US2588092A - Table and paper roll support for preparing paper for hanging - Google Patents

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March 4, 1952 G. E. DUFF 2,588,092

TABLE AND PAPER ROLL SUPPORT FOR PREPARING PAPER FOR HANGING Filed Aug. 5, 1948 5 Sheets-Sheet l INVEN TOR.

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ATTORNEY G. E. DUFF March 4, 1952 TABLE AND PAPER ROLL SUPPORT FOR PREPARING PAPER FOR HANGING 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 5, 1948 INVENTOR.

. GERMAN! E. DUFF BY vawflg ATTORNEY 3 Sheets- Sheet 3 G. E. DUFF TABLE AND PAPER ROLL SUPPORT FOR PREPARING PAPER FOR HANGING March 4, 1952 Filed Aug. 5, 1948 DUFF Patented Mar. 4, 1952 OFFICE TABLE AND PAPER ROLL SUPPORT FOR PREPARING PAPER FOR/HANGING Germain E. Duff, Southbridge, Mass.

Application August 5, 1948, Serial No. 42,675

This invention relates to paper hangers equipment and has particular reference to novel means and method of preparing paper for hanging.

' One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide novel'collapsible and portable paper hanging equipment and method of making the same, and a novel method of cutting paper, embodying an adjustable table, a bracket detachably carried by said table for supporting at least two rolls of paper whereby strips may be drawn successively from each respective roll, measured as to length, cut, coated with paste and trimmed preparatory to hanging whereby the strips of paper, on hanging, may be readily matched with a minimum of wastage.

Another object is to provide an attachment of the above character which is adjustable to accommodate rolls of different widths. v Another object is to provide a paper hangers table having means carried thereby for-supporting rolls of paper whereby successive strips may be progressively taken from the respective rolls,

with said means embodying an arrangement for aiding in measuring and cutting the paper to proper lengthand further embodying means for aiding in trimming the paper subsequent to the application of paste to the respective strips and to the common-practice of folding the ends of the strips.

Another object is to provide a table with measuring means whereby the length of the strips of paper may be controlled during the cutting thereof and further embodying means whereby the widths of said strips may be controlled during the trimming thereof. V

Another object is to provide a method whereby matched paper may be cut one strip at a time from separaterolls of paper as contrasted with the prior art method of cutting several strips of paper from a single roll.

Another object is to provide an adjustab-ly detachable bracket which may be readily applied to a paper hangers table, said bracket embodying spaced notches for supporting rolls of paper, a cutting block over which strips of paper from each of the respective rolls are adapted to be successively drawn and further embodying floating pressure means for retaining said paper in relatively intimate'contact with the cutting block whereby said paper, during the withdrawing thereof from the rolls, will be frictionally engaged and will be held adjacent the cutting block to perinit ease of manipulation of a cutting device longitudinally of said block for severing the 8 Claims. (01. 16478) 2 Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and it will be apparent that many changes may be made in the details of construction, arrangement of parts and steps of the methods shown and described without departing from; the spirit of the invention as expressed in the Fig. 1 is a fragmentary front elevational view of the device embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken as on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, taken as on line 33 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; I

Fig. 4 is a face view of the bracket attachment shown on the right side of Fig. 1; 3 Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional View taken as on line 5-5 of Fig. 4 and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken as on line 66 of Fig. 4;

Fig. '7 is an enlarged sectional view taken as on line of Fig. 4; l

Fig. 8 is a front elevational view of a cutter employed with the device embodied in the inven-' tion;

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary sectional view taken as on line 9-9 of Fig. 4 and illustrating the use of the cutting device shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary top plan view of the device illustrated in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 11 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken as on line H ll of Fig. 4 and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

It has been usual, in the art of hanging paper, to out various strips of paper from a single roll until one roll is spent prior to using another.

This method required each strip to be succes-.

the extending and cutting of the respective strips and no definite means were provided for measuring and controlling the length of the respective strips for matching. Paste was applied to the strips in the usual manner and a separately manipulable straight edge was employed for trimming. This straight edge, in most instances in the past, was carried by hook-like members provided on the side of the table and during each successive use it was required that the straight edge be removed from the hooks, located in its position of use, and subsequent to each use be replaced on the hooks.

The present invention overcomes, to a great extent, the loss of time and waste inherent with prior art methods, such as set forth above, through the provision of a bracket detachably connected to one end of the table for supporting two rolls of paper whereby successive strips may be drawn from the respective rolls to afford ease of matching and through the provision of means on the bracket adapted to function cooperatively with scale means on the table for positively determining the length of the strip for cutting and. further through. the provision of means whereby the strip may be quickly and. easily cut, coated with paste, folded and trimmed to proper width through the provision of a straight edge pivotally supported on the side of the table and. which may be swung upwardly and automatically into operative position of use and thence swung. downwardly to inoperative position.

The invention further relates to the provision of a table and bracket of the above character which may be readily adjusted for use with. rolls of paper of different widths.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein like characters of reference designate like parts throughout the severalviews, the device embodying the invention comprises broadly a bracket l2 having a pair of uprights l3 and I4 secured, adjacent the lower ends thereof, to two spaced outwardly extending arms. I5 and i5 by bolts or the like [1. The arm. is provided with an intermediate right angled portion I8 which terminates in a reversed angled portion i3 spaced from but substantially parallel with the arm. I5. The arm 16 is provided with aright angled. portion 20 adapted to be held in superimposed sliding relation with the intermediate portion IS inwardly of an open sleeve-like slide member 2!, see Figs. 4, 5 and 6. The intermediate portion. l8 has a right angled bracket 22 secured thereto by a bolt or the like 23 which extends througha longitudinal slot 24 formed in said portion I8 The portions l9 and 22, by reason. of. the bolt and slot connection 23 and 24, are adjustable 1 relative to each other and are adapted to be detachably fitted within open sleeve-like slide members 25- secured on the opposite sides of one end of the table 25 by screws or the like 21, see Figs. 1, 2, and 11. This arrangement provides means for detachably securing the bracket [2 to the table 26.

The uprights l3 and 14, adjacent the upper ends thereof, are eachprovided with spaced notches 2S and 29 in which the ends 30 and 3| of bar members carrying rolls 32 and 33 of paper are rotatably supported.

A tie member in the form of interfitting male and female slide portions 34 and 35 adjustably connects the uprights l3 and i4 intermediate the 1 ends thereof. The male and female portions are connected to the uprights by bolts 01' the like 35 and 31 which also function as pivot means to which tie or link members 38 and 39 are pivotally connected.

The tie or link members 38 and 39 each comprise two threadedly and adjustably connected portions 40 and 4|, each pivotally connected at 42 to a gravital pressure bar 43. The bar 43 is gravitally urged toward a longitudinal block 44 which is detachably secured to the uprights I3 and I4 by plates or the like 45 and through the use of bolts, screws or the like 46 and 41. The block 44 is provided with a longitudinal groove 48 over which the strips of paper 49 from the respective rolls 32 and 33 are adapted to be successively drawn. The groove provides means whereby a cutting tool, such as shown in Fig. 8. may be used to sever the paper when drawn out to the proper length. The cutting tool comprises a handle 50 having a bifurcated portion 5| carried thereby. A roller member 52 having an intermediate disc-like cutter portion 53 is pivotally attached to the bifurcated portion as illustrated at 54. In use, the roller 52 is adapted to engage the gravital pressure bar 43 with the disc-like cutter extending intothe groove 48.. Movement of the roller 52 longitudinally of the bar will cause the cutter to sever the paper. It is particularly pointed out that the bar 43 extends longitudinally of the block 44 with its upper edge in alignment with and slightly to one side of the center line of the groove 48. A slight downward and inward pressure on the cutting tool causes the upper edge of the bar 43 to guide the tool longitudinally of the groove.

The uprights l3 and. I4, due to the adjustable construction of the upper andlower tiemembers, may be. adjusted. to different spacedrelations with each other so as to support rolls of. paper of different widths. This adjustment is made possible through the provision of blocks 44 of different lengths and is accomplished. by first removing the block 44, of one length, adjusting the uprights to the. desired spaced relation by sliding the male portion 34 relativev to the female portion 35 and by simultaneously adjusting the portion 20 relative to the portion 2| and by then securing a block 44 of proper length to the uprights. The adjustment. is indicated by the dash lines in Figs. 5 and 10. It is to be understood that, in order to make the above adjustment possible, pressure bars 43 of different required lengths are provided and are interchangeable. To aid in retaining the uprights l3 and [.4 in secured relation and against tilting, the ends. of the portions [5 and 25 are bent inwardly as illustrated at 55.

The angled portion 22 is provided with a forwardly extending portion 56 which forms a support to which one end of a straight edge 5'! of a conventional type is pivotally attached. The attachment is made through a bracket member 58 as illustrated at 59, see Figs. 1 and 3. The opposite end of the straight edge is provided with a bracket 8! pivotally connected at 60 to a support bar 52. The support bar is slidably mounted in a slideway 63 secured to the end of the table opposite the bracket l2. The support bar 62 extends rearwardly, as illustrated in Fig. 10, and functions cooperatively with the rearwardly adjustable portion of the member 20 to support a board-like member 54 for increasing the width of the top '65 of the table when wider paper is being used. The top 65 of the table is provided with a longitudinal scale 66, which is. so. graduated that the location of the slot 48 functions as the zero point or line of the scale, whereby strips of paper of desired different lengths may be cut. The top of the table is also provided with scale means 6'! whereby the width of the paper may be controlled during trimming. The line of the cutting edge 68 of the cutter, diagrammatically that the legs may be folded into compact relation with the top when not in use. Suitable pivoted latch members 73 are provided with means 14 interlocking with the legs to hold them in open position of use, as illustrated in Fig. 1..

The paper supporting bracket may be quickly and easily removed from the table by withdrawing the ends of the members l9 and 22 from the channelled slide members 25 and its parts may then be folded in compact relation with each other by loosening the bolts or the like l1. 7

The device functions substantially as follows: The table is first set up in position of rise and is adjusted in width according to the width of paper to be used.

The bracket I2 is then ad usted to lock the arms I5 and IS in proper an ular position. The uprights l3 and Marc adjusted to proper spaced relation with each other according to the width of paper'to be used. A block 44 of proper len th is secured to the uprights and a pressure bar of proper len th is simultaneously assembled in proper position. bar havin t o adjustable portions similiar to the tie members 34 and 35 could be used if desired.

The rolls of paper 32 and 33 are then mounted in posit on on the uprights.

The met od of measuring, cutt n and trimmin t e paper and for e se of m tching without undue waste is substantiall as follo s:

A strip of paper 49 is first dra n from one roll over the tie members 34 and 35. These tie members are so ocated as to roperlv uide t e paper do n ar lv to a position o erlv n the grooved block 44 bene th t e pressure b r 43. The bar is so supported on its pi ots as to respond to t e action of ravit and exerts a ressure on the paper as it is guided over t e block 44. T e paper is then dr n from bene th the block out ardlv to a pos tion o erl in the top of the table. The len th requi ed is determined by the scale 56 on sa d top. The pa er is t en severed by movin a cuttin tool. such as sho n in Fi 8. lon itu nallv of t e block ith its cuttin ed e estend n thin t e roo e 48. The pressure of the roller 52 on the bar 43 during t e cuttin causes said bar to pinch the paper between said bar and block 44 and t ereby locks the paper against lon tu inal mo ement dur in the cutting. The strip of paper is then coated with paste and its ends are folded in the conventional manner. The folded strip is then loc ted relative to the scales 6'! for controllin the width to which it is to be cut. The straight edge 51 is swung upwardly into position of use and the cutter 69 is then moved longitudinally of the straight edge in the conventional manner to trim the paper. The fact that the line of cut is the zero position with respect to the scales 61, it enables the straight edge and cutter to be automatically moved to accurate position of use and to trim to accurate width.

It is to be understood that a The strips of paper are taken intermittently and successively from the respective rolls and because of this greater ease of matching with much less wastage of paper results. It is only necessary to make the initial measurement and cut at the proper matching position at the start of each roll and all successive lengths and cuts will be proper for matching and with little subsequent wastage of paper.

Although specific preferred means have been shown and described for use in cutting the paper to proper lengths, it is to be understood that other suitable means may be used within the scope of the invention.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that simple, efiicient and economical means and methods have been provided for accomplishing all-of the objects and advantages of the invention.

5 "Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A device of the character described for use with a paper'hangers table having spaced sleevelike slide members for providing connection means adjacent one end thereof, said device comprising a pair of main upright supports having spaced notches adjacent the upper ends thereof and having angled portions extending forwardly adjacent the lower ends thereof for detachable connection with the sleeve-like connection means carried by the. table, said upright supports being adjustably connected to each other for movement to different spaced relations for supporting rolls.

of paper'of different'given lengths through the provision of bar-like means extending through the rolls of paper and engaging in the notches, said'angled portionsbeing adjustable relative to each other for permitting alignment of said portions with the sleeve-like connection means of the table, means, carried by said spaced upright supports, having a longitudinal slot therein ex-' tending in a'direction transversely of the table over which the paper from the rolls is adapted to be drawn and a pivoted bar member carried by said upright supports and having a bearing portion movable toward and away from said means having the longitudinal slot therein.

2. A device of the character described for use with a paper hangers table having connection means in the form of spaced slideways adjacent one end thereof, said device comprising a pair of main upright supports having spaced notches adjacent the upper ends thereof and having angularly disposedslide connection means adjacent the lower ends thereof for detachable slidable connection with the connection means carried by the table, said upright supports having adjustably connected tie members attached thereto intermediate the ends thereof for permitting adjustment of said uprights to diiferent given spaced relations for supporting rolls of paper of different given lengths through the provision of bar-like means extending through the rolls and having its ends engaging in the notches, bar-like contact means carried by said spaced upright supports and having a longitudinal slot therein extending in a direction transversely of the table and a bar member pivotally carried by said upright supports andhaving a bearing portion movable toward andaway'from saidcontact means.

3. A device of the character described for use with a paper hangers table having connection means adjacent one end thereof, said device comprising a pair of main upright supports having ends thereof for connection with the connection means carried by the table, said upright supports being adjustably connected to each other for movement to given spaced relations for supporting rolls of paper of different given lengths through the provision of bar-like means extending through the rolls and engaging in the notches, detachable transversely extending means carried by said spaced upright supports having a longitudinal slot therein, said slot being in substantially normal relation with the axes of said upright supports and the said means having an outer surface substantially parallel with the longitudinal axes of the uprights, and a member pivotally carried by said upright supports and having a bearing portion movable toward and away from said means having the longitudinal slot therein, the axes of the pivots being in a plane forwardly of the plane of the outer surface of the means having the slot therein.

4. An attachment for use with a paper hangers table having connection means adjacent one end thereof, said attachment comprising a pair of spaced uprights having means adjacent the lower ends thereof adjustable from a position substantially parallel with, to a position substantially normal to, the upright supports for detachable connection with the connecting means of the table, said upright supports having means adjacent the upper ends thereof for rotatably supporting rolls of paper, said uprights, intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof, being connected with each other by a transverse member having a longitudinal slot therein and over which the paper from the rolls is adapted to be drawn and bar-like means pivotally connected to said uprights and having a portion movable toward and away from the means having the longitudinal slot therein for exerting a pressure on the paper and for retaining it in an adjacent relation with the slot.

5. An attachment for use with a paper hangers table having hollow connection means adjacent one end thereof, said attachment comprising a pair of spaced uprights having angularly disposed projection means adjacent the lower ends thereof for detachable connection with the hollow connecting means of the table, said upright supports each having spaced notches adjacent the upper ends thereof for supporting rolls of paper, said uprights, intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof, being connected with each other by lengthwise adjustable transverse members and adjacent the lower ends thereof by lengthwise adjustable transverse members, said uprights further having secured thereto a member with a longitudinal slot therein extending in a direction transversely of the table and over which the paper from the rolls is adapted to be drawn and means pivotally connected to said uprights and having a portion movable toward and away from the means having the longitudinal slot therein for exerting a pressure on the paper and for retaining it in an adjacent relation with the slot.

6. A device of the character described comprising a table having connection means adjacent one end thereof, a pair of spaced uprights having means adjacent the lower ends thereof for detachable connection with the connecting means of the table and having means adjacent the other upper ends thereof for supporting at least one roll-of paper, said uprights, intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof, being connected with each other by a transverse member having a longitudinal slot therein and over which the paper from the roll is adapted to be drawn, means pivotally connected to said uprights and having a portion movable toward and away from the means having the longitudinal slot therein for exerting a pressure on the paper when in overlying relation with the means having the slot therein and for retaining it in adjacent relation with the slot, said table having a scale on the top thereof having its graduations so arranged with respect to the slot that the said slot functions as the zero point of the scale.

7. A device of the character described comprising a table having attachment means adjacent one end thereof, a pair of main upright supports having spaced notches adjacent the upper ends thereof and having attachment means adjacent the lower ends thereof connected with the attachment means carried by the table, said upright supports being adjustably connected to each other for movement to given spaced relations for supporting rolls of paper of different given lengths through the provision of bar-like means extending through the rolls of paper and engaging in the notches, means carried by said upright supports for determining the location at which the paper is to be cut and scale means on the table having its graduations located at a given distance from the means carried by said upright supports for determining the location of cut and for controlling the resultant length of strips drawn and cut from the rolls.

8. A device of the character described for use with a paper hangers table having sleeve-like connection means adjacent one end thereof, said device comprising a pair of uprights secured to substantially normally related arms, said arms having right-angled portions slidably supported in overlapping relation with each other whereby the distance between said uprights may be altered, one of said right-angled portions having a reversely bent end portion for detachably engaging one of said sleeve-like connection means on the table and said right-angled portion also having an additional member secured thereto and disposed substantially parallel with said reversely angled end portion for detachably engaging another of said sleeve-like connection means carried by the table.

GERMAIN E. DUFF.

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