Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Separator and conveyor
Patent
1975-11-10
1977-08-02
Reeves, Robert B.
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
Separator and conveyor
221 13, 221231, 221259, 271126, 271149, B65H 506
Patent
active
040391817
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a coupon dispenser for automatically dispensing advertising or promotional coupons into open product containers such as egg cartons passing on a conveyor. The dispenser has a body with a horizontally inclined surface on which a deck of coupons are stood between a coupon support member on the forward side and a slidable weight on the rearward side. A rotatable drive wheel is positioned above the inclined surface forwardly adjacent the coupon support member to slightly project through a window in the lower end of the coupon support member to contact the adjacent coupon. A pair of rotatable rollers are located downstream from the drive wheel to assist in drawing out the coupon and dispensing it into the positioned container. An electric motor drives the drive wheel through a solenoid operated friction clutch and brake to rotate it one revolution each time a microswitch indicates a container is in position on the conveyor to receive a coupon. When the drive wheel is rotated, it frictionally engages the adjacent coupon and draws it beneath the support member down the inclined surface between the rollers and into the passing container. The relationship between the characteristics of the coupons and the position of the coupon support member relative to the drive wheel and inclined surface is critical to consistent operation. Therefore, the coupon support member is mounted on the body to be horizontally, vertically and pivotally adjustable. A light and photocell connected to a counter are positioned whereby each coupon dispensed is counted when it interrupts the light beam.
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patent: 1909050 (1933-05-01), Ferguson
patent: 2079837 (1937-05-01), Buckley
patent: 2080968 (1937-05-01), Krell
patent: 2705636 (1955-04-01), Bombard
patent: 3410452 (1968-11-01), Igel et al.
patent: 3556345 (1971-01-01), Rowekamp
patent: 3746211 (1973-07-01), Burgess
Egg Sales Promotion Inc.
Reeves Robert B.
Rolla Joseph J.
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