US256527A

US256527A - Paper-bag file

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Publication number: US256527A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-04-18
Anticipated expiration: 1899-04-18

Description

(Modl.)

Y L. R. WITHERELL.

PAPER BAG PILE.

No. 256527. Patenfd Apr..18,1882" Witnesses )M Hayes t n I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOREN R. WITHERELL, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

PAPER-BAG FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,527, dated April 18, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOREN R. WITHEEELL, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Paper- Bag File, ot' which thei'ollowing is a specilication.

`lllyinvention relates to improvements in paper-bag files fused by grocers, drnggists, and merchants generally; and itconsistsin s uch a combination ot a spring-clamp or spring-bail, a rollcr,'and a stop hook or hooks as will hold a package of paper-bags in a convenient position and allow one or more to be withdrawn without disturbing the remainderof the pack4 age, which is a desideratum never before attained byanyt'ormerinvention. Iattainthese objects by the mechanism illustrated in the-accompanying drawings, in which` Figure l is a perspective view, showing the general appearance of the device; and Fig, 2, a side View ot' the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both views. v

The spring-clamp or spring-bail A is made any desired size and of any desired sized wire to suit different-sized paper bags. It Iis attached to a suitable board or block, and is made in any convenientform, so as to hold the roller B and press it down upon the bags. It lnay have the wire passing over the roller, as shown, to lift it by; or the wire may extend forward for the same purpose, and extend around, as through the stop hook or hooks, so as to prevent the clamp from being drawn back to the injury of the springs.

The roller B is made of any desired size or material and attached by any suitable pivots tothe springclamp. Its use is to overcome frictlon and allow the paper bags to be Withdrawn, one` or more at a time, between the roller and the stop hook or hooks.

The stop-hook U is a very important part Application tiled July 2S, 1881. (Model.)

otl this device, and is used singly or double, accordin g to the different-sized bags. Itis made to curve toward the roller, so that the bottoms or" the bags shall rest against it when thrown into a circular or fan-like forni by the pressure of the rollers. Itwill be seen that without the stop-hook or some equivalent device the bags would be drawn out in bunches or in unsuitable numbers, especially so it' they were stuck together by the paste used in their eonstruc- The whole device, when constructed, may be secured or fastened to the counter or wall, or any convenient place in a store where used, in numbers to suit each individual user.

The spring bail or clamp A is raised and a package' of bags placed beneath the roller B, the bottoms reaching upward to the stop-hook G. When a bag ot' any desired size is needed it can be withdrawn by the thumb and finger between the stop-hook and the roller, and leave all the others in the package in place and undisturbed.

I am aware that paper slips have been used with a spring-clamp for years to hold letters, papers, 85o., in le; but the use for which this deviceis designed is entirely different and relates to the use of paper bags only, the increasing use of which demands some special device to hold them in convenient position for use. I

do notthereore claim the use of aspringclamp, broadly; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a paper-bag tile, the combination of the roller B with the spring-clamp A, and provided with the stop-hook C, substantially as and for the purposes described.

LOREN R. W'ITHERELL.

Witnesses:

W. P. HEWEs, S. J. WRIGHT.