Article dispensing – Mechanical release or separation of articles – Separately acting series controllers
Patent
1995-02-16
1996-12-24
Terrell, William E.
Article dispensing
Mechanical release or separation of articles
Separately acting series controllers
221289, 221308, 221310, 221165, 221193, 211 592, 211 945, 211162, 211 74, 193 32, B65G 6000
Patent
active
055866875
ABSTRACT:
A bottle dispenser has a gate mechanism to maintain the foremost one of the track-supported bottles substantially vertical. The dispenser includes an elongate track which defines a longitudinally extending pathway, a support assembly for the track, and a stopper provided at the front end of the track. The track supports a row of flanged bottles such that the bottles are suspended by their neck flanges for movement along the pathway and removable from the pathway through the front end of the track. The support assembly supports the track such that the track is inclined toward its front end whereby the suspended bottles are allowed to gravity feed toward the front end when the leading bottle in the row is removed from the track. The stopper engages with the leading bottle to prevent its accidental removal through the front end. The gate mechanism blocks the pathway at a position between the front and rear ends of the track. The mechanism is activated when the foremost bottle in the row engages the stopper so that forward movement of the other bottles behind the foremost bottle is blocked. This allows the foremost bottle to be free of pressure of the other bottles when stopped at the front end of the track.
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Parham Dennis E.
Spamer William S.
Suttles J. Marshall
Whiten James D.
Suzuki Tsugihiko
Terrell William E.
The Mead Corporation
Tran Khoi H.
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