Automatic bag-dispenser
OwnerDenis Varichon, Frederic Varichoninventors
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Abstract
An automatic bag-dispenser which includes a supply of bags (30) arranged flat in a stack (3), and two rotary devices (1, 2) which have parallel axes, are located adjacent each other and are covered with a non-slip material. The rotary devices (1, 2) rotate in counter-rotation at linear speeds which differ at their periphery. At least one of the rotary devices (1, 2) can come into contact with one of the two end bags (30) in the stack (3) in the region of the bottom (32) of the bag (30) such that it can be driven between the rotary devices (1, 2). At least one of the rotary devices (1, 2) has a central part which is not rotated and opposite which devices (4) for gripping the center part of the bag (30) are active.
Claims7
An automatic bag dispenser device comprising:
- a recess;
- a plurality of bags flatly arranged in a stack within said recess, each said plurality of bags being a pair of sheets joined at least at a bottom edge and residing in surface-to-surface relation;
- a first rotary element coated with a non-slip material;
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- a second rotary element coated with a non-slip material, said first rotary element being parallel and adjacent to said second rotary element, said first rotary element being driven to rotate in an opposite direction than said second rotary element, said first rotary element being driven to rotate a periphery thereof at a different linear speed than a periphery of said second rotary element, at least one of said first and second rotary elements being positioned to contact an outermost bag of said stack adjacent said bottom edge of said outermost bag, said outermost bag being carried between said first and second rotary elements such that said pair of sheets separates at least partially from said surface-to-surface relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.