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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1989
Harry B Wilfong, Jr, Hartsville, SC (US);
Edwin W Haenni, Hartsville, SC (US);
Sonoco Products Company, Hartsville, SC (US);
Abstract
A dispensing nozzle for serially dispensing flexible plastic bags is disclosed, and which includes a generally circular plate and a depending tubular mounting sleeve. Two elongate zigzag slots of differing size extend through the plate, and a thread-up opening is positioned at each end of each slot. Each thread-up opening is of a size to permit the free end of the leading bag of a package of bags to be manually threaded therethrough and such that the bag may then be moved into the slot. The differing sizes of the two slots permits bags of differing size to be efficiently received in respective ones of the slots. When the bag is pulled upwardly from its associated slot, its movement is resisted by the zigzag configuration of the slot, and the resistance facilitates the severance of the pulled bag from an immediately following bag joined thereto along a severance line. The bags may be withdrawn in either lateral direction with equally effective results.