Dispensing apparatus for plastic bags

A dispensing apparatus for serially dispensing flexible plastic bags from a plurality of wound packages of bags joined along perforated severance lines, and comprising

• a box-like structural member including a front panel, a rear panel, and opposite side panels, and a first interior panel which extends between said side panels and is parallel to said front panel and which divides the interior of said structural member into two compartments which are suitable for rotatably receiving a wound package of bags therein with the axes of the wound packages being parallel to each other and to said front panel,
• at least a pair of elongate dispensing slots extending through said front panel, each said slot including relatively narrow outer end portions, and a central slot portion extending between said outer end portions, said central slot portion having a medial portion relatively wider than said outer end portions and defining a thread-up opening through said panel, said medial portion of said central slot portion being laterally offset from said outer end portions and defining a laterally extending tongue between said outer end portions for separating the serially joined bags,
• whereby a pair of the wound packages are positioned in the two compartments and the bags thereof threaded through respective ones of said slots.

A dispensing apparatus for serially dispensing flexible plastic bags from a wound package of bags joined along perforated severance lines, and comprising

• a box-like structural member comprising a framework of rod-like members configured to define three sides of the structural member, and a front panel joined to said framework and defining a fourth side of the structural member, said framework including at least one elongate probe extending generally parallel to said front panel and having a free end for coaxially receiving a wound package of bags thereupon,
• at least one elongate dispensing slot extending through said front panel, said slot including relatively narrow outer end portions extending in a direction parallel to said probe, and a central slot portion extending between said outer end portions, said central slot portion having a medial portion relatively wider than said outer end portions and defining a thread-up opening through said panel, said medial portion of said central slot portion being laterally offset from said outer end portions and defining a laterally extending tongue between said outer end portions for separating the serially joined bags,
• whereby the wound package is positioned on the probe of said framework and the bags thereof threaded through said one slot.

A dispensing carton for serially dispensing flexible plastic bags from a wound package of bags joined along perforated severance lines, and comprising

• a box-like enclosure comprising front and rear panels, top and bottom panels, and opposite side panels, with said enclosure being sized so as to receive at least one wound package of bags therein,
• an elongate dispensing slot extending through said front panel, said slot including relatively narrow outer end portions, and a central slot portion extending between said outer end portions, said central slot portion having a medial portion relatively wider than said outer end portions and defining a thread-up opening through said panel, said medial portion of said central slot portion being laterally offset from said outer end portions and defining a laterally extending tongue between said outer end portions for separating the serially joined bags,
• whereby the wound package is positioned in said enclosure and the bags thereof threaded outwardly through said slot.