US292648A - Bag-holder - Google Patents

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` finonnnt HAYMAN, ornUrnALo, Nnw Yoan.

i' BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forminglpart of Letters Patent No. 292,648, dated January 2b, 1884.

application nica september 4,1883. (No model.)

T0 LZZ whom it may concer/t: y y Be it known that I, MICHAEL HAYMAN, of the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders, of which the following is a speciiication.

rlhis inventionhas for its object to produce a bag-holder which is readily adj usted to receive and hold bags of various sizes, and which is simple in construction and 'easily operated.

My invention consists of the novel construction of the bag-holder which will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed'out in the claims.

In theaccompanying drawings, consisting of two sheets, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved bag-holder. Fig. 2 isa horizontal section through the base of the bagholder. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation inline a" Fig. '2. Fig. et is a vertical section inline y y, Fig. 2. 1

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several iigures. f A represents the vertical movable standards of the bag-holder, provided at their upper ends with hooks a, to which the open end of the bag is attached. Each standard is preferably composed of a tubular lower portion, c, and a rod, a2, which is inserted in the bore of -the lower portion, and adjustably secured therein by a set-screw, b.` The rod a2 projects upwardly beyond the tubular portion a', and isbent vover horizontally, and provided at its end with a socket, c,in whichY the shank (Z of the hook c is adj ustably secured by a set-screw, d. By raising and lowering the rod a2 in the tubular portion a of the standard, and by raising and lowering the shank d of the hook a in the socket c, the position of the hook c can be readily adjusted as may be required.

ff and gg are horizontal rack-bars, to which the lower ends of the standards A are secured.

H represents the base of the apparatus, composed ofa bottom plate, 7L, a top plate, h', and side walls, h", forming together a case in which the parts are arranged, whereby the lower ends of the standards A are connected. The rack'- bars f f are arranged parallel with each other on the bottom plate, h, o n opposite sides of a horizontal pinion, I, with which both rack-bars ff mesh, the teeth being formed on theinner sides of thc rack-bars. The pinion I is arranged centrally inthe base H, and journaled inthe bottom and top plates, h h', as represented in Fig. 3. The rack-bars f f are guided by blocks J J secured to the bottom plate, h, and bearing against the outer straight sides or backs of therack-bars f f as clearlyrepresented in Fig. 2. The rack-bars g g are arranged parallel with each other, at right angles to the rack-bars ff', and above the latter and the blocks J J as shown in Fig. 2. The rack-bars g g are arranged on opposite sides of the central pinion, I, and mesh with the latter. They rest upon the blocks J J and are guided by bars K K, which are secured to the blocks J J', and bear against the straight outer sides or backs of the rack-bars g g. The standards A arc removably secured by screw-threads or otherwise to blocks L, which are formed on the outer ends of the rack-bars f f g g, and guided in slots Z, formed in the top'plate, h', of the base at right angles to each other.' The standards A vcan be detached from the blocks L for packing or shipping the machine.v

If desired, the slots Z may be covered by plates or shields, secured to the lower portions of the standards A, for preventing substances from falling through the slots and interfering with the operation of the mechanism contained in the base H. rIhe rack-'bars and pinion connect the several standards A in such manner that when one of the standards is moved back or forth. in the slot Z this movement of the standard is transmitted to all the other standards simultaneously, so'that all standards are moved inwardly or outwardly at the same time and to the same distance. Upon attaching the open end of the bag to the hooks a, when the standards are near the inner ends of Athe slots Z, and moving the standards outwardly, the open end of the bag is distended in a very simple and expeditious manner. in this position by the hooks and standards while being filled. f

In order to prevent the accidental displacement of the standards, one of them may be provided with a locking device, M, whereby it can be secured in any desired position to the base H. As represented in Fig. l, this locking device may consist of an eccentric pivoted to the side of the standard, near its lower end, above the top plate, 71., so that by turning the eccentric away from the top plate the stand- The bag is held' IOO ards can be freely moved, while by turning the eccentric so as to impinge against thetop plate the standards are secured in position.

I claim as my inventionl. In a bag-holder, the combination of uprights and standards adapted to support the bag, sliding supports to which said standards are attached, a base-frame, and mechanism whereby the sliding supports are connected and caused to move simultaneously toward or from each other, substantially as described.

2, The combination, with the standards A, of the rack-bars ff and r/ g, and a central pinion, I, meshing` with said raek'bars, sub stantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the standards A, of the rack-barsff and f/ y', guides .T J and K K', and a central pinion, l', meshingr with said raekbars, substantially as soi' forth.

4. rIhe combination, with the standards A, 2o of the rack-bars j" f and g g', guides J J and K K, base H, provided with slots 7, and a eentral pinion, I, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the base I-I and standards A, of mechanism whereby the lower 2 5 ends of the standards are connected to move simultaneously toward or f romeach other, and a locking device, M, whereby the standards can be secured in position on the base H, substantially as set forth.

'itness my hand this 22d day oi' August, 1983.

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