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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1997
Charles Paul Kannankeril, North Caldwell, NJ (US);
Bruce Arnold Cruikshank, Wilton, CT (US);
Sealed Air Corporation, Saddle Brook, NJ (US);
Abstract
A bag dispensing system providing plastic bags from a roll of bags where one end is attached to the top of the next bag by perforation lines with a slot therebetween. The roll of bags provides a core having an indexing member on at least one end. The dispenser comprising a wire frame formed into channels to support the core. The channels include a core retaining member for restraining the core in the channel. The dispenser includes at least one brake attached to a support member and disposed at an angle thereto to provide tension to the edges of the roll of bags as the core passes through the channel passageway as bags are removed from the roll. Spaced apart from the support is a separating tongue. The tongue engages the slot regardless of whether the bags are drawn over or under the tongue.