Patent Application
20200071119
This application claims the benefit of priority from Israel Patent Application No. 260,887, filed Aug. 30, 2018, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The invention relates to the field of Judaism and Torah scrolls therefor.
Torah scrolls lacking an integral box are damaged easily since the rollers are separated from one another.
There is a long felt need to provide a solution to the above-mentioned and other problems of the prior art.
An apparatus for a Torah scroll, including:
Embodiments, features, and aspects of the invention are described herein in conjunction with the following drawings:
The drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale.
The invention will be understood from the following detailed description of embodiments of the invention, which are meant to be descriptive and not limiting. For the sake of brevity, some well-known features are not described in detail.
The reference numbers have been used to point out elements in the embodiments described and illustrated herein, in order to facilitate the understanding of the invention. They are meant to be merely illustrative, and not limiting. Also, the foregoing embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated in conjunction with systems and methods thereof, which are meant to be merely illustrative, and not limiting.
An apparatus 10 for a Torah scroll 12 includes two parallel plates 16A and 16B, for disposing Torah scroll 12 erected therebetween at the rolled state, parallel thereto, for avoiding tilt and fall of Torah scroll 12.
Apparatus 10 further includes a rail 56A for holding plates 16A and 16B in a slideable manner, for changing the distance therebetween. Rail 56A includes a first member 58A fixed to plate 16A and a second member fixed 58B fixed to plate 16B.
After removing Torah scroll 12, plates 16A and 16B may be drawn away from one other, by the user, for allowing disposing the rollers 50A and 50B thereon, perpendicular thereto.
The selected distance between plates 16A and 16B is intended to be the distance between handles 52A and 52B of roller 50A, for allowing disposing handle 52A of roller 50A on plate 16A and handle 52B of roller 50A on plate 16B.
Preferably, each of plates 16A and 16B includes, at the end thereof, a depression 18 for each handle, for fixing the location of rollers 50A and 50B, thus avoiding fall thereof to the ground.
Depression 18 may include a bearing 22, for facilitating rolling of rollers 50A and 50B about themselves within the depression, for scrolling text sheet 30.
Apparatus 10 may be diminished in comparison to the state of
Soft straps 32 may raise for supporting text sheet 30, for protecting it.
Thus, in one aspect, the invention is directed to an apparatus (10) for a Torah scroll (12), the apparatus (10) including:
The apparatus (10) may further include:
At least one of the depressions (18) in the widths (64) of the at least one of the two parallel plates (16A, 16B) includes a bearing (22),
thereby facilitating rolling of the rollers (50A, 50B) about themselves.
Each of the two parallel plates (16A, 16B) may include:
In the figures and/or description herein, the following reference numerals (Reference Signs List) have been mentioned:
The foregoing description and illustrations of the embodiments of the invention have been presented for the purpose of illustration, and are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the above description in any form.
Any term that has been defined above and used in the claims, should to be interpreted according to this definition.
The reference numbers in the claims are not a part of the claims, but rather used for facilitating the reading thereof. These reference numbers should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any form.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 260887 | Aug 2018 | IL | national |
