Article dispensing – Plural sources – stacks or compartments – Dispensing from sources sequentially
Patent
1980-11-06
1982-10-19
Knowles, Allen N.
Article dispensing
Plural sources, stacks or compartments
Dispensing from sources sequentially
221194, 221294, B65H 344
Patent
active
043546153
ABSTRACT:
An article dispensing apparatus including a plurality of spaced vertically disposed inclined shelves, each shelf having a first and second side by side supporting surface adapted to support an associated first and second row of articles. First and second gate members are respectively located at the lower ends of the first and second support surfaces. Each gate member is shiftable between two opposite positions, a blocking position such that the lower most article in the associated row is blocked from moving off the lower end of the associated support surface, and a releasing position such that a lower most article in the associated row may freely move off the lower end of the associated support surface and into an escrow cradle which constitutes a common receiving area. An actuator cooperates with the gate members to provide for the shifting of the gate members upon the dispensing of an article, which is rotated out of an escrow cradle by a consumer.
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Cavalier Corporation
Knowles Allen N.
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