Patent ID: 8544681
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
1. A device for dispensing a bag from a stack of bags, the device comprising: a bag support, the stack of bags hanging from the bag support; a first and a second conveyor belt, each said conveyor belt mounted about at least two rollers; said second conveyor belt mounted with a portion adjacent to a portion of the first conveyor belt and arranged for movement in an opposite direction thereto, said first and second conveyor belts being adapted and configured for frictionally conveying a plastic bag upwards therebetween; a pressure mechanism for pressing the hanging stack of bags against said first conveyor belt so as to cause said first conveyor belt to engage a bag from the stack of bags, and detach said engaged bag from the support; a bag retarder mounted adjacent and beneath said first and second conveyor belts for stopping said detached bag, which folds between said retarder and said belts until said bag is engaged between said first and said second conveyor belts, which drag said detached bag upwards to a dispensing area; means for rotating one of said at least two rollers of each said conveyor belt so as to cause said first and second conveyor belts to move around said rollers; and means for automatically stopping rotation of said first and second conveyor belts after a single bag has reached said dispensing area.