EP 1094980 A1 20010502 - APPARATUS FOR OPENING AND DISPENSING PLASTIC BAGS
Title (en)
APPARATUS FOR OPENING AND DISPENSING PLASTIC BAGS
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNG ZUM ÖFFNEN UND AUSGEBEN VON KUNSTSTOFF-BEUTELN
Title (fr)
APPAREIL D'OUVERTURE ET DE DISTRIBUTION DE SACS PLASTIQUES
Publication
Application
Priority
US 9805796 W 19980319
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9947441A1] Apparatus for opening and dispensing plastic bags which includes an outer cabinet (10) with a continuous roll (16) of plastic bags fed therethrough, with seal lines and perforation lines between the bags, and bar codes thereon, which bags may be dispensed by the user pulling on an exposed bag, which causes the bag inside the housing to move in front of a bar code reader (30), which activates a clamping device (35) and fingers (39) to pre-open the bags and an air blast (55) is provided outside the cabinet to open the exposed bag, which is outside of the cabinet. The user then pulls off the exposed opened bag at the perforations. The apparatus can also automatically dispense the bags when the customer activates the apparatus.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65B 43/12 (2006.01); B65H 35/10 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B65B 43/123 (2013.01); B65H 35/10 (2013.01); A47F 2009/044 (2013.01); B65H 2511/512 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE ES FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9947441 A1 19990923; CA 2328947 A1 19990923; CN 1103732 C 20030326; CN 1295529 A 20010516; EP 1094980 A1 20010502; EP 1094980 A4 20030502
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9805796 W 19980319; CA 2328947 A 19980319; CN 98814049 A 19980319; EP 98914294 A 19980319