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Dispensing apparatus for plastic bags

a technology for dispensing apparatuses and plastic bags, applied in the direction of instruments, filing appliances, apparatus for dispensing discrete objects, etc., can solve the problem of not being readily accessible to shoppers, and achieve the effect of compact siz

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-02-02
HILEX POLY
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"The invention is a dispensing apparatus for a packet of bags that allows access to the upper ends of the bags while preventing access to the lower ends. The apparatus has a housing that securely holds the bag packet and allows for easy removal of bags one at a time. The housing is compact and can accommodate longer bag packets. The front cover of the housing can be opened and closed to access the lower portion of the bag packet. The apparatus encourages proper bag removal and discourages improper bag removal, reducing the likelihood of shopping bags without opening them."

Problems solved by technology

A further advantage of the dispensing apparatus is that the lower ends of the bags are contained in the housing and thus are not readily accessible to shoppers.

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[0040] In use, the dispensing apparatus 10 can be mounted on a support stand 50 or other support device, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The apparatus can also include a cup 52 or the like for holding a quantity of twist ties or other bag closure devices. To prepare the dispensing apparatus for operation, the front cover 16 is opened and a packet P of bags is hung from the hook 20 (FIG. 1). The packet can extend down below the location of the hinge arrangement 18; for instance, the hinge can be located about midway along the vertical extent of the packet. The front cover 16 is then closed (FIG. 2). Any portion of the packet that hangs down below the hinge is folded into the interior of the housing when the front cover is closed.

[0041] To remove a bag from the dispenser, the outermost bag in the packet is grasped at a point just below the hook 20 and is pulled forwardly and downwardly, along the slot 46 (if present) in the front cover, so as to sever the severable support means of the bag...

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[0050]FIGS. 11-17 illustrate a dispensing apparatus 210 in accordance with the invention. The apparatus 210 is shown in FIG. 11 with a packet P of bags that is similar to the bag packet P shown in the embodiment of FIG. 1, i.e., with the bags being structured to be removed from the packet P by tearing a severable support means (such as portion of the bag defined between an aperture A through the bags and a top edge of the bags) and so that no tab or other portion of each bag is left in the apparatus 210 when the bag is removed; however, it is appreciated that other configurations of bags can be provided in and dispensed from the apparatus, including the T-shirt style bags of packet P1 shown in FIG. 8 with a detachable tab T1. The packet P of bags is typically provided with the aperture A being structured to receive a hook 220 or other bag mount, as described above, and each bag can be provided in a folded configuration in the packet P. For example, the bags can be similar to those d...

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Abstract

A dispensing apparatus for header-style bags having a housing comprising a rear portion and a front cover connected to the rear portion, and a bag mount attached to the rear portion proximate the top edge thereof, the bag mount structured and arranged to engage the aperture in the packet of bags so as to hang the packet from the bag mount. The front cover is pivotally attached to the rear portion so as to be movable between a lowered, open position providing access to an interior of the housing so that a lower portion of a packet of bags hanging from the bag mount can be received in the interior of the housing, and a raised, closed position in which the housing substantially encloses the lower portion of the packet of bags while the mouth portion of the packet of bags projects above the housing to allow a bag to be grasped at an upper end thereof and removed from the packet.

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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 760,925, filed on Jan. 20, 2004, which is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention relates to a dispensing apparatus for dispensing plastic bags, such as the type commonly provided in the produce section of a grocery store for customers' use, from a stack of serially arranged bags that are flattened and folded and stacked together. [0003] Plastic bags have been replacing paper bags in the United States since the 1970s (and elsewhere more recently) in the grocery and retail products industries as a result of the superior and inherent moisture-resistant properties and strength of plastic. In these industries, these plastic bags have usually included integrally connected front and rear wall portions and, sometimes, gusseted side wall portions, all secured together at the bottoms thereo...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47F5/08A47F1/04A47F13/08B42F1/00B65D25/52B65D83/08G07F11/04
CPCA47F9/042B65D33/001A47F13/085
Inventor WILFONG, HARRY B. JR.
Owner HILEX POLY