Article dispensing – Mechanical release or separation of articles – Separately acting series controllers
Patent
1997-01-31
1998-09-01
Terrell, William E.
Article dispensing
Mechanical release or separation of articles
Separately acting series controllers
221289, 221116, 221112, G07F 1100
Patent
active
057998248
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method of deterring or reducing breakage or deformation when dispensing a vertical stack of containers. A blocking member used to restrict dispension of vertical stack containers above a container being dispensed, can have a biasing member associated with it to allow it to vertically move to cause the stack to drop in a controlled fashion so that the block is not forced into the side walls of the containers, and so the dropping of the containers is controlled in a manner to reduce or deter the likelihood of breakage or deformation of the containers. An alternative feature of the invention is the use of a biasing member to return the blocking member to an original member to an original position once the weight of any vertical stack above it is removed.
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Fawn Engineering Corporation
Terrell William E.
Tran Khoi H.
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