US1514400A

US1514400A - Towel cabinet

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Publication number: US1514400A
Application number: US397070A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank M Steiner
Original assignee: Steiner Sales Co
Current assignee: Steiner Sales Co
Priority date: 1920-07-17
Filing date: 1920-07-17
Publication date: 1924-11-04
Anticipated expiration: 1941-11-04

Description

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK M. STEINER, QF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA,` ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO STEINER SALES COMPANY. OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, A CORPORATION 0F UTAH.

y Application led July 17, 1920, Serial To all :whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M.. STE1N1-11 a citizen of the United States, resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minne-Sota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Towel Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cabinet of simple, economical construction which will dispense entirely with the use of rollers and gears or similar devices usually found in towel cabinets, and which materially add to the first cost and maintenance of adevice of this kind.

A further object is to provide a cabinet which requires no adjustment of parts, being ofI such simple construction that the ordinary laundrv delivery boy or janitor can make no mistake in placing the roll of toweling in the cabinet ready for use.

A further object is to provide a cabinet adapted to receive a roll of toweling as it comes from theironingmachine, without the necessity of hand labor in arranging or adjusting it to fit the cabinet.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations. all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, p

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a towel cabinet embodying my inventionon section line 1-1 of Figure 2,

Figure 2 is a front view of thc cabinet, showing the door closed, e

Figure 3 is a` detail sectional view, showing a Inodiiied construction, the towel being folded and placed in the container instead of rolled, l

Figure 4c is a sectional View of a modified construction, on the line 4.4 of Figure 5,

Figure 5' is a front view of the modified cabinet.

In the drawing, 2 represents the casing of the cabinet, made of any suitable material, wood or metal is preferred, and having flanged edges 3 for securing the casing to an upright wall, or other support. This casing is closed at the top and is open in the rear. The towel container comprises a front wall 5 which forms the door of the cabinet, the lower wall or bottom 6, side walls 7 and a` rear upright wall 8, the topi of the container being open and preferably inclined TOWEL CABINET.

No. 397,070. Renewed June 25, 1924.

from the front to the rear. The container 1s hinged at 9 to the lower forward walls of the casing and is adapted to tilt on Vits Walls of the casing for limiting the inward movement of the containerand the forward wall 5 of the container contacts with aange 11 at the top of the casing and is held in place by means of a locking device 12.

lVhen this locking device is turned, the c0ntainer may be tilted toits open position and when so tilted will expose the interior of` the container for the convenient linsertion of the towel roll. The rear wall 8 has a rolled upper edge 13 over which the end of the towel 14 is carried and allowed to hang down between this rear wall 8 and the wall of the support, suflicient` space being pro-v vided for thispurpose. When this depending end is grasped and pulled, the roll will be unwound and the towel will slide from the wall 8 until the user obtains the desired length. i After use, the-free end is allowed to fallv into a receptacle 15 beneath, wherein the soiled towel is collected prior to its return to the laundry.

In Figure 3 I have shown a modified construction which consists in placing the towel in folded form in the container instead of rolling it, the loops of the towel being withdrawn asthe user pulls on the -frec end.v IV ith this arrangement, however, I prefer to provide a tension device 16 consisting preferably o-f a flat spring secured to the top of the cabinet and bearing upon the towel at the point where it passes over the rear wall 8 of the container. This spring bears with suflicient pressure on the towel to pre-y vent it from slipping and feeding itself out of the container down into the receptacle 15 beneath.

Where the towel is rolled, as shown in Figure 1, the resistance to the unwinding of the roll is sufficient to prevent a premature feed of the towel, but when the towel is folded back and forth, there is not suicient resist-ance to counteract the weight of pull of the loose endof the towel that depends in the rear of the container.

A cabinet made in this way eliminates all rollers and gears and various devices incirdental to the support of the towel in the cabinet or the feeding thereof and at the same time insures convenient delivery to the user.

In Figure L I have shown a modified construction which consists in dispensing with the casing of the cabinet and mounting a pair of brackets 17 on the wall or other support and providing. a box or container 18 having pivots at 19 on the bracket and normally held in a horizontal position by lugs or stops 2O on the brackets. A hinged cover 2l is provided, normally closing the' top of the container and protecting the towel therein from dust and dirt. A gap 22 is provided between the cover'21 and the rear wall 23 of the container and through this gap the loose or free end of the towel is fed, and the rear wall 23 is a sufficient distance from theupright Asupport so that when the user grasps the towel he can easily draw it down between the container and the support until the desired length is reached. vThe soiled portion then drops into the receptacle beneath, corresponding to the one described with reference to the previous figures.

The front wall of the container yhas a handle 24 and when the janitor or delivery boy desires to put a towel in the container itis swung forward on its pivots and the cover. raised and the roll or bundle of toweling inserted. Instead of having the gap 22 between the cover 21 and the rear wall, the top of the container may be made solid with a slot `through which the free endof the towel is inserted and in this case the front wall may be hinged to allow access to the container and the insertion of the clean roll or bundle of toweling.

I claim as my invention:

l. A towel cabinet comprising a'casing and means for supporting it on the wall, a container hinged at its lower forward portion in said casing and having a chamber therein adapted to receive a roll of toweling, said roll resting lby gravity upon the bottom of said container and having fredom of movement forward and backward therein to allow the convenient unwinding of the towel, said container having an upwardly projecting rear wall over which the loose end of the towel is arranged to depend and slide, said Wall being spaced from the support of said casing to provide an opening for the feed of the towel, the friction of the roll on the bottom and walls of the container retarding the unwinding of the roll, and checking undue feed thereof.

2. A towel cabinet comprising a casing and means for supporting it on the wall, a clean towel container comprising avbottom and front and rear walls, the front wall of said container forming the door of the cabinet and the bottom of said container having a horizontal pivotal connection with said casing beneath and near said front wall, the rear wall of said container being spaced from said support and having an upper edge over which the loose end of the towel is adapt-ed to slide, the roll of clean toweling resting on the bottom of said container and unwinding as a pull is applied to said loose end, the friction of said roll on the bottom and walls of the container retarding the unwinding of the roll and checking unnecessary feed thereof.

3. A towel holder comprising a support, al towel container hinged at its lower forward portion to said support and adapted to tilt outwardly to expose the container, a space being provided in the rear of said containerto allow the feed of the towel, the loose end of the towel passing over the rear wall of said container and sliding thereon.

4. A towel cabinet comprising a casing, a container hinged at its lower forward walls thereto, said container having a closed bottom and front and rear walls, and an open top, said front wall forming the door of the cabinet and provided with a locking means, the loose end ofthe towel being fed over the rear wall of the container and sliding thereon and depending below said container.

5. A support and a towel container having its lower forward portion hinged thereto, said container having a bottom and walls and a chamber adapted to receive a bolt of toweling, said bolt resting by gravity upon said bottom, and having freedom of movement therein to allow the convenient unwinding of the towel, said container also having a feed opening, and a space in the rear of said container wherein the towel web `depends and is downwardly fed bythe pull of the user thereon, the friction of the towel bolt on the bottom and walls of the container retarding the unwinding thereof and checking undue feed. Y

6. A support and a towel container having its lower forward portion hinged thereto, said container havingabottom and walls and a chamber adapted to receive a bolt of toweling, the front wall of said container forming the door of said holder, and having a suitable fastening means, said bolt resting by gravity upon the bottom of said container and having freedom of movement forward and backward therein to allow Vthe convenient unwinding of the towel, said container having an opening through which the web of the towel is fed, and a space being provided in the rear of said container wherein the web of clean towel depends and is fed by the pull of the user, the friction of the bolt on the bottom and walls of the container retarding the unwinding of the bolt and checking undue feed.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of July, 1920.

FRANK M. STEINER.