US42283A - Improvement in bag-holders - Google Patents

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in lavdistended or open state,f'so that the subbe readily-thrown or poured4 into the latter,l

llJ'iaITlfn' STATES' PATENT ,Qrricng FREEMAN' eoDFnEY, 'or GRAND RAPIDS, MIQHIGAN;

IMPROVEMENT N-BAG-HQLDERS..

Spcciticationforming partei' Letters PatentNo. 42,253, dated April 12, 1864.l

To aZZ whgmit may concern.: t but `near the front edge of the hoop.. .The

Beitknown that .1, FREEMAN GODFREY,

of Grand 4Rapids,.in the county ot Kent and oop B aspace will be allowed between' it and the hoop :to admit of thefront edge of the bag being inserted between them. The bag D is fitted on or over the hoop Bf, the latter being tilted forward to facilitate this.` Oper- ImprovedA Device for Holding Bags.v while the Same are being Filled; vand I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being; had to the accompanying drawings, making a ation, and the bail C is then shoved back over part. of this specification, inwhich thel top of nthe front part of the bag, and bears VFigure lis a side sectional view of my in-v Avention, takenin the' line a2 a', Fig. 2. Fig.Vv 2 isa transverseA section of the same, takenv shoved back, clamped between the bars 1 1- Similarletters of rei'erence'indicate correspondingparts in thelt-wotigures. p

' his, invention consists in the employment or'useof 'an inclined ,bench provided lwith a fasteningor clamp for sec'uringthe bag on the bench'while`thel former is being filled',

held or clamped while restingon the inclined .bench A, and the hoop B keeps'thc mouth of stance with which the bag is to be filled ma be readily thrown or poured intov the latter. and also for keeping the mouth of the bag caused by the gravity ot' its contents will stance with which thebag is to be 'iilled may V firmly down upon it, so that a casual detachmentof the bag from the hoop cannot take place. The filled bag is released' by drawing as hereinafterdescribed.` To enable those skilled in 4the' art to fully understand and construct my im'ention, I will forward the bail G. oti' from the hoop B, and

-tire or fortydegrees-when the vopposite end restsupon the door or ground. (See Fig. 1.

proceed todescribe it. then pullingv the hoopl or tilting it forward on bail C is of such dimension'sthat 'when ad# L justed parallel withthe front edge of the i State ot` Michigan, haveinventeda new and Vh uponl theV back part ot' the hoop, while lthe 'lower'. part of the' bag is, when the hoop. is`

-of the hinges c. The bag D is thus securely thebag distended or open, so that the sub- -It will beseen that when the bail C is adjusted back in the hoop B the pull ofthe bag have a Vtendency lto draw the bail C more,

A represents an vinclined bench construct- `lts hinges c out of the mouth 4of the bag.

ed of a piece of board or plank,a,lprovided The inclined bench admits of the fille-d bag at one end-"with two legs, b b, of such a 'being' removed from it with the 'greatest faheight as to .give the board or plank a -requ'il` cility. f p

site degree ofinclination for use-say thirty- The device is exceedingly simple', may be [constructed at a small cost, and admits of To the elevated end of the board or plank a est4 facility and expedition. there is attached by hinges c a hoop,'-B, which. Having thus described my invention, what lmay be constructedofmetaland approximating I claim as new*7 and desire to secure by Letters to'an oval form, the under side ot' the hoop be- Patent, is Y 1 l A i ing flattened, as shown atd, `so as to be'par- `1. The hoop Battached by hinges, c to a allel with the upper surface of a. The hinges bench or suitable support, in combination c are composed each of two bars, 1 1', conwith't-he bail C, substantially as and for the necte'd at one end by pivots 2, whchrare at purpose specified.

) bags being tilled and handled with thefgreatthe front edge of'thetiattened lower part,d, 2.The inclined bench A, in combination ofthe hoop, the bars 1 being attachcdto the with a bag-fastening for holding the bag and under side ot' thel hoop, and the barsl at E' distending the mouth of thegsame, substantached to the upper surface of a. d db l tiallyns described. l

C is abailconstructedofametalro an ent l' v (1 L 1 insucliaform as to correspond to the form of the` FRELMAN GODI upper pai-trof the hoop B. The ends of this bail I. Witnesses are attached bypivots e to the sides of the JAS. N. lDAVIS, hoop B, a little below the center ot' the same, B. A. HARLAN.

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