Puzzle candy dispenser

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1999-01-27

2000-07-18

Ellis, Christopher P.

Article dispensing

Tiltable container with trap

221 24, 273153S, 472 62, G07F 1100, A63F 906

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060894024

ABSTRACT:
A puzzle candy dispenser 10 which includes a spherical inner body 12 having a plurality of grooves 14 provided on its outer surface and sized to allow a ball-shaped confection 16 to roll therein. The grooves 14 form a maze between an entry aperture 18 and exit aperture 20 in the outer surface of the inner body 12. A spherical outer shell 22 of slightly larger diameter is adapted to substantially enclose the inner body 12 and has an indentation 24 sufficiently large to allow one of the ball-shaped confections 16 to roll therein when the indentation 24 is located over one of the grooves 14. The ball-shaped confection can be steered by the indentation 24 from the entry aperture 18 through the maze of grooves 14 to the exit aperture 20 by manipulating the outer shell 22 relative to the inner body 12 in order to dispense a confection. A release mechanism 40 is provided for releasing a single candy from a hollow interior of the inner body 12 through the entry aperture 18. A successful user of the candy dispenser has the double satisfaction of solving the puzzle and receiving a candy.

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patent: 4484744 (1984-11-01), Gmunder
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patent: 4754972 (1988-07-01), Boskovic
patent: 5332221 (1994-07-01), Reed
patent: 5664698 (1997-09-01), Nottingham et al.

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