US414823A - Paper-roll holder and cutter - Google Patents

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W S REYNOLDS PAPERROLL HOLDER AND CUTTER.

No. 414,823; Patented Nov. 12, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E WALTER S REYNOLDS, CLAYTON, DELAWARE.

PAPER-ROLL HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,823, dated November 12, 1889.

Application filed April 19, 1889. Serial No. 307,752. (No model.)

To all 1071 0710 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER S. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clayton, in the county of Kent and State of Delaware, have invented a new and useful Paper-Roll Holder and Cutter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates, to improvements in paper-roll holders and cutters; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a wrapping-paper holder embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the paper-holding rack.

I11 carrying out my invention I employ a case A, which is provided with an open front, as shown, and has its bottom extended slightly beyond its top, so as to provide the shelf I3, on which the ends of the wrappingpaper are supported. The paper-holding rack (J is of proper size to fit within the easing, and is adapted to slide therein. The rack consists of the side bars D D and the cross-bar E, connecting the front ends of the side bars, and a series of rollers F G, journaled in the side bars and extending between the same. The rollers are arranged in two series, as clearly shown, and the rolls of wrapping-paper are mounted on the upper rollers F, and the ends of the rolls of wrapping-paper are passed in rear of the lower rollers G and around under the same and then through the front of the casing.

At the front end of the rack C, I provide the paper-cutter H, consisting-of the knife I, extending acrossthe front of the rack and pivotally secured thereto by means of the arms J, as clearly shown.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a very simple device in which rolls of wrapping-paper of different sizes can be conveniently arranged in a small space, and which will permit ready access to the paper when it is desired to use the same. The several rolls of paper are mounted on the upper rollers F in the rack, and the ends of the paper are then passed around the lower rollers G, as described and shown, and the rack is then pushed into the casing, so as to be secured therein. The ends of the paper are left projecting beyond the front of the rack, so that the width of the several strips can be readily seen and the desired strip easily chosen. The ends of the paper pass under the cutter, and when the desired quantity has been drawn out the cutter is held against the shelf 13 of the casing by one hand while the paper is drawn against the cutter by the other hand, thereby severing it, as will be readily understood. lower rollers G are arranged in rear of the corresponding upper rollers F, so that the end of each roll of paper will be carried rearward and downward in order that any one strip may be drawn out without exerting a frictional contact on the adjacent strip sufficient to draw the said strip out at the same time. Then the supply of paperhas been exhausted, the knife can be raised slightly to be utilized as a handle to draw the rack from the casing. The upper rollers are removably journaled in the side bars of the rack, so that they can be removed to permit the easy insertion of the rolls of paper, and they are provided with looking devices (not shown) to prevent their being withdrawn prematurely.

My device is very simple, and its advantages will be readily appreciated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination of the casing, the rack sliding horizontally therein, and the vertically-swinging cutter pivoted to the front end of the rack, as set forth.

2. The combination of the casing having an open front end and provided with a shelf B extending beyond said end, the rack sliding horizontally in the casing, and the cutter pivoted to the front end of the rack and adapted to rest on the shelf B, as set forth.

3. The combination of the casing and the rack sliding horizontally therein and carrying the paper, the said rack consisting of the side bars D, the rollers F, journaled in said side bars near the upper edges of the same, and the rollers G, journaled in the side bars near the lower edges thereof and in rear of the rollers F, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IVALTER S. REYNOLDS.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. BROOKSON, Jim. 13. BOOK.

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