Dispenser for continuous, severable strips
OwnerJacqueline Baregeinventor
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Abstract
The invention concerns a dispenser of continuous, severable strips, of the kind with a case (1), a passageway (S) for the end of the strip and a cutting blade (16) provided with cutter means (16a). The dispenser comprises a first auxiliary blade (17) provided with a cover section (17a) applying friction to the strip and a stop section (17b) which during the severing operation is subjected to a pressure exerted by the cutting blade (16) and locks the strip at the cover section (17a); the dispenser also comprises a second auxiliary blade (18) protecting the cutter means (16a) when in the rest position and withdrawing behind the cutting blade when in the cutting position. The storage space (3) of the case can be designed to hold a continuous, accordion-folded strip.
Claims13
A dispenser for continuous, severable strips, in particular paper strips, comprising:
- a case (1) for holding said strip including a passageway (S) for the end of said strip,
- a guide wall (10) in said case near the passageway (S) and having an inside zone (10a) extending into the case and a sill (10b) at the exit of this case at the edge of the passageway (S),
- a cutting blade (16) having cutter means (16a) and being hinged near the passageway (S) about a shaft (X) for allowing said cutting blade to pivot between a natural rest position adjacent the plane of said passageway and a cutting position wherein said cutting means (16a) projects through the plane of the passageway,
- a first auxiliary blade (17) hingedly mounted on a shaft (Y) adjacent said passageway (S),
- said first auxiliary blade including a cover section (17a) extending from one side of its hinge (Y) into the case and contacting the inside zone (10a) of the guide wall to bound a path (C) for the strip and a stop section (17b) arranged on the other side of its hinge (Y) whereby the cutting blade (16) when in the cutting position abuts against said stop section (17b) under pressure and in the natural rest position of the cutting blade (16), said cover section (17a) rests against the guide wall (10) for braking the strip in the path (C), and so that in the cutting position of said cutting blade (16) said auxiliary blade (17) is subjected by the pressure exerted on said stop section (17b) to a moment (M) so that said cover section (17c) pinches and locks the strip within the path (C),
- a second auxiliary blade comprising a protection section (18a) for said cutting means (16a) of said cutting blade and being ,
- this second auxiliary blade hinged about a shaft (Y) offset from the shaft of said cutting blade (16) in order to pivot between a natural rest position corresponding to the natural rest position of the cutting blade (16), wherein said auxiliary blade (18) is near the sill (10b) of the guide wall and acts as a support to the cutting blade (16), the cutting means (16a) of said cutting blade (16) being withdrawn against the protection section (18a) of said auxiliary blade (18), and a retracted position corresponding to the cutting position of the cutting blade (16) wherein said auxiliary blade (18) is behind said cutting blade and said cutting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.