US94283A - Improved bag-holder - Google Patents

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AJ. N. CoLLiNs, or MENASHA, WISCONSIN Letters PatentNo. 94,283, dated August 31, 1869. f

IMPROVED BAG-HOLDER The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

grain or other articles, or for other purposes; and consists in arranging on' a suitable stand an adjustable frame, with expansible arms, to which the bag is attached,' and by which it is held open in an upright p0- sition, as will he hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying plate of drawings- Figure 1 represents a top view of the arrangement, v

showing the holder as when in use.

Figure 2 is a side elevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. v

A is the stand or pillar, to which the frame is attached, and on which it is adjusted as to'iheight.

This stand may be supported by inserting its end into a hole inthe iioor, or into a movable base or platform, as seen in the drawing at B.

C is a block, to whichvthe movable and expansible portion of the frame is attached, through which the pillar 'A passes.

The block C is fastened, in any desiredposition, by a set-screw, d. t

E E represent two horizontal bars, which slide freely through the block C, and which are connected together, at their outer ends, by the cross-pieces F E,

between which the bars E are fastened.

G G are two arms, which are 'pivoted to the block C, as seen ,at h h. They pass between the cross-pieces E F.

Each of these arms has a long slot, t', and the cross-pieces F F have pins j, which pass through the slots.

' f 'Bhe bars L slide parallel with each other, through the block C.

The arms G, it will` be seen, are attached to the block G by lthe pivots h, and' connected by the crosspieces F and pins j. y

The arms G are placed at an angle with the bars E, as seen lin the drawing, with the pins jj, further apart than -the pivots h h, so that when the pins j are moved on aline parallel with the bars E, the arms GrA will be expandedor contracted, according as the bars.l

E are moved.

An obl'iqneslot through the arms G would have the same effect, if the bars E and arms' G were placed parallel.

K is a cleat, similar in form to the halyard-cleat of a vessel, attached tothe upper cross-piece F. The bag is attached, as seen in the drawing.v The projecting ends of the arms G are thrust into the niuth of the bag, and then the mouth is brought over the cleat K. Now, by drawing back thebars E E and cleat K,

n the arms G will be expanded' and the bag opened.

To hold the sliding barsE in the position seen in the drawing, with the bag open, ratchet-teeth' are formed lon one of the bars, as seen in iig. 2.

L is a stop-plate, pivoted to theblock C, which drops down into the ratchetteeth, and securely holds the bars from sliding back.

These bars are connected together, at their back ends, b v the strap m, by which they may be operated.v

To loosen the bag, the stop-plate L is raised from the ratchet-teeth, and the bars shoved forward, when the arms' G will be forced toward each other or contracted, which will allow the ybag t'o be released and removed;

' This bag-holder is adapted to bags of different sizes, 4and the length may be regulated by raising or'lowering the ame on the pillar A, as before stated.

Having thus ,described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-v g ,The combination of the arms-G G, cross-pieces F F, bars E E, with ratchet-teeth on one end, stop-plate L, cleat K, block C, thumb-screw'd, and pillar A, constructed, arranged, and opemtiugsubstantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

J. VN. COLLINS.

Witnesses:

F. W. FAIaFiELn,

F.'LAMM.

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