US1756765A

US1756765A - Towel cabinet

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Publication number: US1756765A
Application number: US94184A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank G Steiner
Original assignee: Steiner Sales Co
Current assignee: Steiner Sales Co
Priority date: 1926-03-12
Filing date: 1926-03-12
Publication date: 1930-04-29
Anticipated expiration: 1947-04-29

Description

April 29, 1930. F. G. STEINER I 5 TOWEL CABINET Filed March 12, 1926 '5 Sheets-Sheet 1 1 [nVznL of" ATTORNEYJ April 29, 1930. F. G. STEINER' 1,756,765

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' or sA-nr LAKECITY, UTAH, A CORPORATIONOF UTAH TOWEL oABnvE'r Application filed March 12, 1926. Serial No. 94,184.

My invention relates to that class of towel cabinets adapted for dispensing a comparatively-long web oftoweling,'the clean web be- 7 'ing delivered from'aroll'or fold-of the'towel placed in one part of the cabinet while the soiled portionof the towel-is delivered to a takeup or winding roll in another part of the cabinet. Feed rolls'a-re provided to engage the cleantowel web and the soiled portion of the towel operated by the pull of the user on the clean portion of the web, provisionbeing made-for corresponding'movement ofthe feed rolls to wind up a'l'ength of web correspondingtothe' clean portion delivered. The clean towelis put in'the cabinet and the web stretched to the feedrolls by the laundry delivery man, or by the anitor or attendant of'the building where the cabinet maybe located, and the object of'm'y present invention is to provide a cabinet of such construction that-the personiputtingf the clean towel therein can easily and quickly'stretch'the web of clean towel -to its feed roll and then with equal facility can carry this loose end up '25 through the back of the cabinetto the takeup roll,-so that the operation of. removing the soiled towel and loadingfor filling a cabinet with a clean'towel 'can'be expeditiously performed. '30 A further object is to provide a cabinet of simple inexpensive construction and one which willpermit the convenient conversion of a cabinet of earlier design'to one embodying the features of this improvement.

Other objects of the invention will'appear from the following detailed'description.

The invention consistsgenerally in various constructions and combinations all as hereinafter describedand particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part ofthisspecification,

- Figure l is a-verticalsectionalview-through a towel cabinet embodyingjmy invention,

'45 showing the inner-section tilted outwardly for convenience in r' loading the cabinet;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing'the cabi net closed with thetowelinrposition'therein "ready for use;

Figure 3is a detail sectional'viewshowing tended'on one endbeyond the'walFof the'iir *ner section and carriesa' gear 1=7 w' hich p t with a similar gear T8 mouhtedonthes nthe preferred form of feed roll locking de- V108 Figure lis a vertical sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

In the drawing, 2 representsthe side walls,

3 the top, 4: the rear wall, and 5the doorof a towel cabinet of suitable proportions adapted to be supported vertically onthe'w'all or by other means so that the web of clean'towel will depend below the cabinet within 'conve'nient reach of the user. 6represents the side walls of an inner section of the cabinet'having-pre'ferably a rear wall 7 which extends downwardly and across the lower ends of the side walls to form the bottom of the inner trunnions 12 mounted in the lower forward portions of the wall 6 of the inner section, these'trunnions forming pivots on which the inner section may swing freely to allow'the section to be tilted outwardly to the position shown in Figure l on return to its'no'rinal upright position as ilIustratedin'FigureQ. The seats 11 arepreferably formed byproviding slots in the blocks '10 open 'at'th'e top s o that thetrunnions c'anbe easily inserted into the slots and as readily removed therefrom, thereby allowing whenever desired'the complete separation of the inner se ction from'the outer one. Suitable flexible means 13 connect the innersection with the sidewalls 2 of the cabinet to limittlie outwar d tilting "movement of the inner section.

The sidewalls c, of the in'n e'r'sectionmay be provided with diagonally. arrangea slots 14-and a feed roll 1'5 has it's axis 16 journaled in these slots to slide 'backwardly and forwardly therein. Thespihdle 1 6" is exnaled in theside walls of the section 6 above and near the feed roll 15. These rolls have sanded or roughened surfaces and are of substantially the same diameter and operate at the some peripheral or surface speed in oppo site directions resulting from their intergeared relation, a dog 21 being provided to engage the teeth of the gear 19 and prevent backward movement of these rolls. vi hen the roll is at the inner end of the slots 14: its gear will mesh with the gear of the other feed roll and the surt'aces of the rolls will be rather too close together to allow the convenient passing of the clean web of towel over the roll 15. When, however, the roll 15 is moved to the forward ends of the slot 1% the gearswill be disengaged and a considerable space will be provided between the rolls so that the operator canfvery conveniently pass the clean web of towel over theroll 15.

. The side walls of the section 6 are preferably provided with vertical slots 22 adapted to receive the ends of a takeup roll 23 that is positioned above and in the rear of the axis of the roll so that when the loose web of towel is wound on this talreup roll or spindle it will rest by gravity in contact with the roll 20and be revolved by such contact when roll 20 is operated through the revolution of the roll 15. These'rolls operating synchronously, it will be evident that as the user withdraws a strip of clean towel fromthe feed ;roll 15 a corresponding length of .towel will be wound on the take-up roll, and with the tilting section in the position illustrated in Figure 1, it will be evident that the operator can easily and quickly pass or thread the loose end of the towel up in the rear of the tilting section between it and the back of the cabinet and deliver the end of this loose web to the takeup roll. A tension roll 24 is preferably provided below the roll 15 and between the cabinet preferably in advance of a shelf 26,.

, inthe pending application of Gottfrid Olson,

sidewalls 6 of the inner section and a similar roll 25 is provided between the walls 2 of the the web of towel contacting with the roll 25 and being smoothed and guided thereby in its filed Dec. 19, 1925, Serial qiti6,528. This device comprises a lever 27 having arms 28 and 29 thereon, the arm 29 having an end portion 30 projecting into the path of a lug 31 on the adjacent end of the feed roll and the arm 28 having ahook'portion 28 to engage,

a pin 32 also on said roll. When the user depresses the lever 27 to the dotted'li'ne position shown in Figure'3, heidisengages the arm 29- I roll mounted in said inclined slots in the in- 7 from the lug 31' and when the pin 32 in the revolution of the roll'engages the beveled edge of the hook portion 28" the lever Q'Tis Luv 7 positively returned to its raised position with the end 30 in the path of the lug 31 to positively arrest further movement of the roll,

and thereby permitting only one complete revolution of the roll with each depression of the lever. 1

By making this inner section removable from the cabinet or adapted to tilt forwardly with respect thereto, I am not only able to save time and labor in'the operation of filling or loadinga cabinet but I provide a construction to which towel cabinets having their feed rolls mounted in fixed bearings or supports can be 'converted at a comparatively small expense. the feed rolls from the cabinet in which they are supported, mount them in a tilting carrier support and then place this carrier or It isonly necessary to remove support between the walls of the old cabinet and thereby the old main portion is utilized while its interior construction is converted or adapted to an arrangement or manner of mounting the feed rolls which will greatly facilitate the filling or loading of the cabinet.

VJ hen the door of the cabinet is closed,

space or gap 33 is'provided between the lowor portion thereof and the wall 8 through which the clean web of the towel depends be low the cabinet and from thence is carried upwardly along the rear wall 7 to the takeup roll andpreferably the rear wall 7 merges into the lower portion thereof on a curved line so that there will be no obstruction to the free upward movement of the soiled towel web when the cabinet is in use. Stops '34: are preferably provided for limiting the inward movement of the inner section. I

To load the cabinet, the operator'will open the door, remove the soiled towel; place the clean web of towel in the bottom of the inner section and carry the loose end of this web up over the clean roll 15, leaving a loop of su'liicient length depending below the cabinet and extending the loose end upwardly to the take up roll 23. The frictional contact of this web with the feed roll 20 will, when the rolls are operated, revolve the takeup roll and wind thereon a length of towel corresponding substantially to the length deliveredby the roll '15. lVhenever desired, the inner section may be entirely removed from the cabinet without disturbing the mounting of the feed rolls in the inner section.

I claim as my invention: g

1. A towel cabinet comprising relatively movable outer and inner sections having substantially open fronts said inner section having inclined guide slots in said sides, a closure member for the, rear of the inner section, said;

inner section being adapted to receive a sup ply of clean towel in its lowerportion, a feed the relativelnovement of said inner and outer" sections changing said inclined slot to a practically horizontal position adapting said feed roll to be conveniently ungeared from said take up roll and separated therefrom to allow the stretching of a clean .web thereover and when the inner section is moved outwardly the loose end of the web may be conveniently carried up between the inner section and the rear wall of the outer section to said take up 7 roll.

2. A towel cabinet comprising relatively movable outer and inner sections having substantially open fronts, a closure member for the rear of the inner section said inner section being adapted to receive a supply of clean towel, a feed roll mounted in said inner section, a take up roll mounted adjacent the feed roll, driving means between said rolls, a slot in said inner section inclined to a line joining the axis of said rolls, said feed roll having a trunnion operable in said slot whereby the movement of the trunnion in the slot will break said connection between the rolls and the relative movement of said inner and outer sections adapting said first named feed roll for convenient stretching of the clean web thereover and the convenient carrying of the loose end of the web up between the inner sec tion and the rear wall of the outer section to said take up roll.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of March, 1926.

FRANK G. STEINER.