US711700A - Bag-holder. - Google Patents

Description

Patented Oct. 2|, I902.

- No. 7u,7o0.

H. L. FISHBACK. BAG HOLDER.

(Application filed Apr. 17I 1902.)

(No Model.)

INVENTOI? WITNESSES: I

ATTORNEYS UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY L. FISHBACK, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 711,700, dated October 21, 1902.

Application filed April 17, 1902. Serial No. 103,333. (No model.)

bus, in the county of Franklin and State of; Ohio, 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 theinvention,such as will,

enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The principal objectof this invention is to provide an improved combined paper-sack and twine holder in which the securing of the sacks to the holder is facilitated and whereby the taking of the sacks and the manipulation of the twine for tying them up after they are filled is made convenient.

The nature and scope of the invention is pointed out in the following detailed description and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a general view of the apparatus in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the brackets that supports a bag-holding pin. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the bracket referred to in the description of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an edge View of the tension device. Fig. 5 is a modified form of the twine-holder.

The main frame is composed of the horizontal bar 1 and a bar 2'inclined thereto, with appropriate connecting-rods 3 and 4. The rods 3 and 4: are bent at their upper ends to form J-shaped hooks, so that the shank of each hook and the tongue thereof maybe embedded in the bar 1 and the end of the tongue clenched upward against the lower edge of said bar, and the upper part thereof constitutes eyes 3 and 4, by which the device can be suspended. The eyes 3 and 4 constitute stronger and better suspending devices than screw-eyes turned into the horizontal bar 1, and the clenching of the lower end *of v the tongue of the hook prevents movement of the bar lon the rod in either direction. The

lower edge of the inclined bar 2 has secured to it in any appropriate manner a series of equidistantly-located brackets 5, of spring sheet metal, each having its upper end bent at an angle to the body of the bracketand cut out to form penetrating spurs and at its lower end bent upward to form a hook 5,

provided with a slot 5", closed at both ends.

The bag-suspending pin 6 is preferably an ordinary wire nail, such as can be had at any hardware-store, and after it has be'en driven or pushed through a number of sacks the head portion 6 of the nail or pin is pressed down into the hook of the bracket 5, so that it shall extend laterally into slot 5 ,'as indicated in Fig. 3.

the hook, so that when-the nail-head is down in its proper seat some little upward pressure will be required to move it. When the head of the nail has been secured in one bracket 5, the other end or point thereof will rest loosely in the adjacent bracket, as seen in Fig. 1, the slot 5 being made slightly to one side of the longitudinal center line of the bracket, so as to afford an ample seat for the said point. The smaller sacks are hung on the pins in the lower end of the bar 2, while the larger ones are hung on the pins in the upper portion of said bar, so that the lower ends of all the sacks shall be in about the same horizontal line and within easy reach of the clerk.

As shown in Fig. 1, the twine-holder may consist of a cage-like structure 7, having its bottom supported in a horizontal position on the upper edge of the bar 2 and a projection on a wire rod 8,secured betweenthe bars 1 and 2 of the main frame. The cage proper is indicated to be hinged atone side to its bottom, while theother side is furnished with a hook 7 to engage a small staple on the bar' 2. The twine from the ball 9 is passed out through the top of the cage and thence through a tension device 10 on the bar 1, said tension device comprising two small metallic disks held together on the shank of a screw by a spring 10; but at each side of the tension device on the bar 1 I prefer to have eyes 11 and 11 to guide the twine into and out of the tension device. From the eye 11 the twine is passed to a controller-weight 12, mounted to slide vertically on the rod 3. This weight has in its upper end two eyes 12*, situated on opposite sides of a plane passing through the rod 3, and the twine is passed through these. From the weight the twine is passed upward through another eye 13 on the bar 1, and thence it hangs in position to be reached by the user. When the twine is pulled down to get a portion for tying up a sack, the weight is drawn up, as seen by broken lines, Fig. 1, and after the twine is broken OK the weight pulls up the free end out of the way. The location of the two eyes 12 on the weight prevents twisting of the cord about the rod 3. .A suitable stop or cushion 14 can be fixed on the rod 3 to limit the upward pull of the twine.

Twine sometimes comes in the form of a hollow cone, and when such a cone of twine is to be used the cage 7 can be omitted and the rod 8 bent to form a twine-holder 7", as seen in Fig. 5.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the several features of improvement contribute to make up a cheaply-constructed and expeditiouslymanipulated combined sack and twine holder. The indicated juxtaposition of the parts make the work of taking and tying up a sack free from many of the annoyances, loss of time, and wastage of twine heretofore incident to retail business.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a bar 2, a series of brackets secured thereto formed of sheetmetal strips bent at their ends to form elastic hooks having slots 5 closed at their ends, and headed bag or paper holding pins to be engaged by said brackets, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a bar 2, a series of brackets formed of sheet-metal strips bent at their lower ends to receive and retain bag or paper holding pins, and at their upper ends with inwardly-bent portions recessed to form spurs to engage the bar 2, substantially as described.

3. A frame for a bag-holder comprising a horizontal bar 1 and a bar 2 to receive bagholders, said bar 2 standing in an inclined position with respect to said bar 1, and rods 3 and 4 secured at their lower ends in said bar 2 and provided with J-shaped hooks at their upper ends inserted in the bar 1 the terminals of said J-shaped hooks clenched to the under side of said bar 1 to secure said bar 1 in position with respect to the bar 2 and form suspending-eyes for the frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY L. FISHBACK.

Witnesses:

BENJ. FINCKEL, GEORGE M. FINOKEL.

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