US936030A - Paper-server for barbers' chairs. - Google Patents

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C. PFANSCHMIDT. PAPER SERVER FOR BABBERS CHAIRS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29, 1908.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

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CHARLES PFANSCHMIDT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO TI-IEO. A. KOCHS COM- PANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PAPER-SERVER FOR BARBEBS CHAIRS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES P'FANSCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Servers for Barbers Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

In order to promote sanitary conditions, the head rest of a barbers chair is frequently provided with mechanism for permitting a strip of paper to be fed across the head rest and torn off from time to time so that each occupant of the chair may be provided with a fresh strip of paper. Mechanism of this character ordinarily comprises a holder for a roll of paper located on one side of the head rest and the cutter for the paper located on the other side, which arrangement of the parts permits the paper to be drawn from the roll and across the head rest and severed by the cutter from time to time as occasion may require.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction and arrangement of the paper holder, whereby a roll of paper may be easily and quickly slipped into place, and to improve the construction and arrangement of the cutter in such manner as to permit quick and ready manipulation of the same by the barber.

In certain previous constructions, it has been necessary to manipulate the cutter with one hand and draw out the paper with the other, which is an awkward and unsatisfactory method of performing the operation. The cutter of the present invention is so ar ranged and constructed that these two operations may beperformed with one hand and in a very easy manner; at the same time the cutter is so formed and constructed that it will hold and clamp the paper firmly in position, when desired, thereby preventing displacement of the paper by movements of the head of the occupant of the chair.

Further objects will appear in the detailed description of the invention, which consists in the features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of the paper holding cylinder and cutter, showing the method of feeding the paper over the head rest; Fig. 2 a cross sectional view of the paper cylinder; Fig. 3 a

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 29, 1908.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

Serial No. 455,384.

cross sectional view of the end cap for the cylinder; Figs. at and 5 fragmentary side elevations of opposite sides of the cylinder; Fig. 6 a plan view of the serrated cutting plate; Fig. 7 a longitudinal sectional View of the cutter; and Fig. 8 an enlarged end elevation of the same.

As shown in the drawings, the paper holding cylinder 9 is located at the front side of and below the head rest 10, and the cutter 11 is similarly located at the rear side of the head rest. The paper holding cylinder comprises a body portion 12 of split cylindrical format-ion, having a slot 13 extending from end to end of the body portion. One edge of the slot is outwardly turned to form a rounded lip 14 over which the paper is fed. The lip, at each end, is provided with a backwardly turned flange 15, which flanges are in register with studs 16 formed on the opposite side of the body of the cylinder by outwardly pressing the metal at the intended points. The ends of the cylinder are closed by means of caps 17, in the form shown in Fig. 3, each of which comprises an end wall 18 which is connected with a flange 19, the wall 18 being inwardly depressed, as regards the flange, to provide an annular groove or channel 20 around the inner or connected edge of the flange. The flange is provided, on opposite sides, with T slots 21, which slots are intended to register with the studs 16 and the flanges 15, respectively, so that when the parts are assembled the end edges of the body portion of the cylinder will be entered into the grooves or channels 20 and held therein by the locking action of the studs 16 and the flanges 15, when the caps are turned to bring the T slots into position to engage such projections. The cylinder, as a whole, is supported from the head rest by means of brackets 22.

The cutter 11 comprises a casing 23 of boxlike formation, having a top wall 24, a bottom wall 25, and an inner cross wall 26, the front side of the casing being open; and the casing is closed, at its ends, by end walls 27. The casing cooperates with a cutter plate 28 which is provided, at its ends, with inwardly extending ears 29 which are of suitable length to hold the upper portion of the cutter plate out of contact with the forward edge of the top of the casing, leaving a slot or opening 30 for the discharge therethrough of the paper. The cutter plate is provided, along its lower or free edge, with teeth 31 which engage and sever .the paper in a manner to be hereinafter described. The serrated or toothed edge of 5 the cutter projects a considerabledistance beyond and below the lower wall 25 of the casing, which wall, along its frontedge, is provided with a plurality of forwardly extending lugs 32 which'register with and' en tcr aplurality of slots 83 arranged in line with the cutter plate. The ears 29 are hinged to the casing by =mea-ns of-a pivot rod which passes through theend walls o'f the casing and extends from end to end thereof. 11i order to hold the cutter plate i-iornia'lly in position to bring the slots 33 into register with the lugs 32, a= coiled spring provided,.theends of which-engage the cutter plate and casing in such manner as to hold them in normal position .witlrrespect to one another.

In use,, a roll o'f'papercan be entered into the ,paper holding cylinder by removing one of the caps,=whic'h removal is "effected by '25 turnin the ca into aosition to brin -the a: P a:

projections on the body of the cylinder into 'alinement with the stems of the slots. WVhen thepaper is p0sitioned,'its endswill abut against the inwardly projecting center portionsofthe end caps in suchmanner as to properly [position and'center the paper with-respect to theslot-through which it is 'fed. 'The end of 'the paper will then be drawn -up over the head rest and passed througlrthe upper slot 30 of the cutter, and

*thence down in front of the lugs. This position of the paper can be effected by swinging the cutter plate,'=against the tension of thespring,--aw-ay from its closed or clamp- 40 ing-position into the position shown in dotted [lines in Fig. -1. Upon its release, the cutter plate will swing back into normal position thereby causing the lugs 32' to force, the paper into *theslots 83 in-suchmanner '45 -1StO',tlgl1tly clamp the paper and prevent its retraction. hen it is desired to pull out a soiled section of paper, thisoperation; can be performed with onehand by -insert-;v ing the fingers behind theprojectingend of;

the sheet o'fpaper which lieswbehind the serrat-ed edge of the cutter, "and thereaftcrg slightly lifting "the-cutter by a pressure of; the fingers and simultaneously drawing-outj the paper sufficiently to permit aiirm hold? o'f'the paper tobe securedbctween the thumb? and -finger. Thereafter the tension of :tllBr .paper, as it is drawn out, will be doubled -to raisc'the cutter-plate sufliciently to unclamp the paper-and.permit.its withdrawal. After a sufficient length of paper has been drawn A out 'in the manner above noted, it can be torn off by a tearing movement across the serrated edge of the knife. By projecting the edge of the knife a considerable distance'beyondthe edge of the frame, a sufficicnt length of paper is allowed to project from the frame to-permit'of easy manipulation withthe fingers; and by forming the clamp for the paper-in the mannerspecified additional manipulation of the device is unnecessary.

The device, as a whole, is one which is adapted to fit thehead rest'of any standard formation, and the manner in which the mechanism is operated permits the manipulation with one hand, which is frequently very desirable, since the other hand of the barber may be otherwise engaged at the time when it is desired to shift the paper.

'lVhat I regard as new and desire to-secure by Letters "Patent is:

l. 'In a server-of the class described, a ;paper holder of-cylindrical formation, comprising-a split body portion, one of-the edges -of said body portion'being'turned back to form a rounded lip having rearwardly extending flanges at'its ends, and caps closing the ends of said cylinder and havingfianges provided with slots adapted to 'be engaged 1 by the first mentioned flanges when the caps are turned to locked position, substantially as described.

2. In server of the class described, a paper holder of cylindrical formation com- -prising a split body portion having one of itsed-ges outwardly turned to form a rounded lip provided, at its'ends, with locking flanges, -studs formed on the body portion clirectly'opposite the lockingflan-ges, and a pair of caps,each comprising a body portion and having a rim or flange connected therewith in a manner toa'fford annular grooves or channels forthe reception of the ends of 'the body portion,-said arms or 'flangesbeing further provided, -on opposite sides, with slots-adapted to'engage respectivelythe locking'flanges-and the studs, substantially as described.

CHARLES PFA'NS OHMIDT. Vitnesses lVA-Lunn BA-N'NING, PmRsoN WV. :BANNI NG.

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