide members increases as it moves downward, making it difficult to move downward. In the position of the first distance, the resistance to the downward movement of the paper sheet is maximized. With this configuration, the total weight of the paper sheets in the upper position does not act on the paper sheet in the lower position, and the paper sheet in the lowermost position can be easily taken.

(2) Next, at least one of the guide members is inclined outward and downward so that the space between the guide members becomes wider again.

With this configuration, the bundle of paper sheets smoothly drops, and when the paper bundle falls, the bundle of paper sheets separates to some extent.

(3) Both guide members are provided with protrusions, and the distance between the protrusions is shorter than the first distance.

With this protrusion, the fall of the paper sheet is stopped, and the bundle of paper sheets is separated on the side opposite to the side supported by the protrusion, and can be easily taken out from the take-out port. .

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4 are views showing a towel dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the towel dispenser 1 of this example. As shown in the figure, the dispenser 1 is in the shape of a truncated pyramid as a whole, and the bottom surface 2 is hung on a vertical wall surface. In the suspended state, the slope 3 located on the lower side is formed with a substantially elliptical outlet 5 for drawing out the paper towel 4 stored therein. Further, in the lower corner of the upper surface 6 which is substantially parallel to the wall surface, a vertically long rectangular window 7 is opened.
You can check the remaining amount of paper towels stored.

As shown in FIG. 1, this dispenser 1 has a bottom surface 2
It is composed of a housing portion 11 on the side and a lid portion 12 on the side of the upper surface 6. The lower end positions of both side surfaces of the lid portion 12 are the storage portion 11
The hinges are joined to the lower positions of both side surfaces of the hinge and can be opened and closed around the hinge 13 as shown in FIG.

A pair of guide plates 15 and 16 are fixed in parallel in the vertical direction on the inner vertical surface 14 of the storage portion 11.
FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of one guide plate 15. As can be seen from this figure, the guide plate 15 is composed of a fixed portion 15A fixed to the vertical surface 14 and a paper sheet guide portion 15B orthogonal to this fixed portion. The upper half of the guide portion 15B has a narrow width, has a skirt-like shape extending downward, and has a wide width at a lower position. Surface 1 of this guide portion 15B
5C is a side surface 40 of a bundle 40 of stored paper towels
The guide surface is in contact with A, and a protrusion 15D protruding in a mountain shape is formed at a lower position of the guide surface 15C. The projecting portion 15D is formed over almost half the width of the guide surface 15C, and is inclined downward toward the fixed portion 15A side, and the inclination has a take-out port in this example. It is almost the same as the slope 3. The structure of the other guide plate 16 is also similar to that of the guide plate 15, and includes a fixed portion 16A and a guide portion 16B, and a guide surface 16C of the guide portion 16B is formed with a protrusion 16D.

Here, the guide surfaces 15C and 16C of these guide plates
Is the distance L between these surfaces when they are arranged facing each other.
Is molded so that it changes as follows. That is,
As exaggeratedly shown in FIG. 4, as a whole, the upper end side of the guide surface has the widest distance Lmax, and the distance L gradually narrows as it goes downward. However,
After reaching the wide part on the lower side and reaching L1, it gradually expands again, and at the lower end, it is wider than L1 and narrower than Lmax.
It is 2. As described above, the protrusions 15D and 16D are formed on the lower end over a width of about half, and the distance Lmi between the protrusions 15D and 16D is the narrowest.
It is n.

In the dispenser 1 having such a configuration, the lid 12 is opened, the stack 40 of paper towels that are stacked in the mutually engaged state is placed between the guide plates 15 and 16, and then the lid 12 is closed again. It becomes available. In this example, since the interval L between the guide plates is set to a value Lmax which is slightly wider than the width of the paper towel at the upper end position, the paper towel can be easily stored between the guide plates from the upper side. The stored paper towels are pulled out one by one from the take-out port 5 on the lower surface, and the paper located above gradually slides downward. In this slide-down operation, the distance L between the guide plates becomes narrower as it goes downward, so that the frictional resistance between the side surface of the paper towel and the guide surface gradually increases. Therefore, the weight of the upper paper towel does not act on the lower paper towel. The paper towels that slipped down each time they were taken out from the bottom,
The distance between the guide plates widens again at the lower position, so it will slide down smoothly. However, a protrusion is formed at the lower end, and one side of the side surface of the paper towel is caught on the protrusion. As a result, at this lower position, the bundle of paper towels is in a state of hanging on the protrusion with the side with the widened spacing apart. Therefore, it is easy to pull out only one paper towel facing the outlet 5.

As described above, according to the dispenser of this example, even when a large number of paper towels are stored, there is no problem that it is difficult to take out one by one from the lower side, and it is always possible to easily pull out one by one. It is possible.

In the above embodiment, a pair of guide plates are arranged and the shapes of both of these guide surfaces are adjusted, and the intervals between them are set as described above. It is not limited.

Further, the shape, the inclination and the forming range of the protruding portion formed at the lower end of the guide surface are appropriately set according to the type of the paper sheet to be stored, and are not limited to the above embodiment. is not.

Furthermore, although the plate quality of the guide plate is not mentioned, the guide plate may be made of an appropriate material according to the type of the paper sheet to be stored. Generally, it can be made of plastic.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a perspective view showing a dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention in an open state, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a guide plate attached to the dispenser of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the dispenser of FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the appearance, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing exaggeratedly the change of the mutual distance between the guide plates of the dispenser of FIG. 1 ... dispenser 4 ... paper towel 5 ... take-out port 15, 16 ... guide plate 15C, 16C ... guide surface 15D, 16D ... protrusion 40 ... bundle of paper towels 40A ... side surface

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A stack of paper sheets stacked one above the other in a folded state so as to be engaged with each other, and the stack of paper sheets is sequentially drawn out from the lower paper sheet. In the configured dispenser, there is provided a guide member composed of a pair of non-elastic members arranged so as to sandwich the bundle of paper sheets from both sides of the side surface, and a guide contacting the side surface of the paper sheet of these guide members. The distance between the surfaces gradually decreases from the upper end side toward the lower end side, and at a position near the lower end, a first distance shorter than the length of the paper sheet is formed. From the position of at least one of the guide surfaces is inclined outward and downward from the vertical direction, the distance between the guide surfaces is set to widen again, and both of the guide surfaces are , The downward movement of the paper sheet is temporarily stopped. That protruding portion is formed, the spacing between opposing protrusions each other dispenser, characterized in that shorter than the first distance. 2. The dispenser according to claim 1, wherein both the guide surfaces are inclined outward and downward with respect to the vertical direction.