US1069961A

US1069961A - Holder.

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Publication number: US1069961A
Application number: US75460313A
Authority: US
Inventors: Thomas Bernard Kuczynski
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1913-03-15
Filing date: 1913-03-15
Publication date: 1913-08-12
Anticipated expiration: 1930-08-12

Description

T. B. KUGZYNSKI.

. HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15 1913.

1,069,961.. Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

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THOMAS BERNARD KUCZYNSKI, ()IE MILWAUKEE,

WISCONSIN.

HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12,1913.

Application filed March 15, 1913. Serial No. 754,603.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS BERNARD KUo-zvNsnI, a citizen of the United States, and residentof Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple, economical and effective holder for rolls of paper, towels or the like.

lVith the above objects in view the invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In. the drawings Figure 1 represents a plan view of a holderembodying the features of my invention; Fig. 2, an enlarged detailed sectional elevation of the holder spindle and detachable cap therefor; Fig. 3, an elevation of the spindle end showing the locking grooves for the cap, and Fig. 4, a detailed cross-section of the spindle end and cap, the section being indicated by line 44 of Fig. 2.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention as applied to a bracket for holding rolls of toilet paper, it being understood that the said holder is equally applicable for use in connection with roller towels or the like.

Referring by characters to the drawings, 1 represents a bracket arm provided with a foot 2 for attachment to a wall or other fixture. The arm 2 supports an integral hollow spindle 3, which spindle is provided for the reception of a roll of paper that is slipped over an end tip 4 of the same. The end tip 4; is of slightly reduced diameter with respect to the spindle. the said reduction forming a shoulder. The tip, as shown, is provided with a semi-circular annular groove 5, which groove is set back from the tip edge and is intersected midway of its length by a throat slot 6 that is flared outwardlyfrom the groove to the end of the tip in V shape, the said V-shaped slot forming a guide channel to the groove. In practice after the roll of paper has been inserted upon the spindle the same is held in position thereon by a cap-flange 7, which flange is provided with a hub-sleeve 8 of the same outer diameter as the spindle and hence when the sleeve is adjusted in position it forms a continuation of the spindle for guiding the paper roll which is of a length equal to the distance between the flange and 'arm from which the spindle springs. The sleeve carries an internal pin 9, which pin serves in conjunction with the annular groove to lock the cap-flange in place. The outer face of the cap-flange is provided with a raised gage finger 9, which finger is in radial alinement with the sleeve-pin 9 and serves as a visual indicator whereby said sleeve pin can be alined with the throat slot incidental to the cap-flange being inserted inposition upon the spindle.

From the foregoing description it is apparent that after the paper roll has been afiixed to the spindle, the operator adjusts the cap-flange in place. This is accomplished by approximately alining the pin 9 with the wide mouth of the throat-slot and thereafter the sleeve of the cap-flange is forced to its seat upon the spindle tip 4,

Thereafter the said cap-flange is twisted in either direction until the rotary movement is limited by engagement of the pin with the slot end, whereby the cap is locked. It is obvious that to renew a roll of paper that the cap-flange can readily be removed by a reverse operation, it being also apparent that even should the sleeve of a cap-flange be rotated incidental to twisting of the paper in either direction that said sleeve will not become disengaged from the end of the spindle tip, but will simply rock from one end of the slot 5 to the other, depending upon the direction of rotation of the paper.

While I have shown and described this cap-flange locking means in connection with a holder of the type mentioned, it is apparent that the said locking means may be utilized in connection with the locking means of a spindle of any type.

I claim:

1. A holder comprising a spindle having a reduced tip, the tip being provided with an annular transverse groove and an outwardly flared throat slot extending from the groove to the tip end intermediate of the ends of the groove, a cap provided with a sleeve for engagement with the cap, and an internal projecting pin carried by the sleeve for locking engagement with the groove, the pin being adapted to enter the groove through the throat slot.

2. A roll-holder comprising an arm, attach'lng means for the arm, a roll-holding spindle extending from the arm having a reduced tip, the tip being provided with an annular transverse groove and an outwardly flared throat slot extending from the groove to the tip end intermediate of the ends of the groove, a cap provided with a sleeve for engagement with the cap, and an internal projecting pin carried by the sleeve ,through the throat slot.

for locking engagement with the groove, the

pin being adapted to enter the groove In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin in the presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS BERNARD KUGZYNSKI.