US423810A

US423810A - William rabich

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Publication number: US423810A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-03-18
Anticipated expiration: 1907-03-18

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.y

WILLIAM RABIOH, OF ST; LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO rlHE AMERICAN ROLL PAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,810, dated March 18, 1890. Application filed March 25, 1889. Serial No. 304,627. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, NVILLIAM RABICH, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Roll-Paper Holders and Cutters, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure I is a front elevation illustrating my improved holder and cutter. Fig. II is a side elevation. Fig. III is a detail top View and section taken on line III III, Fig. I.

My invention relates to certain improvements in machines for holding and cutting' wrapping-paper and the like; and it consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, l represents a base, to which are secured end pieces or standards 2, which are notched at 3 to support the roll of paper 4. Each standard' or end piece has a slot or opening 5, in which tits a bar or strip 6, which is a little wider than the slots or spaces 5, as shown in Fig. II.

7 represents arms secured by their inner ends to the strip or plate 6, and to the outer endg of which is secured the knife or cutter The paper is cut against the knife in an upward direction, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. II.

The plate or strip 6 being a trifle wider than the spaces or slots 5, it will be understood that while the knife 'and'plate will move downward by gravity as the size of the roll decreases, still the upward movement of the knife, in 'the act of cutting the paper, will be resisted and prevented by the plate 6 rocking and binding in the slots or spaces 5- that is, the pressure on the outer edge of the knife tends to move the edge 9 of the plate 6 in an upward direction and the edge 10 in a downward direction. f The result is that the plate is unable to move in either direction, and the knife is thus firmly held from movement as the paper is cut. At the Same time the knife will move downward freely and easily by gravity as the size of the roll decreases.

It sometimes happens with/rolls of paper that there is a great-er bulk on one side than onl the other of the center of the roll, due to one side winding tighter than the other. To provide for cases of this kind, (where the knife and bar 6 would gravitate, when the small side of the roll was presented, too far for the passage of the large side of the roll, and thus prevent thefree turning of the roll,) I employ springs l1, which hold the knife 8 slightly up off the roll, as shown in Fig. II, and which lwill yield to,the large side of the roll and permit the roll to turn freely. These springs may be formed in various ways. I have shown them consisting of simple tongues cut out of the arms 7 and bent in a downward direction.

By arranging theibar G, knife 8, and connecting-arms 7 as I have shown them the upward movement of the knife is prevented, so that it will servie as a brake and prevent the roll from turning too f1eely-tl1atis, the knife and bar will move downward as the paper is removed, and will be prevented from moving upward again.

I claim as my inventionl. In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the combination of the slotted standards, a roll of paper, a knife, a plate or strip located in the slots of t-he standards and wider in the latter than the slots, and arms connecting the knife to the plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the combination of the slottted standards, a roll supported by the standards, a plate slightly wider in the standards than, and located in, the slots of the standards, arms secured to the plate, knife secured to the arms, and 'springs for holding the knife slightly up off the roll of paper, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a' roll-paper holder and cutter, the combination of a roll of paper, a knife, and a support for the knife held in vertical ways, and being wider in the4 support than said ways, substantially :1s and for the purpose set it is caused to serve es .fr brake, substantially fort-h. as and 'for the purpose set forth.

4. I n :L roll-Ypper holder and Cutter, the VITALI/VM RABICIL combination of :L roll of paper, a slotted support, and :L rocking knife feeding by gravity In presence 01?- :Lnd proj eeting forward of the siottedsupport, EDW. S. KNIGHT, whereby itsnpward movement is resisted and THOMAS KNIGHT.