Earplug dispenser

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2011-08-09

2011-08-09

Crawford, Gene (Department: 3651)

Article dispensing

With means to agitate, vibrate or jar articles in supply...

Rigidly mounted on or incorporated in discharge assistant

C221S256000, C221S277000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07992748

ABSTRACT:
An earplug dispenser (10) includes a container (12), a cover (14), and a rotatable member (16). The container (12) is adapted to hold a quantity of earplugs (18) to be dispensed, and has a downwardly opening mouth (20). The cover (14) is attached to the container (12) to close the downwardly opening mouth (20). The rotatable member (16) is carried in the cover (14) for rotation about a vertical axis (22). The cover (14) has a base (24), a dispensing port (26) extending through the base (24), and a facing cylindrical surface (28A) extending up from the base (24) and centered on the vertical axis (22). The rotatable member (16) has a plurality of conduits (29) extending vertically through the rotatable member (16), with each conduit (29) adapted to receive an earplug (18) from the container (12) and align one at a time with the dispensing port (26) to allow an earplug (18) carried in the conduit (29) to be dispensed downwardly through the dispensing port (26). The rotatable member (16) has an outer peripheral surface34at least partially surrounded by the cylindrical surface (28A) and accessible through an aperture (30) formed in the cover (14) for manual rotation of the rotatable member (16). The peripheral and cylindrical surfaces (34,28A) are sized relative to each other to prevent earplugs18from jamming therebetween during rotation of the rotatable member (16).

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