# US 5,702,027 A · Bag dispensing device

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- Number: US 5,702,027 A
- Document ID: US5702027A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/663,403
- Filed: 1996-06-13
- Granted: 1997-12-30
- Earliest claimed: 1996-06-13
- Inventors: Michael A. Barry
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5702027A

## CPC

- B65G 69/165: {using descending or lowering endless conveyors}
- B65G 11/203: {for articles}
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)

## Abstract

A bag dispensing device comprising an elongate, tubular housing defining open top and bottom ends. Extending between the top and bottom ends is a passage for receiving and storing a plurality of bags. Extending through the passage and from the open top and bottom ends of the housing is an elongate, flexible dispensing member. The dispensing member is configured such that when pulled from the bottom end of the housing, one of the bags stored within the passage is dispensed from the bottom end.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A bag dispensing device, comprising:
an elongate, tubular housing defining open top and bottom ends which have a passage extending therebetween for receiving a plurality of bags; and
an elongate, flexible dispensing member comprising a continuous rope which is knotted along its length extending through the passage and from the open top and bottom ends of the housing;
said dispensing member being configured such that when pulled from the bottom end of the housing, one of the bags stored within the passage will be dispensed from the bottom end.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 wherein the bottom end of the housing has a beveled configuration.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 wherein said passage has a generally circular cross-sectional configuration.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The device of claim 3 wherein said housing has a generally cylindrical configuration.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 wherein said housing further comprises a plurality of mounting lugs formed thereon.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The dispensing device of claim 1 wherein the rope is knotted at equidistantly spaced intervals along the length thereof.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The dispensing device of claim 1 wherein the rope is fabricated from nylon.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The dispensing device of claim 1 wherein the housing is fabricated from polyvinyl chloride.

### Claim 9

A bag dispensing device, comprising:
an elongate, tubular housing defining opposed open ends and sized to receive a plurality of bags; and
an elongate, flexible dispensing member extending through the housing and from the opposed ends thereof;
said dispensing member comprising a continuous rope knotted along its length such that when said rope is pulled from one of the open ends of the housing, a stored bag is dispensed therefrom.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The dispensing device of claim 9 wherein said housing further comprises a plurality of mounting lugs formed thereon.

### Claim 11

A bag dispensing device, comprising:
an elongate, tubular housing defining opposed open ends; and
an elongate, flexible extending continuous rope which is knotted along its length extending through the housing and from the opposed ends thereof.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The dispensing device of claim 11 wherein said housing further comprises a plurality of mounting lugs formed thereon.