US1154632A

US1154632A - Paper-cabinet.

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Publication number: US1154632A
Application number: US82895914A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank H Hoberg
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-04-02
Filing date: 1914-04-02
Publication date: 1915-09-28
Anticipated expiration: 1932-09-28

Description

F. H. HOBERG.

PAPER CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2 1914. L154fi32. Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANOUIIAPH CO" WASHlhJ'lON. D. c.

F. H. HOBERG.

PAPER CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR.Z.1914.

1,154,632. Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

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PAPER-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

Application filed April 2, 1914. Serial No. 828,959.

To all wfwm it may concern Be it known that I, FRANKH. HOBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Green Bay, county of Brown, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cabinets for rolled strips of paper such as toilet paper, toweling, etc., said rolls of paper being partially severed at the top side of the package to facilitate the withdrawal of the paper from the cabinet in successive sheets.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby the withdrawal of a sheet will automatically set in motion mechanical devices for exerting friction upon the second sheet to start the same and facilitateits withdrawal following the withdrawalof the first sheet, all the sheets in the package being thus capable of successive withdrawal.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a sectional view of a cabinet embodying my invention drawn transversely to the package and showing the package and the sheet discharging rollers in position. Fig. 2 is a similar view with therollers and package removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view drawn on line ww of Fig. 1, showing the rollers and package in plan. Fig. A is a vertical sectional view, drawn to a plane exposing the shaft 9 and roller Gr, andalso cutting the paper package through the core thereof.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

A wall plate A is provided with end plates A, which constitute flanges projecting outwardly from the wall plate. A cover plate B is hinged to the flanges A at or near their lower outer corners. The cover plate B is elbowed at b and the upper portion B forms a cap plate which may be provided with a spring latch Cadapted toengage 'a. catch C on the wall plate. The latch C may be manually retracted by a push button Z), which projects through the cap B, whereby the cap may be disengaged and permitted to swingupon the hinge pins a to open position. The plates B, B, back wall A and end walls A constitute a cabinet open at the bottom.

The package D is oval in form, the pa er being woundupon a paste board core D of ordinary type except that one wall of the core is slitted to receive a flat supporting bar (Z, whereby the core and package may be supported from the end walls of the cabinet, said end walls being provided with tilting package holders a, provided with sockets d adapted to receive the ends of the core supporting bar cl. The package holders a are each pivoted to the end of the casing at a, preferably underneath the socket cl and the outer portion cZ of the package holder is made suliiciently heavy to cause said holder totilt forwardly by gravity as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, when'the cover plate B is swung to open position. But when the cover plate B is closed, it strikes the outer margin of the part a of the package holder and tilts the package holder to a position with the plate (Z occupying a vertical plane, the socket CZ being then ina vertical position. The part a performs the double function of supporting the holder in its normal position from the cover plate B and of tilting the holder when the cover plate is open. When the package holders are tilted, the package may easily be inserted, since the ends of the bar d project from the respective ends of the package and slip easily into the then inclined sockets cl.

At one end the bar d is provided with an upwardly projecting arm cl which enters a slit e ,in the end of the paper package, whereby the package is securely held against any tendency to rotate.

The package of paper is cut inwardly from each end along the top of the package to form slits E. Another slit F is cut in the central portion of the package along a line parallel with the slits E but ofiset therefrom, leaving the side portions of the package connected at f, the package being otherwise divided into a series of superposed sheets, each sheet being connected with the next by narrow tongues at 7 extending be tween the extremities of the slit f and the re- 7 spective slits E. A starting roller G having a frictional peripheral surface is mounted above the package in a position to bear upon the paper between the inner extremiparallel with the slit F and adjacent to said i ties of the respective slits E along a line 1 end of the shaft 9 extends through a hole.

in a similar plate H loosely mounted on the interior surface of the opposing end wall of the cabinet, but this end of the shaft 'g also extends through a slot'g (Fig. 2) of the cabinet wall and is provided with an ex terior knob I. The sidemarginsofthe slot 9 are preferably provided with outwardly projecting flanges I afiording bearings for this end of the shaftg. The roller G and shaft 9 are supported from the package of paper when the package is in position, the

roller G resting upon the upper surface of the package. The plates H" and H are additionally connected with the end Walls of" ing journaled in these plates. This roller J lines or across the tongues at f.

bears upon the surface of the package near the top and at its inner side, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The shafts g and J are connected with each other by gear wheels K and K, one set of these gear wheels being located near each end of the cabinet. .In Fig. 8 a series of three rollers J is illustrated upon the shaft J. .It is of course immaterial whether these rollers are continuous'o'r whether they constitute a series of short rollers, as shown in Fig. 3. The plates H, T being simply guided by the end Walls of the cabinet within the range of move. ment permitted by the slots h and 9, it is obvious that both rollers will exert a pressure by. gravity upon the surface of the package. The package being in position and the initial or starting sheet having a hanging free end, as shown in Fig. 1, it is obvious that if this end of the sheet is grasped and pulled downwardlyflt will tear away from the second sheet alo'n-gthe dotted A th initial sheet moves downwardly after thus tearing away from the second sheet, the roller or rollers J will be rotated inthe direction indicated by the arrows thereon in Fig. 1. 'The'motion of this roller or of the rollers J will be transmittted through the gear wheel's K and K to the starting roller G. This starting roller will'thus be-revolved in the direction indicated by the arrow thereon'in Fig. 1 and will cause the upper detached endof the second sheet to move forwardly away from the line of severance orslits E and 'F, thus insuringthatthis de= tached end will drop by gravity an'ol'hang below a cabinet and belowthe package in the same manner that the initial sheet is illustrated hanging" in Fig. ,1. The with.-

I drawal of this second sheet will of course againactuate the roller J and again transmit motion toroller G" to start the third sheet in-the same manner, and as the sheets 7 are successively withdrawn, the rollers move downwardly and continue to, bear upon the surface of the remaining portion of the package. a 1

I claim 7 V 1., The combination with a cabinet open at the bottom and adapted to receive and support an oval'rolled package of paper, of a set'of parallelrollers located in the upper portion of'said cabinetand adapted for vertical movement therein, one of said rollers being located ina position to bear upon the top of'a paper package supported in said cabinet and the other roller being in a position to'rbear upon said package nearthe top, and means for transmitting motion from one of said rollers to the other.

2. The combination with a cabinet open at the bottom and adapted toreceive and support an'oval rolled package of paper,

of a set of parallel rollers located in the upper portion of said cabinet and adapted for vertical movement therein, one of said rollers 'beingvlocated in a position to bear upon theftopof'a paperpackage supported in said cabinet and the other roller being in apositi'on tobearuponsaid package near the top, and means for transmitting motion from one of said rollers to the other, together with means for actuating one of said rollers from the exterior of the cabinet. 7

'3. The combination with a paper cabinet, adapted to receive and support an oval package of paper therein, which comprises a continuous strip partially severe-d at the.

top of the package, by slits substantially parallel withbut offset from eachother, a

roller mounted in said cabinet and adapted to bear progressivelyupon the top of the package and upon the outer sheet thereof in space between the ofiset 'slits, another roller in motion, transmitting connection with the first mentioned roller and adapted to bear upon the opposite end portion of theouter sheet-from that upon which the first mentioned roller bears, substantially as described.

- 4. The combination with an inclosing cabinet provided with a vertically movable rotary starting roller adapted to bear upon roller and adapted to bear upon-the package .7

on theopposite side of said oifset' slit.

5. The combination with a cabinet adapted to receive oval paper packages, of a set of plates loosely mounted and adapted other end of the sheet downwardly on the opposite side of the package when said rollers are rotated.

6. The combination with a cabinet adapted to receive oval paper packages, of a set or. plates loosely mounted and adapted to slide vertically upon the interior faces of the end walls of said cabinet, a set of rollers journaled in said plates and adapted to bear upon a package of paper within the cabinet adjacent to the top of the package, motion transmitting connections between said rollers adapted for roller rotation in opposite directions, whereby one of said rollers will actuate the end of a sheet on the package downwardly on one side thereof and the other of said rollers will actuate the other end of the sheet downwardly on the opposite side of the package when said rollers are rotated, one of said rollers being adapted to be actuated by the friction of a withdrawing sheet and the other of said rollers being adapted to be actuated manually from the exterior of the cabinet.

7. The combination with the end walls of a paper cabinet, of a pair of fiat plates constituting package holding members, each pivoted at its lower end to one end wall and provided with a socket extending downwardly in its upper margin, said members in front of said slots, having forwardly projecting portions and being adapted to automatically tilt forwardly by gravity when the cabinet is opened; and said cabinet having a door adapted when closed, to support said members in package holding position, substantially as described.

8. The combination with a paper holding cabinet provided with a door, of a pair of package holding members pivotally mounted within the cabinet at the respective ends thereof, each of said package holding members being provided with a socket adapted to receive a package supporting bar and also provided with an arm projecting into con tact with the cabinet door, said arm being adapted, when the door is open, to tilt the package holding members by gravity to an inclined position to facilitate the insertion and removal of the packages and package supporting bars.

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

FRANK H. HOBERG.

Witnesses LEVERETT 0. WHEELER, IRMA D. BREMER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.