US 11,987,467 B2
Rolled paper cutting device
Bryan Perla, West Boylston, MA (US)
Filed by Bryan Perla, West Boylston, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/721,308.
Application 17/721,308 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/994,665, filed on May 31, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/670,840, filed on May 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/513,474, filed on Jun. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0042565 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 35/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 35/06 (2013.01) [B65H 2301/51512 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A paper cutting device comprising:
a. a tube configured to receive an elongated section of a roll of paper within a hollow interior thereof, said tube having an open front end, an open back end and a middle section between the front end and the back end defining a length thereof; and having a top portion and a bottom portion bounding the hollow interior between the open front end and open back end of the tube, the portions separated from each other by a full length dispensing interstice on one side and a hinge on the other side;
b. the full length dispensing interstice running axially along one side of the tube from the front end to the back end, and defining an elongated gap between a first edge of the top portion of the tube and a first edge of the bottom portion of the tube;
c. the hinge configured to pivot the top portion of the tube with respect to the bottom portion responsive to compressive pressure applied by a user to exterior surfaces of top and bottom portions of the tube to thereby decrease a spacing distance between the first edge of the top portion and first edge of the bottom portion of the tube, said hinge running axially along one side of the tube from the front end to the back end and running parallel to the full length dispensing interstice and defining a second edge of the top portion of the tube and a second edge of the bottom portion of the tube;
d. a paper cutting knife blade attached to the first edge of the bottom portion of the tube, between the front end and the back end, and extending into the elongated gap only partially between the first edge of the top portion of the tube and a first edge of the bottom portion of the tube, the knife blade including a sharp edge which that faces towards the front end of the tube.