EP0804113B1 - A plastic bag dispenser and a plastic bag for use in said dispenser - Google Patents

A plastic bag dispenser and a plastic bag for use in said dispenser Download PDF

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EP0804113B1
EP0804113B1 EP96900286A EP96900286A EP0804113B1 EP 0804113 B1 EP0804113 B1 EP 0804113B1 EP 96900286 A EP96900286 A EP 96900286A EP 96900286 A EP96900286 A EP 96900286A EP 0804113 B1 EP0804113 B1 EP 0804113B1
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Johan Marius Tryk
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    • 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
    • B65D31/00—Bags or like containers made of paper and having structural provision for thickness of contents
    • B65D31/10—Bags or like containers made of paper and having structural provision for thickness of contents with gusseted sides
    • 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
    • B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
    • B65D33/002—Rolls, strips or like assemblies of bags
    • 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 a plastic bag dispenser according to the first part of claim 1 of the type comprising a box adapted to hold a roll which is freely rotatable in horizontal position in the box, said roll consisting of a string of continuous, finished gusset bags of a flexible plastics material, each bag being provided with two lateral handles placed on either side of a central recess in the bag, which bags are connected by a separation line between the bottom of one bag and the handles of said bag, and wherein the dispenser is designed with an outlet opening for each bag pulled out from the dispenser, said outlet opening for the bags being constituted by an elongate aperture extending substantially in the axial direction of the roll, as well as holders adapted to make it possible to suspend the two handles of the pulled out bag, and means are provided for controlling the movement of a bag.
  • a dispenser of this type is known from French Patent No. 2 558 704 whish discloses a device for dispensing bags of a flexible material which by means of a motorized drive are dispensed downwardly and are torn from a roll. Below the outlet opening this device has a number of holders which the customer may use for suspension of a plastic bag which the device by means of air being blow out delivers in open state.
  • a drawback of such a device is to be seen in that it is space demanding, both behind the goods delivery counter and above this counter, and in that at least some of said holders are present on the exit side of the device.
  • EP-A2-0381 914 describes an automatic plastic bag dispenser arranged at the exit end of the counter, in which a complicated mechanism is provided with means for pneumatic opening of the leading plastic bag of a rolled up string of plastic bags of the type described above, and with bars which are firstly inserted into the handle of the bag and which then move to separate the bag from the succeeding bag and to open these bag handles and keep the bag open ready for use at the end of the counter.
  • a drawback of this known system is that the required mechanism is rather complicated, which of course entails a comparatively high price per unit, for which reason the system presumably is better suited for bigger shops than smaller ones, in which there are for instance only one, two or maybe three cash desks.
  • SE-B 351 559 describes a plastic bag dispenser, in which the plastic bags of the string are connected at a longitudinal lateral edge and at the top are provided with two oblong apertures, which the customer may use for carrying the bag.
  • the leading bag of the string of bags is pulled out manually and positioned vertically in a box-like exit space, following which the two handles of the bag are rolled over two protrusions on top of the box such that the bag is kept upright and open in the box.
  • a plastic bag dispenser differs from the type stated by way of introduction in that the upper side of the box is constituted by a substantially horizontal carrier plate with a front edge and a rear edge, and the outlet opening is provided in the upper side of the box, the means for controlling the movement of a bag are provided below the carrier plate in such a way that the leading handles of the individual bags appear through the aperture at the ends thereof and the holders are placed above each end of the aperture of the carrier plate.
  • a plastic bag dispenser of this type offers a number of advantages.
  • the box with the roll of bags arranged therein may form an independent unit, which may be made exchangeable such that the staff, when a roll of bags is used, quickly may exchange the box by a new box with a roll of bags.
  • the bags are pulled up one by one by their handles through the aperture and may at once be arranged over the carrier plate.
  • the controlled movement of the bag being pulled out has the effect that the bag is not crumpled and consequently easier to put into use.
  • the plastic bag dispenser may be characteristic in that the elongate aperture is profiled in such a way that it curves inwards towards the front edge of the carrier plate and that it has a central, substantially circular arc-shaped lobe facing the rear edge of the carrier plate, and in that the control means below the carrier plate are constituted by at least one roller which is parallel with the axis of the roll of bags and the carrier plate, said roller being displaced in a direction towards the front edge of the carrier plate relative to the longitudinal axis of the aperture.
  • the bag which is about to be pulled out through the aperture in the carrier plate is controlled by the roller, whereby a crumpling of the bag is prevented, and on account of the guide roller being placed closer to the front edge of the carrier plate than the aperture itself, the lobe will during the pulling out of the bag engage the central aperture of the succeeding bag, whereby the bag to be pulled up is separated under continued pull from the succeeding bag.
  • the special profiling of the aperture of the carrier plate has the effect that the lateral edges of the bag distribute evenly towards the ends of the aperture of the carrier plate. This profiling of the aperture is per se known from EP-A-0 558 322.
  • the plastic bag dispenser may be characteristic in that the control means are a number of counter-rotating rollers, preferably coated with friction material and pairwise touching each other through their generators, said rollers being journalled freely rotatably in two end flanges below the carrier plate.
  • the counter-rotating rollers ensure an even more precise controlling of the movement of the bag. On account of these rollers and the frictional effect obtained by their friction material it turns out that a bag may be pulled evenly out of the dispenser merely by pulling one handle of the bag.
  • the bag dispenser according to the invention may be characteristic in that the box substantially has the shape of a suitcase with a bottom portion and with a cover, that one side of the bottom portion is a part of said substantially horizontal carrier plate, that said elongate cutting is provided along the longitudinal edges of said one side of the bottom portion of the suitcase and the cover, that the shaft of the roll of plastic bags and rollers parallel therewith are pivotally journalled in the end walls of the bottom portion of the suitcase, that on the inner side of the cover relative to the inner compartment of the box a rotatable roller is mounted, said roller being parallel with said shaft and said rollers, and that pressure springs press the latter roller in a direction away from the cover into contact with the remaining rollers in the bottom part of the suitcase, when the cover is closed.
  • This embodiment makes it particularly easy for the shop's staff after opening of the cover to arrange a new roll of plastic bags in the box and to manually lead the handles of the leading bag of the roll upwards and place them in the aperture and then close the cover again.
  • the plastic bag dispenser may be characteristic in that above the carrier plate a profiled plate is provided, one part of which extends towards the front edge of the carrier plate, and that said holders are mounted on top of this plate and are positioned above the area of the carrier plate between its aperture and its front edge.
  • the holders are preferably placed substantially above a respective end of the aperture of the carrier plate.
  • a preferable embodiment of the bag dispenser according to the invention may be characteristic in that each holder is constituted by a carrier arm mountable on the plate and by two branches mutually articulately connected and connected with the end of the carrier arm facing away from the plate, said branches forming an annular handle, and that at the end of the carrier arm and at the corresponding end of at least one of the two branches spring means are provided which tend to make the two branches meet, but which may yield to allow the two branches to open for free passage of a hand and the corresponding handles of the bag during an upwards movement for lifting of the bag from the carrier plate.
  • the customer does no longer have to try to free the handles of a filled, heavy carrier bag from the holder.
  • the customer just has to insert his hand or hands into the handles and lift the bag.
  • the two branches of the holder will then open and give free passage for the hand or hands, and will then automatically return to a closed position, in which the two branches once more form an annular handle.
  • the plastic bag dispenser may be characteristic in that the box has means for detachable suspension of the box on a vertical wall, and that each holder consists of two mutually articulate branches forming together an annular handle, one branch of which is fixedly mounted on the wall, and the other branch of which by means of spring means is prestressed for tilting in a direction towards said one branch for closing of the annular handle.
  • the biggest cross-sectional dimension of the holder from the outer side of one branch to the opposite outer side of the second branch may be bigger than the biggest dimension of the opening in the handle of the bag.
  • the invention also relates to a plastic bag for use in the plastic bag dispenser according to the invention.
  • a plastic bag which is part of a string of continuous string of coherent, finished gusset bags of plastics material, said bag having two laterally disposed handles placed on either side of a central recess in the bag, and which in the string of bags are connected with the another bag by a separation line between the bottom welded seam of that bag and the handles of said bag, may according got the invention be characteristic in that the gussets of the bag each have a width (f) of approx. 1/3 of the width of the bag (B), that the recess has a depth (d) of approx.
  • the recess at its lower edge has a width (n) bigger than the width (m) at the top of the recess between the handles), that the width (m) at the bottom of the recess is bigger than 1/3 of the width (B) of the bag, and that the parts of the two bag gussets are each folded and welded or glued along the folding line thus created through a line which from a point at the bottom welded seam extends obliquely upwards to the corresponding side edge of the bag.
  • FIG. 1 shows in perspective and seen from above a part of the bag dispenser according to the invention.
  • the cabinet of sheet material, for instance metal, in which the bag dispenser is built in has been omitted for the sake of clarity.
  • This cabinet is shown by 1 in Fig. 2.
  • a for instance rectangular carrier plate 2 which in position ready for use (Fig. 2) will be substantially horizontal, carries on its underside two vertical, mutually parallel flanges 3, 4. Between these two flanges 3 and 4 a detachable carrier shaft 5 for a roll of plastic bags of the previously described type may be provided in a manner known per se.
  • the shaft 5 extends parallel with the plate 2 and is rotatable relative to the flanges 3 and 4.
  • an especially profiled plate 7 is present which may constitute a part of the cabinet 1 of the bag dispenser, see Fig. 2.
  • the plate 7 is practically S-shaped. The purpose of this particular profiling of the plate 7 will be explained in the following in detail.
  • Fig. 2 shows the device shown in Fig. 1 seen from the end.
  • three rollers 20, 21, 22 are provided below the carrier plate 2 . These rollers are mounted freely rotatable relative to the flanges 3 and 4 and extend parallel with the carrier 2 and the carrier shaft 5 of the plastic bag roll 6.
  • the three rollers 20, 21, 22 are preferably coated with a layer of friction material, for instance rubber.
  • the springs 23 and 24 will again press the two rollers 21 and 22 into abutment against the roller 20, whereby the bag is snapped between and guided by the rollers.
  • the respective turning directions for the rollers 20, 21, and 22 are indicated by the arrows.
  • Fig. 3 shows the device according to Fig. 1 seen from above.
  • the profiled plate 7 and the two holders 10 and 11 have, however, been omitted from Fig. 3.
  • indication by dotted lines has been omitted in respect of the parts of the rollers 20, 21, and 22, which in the set up shown in Fig. 2 are positioned below the plate 2.
  • Fig. 3 thus shows the carrier plate 2, the two flanges 3 and 4, the aperture 9, the three rollers 20, 21, and 22 with associated stops 25, 26 and springs 23, 24 - the stops and the springs at the right side of Fig. 3 having the same design, for which reason reference numerals have not been given - and the roll of plastic bags 6 positioned below the carrier plate 2 and the rollers 20, 21, 22.
  • the double arrows in the left and the right hand side of Fig. 3 indicate the effect of the springs mentioned above.
  • the aperture 9 in the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 3 has substantially the shape of a bill, i.e. like the blade of a broad axe.
  • One edge 30 of the aperture may have a circular profile, whereas the opposite edge of the aperture has a profile consisting of three arc-shaped portions, viz. two outer portions 31 and 32 and a centrally arc-shaped portion 33.
  • the central part 33 form a lobe pointing towards the edge 30 of the aperture.
  • Each holder 10, 11 consist of two branches 14, 15 which are articulate with their respective carrier arm 12, 13 at a joint connection point 16, and by means of not shown spring means built into the branches 14, 15 and in the associated carrier arm 12, 13 these two branches 14, 15 may - with a view to the following purpose - be opened in a direction away from each other against the action of the spring means and, under influence of the spring means, snap back towards each other again.
  • This possibility of mutual movement of the two branches 14, 15 of each holder is indicated by the double arrow in Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 4 shows schematically a part of a string of socalled gusset bags 40, 41,....
  • bags of plastics material for instance polyethylene or the like, are made in a manner known per se, such that each bag is provided with a recess 42 and is only coherent with the next bag in the edge areas 40a, 40b, 41a, 41b, etc....
  • the recess 42 in the individual bag is broad enough for providing, when a bag is separated from the next one, two handles 43, 44 which the customer may use for carrying the bag.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates the use of a bag pulled out from the device.
  • Fig. 5a shows that the bag 40 has been pulled out of the device and is ready for being positioned vertically.
  • Fig. 5b shows that the handles of the bag 43 and 44 are now on level with the holders.
  • Fig. 5c shows that the handles 43 and 44 have now been rolled over their respective holders, the bag is folded out and is open.
  • Fig. 5d shows that the customer, now by use of both hands, may fill the bag with goods.
  • Figs 6 and 7 shows another embodiment, in which the box is now shaped like a suitcase 60 with a suitcase bottom part 61 and cover 62
  • the end walls of the suitcase bottom part are not shown in Fig. 6, and Fig. 7 only shows the end wall 64 farthest away from the viewer.
  • the suitcase bottom part 61 holds the roll of bags 6 on its carrier shaft 7 as well as two rollers 20, 21 parallel with this shaft and preferably coated with a layer of friction material.
  • the inner side of the cover 62 carries a roller 22 parallel with the shaft 5 of the roll of bags, which roller may likewise have a coating of friction material and which by springs 65 is prestressed in direction away from the cover 62.
  • Fig. 7 the cover 62 is open and the staff may easily insert a new roll and arrange the handles of the first bag of the roll at the longitudinal edge of the suitcase bottom part 61 and the cover 62, respectively, following which the cover is closed, cf. Fig. 6.
  • rollers 20, 21, 22 will be pairwise in contact (20, 22,; 21,22) along their generator and thus be in drive engagement with the bag.
  • the interspace between the roller 20 and the roller 22, the roller 21 and the roller 22, respectively has been shown somewhat bigger than is normally the case. Actually these rollers will as said above pairwise be in contact with each other.
  • Such a suitcase-like box 60 may be equipped with means (not shown) for suspension of the box on a wall, preferably below two accompanying bag holders.
  • the bag holders may advantageously be provided such that one branch thereof is fixedly connected with the wall carrying the box, whereas it is only the other branch facing away from the wall which is angularly movable and is prestressed in a direction towards the fixedly mounted branch.
  • the bag dispenser is placed at a cash desk in a supermarket or in a similar shop.
  • the staff has provided a roll 6 of bags in the device and inserted the handles of the first bag between the rollers 20, 21, 22, such that the handles of the bag are accessible just above the aperture 9.
  • the special shape of the profiled plate 7 forces the customer to pull the bag (at one handle or both) obliquely upwards in the direction indicated by the arrow P, i.e. slightly away from the device.
  • the particular shape of the dispenser aperture 9 relative to the straight rollers 20, 21, 22 and the advantageous placing of said rollers relative to the dispenser aperture 9 causes the bags to distribute evenly over the whole extension of this dispenser aperture and makes the handles of the bag automatically arrange themselves at the ends of this aperture, even though actually only one handle of the bag is pulled.
  • the box comprising the carrier plate 2, the flanges 3, 4, the rollers 20, 21, 22 and the remaining parts of the mechanism, including the shaft of the roll of bags, may be designed as a unit exchangeable in the cabinet 1 of the bag dispenser. This makes it possible for the staff to keep a store of one or more re- filled boxes, such than when a roll of bags has been used, then a new box with a new roll of bags may quickly be arranged in the dispenser.
  • the particularly profiled plate 7 not necessarily have to be of S-shape as shown in Figs 1 and 2, in which the lower part 7a of the plate 7 covers the upper side of the carrier plate 2.
  • the plate 7 might also from the middle of the S-shaped arc extend directly down towards the carrier plate, provided that the general shape of the plate 7 and the position of the holders 10, 11 have the effect that the customer is forced to pull the bag upwards in the direction indicated by the arrow P in Fig. 2.
  • the aperture 9 in the carrier plate 2 does not necessarily have to be of the special embodiment shown in Figs 1 and 3.
  • the aperture in the carrier plate 2 may just be a rectangular aperture, while the horizontal part 7a of the plate 7 has a corresponding aperture of the shape herein described.
  • rollers instead of rectilinear guide rollers two or more pairs of counter-rotating rollers might be used, said rollers being arranged approximately in accordance with the profile of the aperture 9.
  • the bag dispenser in a manner known per se might be equipped with a photocell arrangement for detecting the position of the aperture of a succeeding bag relative to the aperture 9 in the carrier plate 2 and for a possible electric brake of at least one of the guide rollers 20, 21, 11 and/or for providing the cash register with a signal indicating that a bag has been pulled and that, if so, a charge has to be made for this bag.
  • Fig. 8 shows yet another embodiment of the bag dispenser according to the invention.
  • the dispenser 60 itself in the embodiment described with reference to Figs 6 and 7 is placed below a box 70 consisting of a rear plate 71 and two side plates 72 and 73, which are perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the rear plate.
  • a box 70 consisting of a rear plate 71 and two side plates 72 and 73, which are perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the rear plate.
  • the rear plate 70 and the, side plates 71 and 72 extend down to the upper edge of the suitcase 60, but they may also, in an amended embodiment, extend for instance so far as to the floor, along the opposite sides of the suitcase, such that the suitcase will be placed within the box 70.
  • a holder 74 is provided for suspension of one handle 43 of the bag.
  • a corresponding holder 75 is provided for suspension of the second handle 44 of the bag.
  • the holder 74 has substantially the shape of an upright spoon or cockleshell, which seen in the direction of the arrow A is concave. This concave shape makes it possible for the consumer by an upward movement to place one hand in the concave space and behind the suspended handle of the bag and by continued movement upwards to free the handle of the bag from the holder 74.
  • the opposite holder 75 is designed in the same way, but reverted relative to the holder 74, i.e. concave, seen in the direction of the arrow B.
  • These two spoon-shaped holders 73 and 74 may be arranged integral with at least the side plates 72 and 73, for instance by casting from an impact-proof material. These two holders, may, however, also be constructed as separate parts from a suitable material and mounted fixedly on top of their respective side plates.
  • Fig. 9 shows yet another embodiment of the box 70.
  • two spoon- or cockleshell-shaped recesses 94 95 are provided which are concave in the direction of arrow C respectively D, said recesses ending at the two upper corners of each side plate, 92 and 93 , respectively, in two horn-shaped protrusions 96, 97 and 98, 99, respectively.
  • These pairs of protrusion serve each to hold one handle of a bag and the recesses 94, 95 gives the user a possibility, like described with reference to Fig. 8, of freeing the handles from the protrusions.
  • the bag is made from a sleeve of a plastics material and in addition to the well-known lines of weakening at the edges 40a, 40b, 41a, 41b, by means of which a bag may be separated from the next one, each individual bag has, as also shown in Fig. 10 in respect of the bag according to the invention, welded seams 145 as indicated by xxxx at the top of the handles 43, 44 and a welded seam 146 as indicated by xxxx at the bottom of the bag.
  • the bag according to the invention has a gusset width f somewhat bigger than the width shown i Fig. 1, for instance a gusset width of approx. 1/3 of the width of the bag B.
  • Fig. 11 shows the profile of the bag, for instance the bag 40, in somewhat extended condition, for instance at the sectional line 147 in Fig. 10.
  • Each gusset 150, 151 in a bag has two parts 152, 153 and 154, 155, respectively.
  • the inner edge (point) of the gusset 150 is shown by 150' and the inner edge (point) of the gusset 151 is shown by 151'.
  • the recess in a bag for instance the bag 40, Fig. 10 has a depth d which may for instance be 1/4 of the height of the bag.
  • the width m of the recess 42 at the top i.e. between the handles 43, 44, is somewhat smaller than the width n of the recess 42 at its lower edge, for instance 5-6% smaller.
  • the width n at the bottom of the recess 42 is bigger than 1/3 of the width of the bag B.
  • Fig. 12 shows perspectively a bag according to the invention, for instance the bag 40, in nearly distended position.
  • a point p on the lower welded seam 146 of the bag Fig. 10, preferably the point, in which the inner edge of the gusset meets the welded seam 146, one part 152 of the gusset 150 is folded together and fold edge-welded or - glued to itself along a line 156 extending obliquely upwards - cf. Fig. 10 - to the side edge of the bag 40.
  • the second part 155 of the gusset 151 is likewise folded together and fold-edge-welded to itself along a line 158, likewise extending obliquely upwards - cf. Fig. 10 - to the second side edge of the bag 40.
  • the essential advantage is obtained, namely that the bag, when placed on a carrier surface, for instance the carrier surface 2 on the dispenser, cf. Fig. 2, and folded out during the suspension of the handles 43, 44 over suited holders 10, 11, the bottom of the bag will get the shape of a cardboard box or a paper carrier bag of the kind available in a supermarket.
  • a bag which on account of the presence of said fold-welded seams 156, 157, 158 .. will unfold into a rectangular form at a folding line as indicated by 159a in Fig. 10 and by a second transversal folding line as indicated by 159b in Fig. 11.
  • the box-shaped bottom of the bag also allows a better weight distribution of the goods in the bag. It should further be noted, that the presence of said fold-welded seams 156, 157, 158 do not give rise to any substantial local increase of the thickness of the bag, when during its manufacture the string of bags is coiled into a roll for use in a dispenser according to the invention.

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