Article dispensing – With stack forming means – Agitator carried by or interrelated with discharging means
Patent
1974-03-26
1976-02-17
Reeves, Robert B.
Article dispensing
With stack forming means
Agitator carried by or interrelated with discharging means
221202, 221256, 221271, B65G 5906
Patent
active
039387011
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for dispensing toothpicks or the like comprises a receptacle having a lower surface that slopes downwardly from the rear wall of the receptacle toward the front wall and is spaced slightly from the front wall to define a discharge opening through which toothpicks may pass one at a time. A slide member is reciprocally mounted beneath the inclined lower surface and held in place by a bottom plate which is secured to the receptacle by fastening screws that pass through guide slots in the slide member to guide movement of the slide. The slide member is spring biased forwardly and includes a delivery channel that is alternately positionable between a receiving position in alignment with the discharge opening and a removal position forwardly of the front wall of the receptacle. The slide member also includes upwardly projecting alignment fingers that are adapted to move through alignment slots in the inclined surface of the receptacle to align the toothpicks with the discharge opening and thereby assure reliable deposition of the toothpicks in the delivery channel.
REFERENCES:
patent: 924407 (1909-06-01), Whitcomb
patent: 1880163 (1932-09-01), Villochi
patent: 2187218 (1940-01-01), Witt
patent: 3539073 (1970-11-01), Edwards
Reeves Robert B.
Scherbel David A.
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