US689798A - Paper-bag holder. - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES FRANCISVFVRANCISCO, oF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, ASSlGNOR TO MARY E. FRANOISCO, OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORN'IA, AND EDGAR L. MAYDOLE, OF RAMONA, GALIFORNIA.

l PER-BAG HOLDER;

SPECEECATIN forming part of Letters Patent l\To. 689,? 98, dated December 24, 190l.

Application filed January 24, 1901. Serial No. 44.506. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES FRANCIS FRANCISCO, residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of California, have invented an Improved Paper-Beg Holder, of whichthe following is aspecification.

This invention is an improvement in that class of devices which are adapted for holding paper 'bags and like articles for use in grocery, confectionery, and other stores and which are so constructed and arranged as' to permit a single bag to be removed from the pack ,or bundle without disturbing the others.

My invention is embodied in the Construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter deshowing a modification ot' the bag-extractor.

Fig. 7 is a bottom view of the bag-receptacle, showing a modified arrangement of a retracting-spring; Fig. 8 is a section online S 8 of Fig. 7. i A indicates a drawer-like recep'tacle or pigeonhole, in which paper bags X are held detachably, and B is a bag-extractor, consisting of a plate arranged and adapted to slide on the bottom of said receptacle, the same being provided With a red uced portion b,which proj ects from the front end of the receptacle and serves as a handle for drawing out the extractor, and thereby removing the under bag' from the pack or buudle.

I will first describe my improved bag-receptacle proper.

The bags X'are laid upon the slide B with Fig. 5 is a perspective 'coiled ends d are suitably Secured in notches in the sides of the receptacle A. The slide 'B is provided With spring-fingers E for engagement with the bottom fold 90 of the bag which lies next to it. As shown in Fig. 2, these fingers are fixed on the slide B, and their free euds,which are slightly raised, project in the direction of the handle b. It'is apparent that when the slide B is drawn out, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 1, its fingers E will pass between the body and bottom fold w' of the under bag, and thus pull such bag off the pin C, Which Will tear out of its mouth or open end, the other bags being left undisturbed in position. The bag is thus drawn out of the receptacle A far enough to enable it to be `seized manually and completely removed.

It will-be noted that the free ends of the spring bag-ejectors E are raised and project toward the handle b of slideB and that the spring D is so eonstructed and arranged that its free end lies between the springs E and the opening at the front of reeeptacle A and that it alone comes in contact with the bags X, resting on the slide B. The result is that the free upturned ends of the springs E serve as fulcra, and the bags are so held or pressed upward at a point in advance of their bot-' tom folds x as to open the latter, as shown in Fig. 3, to insure due engagement of' the springs E therewith whenthe slide B is drawn ont.

The slide B may be pushedback manually into its normal or original position; but it is automatically retracted by the spring drum .or pulley F and a strap H. The drum is jourtate the pulley F in direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 3 the slide B will be automatically retracted when released after having been drawn out. The inner end of eXtractor B abuts the shoulders a', which prevents it sliding too far. A block b', sliding in a slot a in the bottom of the receptacle A, serves as a stop preventing movement in the other direction.

In practice I arrangeaseries of pigeonholes or receptacles A in a series of horizontal rows in a suitable case or box that may be placed on the counter ora shelf wherever convenience or use requires; but the receptacle may of course be used alone and Suspended vertically, if desired.

In Fig. 6 I showa modification, the handle portion of the extractor B being cut off and a hinged ring b substituted. The same folds and is pendent when not in use, so that it does not project beyond the end of the receptacle A, but over the bottom of the latter, which is out away, as shown. With this form of extractor the receptaele A is particularly adapted for use in situations where space is limitedfor example, in case the reeeptacle is Secured beneath a counter or shelf with its delivery end toward the aisle.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I show a wire spring F', having a series of bends, the same being arranged flatwise in a recess in the bottom of the receptacle A and its bent-up ends projecting through and clasping upon the ext'ractor B and body of the receptacle A, respectively.

In Fig. 5 I show bagreceptacles A arranged in a pyramidal casing K, which is constructed with a series of horizontal Suspended rows of poekets, each adapted for reception of a drawer A. The delivery ends of the several drawers are fiush with the open ends of the casing-pockets. This casing is adapted to be set on a counter or shelf in any' convenient place and subserves another practical use in that the several steps or lateral projections of the same support packages of goods, as illustrated in the drawings. The' casing thus serves as an edective displaystand.

What I claim is 1. The combination, with the bag-recep'- tacle having a pin fixed at its inner end, of the bag-supporting slide 13', having a reduced projecting handle and arranged at the bottom of said receptacle, the bag-ejecting platesprings E, fixed on the slide, their free ends being raised and projecting toward the handle of the slide, the spring D hearing at its free end at a point in advance of the springs E, the spring retracting device arranged at the rear end of the bag-receptacle, and a strap connected therewith and also with the slide, substantially as shown and described.

2. The oombination with the bag-receptacle having a pin at its inner end, of the bag-supporting slide B having a reduced projecting handle and arranged at the bottom of the receptacle, the bag-ejecting platesprings E, fixed on the slide, their free ends being raised and projeeting toward the handle ot' the slide, the spring D hearing at its free end at a pointi advance of the springs E, the rotatable spring drum or pulley F supported in lugs at the rear end of the bagreceptacle, and a strap wound thereon and attached to the slide, and lying in the groove in the bag-receptacle,as shown and described.

Olli\ RLS FRANCIS FRANGISCO.

Witnesses:

LINCOLN MOORE, MAUDE FRANCISCO.

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