Lavatory-paper-roll holder

Abstract

A holder (10) for at least two lavatory-paper rolls positioned one above the other and consisting of a paper web wound up on a sleeve or a shaft, the holder having a first and a second wall which are arranged in parallel at a distance to one other, wherein each of the walls has a guide for receiving one end of the shaft or of a shaft journal that can be received in an opening in the sleeve. The guide has a feed portion running vertically, the feed portion merging into an unrolling portion running at an inclination with respect to the vertical towards at least one first tear-off element or a stop, wherein the gravitational force of the lower roll located in the unrolling portion causes the circumference of the roll to lie against the stop and the paper web can be unrolled through a removal opening.

1 . A holder ( 10 ) for at least two toilet-paper rolls ( 12 ,  14 ) arranged on top of each other that consist of a paper web ( 56 ) wound onto a sleeve ( 52 ,  54 ) or onto a shaft, the holder comprising:
 a first and a second wall ( 28 ,  30 ), which are arranged in parallel some distance apart, wherein each of the walls ( 28 ,  30 ) comprises one guide ( 40 ,  42 ) with a first guide element ( 64 ) and a second guide element ( 66 ), to accommodate one respective end of the shaft or one respective shaft journal that can be accommodated in the opening of the sleeve,   wherein the guide ( 40 ,  42 ) comprises one feed section ( 40   b ) that extends substantially vertically, serves to deliver a toilet-paper roll ( 12 ,  14 ), and merges into an unrolling section ( 40   c ), which extends inclined relative to the vertical in the direction of a limit stop ( 72 ),   wherein the lower toilet-paper roll ( 12 ,  14 ) is situated in the tear-off section ( 40   c ) and bears upon the limit stop ( 72 ) with its circumferential surface due to its own weight, and   wherein the paper web ( 56 ) can be unrolled from the toilet-paper roll ( 14 ) through a withdrawal opening ( 58 ), and can be torn off at the at least one tear-off element ( 60 ,  62 ),   the holder ( 10 ) comprises a locking element ( 110 ), which prevents the lower toilet-paper roll ( 14 ) in use from being pushed back into the feed section ( 40   c ) of the guide ( 40 ,  42 ),   wherein the locking element ( 110 ) is embodied as a sliding element, which in the second guide element ( 66 ) is slideably mounted transversely relative to the guide ( 40 ,  42 ) in the unrolling section ( 40   c ) that extends inclined to the vertical, and due to gravity bears with one of its ends ( 114 ) upon an inner surface ( 90 ) of the first guide element ( 64 ).   
     
     
         2 . The holder of  claim 1 , wherein the end ( 114 ) of the sliding element ( 110 ) that protrudes into the guide on its infeed side is embodied wedge-shaped and possesses an oblique surface ( 116 ), so that during the passage of the paper roll the ends ( 40 ) of the shaft or the shaft journals can shift the sliding element ( 110 ) into an open position, and once the ends ( 40 ) of the shaft or the shaft journal have passed, it falls back into a closed position due to gravity or spring loading. 
     
     
         3 . The holder of  claim 1 , wherein the sliding element ( 110 ) is arranged at a distance from the limit stop ( 72 ) that substantially corresponds to one radius of the toilet-paper roll.