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Dispensing mechanism for articles in staggered stack

Assignee: Seeburg Corp
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Filing: 1962-11-21
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Granted: 1964-10-06
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Expires: 1982-11-21
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Harry R Payne

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 08:49
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F11/00; G07F11/02; G07F11/04; G07F11/16; G07F11/24

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 178 words
IN A MACHANISM FOR DISPENSING A SINGLE BOTTLE AT A TIME FROM AT LEAST ONE STAGGERED STACK OF BOTTLES IN A BIN, TWO OPPOSED BOTTLE SUPPORTS ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF THE BIN FOR EACH STACK MOUNTED FOR DOWNWARD ROTARY MOVEMENT FROM AN UPPER NORMAL BOT LE SUPPORTING POSITION TO A LOWER BOTTLE DISPENSING POSITION AND SUPPORTING IN TURN THE LOWERMOST BOTTLE OF THE STACK OF BOTTLES IN THE BIN, LATCH MEANS MOUNTED FOR OSCILLATORY MOVEMENT INDEPENDENTLY OF THE SUPPORTS ENGAGING AND HOLDING THE SUPPORT ENGAGED BY THE LOWERMOST BOTTLE AGAINST DOWNWARD ROTATION WHEN THE MECHANISM IS IN STANDBY CONDITION, A NOTCH IN SAID LATCH MEANS, A LATCH NORMALLY ENGAGED IN SAID NOTCH LATCHING THE LATCH MEANS AGAINST MOVEMENT AND SOLENOID MEANS FOR RELEASING THE LATCH FROM SAID NOTCH AND FOR RELEASING THE LATCH MEANS WHEREBY THE WEIGHT OF THE BOTTLES ROTATES THE BOTTLE SUPPORT BENEATH THE LOWERMOST BOTTLE IN THE STACK DOWNWARD TOWARD BOTTLE DISPENSING POSITION AND MOVES THE LATCH MEANS BENEATH THE OTHER BOTTLE SUPPORT PREVENTING DOWNWARD ROTATION THEREOF, SAID LATCH MEANS THEN REENTERING SAID NOTCH.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 178 words
IN A MACHANISM FOR DISPENSING A SINGLE BOTTLE AT A TIME FROM AT LEAST ONE STAGGERED STACK OF BOTTLES IN A BIN, TWO OPPOSED BOTTLE SUPPORTS ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF THE BIN FOR EACH STACK MOUNTED FOR DOWNWARD ROTARY MOVEMENT FROM AN UPPER NORMAL BOT LE SUPPORTING POSITION TO A LOWER BOTTLE DISPENSING POSITION AND SUPPORTING IN TURN THE LOWERMOST BOTTLE OF THE STACK OF BOTTLES IN THE BIN, LATCH MEANS MOUNTED FOR OSCILLATORY MOVEMENT INDEPENDENTLY OF THE SUPPORTS ENGAGING AND HOLDING THE SUPPORT ENGAGED BY THE LOWERMOST BOTTLE AGAINST DOWNWARD ROTATION WHEN THE MECHANISM IS IN STANDBY CONDITION, A NOTCH IN SAID LATCH MEANS, A LATCH NORMALLY ENGAGED IN SAID NOTCH LATCHING THE LATCH MEANS AGAINST MOVEMENT AND SOLENOID MEANS FOR RELEASING THE LATCH FROM SAID NOTCH AND FOR RELEASING THE LATCH MEANS WHEREBY THE WEIGHT OF THE BOTTLES ROTATES THE BOTTLE SUPPORT BENEATH THE LOWERMOST BOTTLE IN THE STACK DOWNWARD TOWARD BOTTLE DISPENSING POSITION AND MOVES THE LATCH MEANS BENEATH THE OTHER BOTTLE SUPPORT PREVENTING DOWNWARD ROTATION THEREOF, SAID LATCH MEANS THEN REENTERING SAID NOTCH.

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