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US 12,171,379 B2Granted
Toilet paper holder
AssigneeCorelex Shin-Ei Co., Ltd.
InventorSatoshi Kurosaki
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Abstract
Provided is a toilet paper holder that enables a user to easily pull out toilet paper from an accommodated large roll. In this toilet paper holder, a weight member 12 is caused to move upward by tension that is exerted on toilet paper 2a when the toilet paper 2a is pulled out from a paper cutter 15, and when the tension is released as a result of the paper cutter 15 cutting the toilet paper 2a, the weight member 12 moves downward under its own weight, so that the toilet paper 2a is pulled out from the roll case 10.
Claims4
A toilet paper holder comprising:
- a roll case that accommodates a large roll formed by rolling up toilet paper having a length of several hundreds of meters;
- a weight member that is disposed below the roll case and that applies a predetermined load to toilet paper pulled out from the roll case;
- a support member that supports the weight member such that the weight member is movable up and down;
- a paper cutter into which the toilet paper to which a load is applied by the weight member is inserted and that cuts the toilet paper at an arbitrary position;
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- a moving-back prevention mechanism that is disposed between the weight member and the paper cutter and that prevents the toilet paper from moving toward the roll case,
- wherein the toilet paper pulled out from the roll case is brought into contact with or inserted through the weight member, the moving-back prevention mechanism, and the paper cutter in an order of the weight member, the moving-back prevention mechanism, and the paper cutter,
- wherein, when the toilet paper is pulled out from the paper cutter, the weight member is caused to move upward by tension that is exerted on the toilet paper, and
- wherein, when the tension is released as a result of the paper cutter cutting the toilet paper at the arbitrary position, the weight member moves downward under its own weight of the weight member, and the toilet paper is pulled out from the roll case.
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