Article dispensing – With recorder – register – indicator – signal or exhibitor – Dispenser part position or adjustment indicator
Patent
1977-08-11
1978-01-24
Tollberg, Stanley H.
Article dispensing
With recorder, register, indicator, signal or exhibitor
Dispenser part position or adjustment indicator
221121, B65G 5906
Patent
active
040699439
ABSTRACT:
An automatic article vendor is provided for storing a plurality of articles, and for individually dispensing the articles. The vendor comprises a carousel including a plurality of elongate, vertically disposed chambers in which the articles are stacked one on top of another. The carousel is rotatable so that the articles are moved in a circular path preparatory to being vended. A finger is mounted on each chamber, a portion of the finger extending beneath each chamber when the finger is in a support position for supporting the articles stacked thereinabove. The finger also has a release position for individually releasing one of the articles from a chamber. The vendor includes an article select mechanism for selecting a certain article stacked in one of the chambers by urging the corresponding finger into a release position. An aspect of the vendor is an empty indicator for indicating when a chamber no longer has articles stacked therein. Still another aspect of the invention is a partition, positionally mounted in each chamber for allowing the chamber to more closely conform to the size of the articles stacked therein.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3116665 (1964-01-01), Reisner
patent: 3179289 (1965-04-01), Moyer et al.
patent: 3757998 (1973-09-01), Millies et al.
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