US461291A

US461291A - Bag-holder

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Publication number: US461291A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-10-13
Anticipated expiration: 1908-10-13

Description

(No Model.)

J. D. TIMMERMAN.

BAG HOLDER.

No. 461,291. Patented Oct. 13,1891.

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BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,291, dated October 13, 1891.

Application filed June 25, 1891. Serial No. 397,444. (No model.)

To all whom it 11mg concern.-

Be it known that I, JASON D. TIMMERMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Spring Lake, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented certain new and 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 appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bag-holders.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap and convenient device for holding bags with their mouths open for filling; and it consists in providing a support with two swinging arms having knobs at their outer ends and at intermediate points, so as to sustain bags of different sizes; and the invention further consists in providing the swinging arms with spring bolts or catches for adjusting the same and one of the arms with a spring for throwing the same in one direction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a side view showing a bag sustained by the supporting-arms.

A refers to a plate or support which is provided with lugs a, a, and a which are apertured to receive the bent ends 1) of the arms or bag-supports B and B. Thelug a has ratchetteeth 0 formed on its edge, and but a single tooth or notch c is formed on the corresponding lug at the opposite end of the support. The arms B and B carry similarly-constructed spring-projected bolts 0, which pass through suitable guides or eyes d d. The outer ends of these bolts are bent to provide convenient hand-grasping portions. The downwardlybent end of the arm B is provided with a helical spring E between its supporting-lugs, one end of which bears against the support A, while the opposite end engages with the arm to throw the same in one direction or away from the arm 13. The outer ends of the arms B and 13 carry knobs e 6, over which the edge of the bag is turned, and said arms are also provided. with knobs ff, which are attached to slides f, adjustable upon the arms and retained in position by thumbscrews. It will be noted that the knobsfextend some distance above the mean level of the knobs, 6, so that the rear portion of the mouth of the bag will be considerably higher than the front portion thereof. This is particularly desirable when the device is used to sustain mail-bags.

. The support A is adapted to be supported by a loop g, 'Whichmay be made fast to a wall or standard.

When it is desired to secure a bagin place,

.it is placed over the knobs eandf, the arm B being moved so that the bolt will engage with the notch c, after which the opposite arinis swung to tighten or stretch the mouthof the bag.

When it is desired to release the bag, it is only necessary to push the arm B toward the arm B, which can be done without manipulating the bolt, and when the bag is removed the parts will be adjusted to receive another bagof the same size.

Havingthus described my invention, what i I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is

l. The combination, in asack or bag holder,

spring-projected bolts which are adapted to engage with the notched or serrated lugs, and means for connecting the bag to the supporting-arms, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a bag-holder, of the plate or support having pivoted arms secured thereto,said arms having spring-projected bolts for holding the same in a fixed position with respect to the support, and a spring E for throwing the armBto one side, and means carried by the arms with which the bag engages, substantially as set forth.

4. In a bag-holder, the combination of the pivoted arms B B, having knobs e at their outer ends, and adjustable pins or knobs carried by said arms, substantially as set forth.

5. In combination with a bag-holder, the arms B and B, having slides f, with screwthreaded apertures, and knobs f, threaded for engagement with said apertures to provide adjusting means, the outer ends of the arms having knobs e, as set forth.

6. The combination, in a bag-holder, of a support A, having pivoted arms with springprojected bolts and means for retaining a bag or sack thereon, a lug 0., having ratchet-teeth with which the bolt carried by the armB enages, and a lug Z), having a single notch, to-

O b gether with a spring E, the parts being organized substantially as set forth.

JASON D. TIMMERMAN.

Witnesses:

DAVID E. WHITE, H. B. BORDEN.