Roll of plastic bags for use with bag dispensing device

A combination useful in dispensing plastic bags from a roll of bags, the combination comprising:

• a dispensing device having a frame, means for supporting an axle on which said roll is mounted relative to the frame, a tongue with both sides in the forward portion of dispensing device, and an upwardly extending finger adjacent and upstream of said tongue and spaced from said tongue to define a gap therebetween, said gap being positioned for receiving a portion of a successive one of the bags adjacent the leading bag to be separated and for retaining said portion as said leading bag is separated from the roll of plastic bags, said gap being adapted to allow said portion to depart from said gap only in the direction from which said portion was received;
• an axle;
• a roll of plastic bags wound on said axle, said roll of plastic bags including separation lines between adjacent bags and a slot in each separate line, said tongue extending upwardly for engaging the slot in one of said separation lines between said bags during separation the width of the roll relative to the tongue being such that when the leading one of the bags has been separated from the roll, the successive one of the bags is on both sides of the tongue and has respective portions which extend forwardly of the tongue in a position to be grasped by a user;
• and
• means on said axle for retarding rotation of said roll of plastic bags.