US1040845A - Counter paper-cutter. - Google Patents

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J. L. BABER. COUNTER PAPER CUTTER. APPLIGATION IIL'ED JAN. 23, 1912.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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JOSEPH L. BAUER, (It? EV'FZ'NDAL, WEST VIRGINIA.

COUNTER PAPER-CUTTEIR-;

Spec-1.11021 thin of Letters; Patent.

atented Oct. 8,1912.

Application file-cl January 53 3, 1912. Serial No. 672.807.

To all whom it may concern:

lie ithnown that .l, Josnrir L. Biotin, a citizen of the United. States, residing at .l jnitlil in the county ofl ayette and State of (Vest Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Count-er Paper-Cutters, of which the following e. specilication.

The present invention relates to improve ments in paper severing or cutting devices. for store. counters.

.In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide a roll of paper arranged directly beneath the counter and a Clllillllg element wl "ch is sustained in aplane sol stantially parallel with the top of-the countor, means being also provided whereby the severed end (if-the paper may be readily grasped bv the attendant to draw a sullicient quantity from the roll and to sever the same upon the knife without interfering with or ticles upon the counter. I also aim to provide a device ot' this class which will occupy a comparatively small space upon a counter and which will permit of articles being moved therefrom without being interfered with by either the knife or tl e'paper, the knife being also so arranged as to permit of the hand of the attendant or others contact-' ing the same without danger of injury.

A still further object oi? the invention is to provide novel and effective carriages for the paper roll to a st in Feed-- ing the paper between a space formed between the cutting element and an upron or guidenrranged adjacent the cutting element.

A still. :liu-thcr object of the invention is to .roviide the guide or apron with a, cen trally at: ringed. (lei .l or rec ed portion. whereliiy the scve ed edge of the paper. which its Il.l].'tll l..(l directly below the cutting; edge oi. the knife, mav be grasped by merel; passing the thumb of the operator within the said dept ion so as to permit any quantity of the paper being withdrawn tron;

' the roll-21nd severed.

T A. still further object oi. the invention is to provide a counter with a frame which has its upper portion arranged in a plane with the top of the counter, the frame embodying depending; sides having; vertically arranged depressions forming ways and being further provided with slots which enter the ways. arranged within each of the ways is a spring sustaining carriage, each of the said carriages having inclined slots,

the mouths oi. which being normally sustained awaylrom the slots of the sides which communicate with the ways, each of the carriages being provided with suitable ring Inei'ubers which are adapted to be grasped by the operator to bring the carriages into register with the slots of the sides, and whereby the trunnions of the paper roll may be passed through the slots of the sides and journaled upon the lower walls provided by the inclined slots of the carriages, and. when pressure is released from the carriages, to permit oi the said carriages being elevated by their spring 's to bring the slots thereof out of register with the slots oil the sides of the frame, the papcrs upon the roll being so arranged that when a portion thereof is withdrawn to be severed from-the. roll the trunnions for the roll will be forced away from the open mouth provided by the slots of the carriages.

A still further object of the invention is to provide, in a device of the class set forth a substantially curved knife which is arranged adjacent the guide member with simple and eli'ective means "for regulating the space of the cutting edge of the knife with relation to the guide.

Withthe above objects in view and others of a similar nature. the invention resides in the novel"construction, combination and operative arrangement of ports. set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

' For the purpose of explaining the invention. the accompanvinp, drawings illustrate a satisfactory reduction of the same to practice, but the important instrumentalities thereof uniy be varied and so it is to be uiulcrstood that the invention is not limited to the specific arrangement and organization shown and described.

lo the drawings, 'l igure 1 is a perspecti view of 11W il'nprovcment arrangedmponn a counter. .llig. 2 IS a central longituchuol sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 s a sec tional view upon the 11ne3-3 ol? F 1g.2. Fig. at is a sectional view upon the hue 4--4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 1s a front elevation of the frame'removed from the counter. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the ends of the counter removed and showing one of the tarriages positioned thereon. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the top of the frame and looking toward the bottom thereof.

Fig. 8 isn detail perspective view of the knife member. Fig. 9. is a similar view of 1 theopposite end of the counter is forced to.

the guide or apron.

As is well knownto merchants, it is de-'- sirable' that their counters should. be kept clear from all obstruct-ions in order that the clerk or clerks waiting upon'custoniers may have free access to all portions of the counter, the space upon the counter being required' for the reception of articles until the same can be'reinoved for delivery to the customer. Furthermore it is desirable that the wrapping paper for the article sold should be readilyaccessible to the clerk. In the device for holding the wrapping paper vnowniost commonly employed-am f rame' 1s secured'upon the top ofthe counter which is provided with bearings for the trunnion's of the core uponfwhich the paper is wound. ll hile such devices may be considered ornamental they are a source of great inconvenience to'the clerks owing to the fact that the space occupied by the same is needed forother purposes. "lhe said racks are also generally arranged ad acent one end of the counter so that a clerk serving a person at travel a considerable distance in order to b-- tain paper with which to wrap the articles' lt'is the'priniary objectof my inventionto provide means arranged level with the top of the counter whereby a sufficient quantity of paper may be withdrawn from a roll which has its coremounted in trunnions below the. top of the counter and wherein sufficient amount of paper may be withdrawnfrom the roll by the simple passage of the thumb of the clerk over the cutting element which is arranged as stated in a.

the front and rear portions thereof are pro-.

vided with cleats 2, which is adapted to serve as a support for the top ,member 3 of the frame t. This top 3 is of the shape cor: responding-with the openings in the counter, and the said top- 3 is also of a thickness 4 equaling that of the boards from which the counter is. constructed so that when the frame is arranged upon the cover a smooth unbroken ,surface is presented.

is providedwith longitudinally extending slit,

or opening 5, the under face of the said ed with a curved or inclined while the opposite wall by the said slit tapered to a point -which 'is disposed. approximately central of the curved wall .6.

The numeral .'i p is received within a depression provided the tapered Wall or edge. Thelongitudinal" wall or edge provided by the rectangular depression and adjacent the inclined or curved wall formed by the slit, is depressed or recessed to receive one of the 1011- gitudinal edges of a curved cutting element '8. This cutting element 8 is formed adjacent its opposite end with openings having their upper portions reamed, and the said openings are adapt-ed to receive the beveled heads of securing threaded elements 9, the cutting edge of themember 8 is arranged a slight distance away fronrthe substantially vc'rt-icalwall of the apron or guide, andthe "elements 9 are adapted to regulate the distance between the said cuttingedge and the said guide. The apron"? is'centrally provided with a depressed portion 10 the said portion being of a size suflicient to receive thothunib of the clerk, and for a purpose which will. be presentlysetforth.v

Thetopfi oi the frame is provided adja-v centits opposite ends'with dove-tailed rccesses 11, the stud recesses being adapted to receive the dovetailed tongues 12' provided upon the side members 13 and 14. of the frame. Each of the sides 13 and 1% is provided with vertically disposed centrally arranged depression each of which is adapted toserve as a way for a carriage which will be presently described. The inner faces of each of the sides 13 and 14 is also provided with ajpassage 16,'the-sa1ne communicating with the way 15 upon each of the sides.

The dove-tailed portions 12 of the sides and 14 are preferably centrally cutaway 1n a plane with the side walls provided by the ways 15,. arranged within the said cutaway portions are rods 17. Each of these rods 17 is adapted to receive one of the end. convolutions of the helical spring 18, the opposite end convolution engaging with-in an eye 19 formed upon a carriage 20. The carriages 20 are of a width suliicient to snugly engage within the ways 15, and the spring members are adapted to force the said carriages upwardly toward the top of the frame. The lower extremity of each of the carriages is provided with a downwardly extending stem- 21, whereby each carriage maybe retracted.

designates an apron which upon a top; as well as'upon the upper face.

against the pressure of its spring. Each of the carriages has, its htace adjacentthat of the passage 16, formed with an inclined slot or depression 22, the said depressed portions being adapted to serve as journals for trun' nicns 23 provided upon. a core. 24 around which is wound roll of paper 25.- In' positioning the roll of paper upon the devicegthe end of the paper is first fed between the apron and the knife and 'thecarriages are forced downwardly against the pressure of their springs until their recessed portions are brought into register with the passages 16, the trunnions of the core being'passed from the said passages until they are received within the depressions of the carriages. When pressureis released from the carriages the' springs of the carriages will cause the same to travel upwardly in their notched or recessed portions away from the passages 16, so that the trunnions of the core cannot become accidentally ,removed from their bearings.

By references to the several figures of the drawings it will be noted that the depressed or notched portion on eachof the carriages has its walls inclined downwardly which also assists in preventing the accidental removal of thefltrunnions. It will be further noted that the roll of paper will be normally forced toward the under face of the top 3 of frame, but the pressure is not suificient to prevent the ready unwinding of the paper from the roll. i

In operation, the clerk merely draws his thumb over the curved knife and within the centrally arranged depression provided by the guide or apron, when his thumb will contact with the edge of the paper which has been severed by the knife, the said contact being sufiicient to draw the paper over the apron and below the cutting end of the knife. When :a desired quantity of paper has been unrolled the clerk rasping the paper brings the same against t e sharpened edge of the knife, which leaves theedge of the paper upon the roll directly below the knife and in a position to be again contacted when more paper is desired, In this connection it may be stated that the resilient cutting element 8 exerts a sufiicient tension upon the paper as to retain the edge thereof against the apron 7, even after a portion (of the said paper has been severed.

Having thus described the invention what I claim is 1. A counter paper cutter embodying a frame includin depending sides, said sides being provide with vertically arranged ways, a paper roll supporting carriage within the ways, resilient members supporting the carriages, the top of the frame being provided with a longitudinally extending depression, one of the walls provided by the depression being rounded from the lower face of the top toward the upper face thereof, the adjacent wall being tapered to a point which is arranged approximately central of the rounded wall, an apron upon the upper face of the, top and upon'the'upp r face of the tapered wall, the top being provided with an annularly arranged depressed portion, a cutting element comprising a flat member which is received within the recess, and a rounded cutting edge which is arranged adjacent the apron, the said apron adapted to receive and guide tl'e paper from theroll and means for adjustaoly sustaining thecutting member against the paper upon the apron.

2. In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination with a counter having an opening, of cleats partially closing the opening, a rectangular frame supported upon the cleats and having its top portion arranged in a plane with the counter, the said top having a centrally arranged longitudinally extending slit, an apron for one of the walls provided by the slits, a knife co-acting with the apron, means for adjusting the knife with relation to the apron, the side members of the frame being provided with ways, carriages within the ways, a spring member supporting each of-the carriages, each of said carriages being provided with a depending stem, a paper roll having its core trunnioned upon the carriages, and the paper from the roll adapted to be fed upon the apron and to be contacted by the knife substantially as described.

In testimony. whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH L. BABER.

\Vitnesses: CHARLES C. CLAYWELL, GEORGE \VonELL.

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