Article dispensing – Plural sources – stacks or compartments – With discharge means for each source
Patent
1982-04-22
1984-12-04
Marmor, Charles A.
Article dispensing
Plural sources, stacks or compartments
With discharge means for each source
221131, 221150R, 221193, 221251, 221268, B65G 5906
Patent
active
044859376
ABSTRACT:
A can dispenser includes a storage rack having a lowermost storage shelf extending downwardly at a slight angle to the horizontal toward a discharge end thereof. A pair of stops are secured to the discharge end along opposing sides thereof for preventing the stored cans from freely rolling out of the discharge end. A dispensing lever includes first and second ends and is supported for limited turning movement about a lateral axis to raise the second end of the dispensing lever when the first end thereof is forced downward. The second end of the dispensing lever includes a camming surface disposed between and extending generally behind the stops for raising a can to be dispensed off of the lowermost storage shelf and above the stops, while a catch surface disposed behind and below the camming surface temporarily prevents further advancement of the remaining cans in the storage rack. A linkage which secures the dispensing lever to the discharge end of the storage rack includes a runway for receiving a can rolled off of the camming surface. The dispensing lever includes a downwardly inclined ramp for receiving cans rolled down the runway and for delivering the received cans to the first end thereof. The dispensing lever extends through an aperture within a wall of a thermally insulated enclosure for dispensing cans maintained at a desired temperature inside the enclosure.
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