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An animal waste plastic bag dispenser stores a cylindrical roll of bags in a rotatable manner. A central core receives the roll rotatably, and is fixed between top and bottom plates. A cutting blade is disposed between the top and bottom plates to facilitate the separation of bags from the roll seri

An animal waste plastic bag dispenser stores a cylindrical roll of bags in a rotatable manner. A central core receives the roll rotatably, and is fixed between top and bottom plates. A cutting blade is disposed between the top and bottom plates to facilitate the separation of bags from the roll seriatim. A device compresses the end of the roll of plastic bags thereagainst, to prevent or limit free rotation of the roll of plastic bags when the device is transported. After a bag is separated from its roll for use in retrieving and confining refuse, such as animal waste, the bag can be attached to the dispenser thereby establishing the user to transport a used bag to a place of disposal. In addition, the dispenser includes a device for restraining an animal during a cleanup operation so as to prevent the animal from interfering with the operation.

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A dispenser for dispensing plastic bags seriatim, from a web having a series of spaced apart perforated lines and being formed into a roll, comprising: a pair of circular plate means for helping to retain therebetween the roll, said plate means facilitating an overall compact dispenser able to be ea

A dispenser for dispensing plastic bags seriatim, from a web having a series of spaced apart perforated lines and being formed into a roll, comprising: a pair of circular plate means for helping to retain therebetween the roll, said plate means facilitating an overall compact dispenser able to be easily transportable; one of said circular plate means having an inner face and an outer face; the other one of said circular plate means being dimensioned substantially equally to the first mentioned circular plate means for helping to retain the roll between said pair of plate means, said other plate means having another inner face and another outer face; cylindrical boss means for helping to facilitate connecting together said pair of plate means in a parallel spaced apart manner, said boss means being elongated and having one of its ends fixed to the inner face of one of said pair of plate means, said boss means extending perpendicularly from about the geometric center of the last mentioned plate means a sufficient distance for helping to secure releasably together said pair of plate means; said boss means including means defining a plurality of integrally formed circumferential rings for helping to secure releasably together said pair of plate means; spindle means having one of its ends fixed to the inner face of the other one of said plate means, and being centrally disposed and extending perpendicularly therefrom; said spindle means being adapted to receive the roll for permitting the web to rotate freely about said spindle means; said spindle means including means defining an aperture at its other end, said means defining an aperture being dimensioned to receive therein in a snug removably manner said boss means for enabling said pair of circular plate means to be secured together releasably in a parallel spaced apart manner; web cutting means having a sufficient length to extend substantially the entire distance between said pair of plate means when they are secured together removably in said spaced apart manner to engage the entire width of the web at a line of perforation thereof so that severing the web is facilitated; means for mounting said cutting means in a cantilevered manner to the inner face of one of said circular plate means; said cutting means including a longitudinally extending smooth edge for engaging transversely substantially the entire axial length of the web to facilitate bag separation therefrom; restraining means mounted on said one of said plate means for helping to prevent or limit free rotation of the roll; means for mounting said restraining means on said one of said circular plate means at a position diametrically opposed to said cutting means to restrain releasably an end portion of the web at a circumferential distance along the web between said cutting means and said restraining means, said distance being sufficient so that said end portion can be slipped out of engagement with said restraining means and the web roll rotated manually about said spindle until a desired one of said perforation lines engages said cutting means; said restraining means including a cylindrically shaped rod extending axially substantially the entire axial length between said pair of plate means when they are secured together removably in said spaced apart manner, said rod including a threaded end portion; means defining a path of travel of said restraining means, said means defining a path of travel including means defining an open elongated radial slot extending axially between said inner face and said outer face of the other one of said plate means for receiving said threaded end portion therein for helping to facilitate compressing the web against said spindle means as the web size diminishes; said means defining an open elongated slot further extending radially inwardly from the outer peripheral edge of the other one of said plate means and terminating adjacent to a central portion thereof for defining a stop in the path of travel of said restraining means; a nut for engaging the outer face of the other one of said plate means to receive threadably said threaded end portion extending axially through said radial slot; one of said plate means further including means for attaching releasably the assembled dispenser to a supporting surface; handle means for helping to facilitate relative movement of said pair of circular plate means in relation to a common longitudinal axis of said boss means and said spindle means to facilitate the joining or removing of said pair of plate means relative to one another, and for facilitating the carrying of the assembled dispenser; anchoring means fixed removably to one of said circular plate means for securing the dispenser to a supporting surface; and leash connecting means for attaching a leash to said handle means, said leash connecting means being attached to said handle means.