Patent ID: 6230953
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: A47F,B26F,B65D,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A dispenser for dispensing and separating a plastic bag from a roll of plastic bags which includes separation lines between adjacent bags and an elongated slot in the separation line, the bags being wound on an axle which extends a predetermined distance beyond the lateral edges of the roll, comprisinga pair of spaced apart, shaped tracks for receiving the opposite ends of said axle, the axle being rotatable within said tracks as the plastic bags are dispensed, the tracks being positioned so that the axle can fall within the tracks under the influence of gravity,a back wall having a surface which contacts the outer surface of the roll preventing the roll from falling within the tracks and applying a braking force to the roll when the bags are to be separated, anda tongue for engaging said slots to enable the bags to be separated, whereinsaid tracks are shaped so that a frictional component of force exerted by said roll against said back wall surface due to the weight of the roll relative to a component of force transverse to said frictional component is greater when the roll is at least partially depleted and the roll is supported in the lower portion of the tracks than when the roll is supported in the upper portion of the tracks.