US1164047A - Cabinet for dispensing separate sheets from paper packs. - Google Patents

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C. P. WINTER. CABINET FOR DISPENSING SEPARATE SHEETS FROM PAPER PACKS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30, I9l4, 1,164,047.

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Patented Dec.14,1915.

C. P. WINTER. CABINET FOR DISPENSING SEPARATE SHEETS FROM PAPER PACKS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-30, I914.

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Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. ML, 1915.

Application filed December 30, 1914. Serial No. 879,757.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, COURTNEY P. WINTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia,

have invented certain new and useful 1m tion, Serial No. 842,403, filed June 2, 1914,

in which is described a pack of folded paper articles and a dispensing cabinet therefor which will serve to present the articles successively in position for convenient grasping and withdrawal of each article without disarranging the one that follows it; the pack and cabinet being of such construction and so related that the prehended portion of each sheet is presented automatically in proper position independently of the preceding sheet, and thereby renders unnecessary the complication and expense of interlocking the folds of adjacent sheets in making up the pack. In my said application, this result was realized measurably at least, and to a useful degree by having the bottom of the cabinet divided into front and rear supporting ledges with a delivery space between them; the form specifically claimed having such supporting ledges extending in directions which substantially merge one with the other; the sheets making up the pack having on their under sides, folds reduced in width sufficient to release them from the forward ledge, so that they might hang down, and this effect being favored by providing a reentrant cut in the rear ledge which induces drooping or bowing of said fold and consequent separation from the main body of the sheetabove it. 1

One object of the present invention is to insure better separation of the narrow fold on the under side of each sheet as the pack feeds downward, to which end the forward ledge is in a plane which is offset vertically from the rear ledge, so that the main body of the pack and particularlythe main fold of the lowermost sheet is supported in a.

difl'erent' plane from the narrow fold to be grasped, and separation is thus better insured; this effect being further favored by an additional structural feature which is preferably used in connection with the 0dset ledges, namely, the downward inclination of the rearward ledge, from the line where it joins the back of the cabinet and where it supports the main body of the pack.

These conditions are suggested by the form shown in Fig. 5 of my aforesaid application, Serial No. 8422, 103, but the construction illustrated by said figure is alternative to the forms specifically claimed in said application, and is, therefore, reserved to be claimed in the present case. The reentrant cut in the rear ledge, featured in my aforesaid application, is also preferably employed in the present construction, and when employed in an offset and downwardly inclined inner ledge, as in the present case, insures the advantage of more readily releasing the main fold of the lowermost sheet from the sheet above it, and thus reduces tendency to dis arrange the sheet that remains in the cabinet.

Another object of the present invention is to adapt the cabinet to support the paper pack in the dispensing position, even when the cabinet is open; in other words, to enable the pack to be properly positioned in the cabinet while it may be inspected, to which end both the forward and rearward supporting ledges are carried by the fixed member of the cabinet independently of the hinging member; and to adapt the pack to be positively placed in the right position, the forward supporting ledge is made up of two flanges extending from the sides of the fixed member and leaving a space between them to permit retaining hold of the pack until it is properly placed; the reentrant cut in-the rearward ledge also favoring this manipulation in the charging of the cabinet.

With this introduction to the general principles involved in the present invention, I

,will proceed to describe one or more illustrative embodiments of the invention in connection with the accompanying drawings,

in which Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of a paper-dispensing cabinet con Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4 is a section similar to upon its pintle to open position; Fig. 5 is a 1 detail View of the lower portion of the cabiwith their wrapper in place,

net in open position, suggesting the method of introducing the sheets, namely en bloc,

and then disrupting the latter to release the sheets for dispensing one by one.

Referring to the drawings more in detail, 1 represents the inner member of the cabinet adapted to be secured to a wall or other fixed object, as for instance by screws or nails introduced through perforations 2, and 3 is the outer member or housing hinged thereto through means .of pintles 4 and adapted to swing outwardly and downwardly to open up the cabinet and permit renewal of the paper supply.

As will be seen more plainly from Figs. 3 and 4:, the cabinet has at bottom the forward support '5 and the rearward support 6,. of which the forward support is preferably connected with the front confining wall? by a curved portion-and terminates in a rearwardly extended portion which is directed to about the point of union between the rearward ledge 6 and the back 8; and the rearward ledge 6 is thus offset downwardly from the forward ledge or from the plane in which the paper is supported and thus materially assists separation of the extracting fold 9 from the main fold 10 on each sheet as it reaches the lowermost position. In addition to this offsetting of the front and rear ledges, the rear ledge 6 is inclined downwardly, which further favors the separation of the extracting fold, while not materially detracting from its supporting relation to the rear portion of the paper block. A further feature of the rear supporting ledge is the reentrant recess 11, which is preferably used in connection with the present construction inasmuch as it facilitates the downward pull of the paper article.

As will be better understood from Figs. 1

and 4, the supporting ledges, as well as the front wall 7 and rear wall 8 are all mounted on the fixed member of the cabinet, so that when the cabinet is open, the paper pack may be placed in exact dispensing position While it is yet accessible for proper ad ustment and there is no liability to dlsarrange the pack by closing the cabinet. In order to facilitate manipulating the pack and to permit hold being retained upon it until t is in proper position, the front wall 7 as well as'the forward supporting ledge 5. are 61- yided from front to rear so as to leave a spacebetween their parts. The structural and functional" characteristics of these parts may thus conveniently be realized by providing fiangesof approprlatedepth upon the sidewalls or checks 12 of the stationary member of the cabinet.

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an aperture 15, through which the finger or any convenient instrument may be introduced to release the latch.

It is to be understood that functionally the reentrant cut or recess in the rear supporting ledge is to be regarded as a space between the two main portions of said ledge; or in other words, the bottom ledge is to be regarded as made up of two main'portions located on opposite sides of an intermediate space, which space serves the plural purposes of affording a better handhold upon the pack in introducing it, favoring separation of the extracting fold from the main fold' of the sheet, and facilitating withdrawal of the sheet, and the two latter considerations 'are realized in greater degree where the ledge is downwardly inclined. From this, it will be understood that the functions of the recess maybe realized, measurably at least, with other forms of rear bottom supports .having their depth mainly at the sides and with an intermediate space. I

It will be noted that while the main paper supports are all carried by thefixed member of the mounting and that the forward ledge comprises, as stated, two portions projecting laterally from the side walls or cheeks and leaving a considerable space between them, the bottom wall of the outer or swinging member of the housing provides a protecting apron 5 extending across this intervening space as a protection against excessive sagging of the paper. art'cles, but it leaves the weight ,of the paper pack resting mainly upon the relatively narrow members of the two-part forward ledge. The

result of this is that the bottom sheet isreleased very promptly from its forward supi ports and with little frictional drag on the sheet next above it, and this feature, coupled with the previous release of the rear portion .of the sheet, which also takes place very promptly because of the downward inclination of therear supporting ledge and consequent restriction of the rear bearing area of the paper column, insures a release of each sheet without disarrangement of the I claim A 1. A cabinet for dispensing folded paper sheets, comprising a paper-supporting member and a housing member adapted to inclose the supporting member; one of said members vbeing movable relatively to the other to open and close the cabinet; and the supporting member having front and rear supporting ledges with a delivery space between them; the forward supporting ledge being divided into two parts having between them a space intersecting the delivery space.

2. A cabinet for dispensing folded paper sheets, comprising a paper-supporting member and a housing member adapted to inclose the supporting member; one of said members being movable relatively to the other to open and close the cabinet; and the supporting member having front and rear supporting ledges with a delivery space between them; the forward ledge lying in a plane which intersects the rear ledge at about the line of its intersection with the supporting member of the cabinet, and said rear ledge being inclined downwardly and forwardly.

3. A cabinet for dispensing folded paper sheets, comprising a paper-supporting member and a housing member adapted to inclose the supporting member; one of said members being movable relatively to the other to open and close the cabinet; and the supporting member having front and rear supporting ledges with delivery space between them; the forward supporting ledge being divided into two parts having between them a space intersecting the delivery space; said housing member having at bottom, a protecting apron which underlies the transverse space between the parts of the front supporting ledge, but leaves the delivery space unobstructed.

4. A cabinet for dispensing folded sheets of paper, comprising a supporting member with back, side, and front confining walls, and a bottom support; the bottom support comprising front and rear ledges with a delivery space between them, and the front wall and front supporting ledge being divided vertically and transversely and separated to leave between them, a space 7 through which to manipulate a paper pack introduced into the cabinet.

through which to manipulate a paper pack .lIltIOdHCGd into the cabinet; said cabinet also comprising an inclosing housing having a wall which is adapted to overlie said divided front wall and front supporting ledge.

6. A receptacle for receiving a pack of folded sheets and dispensing them individually from the bottom of the pack; said receptacle being constructed with a top opening through which the pack is introduced,

with side and front walls adapted to confine the pack laterally, and with a supporting bottom adapted for the delivery of each sheet as it reaches the bottom; the front confining wall of the receptacle being divided vertically to provide a space communicating with and extending downwardly from the top opening to permit retention of handhold upon the pack while passing it downward between the confining walls; said receptacle being provided with an inclosing housing movable relatively to the receptacle for openingand closing the latter, and having a wall which overlies and closes the front confining wall of the receptacle.

The foregoing specification signed at Washington, District of Columbia, this 9th day of December, 1914.

COURTNEY P. WINTER.

In presence of HARVEY S. KNIGHT, ROBINSON WHITE.

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