US20040104300A1 - Paper towel holder - Google Patents
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- A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
- A47K10/24—Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet-paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
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- the present invention relates to a paper towel holder for supporting a roll of paper in a paper towel dispenser.
- a support arm for supporting a paper towel roll, the roll having selected openings in one end, in a paper towel dispenser, and having a dispenser engaging arm portion, a cylindrical portion affixed to the arm portion, and an outer sleeve abutting a first side of the cylindrical portion.
- An inner sleeve slidably engages a second side of the cylindrical portion.
- An interconnecting structure interconnects the inner and outer sleeves and is insertable into the selected openings in the end of the paper towel.
- the selected openings may include a cylindrical opening in a center of the roll and slots cut into the end of the roll from the cylindrical opening in a preselected orientation.
- the inner sleeve is slidably insertable into the cylindrical opening in the end of the roll.
- the interconnecting structure may be a plurality of radially directed webs extending outwardly of the inner sleeve.
- the inner sleeve has a plurality of tabs with outwardly directed shoulders which can be press-fitted through an opening in a center of said cylindrical portion and snap out such that the shoulders lock onto a back surface of the cylindrical portion.
- FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a paper towel roll with a pair of roll support arms according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is front elevation view of the roll support arm which fits only paper towel rolls having three equi-spaced slots;
- FIG. 3 is an end view of the end of a paper towel roll that has three equi-spaced slots.
- a large roll of paper towel material 38 has notches 36 cut into one end from an inner sleeve 40 into the paper.
- An arm support 10 has a rotatable cylindrical inner sleeve portion 16 and outer sleeve portion 18 interconnected with radially directed webs 20 .
- a cylindrical portion 42 of arm support 10 forms the base around which inner sleeve portion 16 rotates.
- Inner sleeve portion 16 has three guides 44 each with a shoulder that loosely engages the back of cylindrical portion 42 .
- Outer sleeve portion 18 rotates against cylindrical portion 42 . Together outer sleeve portion 18 and guides 44 constrain the inner and outer sleeve portions 16 and 18 to rotational movement.
- Arm region 12 has shoulder 46 and prongs with abutments 48 which cooperate and engage a back of a dispenser panel (not shown) to hold arm support 10 rigidly against the back of the dispenser panel and, hence, support the roll 38 .
- a similar arm support 50 is used on the opposite end of roll 38 except that it has no webs 20 to engage slots in roll 38 .
- any number of slots could be used in any desired orientation as long as the number and orientation of the webs 20 is the same.
- webs 20 are preferred, there are other elements that could be used such as pins and corresponding holes drilled into the end of the paper roll.
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- The present invention relates to a paper towel holder for supporting a roll of paper in a paper towel dispenser.
- Commercial paper towel dispensers must support a large roll of paper towel material so that the roll can rotate in response to pulling on the leading edge of the paper. Various marketing strategies have been employed in marketing paper towel dispensers and paper towel material. One such strategy has been for paper companies to sell the paper towel material directly to the customer and the paper towel dispenser manufacturers to sell their dispensers independently of the paper towel suppliers to the same customers. This strategy requires the customer to deal with two different suppliers rather than just one. Recently paper manufacturers have taken on the role of supplying not only paper but also the dispensers. Accordingly, a great deal of interest has developed in ways of ensuring only the paper of a particular manufacturer can be used with a particular dispenser.
- Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide a paper towel roll holder that can be used with only paper towel rolls of a particular paper company.
- According to the invention there is provided a support arm for supporting a paper towel roll, the roll having selected openings in one end, in a paper towel dispenser, and having a dispenser engaging arm portion, a cylindrical portion affixed to the arm portion, and an outer sleeve abutting a first side of the cylindrical portion. An inner sleeve slidably engages a second side of the cylindrical portion. An interconnecting structure interconnects the inner and outer sleeves and is insertable into the selected openings in the end of the paper towel.
- The selected openings may include a cylindrical opening in a center of the roll and slots cut into the end of the roll from the cylindrical opening in a preselected orientation.
- Preferably the inner sleeve is slidably insertable into the cylindrical opening in the end of the roll.
- The interconnecting structure may be a plurality of radially directed webs extending outwardly of the inner sleeve.
- Advantageously, the inner sleeve has a plurality of tabs with outwardly directed shoulders which can be press-fitted through an opening in a center of said cylindrical portion and snap out such that the shoulders lock onto a back surface of the cylindrical portion.
- Further features and advantages will be apparent from the following detailed description, given by way of example, of a preferred embodiment taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
- FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a paper towel roll with a pair of roll support arms according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 2 is front elevation view of the roll support arm which fits only paper towel rolls having three equi-spaced slots; and
- FIG. 3 is an end view of the end of a paper towel roll that has three equi-spaced slots.
- Referring to FIG. 1, a large roll of
paper towel material 38 hasnotches 36 cut into one end from aninner sleeve 40 into the paper. Anarm support 10 has a rotatable cylindricalinner sleeve portion 16 andouter sleeve portion 18 interconnected with radially directedwebs 20. Acylindrical portion 42 ofarm support 10 forms the base around whichinner sleeve portion 16 rotates.Inner sleeve portion 16 has threeguides 44 each with a shoulder that loosely engages the back ofcylindrical portion 42.Outer sleeve portion 18 rotates againstcylindrical portion 42. Togetherouter sleeve portion 18 andguides 44 constrain the inner andouter sleeve portions -
Arm region 12 hasshoulder 46 and prongs withabutments 48 which cooperate and engage a back of a dispenser panel (not shown) to holdarm support 10 rigidly against the back of the dispenser panel and, hence, support theroll 38. Asimilar arm support 50 is used on the opposite end ofroll 38 except that it has nowebs 20 to engage slots inroll 38. - It will be appreciated that in order to be mounted on arm support10 a roll must have
slots 36. Withoutsuch slots roll 38 could not pass overwebs 20. If a user were to attempt to removewebs 20, inner sleeve would disengage fromouter sleeve 18 causinginner sleeve 16 to fall through the hole incylindrical portion 42 and the outer sleeve to fall away. Thus, the purchaser of the dispenser (not shown) having the arm supports 10 and 50 would have to purchase paper towelrolls having slots 36 or else cut his/herown slots 36. - It will be further understood that any number of slots could be used in any desired orientation as long as the number and orientation of the
webs 20 is the same. Althoughwebs 20 are preferred, there are other elements that could be used such as pins and corresponding holes drilled into the end of the paper roll. - Accordingly, while this invention has been described with reference to illustrative embodiments, this description is not intended to be construed in a limiting sense. Various modifications of the illustrative embodiments, as well as other embodiments of the invention, will be apparent to persons skilled in the art upon reference to this description. It is therefore contemplated that the appended claims will cover any such modifications or embodiments as fall within the true scope of the invention.
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