Article dispensing – With discharge assistant – Multiple – simultaneously acting and circumposed
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-18
2007-09-18
Crawford, Gene O. (Department: 3651)
Article dispensing
With discharge assistant
Multiple, simultaneously acting and circumposed
C221S222000, C221S223000, C221S036000, C221S277000, C221S297000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10979287
ABSTRACT:
A dispenser for dispensing flexible lids includes a housing having a lid stack holder for containing a coaxial stack of lids. Lids are supported within a substantially coaxial channel of the lid stack by a pair of opposing indexing shafts that rotate upon operation of a user operable drive device to pass a bottom-most lid to a discharge area. The drive device may be calibrated to rotate the indexing shafts by an adjustable amount that is determined, at least in part, by the height of each lid and/or the spacing between lids in the stack. Further, the housing may be constructed from a fixed housing portion and an adjustable housing portion. The adjustable housing portion allows the spacing between the indexing shafts to be adjusted to correspond to the circumference of the lids currently being dispensed.
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Collins Michael K
Crawford Gene O.
Stevens & Showalter LLP
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