Article dispensing – With discharge assistant – Plural or combined with manipulating means
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-28
2002-08-06
Ellis, Christopher P. (Department: 3651)
Article dispensing
With discharge assistant
Plural or combined with manipulating means
C221S265000, C221S191000, C221S239000, C221S192000, C221S255000, C221S212000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06427867
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to dispensing devices and more particularly pertains to a new sewing pin dispensing device for placing the head of a stick pin in an upright position.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of dispensing devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, dispensing devices heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,116,333; U.S. Pat. No. 5,029,727; U.S. Pat. No. 4,522,314; U.S. Pat. No. 1,461,981; U.S. Pat. No. 2,895,638; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 271,172.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new sewing pin dispensing device. The inventive device includes a housing. A cavity is in the housing. A first opening in the housing allows for the entry of pins to be dispensed into the housing. A pin bin formed in the housing is in communication with the first opening and the cavity. A second opening in the housing for dispensing of the pins extends downwardly into the cavity. A wheel moves the pins from the pin bin to the second opening. The wheel is rotatably mounted in the cavity. The wheel has an exterior surface. A gear is fixed to the wheel. The gear is fixedly coupled to an end of the wheel for turning the wheel. An annular slot in the wheel is in the exterior surface of the wheel and extends around the wheel. The annular slot is generally adjacent to an end of the wheel. A plurality of linear slots in the wheel each receives one of the pins. Each of the linear slots is in the exterior surface of the wheel. An actuating assembly actuates the wheel.
In these respects, the sewing pin dispensing device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of placing the head of a stick pin in an upright position.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of dispensing devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new sewing pin dispensing device construction wherein the same can be utilized for placing the head of a stick pin in an upright position.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new sewing pin dispensing device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the dispensing devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new sewing pin dispensing device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art dispensing devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a housing. A cavity is in the housing. A first opening in the housing allows for the entry of pins to be dispensed into the housing. A pin bin formed in the housing is in communication with the first opening and the cavity. A second opening in the housing for dispensing of the pins extends downwardly into the cavity. A wheel moves the pins from the pin bin to the second opening. The wheel is rotatably mounted in the cavity. The wheel has an exterior surface. A gear is fixed to the wheel. The gear is fixedly coupled to an end of the wheel for turning the wheel. An annular slot in the wheel is in the exterior surface of the wheel and extends around the wheel. The annular slot is generally adjacent to an end of the wheel. A plurality of linear slots in the wheel each receives one of the pins. Each of the linear slots is in the exterior surface of the wheel. An actuating assembly actuates the wheel.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new sewing pin dispensing device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the dispensing devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new sewing pin dispensing device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art dispensing devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new sewing pin dispensing device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new sewing pin dispensing device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new sewing pin dispensing device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such sewing pin dispensing device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new sewing pin dispensing device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new sewing pin dispensing device for placing the head of a stick pin in an upright position.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new sewing pin dispensing device which includes a housing. A cavity is in the housing. A first opening in the housing allows for the entry of pins to be dispensed into the housing. A pin bin formed in the housing is in communication with the first opening and the cavity. A second opening in the housing for dispensing of the pins extends downwardly into the cavity. A wheel moves the pins from the pin bin to the second opening. The wheel is rotatably mounted in the cavity. The wheel has an exterior surface. A gear is fixed to the wheel
Frebes Patricia
Frebes Thomas G.
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