Article dispensing – With orienting – Selective separation from supply
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-09
2007-01-09
Hess, Douglas A. (Department: 3651)
Article dispensing
With orienting
Selective separation from supply
C221S270000, C221S276000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10706636
ABSTRACT:
A dispenser for dispensing gravity-flowing objects from a storage area to a receiving station outside the dispenser comprising an upstanding wall portion, a top surface defined by the upstanding wall having a bowl-shaped surface with dual upwardly inclined portions meeting at an apex, an opening extending from the base of the bowl-shaped surface downwardly to the base of the upstanding wall portion, a chute extending from an upper portion of the opening laterally and downwardly to and through the perimeter of the upstanding wall portion, and a plunger disposed in a sliding reciprocating but non-rotational relation within the opening, said plunger having a recess in its side wall that is positioned above the opening in the bowl-like surface when the dispenser is in a non-dispensing position and positioned in registry with the inboard opening of the chute when the dispenser is in a dispensing position. A spring causing the recess in the side wall of the plunger to move from a non-dispensing to a dispensing position is provided.
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Fenton Denisa
Fenton Scott
Hess Douglas A.
Humoresque, Inc.
Kilgannon & Steidl
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