Dispenser for plastic bags

A dispensing apparatus or serially dispensing plastic bags from a wound roll of continuous flexible plastic bags joined along perforated severance lines, said dispensing apparatus comprising:

• a container for receiving the wound roll of plastic bags, said container including a generally planar bottom, a pair of opposed sides extending upwardly from said bottom and a pair of inwardly facing generally planar flanges carried by and extending generally transversely of said sides and generally perpendicular to said bottom, said bottom, sides and flanges defining a dispensing opening for the plastic bags;
• a separating tongue located on said container adjacent said dispensing opening for engaging a severance line of the plastic bags and separating the plastic bags from the wound roll;
• self-threading means for threading an end bag from the wound roll received in said container onto said separating tongue, and said self-threading means comprising an upwardly opening and upwardly widening space between said flanges for receipt of an end bag of a wound roll upon insertion of the roll into the container and defining a predetermined guide path for the end bag downwardly into the dispensing opening;
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• a mounting bracket having a first end for mounting said container to a solid surface and a second end for attaching to said container, so as to mount said container in a desired orientation for biasing the wound roll against said self-threading means and said bottom for self-braking of the wound roll and for reducing overspinning thereof as plastic bags are serially separated therefrom.