Article dispensing – With discharge assistant – With separate holdback means
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-08
2011-03-08
Crawford, Gene (Department: 3651)
Article dispensing
With discharge assistant
With separate holdback means
C221S208000, C221S209000, C221S186000, C221S187000, C221S248000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07900797
ABSTRACT:
A beverage container lid separator and dispenser is provided which allows individual beverage container lids to be dispensed in a neat and sanitary manner. The invention generally includes a vessel and an actuator, wherein a stack of lids is maintained in the vessel optionally within a housing. The vessel has an aperture at its lower end for dispensing the lids therefrom. The actuator is positioned below the vessel and extending up through a horizontal floor below the vessel, the floor supporting the lids thereon. In operation, the vessel preferably pivots to allow a bottom-most lid within the vessel to be pulled from underneath the vessel by the actuator. The vessel catches and maintains the remaining stack of lids for later dispensing by a subsequent user.
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Collins Michael K
Crawford Gene
Heisler & Associates
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