EP0569641A1 - Abgabevorrichtung für Plastiktüten - Google Patents

Abgabevorrichtung für Plastiktüten Download PDF

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EP0569641A1
EP0569641A1 EP92307940A EP92307940A EP0569641A1 EP 0569641 A1 EP0569641 A1 EP 0569641A1 EP 92307940 A EP92307940 A EP 92307940A EP 92307940 A EP92307940 A EP 92307940A EP 0569641 A1 EP0569641 A1 EP 0569641A1
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bags
housing
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dispensing apparatus
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Rodney A. Bates
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Sonoco Products Co
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H35/00—Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machines; Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers
    • B65H35/0006—Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices
    • B65H35/0073—Details
    • B65H35/008—Arrangements or adaptations of cutting devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F9/00—Shop, bar, bank or like counters
    • A47F9/02—Paying counters
    • A47F9/04—Check-out counters, e.g. for self-service stores
    • A47F9/042—Shopping bags or carton-dispensing systems therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/08—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession
    • B65D83/0847—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession through an aperture at the junction of two walls
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F9/00—Shop, bar, bank or like counters
    • A47F9/02—Paying counters
    • A47F9/04—Check-out counters, e.g. for self-service stores
    • A47F9/042—Shopping bags or carton-dispensing systems therefor
    • A47F2009/044—Shopping bags or carton-dispensing systems therefor dispensing from a roll

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for serially dispensing flexible plastic bags which are joined along perforated severance lines.
  • plastic bags normally in the nature of t-shirts or handle bags, has become increasingly popular, particularly in grocery stores and the like.
  • Such plastic bags may be provided to users thereof in various and sundry ways, such as from a stack of bags, or from rolls of bags in which the bags are joined along perforated severance lines.
  • the rolls of bags are positioned at various accessible locations adjacent points of intended use.
  • the mounting means for such rolls have usually taken the form of either vertically or horizontally mounted spindles upon which the wound rolls are freely mounted. A user withdraws an individual bag from the roll, but then must grasp the roll to prevent other bags from being unrolled therefrom as the user tears the severance line to remove the individual bag.
  • plastic bag dispensing apparatus While the plastic bag dispensing apparatus disclosed in the above-referenced patents represent a significant advance in the art, certain limitations in use have been noted. Specifically, the plastic bags withdrawn through the nozzles disclosed in these patents are gathered or bunched by the zig-zag slots such that the dispensed bags look used and are crumpled. While such used or crumpled appearance does not detract from the utility of the bags, the appearance is important since some customers may object thereto. Additionally, the sharp corners of the zig-zag or sawtooth slots have a tendency to exert undue localized pressures upon the bags being withdrawn or dispensed therethrough.
  • a housing defining a confining chamber adapted to receive and confine therein at least one wound package or roll of bags which are joined along perforated severance lines.
  • the housing has an elongate narrow slot therein through which individual bags may be serially drawn and dispensed.
  • the slot has a smoothly curving, sinuous profile longitudinally thereof and is of a width relative to the thickness of the bags such that withdrawal of the bags through the slot is frictionally retarded or resisted. This resistance facilitates the severance of the leading bag from the immediately following bag joined thereto along the perforated severance line.
  • the profile and length of the slot permit the individual bags to be withdrawn and dispensed in a flat, non-crumpled form, and the smoothly curving sinuous profile of the slot permits withdrawal and dispensing of the bags without any undue localized pressure being applied to the bags being dispensed.
  • the housing 10 includes a body portion 11 which is preferably cylindrical in form and of a diameter and length to receive and confine therein a plurality of wound rolls R and R ' of serially connected bags to be dispensed.
  • the cylindrical body portion 11 defines therewithin a chamber which receives and confines the rolls of bags R and R ' and mounts the rolls for rotation within the chamber as bags are serially withdrawn from the dispensing apparatus 10 .
  • Body portion 11 has an elongate, narrow slot 12 formed therein through which individual bags may be serially drawn and dispensed.
  • the slot 12 has a width relative to the thickness of the bags being dispensed such that withdrawal of the bags through the slot 12 is frictionally retarded or resisted to assist in separation of the leading bag from the immediately following bag along the perforated severance line connecting the two and to hold the immediately following bag in position for subsequent withdrawing and dispensing once the leading bag has been removed.
  • the housing body portion 11 is formed by a lower body member 13 and an upper body member 14 .
  • Lower body member 13 is stationery, and upper body member 14 is hingedly mounted on lower body member 13 by a hinge 15 which preferably extends throughout the length of the lower and upper body members 13 , 14 .
  • Lower and upper body members 13 and 14 preferably comprise a half-cylinder closed at their opposite ends by end caps 13a , 13b and 14a , 14b .
  • the rearward edges 13c , 14c of the lower and upper body members 13 and 14 are substantially straight while the forward edges 13d , 14d thereof are formed in smoothly curved, sinuous, mating profiles which define the slot 12 when upper body member 14 is in closed position.
  • the sinuous profile of slot 12 comprises a sine wave.
  • Bracket means 20 is mounted on lower body member 13 for mounting of the dispensing apparatus 10 on any suitable accessible surface adjacent to the location where the bags are to be withdrawn and used.
  • Bracket means 20 comprises end cap members 21 , 12 mounted on opposite ends 13a and 13b , respectively, of lower body member 13 by suitable screws 23 .
  • End cap members 21 and 22 have formed integrally therewith a connecting member 24 extending longitudinally beneath lower body member 13 in spaced relation thereto.
  • Connecting member 24 has suitable screw holes 25 formed therethrough for receipt of suitable mounting screws (not shown).
  • Latching means is provided for latching the upper body member 14 in closed position.
  • Such latching means comprises slidable latches 26 , 27 mounted in elongate slots 30 , 31 in end cap members 21 and 22 of bracket means 20 , respectively.
  • the end caps 14a and 14b of upper body member 14 have suitable bayonet slots 32 , 33 formed therein for receipt and locking cooperation with latches 26 and 27 , respectively.
  • housing 11 may be formed of any suitable material, it is preferred that the cylindrical housing 11 be formed of clear plastic capable of withstanding the shocks and wear normally associated with the extended use of the apparatus to contain and dispense plastic bags therefrom.
  • bracket means 20 is formed of a high impact plastic of any suitable color.
  • the dispensing apparatus 10 is mounted on a suitable supporting surface at a location adjacent to the point where the plastic bags are to be used by screws being inserted through holes 25 in connecting member 24 or by any other suitable attachment means. Latch members 26 and 27 are then moved to the unlatched position and upper body member 14 is pivoted from the closed position to the open position.
  • Wound rolls of bags R and R ' are then positioned within lower body member 13 with the leading ends of the wound rolls of bags resting on the sinuously curved forward edge 13d of lower body member 13 .
  • the rolls of bags to be dispensed may be of the same type bags or of different type bags having different characteristics for bags suitable for use at the location where the dispensing apparatus 10 is mounted.
  • upper body member 14 is pivoted from the open position to the closed position, and latch members 26 and 27 are moved rearwardly to the latched position.
  • the smoothly curved sinuous profile lower forward edges 13d and 14d of lower and upper body members 13 and 14 defining slot 12 frictionally grip the leading bags therebetween.

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Cited By (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1996003338A2 (en) * 1994-07-25 1996-02-08 Sealed Air Corporation Bag separator and dispenser
WO2005053468A2 (en) * 2003-11-28 2005-06-16 Eps Fzc Sling roll-bag-dispenser
GB2455912A (en) * 2007-12-28 2009-07-01 Mdc Exports Ltd Bag dispensing unit
GB2481032A (en) * 2010-06-09 2011-12-14 Anker Internat Plc A container for storing and dispensing sequentially separable articles

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US2840266A (en) * 1955-05-31 1958-06-24 Kimberly Clark Co Dispensing carton
GB946077A (en) * 1961-01-23 1964-01-08 Nat Distillers Chem Corp Container for shipping, storing and dispensing sheet material
DE8712163U1 (de) * 1987-09-08 1987-10-22 Grübel, Helga, 7014 Kornwestheim Halter für Folienschlauchrollen
EP0419735A1 (de) * 1989-09-27 1991-04-03 Schön B.V. Papierrollenhalterung
US5111985A (en) * 1990-04-06 1992-05-12 Lapeyre Fernard S Receptacle for dispensing a continuous web of paper from a roll

Patent Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2840266A (en) * 1955-05-31 1958-06-24 Kimberly Clark Co Dispensing carton
GB946077A (en) * 1961-01-23 1964-01-08 Nat Distillers Chem Corp Container for shipping, storing and dispensing sheet material
DE8712163U1 (de) * 1987-09-08 1987-10-22 Grübel, Helga, 7014 Kornwestheim Halter für Folienschlauchrollen
EP0419735A1 (de) * 1989-09-27 1991-04-03 Schön B.V. Papierrollenhalterung
US5111985A (en) * 1990-04-06 1992-05-12 Lapeyre Fernard S Receptacle for dispensing a continuous web of paper from a roll

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1996003338A2 (en) * 1994-07-25 1996-02-08 Sealed Air Corporation Bag separator and dispenser
WO1996003338A3 (en) * 1994-07-25 1996-05-30 Sealed Air Corp Bag separator and dispenser
WO2005053468A2 (en) * 2003-11-28 2005-06-16 Eps Fzc Sling roll-bag-dispenser
WO2005053468A3 (en) * 2003-11-28 2005-08-04 Eps Fzc Sling roll-bag-dispenser
GB2455912A (en) * 2007-12-28 2009-07-01 Mdc Exports Ltd Bag dispensing unit
GB2455912B (en) * 2007-12-28 2012-04-04 Mdc Exports Ltd Bag dispenser device
GB2481032A (en) * 2010-06-09 2011-12-14 Anker Internat Plc A container for storing and dispensing sequentially separable articles

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