Article dispensing – Concurrent separation and distortion of flexible article – With follower
Patent
1988-06-27
1989-06-20
Skaggs, H. Grant
Article dispensing
Concurrent separation and distortion of flexible article
With follower
221 63, 221282, 403326, 312 43, 312 71, B65H 108
Patent
active
048402915
ABSTRACT:
The container dispenser comprises a body member, a collar and a container biasing spring for initially receiving a column of nested containers and continuously exerting a biasing force on the containers, such that the last container of the column is disposed at the open end of the dispensing apparatus. The body member is preferrably made of a plastic material formed by extrusion blow molding or injection blow molding and in a further aspect of the invention, the collar is injection molded and secured to the body member by a snap fit or spin weld joining technique. The exterior of the body member is shaped to provide a number of inward depression adjacent the open end of the body member, for engaging the lower most containers of the stack of nested containers. Loading and/or dispensing of containers requires a localized resilient deformation as the containers move past the inward depressions. The body member adjacent the open end also includes a number of outward projections which provide locking lugs on the body member which cooperate with the collar, such that the dispenser can be lockingly maintained in an aperture in a counter or other surface. A separate mounting insert is provided in a modified arrangement for attachment to the counter or other flat surface and by means of which the container dispenser is releasably secured.
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Hillwell Manufacturing Inc.
Skaggs H. Grant
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