US2867400A - Bagging machine - Google Patents

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J. E. STEHR BAGGING MACHINE Jan. 6, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 7, 1954 l2 INV ENTOR. JOSEPH E. STEHR ATTO' 1959 J. E. STEHR 2,867,400

BAGGING MACHINE Filec l July 7, 1954 '2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I INVENTOR. 22 82 JOSEPH E. STEHR BAGGING MACHINE Joseph E. Stehr, Silverton, Ohio Application July 7, 1954, Serial No. 441,751 2 Claims. Cl. 248-161) This invention relates to a bagging machine of the type which facilitates the introduction of elongate, openended bags onto articles of wearing apparel suspended from clothes hangers.

An object of the invention is to provide a bagging machine of the type which may be delivered to the ultimate user thereof in a knocked-down condition and which when assembled will provide a highly eificient, sturdy, trouble-free device.

Another object ofthe invention is to provide a bagging machine which includes a rod mounted in telescopic relationship with. a verticalsupporting member for supporting garment hangers a sufiicient distance above a floor, or other supporting surface, whereby the lower end of garments suspended from the hangers is spaced above the supporting surface, for enabling an open-ended bag to be drawn downwardly onto and over the garment and its supporting hanger.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bagging machine having the hereinabove described characteristics wherein the garment-hanger supporting rod may be released from-fully elevated position for enabling a bagged garment to be easily removed therefrom.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a device having structural details which facilitate the attainment of the above enumerated objects.

These and other objectsare attained by the means described herein and as disclosed in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is a front elevational view of a bagging device embodying the details of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the device of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the device in use incident to the process of applying a bag to a dress.

With reference now to Fig. 1, the numeral denotes a base plate to be suitably secured to a supporting surface such as, by Way of example, a floor, or the like. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, base 10 includes a socket 12 and a socket 14 both of which are rigidly secured thereto, socket 14 being spaced a considerable distance above the base and reinforced as by members 16.

With reference now to Fig. 3, the numeral 20 denotes a hollow, elongate member in the form of an upright post the lower end of which is receivable within socket 12 as at 22, and the upper end of which is adapted to receive a housing or hood 24.

A rod 30 is slidably receivable within elongate member 20, the upper end of said rod being provided with a U-shaped notch 32 dimensioned to securely though releasably receive the hook portion of a conventional triangular shaped garment hanger.

One face of rod 30 is provided with a plurality of notches 34 defined by an upwardly and inwardly inclined lower surface 36 and a second surface 38 dis atent ice posed at substantial right angleswith face 40 of the rod.

Housing or hood 24 includes a lower wall 42 provided with an opening 44.dimensioned"to receive the upper end of elongate member 20, and with a smooth bore 46 spaced rearwardly thereof, as illustrated. The upper wall 45 of hood 24 is provided with an opening 47 dimensioned to slidably receive rod 30. A pawl 50 is pivotally secured adjacent its rear end, as at 52, to the hood by means of a pivot pin which spans side walls 54 of the hood. The free end of pawl 50 is provided with a tapered portion 56 the angle of which approaches the angularity of inclined lower surfaces 36 of notches 34, said pawl being adapted to automatically fall into or be received within a notch incident to raising of rod 30 upwardly relative to and through elongate member 20, for securely though releasably maintaining the rod in an elevated position.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention the rear faces of side walls 54 are inclined downwardly and outwardly as at 160 for a reason hereinafter more fully made apparent. A stopmember 162 spans side walls 54 for limiting the upward movementof pawl 50 about its pivot.

The numeral 60 denotes a lever having a forward pedal portion 62 and a rearwardly extending actuator portion 64, said lever being pivoted to the lower end of elongate member 20 by means of a pivot pin 66 which extends completely through the elongate member.

A spring 68 one end of'which is secured as at 70 to the elongate member and the other end secured as at 72 to the lever is provided for normally and yieldably maintaining the lever with the forward pedal portion im clined upwardly, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

The numeral denotes an actuator rod the upper end of which is slidably receivable within bore 46 of housing or hood 24. The lower end of the rod is bent upwardly as at 82, thence downwardly as at 84, for providing an '8 turn, leg 86 of which is receivable within an opening 88 provided in rear end wall 90 of lever 60, for thereby anchoring the actuatorrod relative to the lever.

From the foregoing, it'will be noted that actuator rod 80 will be elevated incident to a lowering of the forward pedal portion about pivot 66, whereby'the free upper end of the rod will engage, and exert a lifting force against pawl 50 which will be elevated until the end thereof has been disengaged from notch 34, therebypermitting rod 30 to drop by gravity into or downwardly of elongate member 20, As the pawl is lifted to effect disengagement from a notch, rod,:30 will likewisebe lifted until the pawl has become completely disengaged from the notch in which it was seated.

A bumper plug 92 is housed within elongate member 20 being supported upon pivot 66. The lower end 31 of rod 30 will strike upper surface 93 of the bumper plug, thereby resiliently arresting the downward movement of rod 30.

With reference now to Figs. 1, 2 and 4, the numeral denotes a vertical standard the lower end of which is receivable within and securely mounted to socket member 14, said standard being provided with three laterally spaced, horizontally extending branches 102, 104 and 106, from which bags 108, and 112, re spectively, may be suspended. It will be noted that bags 108 are dimensioned whereby to fit over a pair of trousers and a hanger from which they are suspended; bag 110 being dimensioned to receive a suit and a hanger from which it is suspended; bag 112 being dimensioned to receive a dress and a hanger from which it is suspended.

As indieated in Figs. 2 and 4, a plurality of similar bags will normally be suspended from horizontal branches 102, 104 and 106, thereby providing a convenient supply of bags to an operator of the device.

Operation Operation of the device will be described with reference to Fig. 4, 'and assuming that a bag 112 is to be applied to a dress 120 suspended from a garment hanger 122 the hook 124 of which has been received in notch 32 of rod 30. Rod 30 will be elevated by hand until the lower end 130 of the dress has been spaced above base 10, it being understood that rod 30 will be maintained in elevated position by reason of pawl 50 having engaged one of the notches 34. i

With the dress thus suspended from its hanger, the operator will then reach upwardly and grasp the lower or open end 132 of the outer of bags 112 and then pull it downwardly, in the direction indicated by the headed arrow 134, for thus enveloping the dress. It will be noted that inclined surface 160 of the hood or housing 24 is tapered whereby to facilitate downward movement of the bag relative to and over the hood and elongate member 20.

After the bag has been fully lowered onto the dress, the hook portion of the garment hanger from which the dress is suspended will be exposed through the small opening in the top of the bag, and the upper end of rod 30 will likewise be exposed. After an operator has grasped the exposed hook, the forward pedal portion 62 of lever 60 may be depressed for thereby dropping rod 30 back into elongate member 20, after which the bagged dress may be lifted upwardly off of the comparatively low elongate member 20.

From the foregoing, it will be noted that I have thus provided simple yet highly effective means for enabling an operator to apply open-ended garment bags to various types and styles of garments suspended from conventional garment hangers.

It should be understood that various changes may be made in the structural details of the device, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A garment hanger comprising an upright hollow post having a lower end and an open upper end, an upright garment-support rod slidable within said post and having opposite ends and an intermediate portion, the intermediate portion being notched transversely at intervals to engage a pawl, a hollow hood supported atop the hollow post, said hood including upper and lower walls having upright openings therein to receive, respectively, the upright slidable rod, and the open upper end of the post, said hood lower wall having a third upright opening therein offset from the post-receiving opening and the upper end of the post, an elongate substantially horizontal pawl enclosed within the hood, a nose end on the pawl to engage individually the transverse notches of the rod when the rod is extended from the post, an opposite end on the pawl, and means pivoting the opposite end of the pawl upon the hood for movement of the pawl in a vertical plane with the intermediate portion of the pawl overlying the aforesaid third opening of the hood, an elongate actuator rod having an upper end slidable within the offset third opening of the hood, to abut the overlying intermediate portion of the pawl, and means operatively connected with the actuator rod, to selectively elevate the upper end of the latter, for displacing the pawl about its pivot means and disengaging the nose end thereof from a notch of the garment-support rod.

2. A garment hanger comprising an upright hollow (post having a lower end and an open upper end, an up right garment-support rod slidable within said post and having opposite ends and an intermediate portion, the intermediate portion being notched transversely at intervals to engage a pawl, a hollow hood supported atop the hollow post, said hood including upper and lower walls having upright openings therein to receive, respectively, the upright slidable rod, and the open upper end of the post, said hood lower wall having a third upright opening therein offset from the post-receiving opening and the upper end of the post, an elongate substantially horizontal pawl enclosed within the hood, a nose end on the pawl to engage individually the notches of the rod when the rod is extended through the open upper end of the post, an opposite end on the pawl, and means on the hood pivoting said opposite end for gravity movement of the pawl to a position overlying the aforesaid third opening of the hood, an elongate actuator rod having an upper end slidable within said third opening of the hood, to abut the pawl intermediate the ends of the latter, and means operatively connected with the actuator rod, to selectively elevate the upper end of the latter, for displacing the pawl about its pivot means and disengaging the nose end thereof from a notch of the garment-support rod.

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