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(No Model.)

G. J. SANKER.

, BAG HOLDER. No. 293,279. x Patented Feb. 12, 1884.

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CURTIS J. SANKER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO LEWIS D. BONNER & (30., OF SAME PLACE.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFI GATION -fOrming part of Letters Patent No. 293,279, dated February 12,. 1884.

Application filed July 21, 1883. (No model.)

lb aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GURrIs J SANKER, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and a useful Improvements in Bag-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled-in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same. My invention relates to improvements in bag-holders; and it consists in certain features of construction, and incombination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim. p

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, strong, and cheap bag-holder, so cheap that every farmer may own one, and of such construction that it may be operated under the various conditions incident to a farmers usage and requirements.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my improved bag-holder with the arms distended; Fig.2 is a front elevation of the top part of the bag-holder, but with the arms drawn toward each other, and in the position to engage a bag.

A is a cross-piece adjustably and detachably attached-to the standard B, that is preferably hinged, in the manner shown, to the base G. The base, therefore, may be folded against the standard, and the entire device reduced to a small compass. The part A is provided with a vertical slot, through which the bolt a, or, preferably, a thumb screw, passes, that attaches the cross-piece to a support, B, and by means of the slot the device may be adjusted vertically. To the part A are secured the half-bearings m, in which are journaled the arms D D, whereby the latter may be freely 4 moved toward andfrom each other., To the' arms D D are secured the coilsprings 0, the latter being arranged to force the arms apart.

These arms terminate in the curved jaws d and v (1, made right and left handed, and serrated'on 5 their outer edges, as shown in Fig. 2; The

end of the bag is turned or folded over the upper edges of the jaws, thus engaging the teeth on their outsides, while the main portion of the bag is on their insides, or between the jaws. (See dotted lines, Fig. 2.) The weight of the bag drawing over the upper inner corner of the jaws very much reduces the resistance that is required of the teeth; also, the bag drawing over. the said'upper inner corner draws the overlapping mouth-edge of the bag onto or against the teeth, so that their bite is firmer; and the bag containing a heavy weight may be suspended and held in the manner shown without the aid of any springs to force the jaws apart. In fact, the greater the weight in the bag, the firmer would be the hold of the teeth, provided the strength of the bag were sufficient.

As in some cases grain is thrashed out-0t doors, where there is no floor or suitable surface to set the bag-holder upon, while in othercases the base or standard of the struct' ure would be seriously in the way, the cross piece A may be removed from its standard and secured to anything convenient and suffi- 7o ciently firm, such as the side of a barn or thrashing-machine, a tree, post, or a stake driven in the ground.

Where the bag-holder iscto be used near a a convenient support, the parts B and O, as stated, may be entirely omitted, thereby materially reducing the cost of the bag-holder.

What I claim is In a bag-holder, the combination, with the support A, of the bifurcated arms D D, jour- 8o naled in bearings secured to the support A,,

said arms being provided with-jaws d dand the coiled springs 0, for forcing the arms away from each other, substantially as set forth.

Intestimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 17th day of J uly, 1883.

CURTIS J. SANKER.

Witnesses:

ALBERT E. LYNCH", .OHAS H. Donne.

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