Paper dispenser

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6832697
  • Patent Number
    6,832,697
  • Date Filed
    Monday, April 7, 2003
    21 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, December 21, 2004
    20 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Noland; Kenneth
    Agents
    • Baxley; Charles E.
Abstract
A paper dispenser generally comprises a chassis, an actuating member, a driven member, a paper pusher, an elastic member and a cover as a whole mounted to a paper box. The above-mentioned parts are assembled together so as to provide an interactive effect by pushing actions and paper pusher may push sheets smoothly, such that the user may take out the sheets easily and quickly.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to a paper dispenser, and more particularly to a device that is capable of facilitating the dispensation of sheets.




2. Description of the Prior Arts




Most of office people like putting some sheets or memos on the desk for purpose of writing some information down in case of a phone-call or the likes. However, due to there is certain adhesive force between the surfaces of sheets, in their hurry to take the sheets, the users find their difficulties in precisely taking one sheet away from the stacks which usually give rise to the scattered falls of the sheets.




The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional paper dispenser.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a paper dispenser which generally comprises a chassis, an actuating member, a driven member, a paper pusher, an elastic member and a cover as a whole mounted to a paper box. The above-mentioned parts are assembled together so as to provide an interactive effect by pushing actions.




The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a paper dispenser that enables the user to take out sheets easily and quickly.




The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which shows, for purpose of illustrations only, the preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is an exploded view of a paper dispenser in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 2

is a perspective view of the paper dispenser in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 3

is a cross sectional view of the paper dispenser in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 4

is a cross sectional view of showing the paper dispenser of the present invention mounted on the paper box;





FIG. 5

is another cross sectional view of showing the paper dispenser of the present invention mounted on the paper box.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT




Referring to

FIGS. 1-3

, wherein a paper dispenser in accordance with the present invention is shown and generally comprises a chassis


10


, an actuating member


20


, a driven member


30


, a paper pusher


40


, an elastic member


50


and a cover


60


.




The chassis


10


generally includes a pair of long sides


11


and a pair of short sides


12


defining a space


13


therein. Two holes


111


are defined at each of the long sides


11


with corresponding to each other. In vicinity to each hole


111


a slot


112


is defined with one corresponding to another, and alike, in vicinity to the each slot


112


a strip groove


113


is formed also with corresponding to each other. Moreover, a hook


121


is disposed at a short side


12


where close to the holes


111


.




The actuating member


20


has a first and second end


21


,


22


. At the second end


22


recesses


221


are defined while at the first end


21


protrusions


211


are formed and serve to be received in the corresponding holes


111


of the chassis


10


respectively such that the actuating member


20


is permitted to move within the space


13


of the chassis


10


.




The driven member


30


is provided with a first end


31


and a second end


32


. At the first end


31


lugs


311


are disposed and serve to be received in the recesses


221


of the actuating member


20


respectively. While the second end


32


is corresponding to the strip grooves


113


and allowed to horizontally move in the space


13


of the chassis


10


.




The paper pusher


40


includes a pushing portion


41


and at both sides of the pushing portion


41


an arm


42


symmetrically is formed respectively. At the top of the pushing portion


41


a damper


411


is disposed for pushing sheets, while the pair of arms


42


serve to be engaged with the strip grooves


113


by passing a rod


43


through the arms


42


, the strip grooves


113


and the second end


32


of the driven member


30


respectively. By such arrangements, the paper pusher


40


is engaged with the driven member


30


and moves along with the movement of the same.




The elastic member


50


, here takes spring as example, has a first end connected to the hook


121


of the chassis


10


and a second end connected to the rod


43


such that the driven member


30


can be recovered to the original position by virtue of the elastic member


50


.




The cover


60


has a chamber


61


and at the bottom of which a contacting piece


62


is disposed, while at the outer periphery of the cover


60


projections


63


are formed with corresponding to slots


112


of the chassis


10


respectively. The chamber


61


of the cover


60


serves to mount onto the actuating member


20


and the driven member


30


with the contacting piece


62


butting around the center of the actuating member


20


while the two projections


63


received in the slots


112


for purpose of preventing the disengagement of the cover


60


from the chassis


10


. By such arrangements, the cover


60


enables the actuating member


20


, the driven member


30


and the paper pusher


40


connected in an interactive manner.




Referring to

FIGS. 4-5

, in which, a chassis


10


of the present invention is mounted to the paper box


70


and the paper box


70


interiorly formed with a space


71


and a stack of paper


80


is stocked therein. Moreover, the space


71


is provided with a guiding incline


72


, and at the top of the space


71


where corresponding to the guiding incline


72


an exit


73


is formed.




After the paper box


70


is mounted thereon, the paper pusher


40


possesses a suitable weight, and the damper


411


contacts with the first sheet


81


of the stack


80


. To take out the paper, what the user needs to do is only to push the cover


60


and the same is confined by the slots


112


only longitudinally movable due to the projections


63


of the same are movably received in the longitudinal slots


112


of the chassis


10


. And then the cover


60


moves downward with the contacting piece


62


butting the actuating member


20


so as to move the same, which further effects an movement of the driven member


30


since which is connected with the actuating member


20


and the horizontal movement of the second end


32


of the driven member


30


along the strip grooves


113


(namely move towards the exit


73


of the paper box


70


). Such that the paper pusher


40


connected to the driven member


30


is driven to move with the damper


411


of the pushing portion


41


pushing the first sheet


81


of the stack


80


, thereby the user can take the first sheet


81


that moves out of the exit


73


along the guiding incline


72


.




On the other hand, the actuating member


20


moves with relative to the driven member


30


in case that the cover


60


is pushed, which effects a longitudinal expansion movement of the elastic member


50


and a restoring force of the same simultaneously. Such that, in case that the cover


60


is not pressed, the same and the actuating member


20


, the driven member


30


and together with the paper pusher


40


are driven back to the original position by the restoring force of the elastic member


50


, and wait for the next cycle of movement. By such a manner, the sheets may be taken out easily and quickly.




While we have shown and described various embodiments in accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.



Claims
  • 1. A paper dispenser comprising:a chassis defining a space therein; an actuating member having a first and second end, which to be received in the space of the chassis by virtue of the first end; a driven member having a first end connected with the second end of the actuating member and a second end moving horizontally in the space of the chassis; a paper pusher having a first end connected with the second end of the driven member and a second end for pushing sheets; an elastic member having a first end connected to the chassis and a second end connected to the driven member whereby to make the driven member recovered to original position automatically after a cycle of movement; a cover mounted onto the actuating member and the driven member for making the actuating member, driven member and the paper pusher connected in an interactive manner.
  • 2. The paper dispenser as claimed in claim 1, wherein the chassis consists of a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides, two hole are defined at each of the long sides with corresponding to each other, while at the first end protrusions are formed with corresponding to the holes of the chassis respectively such that the actuating member permitted to move in the chassis.
  • 3. The paper dispenser as claimed in claim 2, wherein two strip grooves are formed at both sides of the chassis respectively with corresponding to each other, while the second end of the driven member horizontally movable in the strip grooves.
  • 4. The paper dispenser as claimed in claim 2, wherein the paper pusher having a pushing portion and at both sides of the pushing portion an arm symmetrically is formed respectively, the pair of arms employed to be engaged with the strip grooves and connected to the second end of the driven member by virtue of a rod.
  • 5. The paper dispenser as claimed in claim 4, wherein a hook is defined at a short side of the chassis, the elastic member has a first end connected to the hook and a second end connected to the rod.
  • 6. The paper dispenser as claimed in claim 1, wherein the elastic member is a spring.
  • 7. The paper dispenser as claimed in claim 5, wherein the elastic member is a spring.
  • 8. The paper dispenser as claimed in claim 4, wherein the paper pusher is provided with a damper at the pushing portion.
  • 9. The paper dispenser as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover has a chamber, in the chamber a contacting piece is disposed for butting around the center of the actuating member.
  • 10. The paper dispenser as claimed in claim 2, wherein slots are defined at the long sides of the chassis, while with corresponding to which projections are defined at the outer periphery of the cover for prevention of the disengagement of the same from the chassis.
US Referenced Citations (2)
Number Name Date Kind
4796779 Mamolou Jan 1989 A
5197630 Kirla Mar 1993 A