US1579814A

US1579814A - Bag holder

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Publication number: US1579814A
Application number: US618073A
Authority: US
Inventors: Carl R Hellstrom
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-02-09
Filing date: 1923-02-09
Publication date: 1926-04-06
Anticipated expiration: 1943-04-06

Description

April 6, 1926. 1,579,314 4 c. R. HELLsTRoM BAG HOLDER Fled Feb. 9. 1925 2 Sheets-Shut 2 aus: nuts Patented Apr. 6, 1926.

UNITED CARL R. HELLSTROLM, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNEOTA.

mie Hoeven Application filed February 9, 1.923. kSerial No. 618,073.

new and usefulImprovements inBag Holders, of which the `following is a kspecification. yThe invention relates to'bag hoiders, and has as an object the 'provisiono'if improvements upon the device" disclosed bv the patent giantedto me under date of July 25, 1922, No.1, 42,4\,017. Al'iurther object is the provision ofen improved holder having means for dispensing anvof the usualtypes of bags. A'urther object ofthdinvention is the provision of supportino'- mean'sffor Vsuch bag raclrwhe'rebv a 'pluraity 4of racks may be provided to dispense bagsv of ag pluralty of sizes. j

Illustrative embodiments of the invention are shown in thel accompanying' drawings, in `which f Fig.` 1 shoivsa formV ofstand ivith a plurality of holders thereon; i Fig. 2 is a vertical-section onv line 2, of Fig.1.

Fig. 3 isa detail vertical longitudinal section Vof amodiiied forni of holder support; Fig. liiis a detail perspectivevievs7 loi," the form' of device shown in'Fig. 3 with the holder removed 'from'its support;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section ythrough a modified :torni of holder and support;

In the embodiment of the invention shown inFigs. 1 and 2, a support for holders is shown comprising standards 10 and 'which may desirably be formed of 'pi e. Bases 12, 13 are shown upon the standards which may ber boite-dito the floor'or'eouiiter. `Caps 14, 1,5 are shown which may beiitih'zed Jini securing o 'f Vtheidievice in "the `desired position vinstead 'of the bases 12, bolts passingvt-hi'ough the caps into a ceiling, or

The means for directly supporting the Vstiffened and passed about the standardsf The plate y rlhe form of thel device shown in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises 'a box or casing 2O open at the/rear and having an opening 21 in the lowerl portion of its front. Preferably the material adjacent lthe'upper marginof the opening 21 is depressed, as shoivn at 22 to eiiicientiy deliver thebags.' The box atl the lowerV 'edge lof the opening 21 is provided with a' portion 23 rising a short. distance from the floor 2iand the edgeI of the portion 23 isipieferablv outturn'ed vas at 25 to,

stiften the saine and to provide 'a smooth de'- livervf member vfor'the lower portion' oi' the bags. To accommodate'tlieezi'cess thickness of? the lpalcliagfe'"foiV bags` produced tbv "the folded bottoms thereofftlieboes are desirablfv inade'shallower ati'ftheir upper end attheir "'1 `oiver," as' shown. "To ypress the bags'tovv'ard the ripening 21 thereis shovvii a member 265'iv`hich may' be inthe oiinof'a'rod guided ina diagonal 'Wav 27, shovvn 'as comprising slot inthe -ivalls of the box', 'as disclosed in "my former patent referred to.KAV f i 7'" The'vveight of the box and contents, in

the xforniV ozt't-lie device Ashoivn infFi'gs.` 1 to 4 inclusive," issupported'r'froin `:the `rodl 26 v themediiin of" a Strap 27 shown as hanging from hooli 28 inFlgs.- 11 and `l2. The* hook 281s shown asvpassing'through a hole the upper ivall ofthe-"box and as acting as a guide"or'thevertical sliding movement 'of the box the` package of bags 'threin'isieduced *in size byremoval ofbags'." ivili be seen 'thatdhe AWeight of the box and contents supported"by the istrap 27I virili act4 upon'the member 26 Kto force' the same toivai'd'theiront/of the bolvso as" to press the portion ofthe'bagsoutwardly adjacent the central pbition "of the o`pe'iiing'21, causing the bags 't bulge through said opening. The eiiect of such bulging -isto throw outwardlyfthefoldededge of the bottom of each V`bag asA it A"b econie's exposed; andV the bag; may bel removed "'frfon'i 'theholden with great'A celeritv by'k ofuickly jerking yupon the expiised edge of' the bottom of *thebang-f1 K fIn 'thef'for' fof' thedevice shown inFigs. 1 Ato "ffii iiielus" e," fiiieanfs are*providedto fiold ythe; ii'atits'fbttin aiid'tofguide n -it ver caif'slidingtn nient.

forni of' Figs. vand2`-thisv g iidefap- ,the

y te or* the repre as: lniiaffiiesi( agar-ayer Cil of the box. In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 the hooks 28 and are duplicat-ed on the opposite sides of the plate 16 and may desirably be formed from a single. piece of heavy wire passed through the plate and turned upwardly on th-e opposite sides thereof. lVhen so forme-d a series of boxes of the same, or substantially the same, size may be applied. to both sides of the plate. Suiiicient variation between the boxes on opposite sides of the plate is allowable so that the next size, smaller or larger, box may be placed opposite any particular box. The bags upon the opposite side of the plate from the user may be very readily obtained by extending the hand below the plate 16 and reaching up to grasp the edge of the desired bag.

The form of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2 may be removed by sliding the box upwardly until the holes 29 and 3l are freed from their respective hooks when the box may be pulled away from the plate a suficient distance to allow the strap 27 to be readily removed. The supply of bags in the box may then be replenished after removal of the member 26 by merely laying the bags in the box, when the box may be replaced by reverse movements.

In the form of the device shown in Fig. 4 the guide at the bottom takes the form of a headed plate 32, having a head 33 and a neck 34, the body 35 of the plate is shown as secured to the box by means of a screw 36 passing through the hole 31 in the bottom wall of the box and taking into a threaded hole in the body 35. The guide in the plate 37 is shown in the form of a slot 38 having an enlargement 39 at its top through which the head 83 may be passed in the placing of the box upon the holder.` The plate 37 in this form of the device is preferably formed as a pair of parallel separated

plates

37, 39, and when so formed the plate 39 may if desired be also provided with slots 38 so that holders may be applied to the opposite surface of a rack, thus formed. This form of the device is preferably mounted upon a hook 28, as in the form of the device iirst described.

A form of the device for use upon the may be placed upon the hook 42 by entry Y of said hook through the hole 29, with the box depending substantially vertically from the surface 43. lVhen the box is then swungto its position as shown in the figure thewall 24 of the box may be pressed inwardly until it clears the end of the hook 41 when it may be allowed to snap back with the hook 41 engaged in the hole 31.

To press the bags to the front in this form of the device the stra-p 27 is shown as provided with a weight 44, the strap being otherwise the same as provided in the other forms of the invention, and the action of the delivery of bags in this form of the invention is the same as that already described.

The boxes for each of the forms of the invention herein described will be seen to be identical, and may be formed with the

openings

29, 31, which openings are utilized in supporting the box in position in various ways. To adopt the form of holder above described for dispensing straight bags which do not have the edge of the folded bottom to be projected as shown at 45, the device illustrated in Fig. 3 is Supplied. In the einbodiment shown herein, this device comprises a false bottom in the form of a plate 46 resting at its rear edge on the bottom of thevbox and at its front edge upon and terminating above, the lip 25. To prevent this plate slipping forwardly, a tongue or tongues 47 may be struck downwardly from the material of the plat-e to lodge behind the portion 23. To retain the lower edges 0f the bags releasably a tongue 48 is provided which projects forwardly from the front edge of the plate 46 and is preferably upwardly curved to retain the ends. The extremity of the tongue is shown 'as recurved downwardly to act as a` thumb piece. By pressure of the side of the thumb upon the thumb piece, the bottom of a bag may be released to be thrown outwar-dlyaby reason of the pressure of bar 26V which bottom may then be grasped and the bag extracted. The tongue 48 is made of resilient material so as to return to retaining position when released.

Minor change-s may be made in the physical embodiment of the invention without departing 'from its spirit.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a casing comprising end walls, side walls and -a front wall, said end walls each having a perforation adjacent its rear margin adapted to receive casing retaining means, said side walls having slots adjacent one end and inclined upwardly and forwardly, said slots adapted to act as ways for feeding means, and said front wall cut away adjacent one end of the casing to provide an opening, a flange upstanding from the end wall adjacent said opening and forming a margin of the opening.

.12. A dispensing device for paper bags or the like comprising, in combination, a casing having an opening in its front and openingsadjacent the rear edges of its end walls, means at one margin of the front opening to retain the ends of objects to be dispensed, means in the casing actuated by weight of the casing and contents to move such objects toward the front opening, and means coacting` with the openings in the end walls to retain the casing` upon a support, for sliding movement.

3. A dispensing device for paper bags or the like comprising, in combination, a casing having an opening in its front and an opening adjacent the rear edge of its upper end wall, means at the lower margin of said first named opening to retain the ends of objects to be dispensed,ways carried by the side walls of the casing adjacent the first named opening, a member slidable in said ways, means for supporting the casing and contents through the medium of said niember, means passing through the second named openingto guide the vertical slid# ing movement oi" the casing and means to restrain and guide the lower end of the casing for sliding movement.

4. A dispensing device for paper bags or the like comprising, in combination, a casing having an opening in its front and openings adjacent the rear edges of its end walls, means at one margin of the front opening to retain the ends oi objects to be dispensed, means in the casing actuated by weight of the casing and contents to move such objectsk toward the front opening, a plurality of elongated guiding members secured to a support, extending in a plane parallel to the plane thereof and through said openings in the end walls of the casing to retain the casingV against the support for vertical sliding movement'. 'e

5. A dispensing device for paper bags or the like comprising, in combination, a casing having an opening in its front wall and openings adjacent the rear edges of its end walls, ways carried by the side walls of the casing adjacent the first named opening eX- tending diagonally upwardly and forwardly, a member positioned back of articles to be dispensed and slidable in said ways, a plurality of elongated guiding members secured to a support, extending upwardly in a plane parallel with the support and through said openings in the end walls of the casing tor guide sliding movements of the casing, and means supporting the weight ot' the casing and contents from one ot said members whereby objects in the casing willV be moved toward said front opening.

6. A dispensing device for paper bags or the like comprising, in combination, a support, a plurality of members passing through and secured to said support, the portions of said members on each side of said support projecting upwardly substantially parallel with the. plane of the support and adapted to guide the upper and lower ends of dispensing casings iorfif'ertical sliding movements.

7. A dispensing device for paper bags or the like comprising, in combination, a support comprising a plate and standards secured to the vertical edges thereof, a plurality of dispensing casings mounted on said plate for vertically sliding movement, means said opening, a suspending element secured to said means vand having a support engag- .ing opening adjacent its upper end, and a support engaged by said last named openn ing and extending through said perforation, whereby the weight of the casing and contents may cause said means to slide in said ways as the cont-ents of the casing are depleted.

CARL R. HELLSTROM,