APPARATUS FOR OPENING AND DISPENSING PLASTIC BAGS

摘要

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.