US713139A - Bag-holder. - Google Patents

Description

No. 7l3,l39. Patented Nov. ll, I902.

0. GJNUSKER.

- BAG HOLDER.

(Application filed. May 15, 1902.) \No Model.)

H dfi case I y l/ I z I 4 I I o mo s- ATENT F FILCE.

ORREN G. NOSKER, OF PARIS, TEXAS.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 713,139, dated November 11, 1902.

Application filed May 15. 1902.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ORREN G. NOSKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paris, in thecounty of Lamar and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Bag-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in bag-holders.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of bag-holders and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient bag-holder adapted. to receive bags of any size and capable of holding the same in convenient position for enabling the bags to be removed singly as they are required.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag-holder constructed in accord-. ance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures of the drawwas.

1 designates a support consisting of a bar provided at opposite sides with bag-receiving devices 2, arranged in pairs, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the said support is also provided at its upper end with a perforation 3 to enable it to be suspendedfrom a suitable supporting device; but it may be secured in an upright position in any other desired manner. Each bag-receiving device, which is constructed of a single piece of resilient material, consists of an approximately U-shaped clamp provided with inper and outer clamping-jaws L and 5 and a connecting top portion, and the sides or jaws 4 and 5 converge toward the bottom of the bag-receiving device or clamp and are adapted to engage bags,

- as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings.

The outer clamping-jaw 4 has its lower end curved outward to form a fiaring mouth or entrance and to avoid presenting any sharp edges to the bags, and the inner jaw 5 is provided with an approximately L-shaped shank 6, which is secured to the support 1 by suitable fastening devices 7. The fastening devices 7 extend entirely through the support Serial No. 107,481 (No model.)

and secure the shanks of the adjacent clamps to the same. The L-shaped shank 6 is provided at the top with an outwardly-extending arm 8, which is connected with the lower end of theinner jaw 5, and the upper portion of the latter; fits against the support, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The upper portion of the jaw 5 rests against the support, and the clamp is braced thereby and prevented from being bent out of shape when bags are introduced into it, as hereinafter explained.

The bags are folded at one end before being placed in the bag-holder, and the folded ends are arranged inv the same, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. This will hold the bags in convenient position for enabling them to be readily removed one by one as they are needed. Any number of clamps may be provided, and while they may be varied in size, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, they are adapted to receive bags or sacks of any size. The horizontal arm 8 ofisets the mouth of the clamp from the support to arrange the said mouth in convenient position for receiving the bags,and the outerjaw of the clamp is extended below theshoulder to enable the bags to be readily introduced into the clamp without opening the latter by hand. The upper portion of the clamp fits against the support, and the clamp is adapted to be operated in this manner to introduce the bags into it without bending the clamp out of shape or'out of position.

It will be seen that the bag-holder is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that the bag-receiving devices or clamps firmly engage the folded ends of the bags, and that the latter may be readily removed one at a time when desired.

lVhat I claim is 1. A bag-holder comprising a support, and an inverted approximately U-shaped bag-receiving clamp having inner and outer jaws, the inner jaw being fitted against the support at the top and being provided at its lower end with an integral L-shaped shank secured to the support and offsetting the mouth of the clamp from the support to hold the same in position for receiving the bags, substantially as described.

2. A bag-holder comprising a support, inverted approximately U-shaped bag-receiving clamps arranged in pairs and located at opposite sides of the support and having inner and outer jaws fitted against the support at their tops and provided at their lower ends with integral L-shaped shanks offsetting the mouths of the clamps from the support and holding them in position to receive the bags, and fastening devices passing through the shanks and through the support,substantially as described.

3. A bag-holder comprising a support, and an inverted approximately U-shaped clamp having inwardly and outwardly downwardlyconvergingjaws, the inncrjaw being provided with a shank secured to the support and extended outward therefrom to form an arm for ofisetting the mouth or entrance of the clamp from the support to hold the same in position for receiving the bags, substantially as described.

4. A bag-holder comprisinga support, and an inverted approximately U-shaped clamp having inner and outer downwardly-converging jaws, the inner jaw being provided with a shank secured to the support and extended therefrom to form a supporting-arm to ofiset the mouth or entrance of'the clamp from the support, and the outer jaw being extended downward below the supporting-arm and being deflected outward to form a guiding-lip to facilitate the introduction of the folded ends of the bags into the clamp, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ORREN G. NOSKER.

Witnesses:

OWEN P. HALE, V. W. HALE.

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