Dispenser for plastic bags
AssigneeSealed Air Corporation
InventorsCharles P. Kannankeril, Bruce A. Cruikshank
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Abstract
A dispensing apparatus for serially dispensing plastic bags from a wound roll of continuous flexible plastic bags joined along perforated severance lines. A box like container is provided which is adapted to receive the wound roll of plastic bags. The container has a bottom panel, a top panel, a rear panel, a front panel, and a pair of opposed side panels. The front panel defines a guide slot for guiding the plastic bags from the wound roll along a predetermined path and further defining a threading slide for threading the plastic bags from the wound roll into the guide slot. A separation tongue is located on the front panel for separating the plastic bags from the wound roll as the plastic bags engage the separation tongue along a predetermined path of travel.
Claims23
A dispensing apparatus for serially dispensing plastic bags from a wound roll of continuous flexible plastic bags, wherein adjacent plastic bags are joined along a perforated severance line, said apparatus comprising:
- a container adapted to receive the wound roll of plastic bags, said container including a pair of opposed side panels, a rear panel located between said pair of side panels, a front panel located opposite said rear panel, and a bottom panel supporting the wound roll;
- separating means located on said container for engaging the severance line of the plastic bags and separating the plastic bags from the wound roll;
- guide means located on said container upstream of said separating means for guiding the plastic bags along a substantially confined path defining a first axis from the wound roll toward said separating means;
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- threading means located on said container upstream of said guide means for threading the plastic bags from the wound roll received in said container into said guide means along a second axis generally transverse to said first axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.