Rotary rivet dispenser

Claim 1

A rotary dispenser of cylindrical objects comprising: a housing, means for rotating said housing, a pickup tube within said housing and terminating at one end in a scope having a cradle thereon, said scoop being positioned against an inner wall of said housing for receiving said objects in the cradle thereof as said housing is rotated, said housing having a baseplate through which said pickup tube extends, said cradle having an arcuate cutout therein adjacent said baseplate whereby objects misaligned in said scoop and cradle fall out as said housing is rotated, said housing being rotatable about a nonhorizontal axis, said housing being rotatably and pivotally mounted on support arms on a mounting frame having an end of a delivery tube affixed thereto, said pickup tube having a lower end extending from said housing and along the rotational axis thereof, said pickup tube lower end being in alignment with said delivery tube upper end to pass said objects therethrough, said housing having an aperture therein, means projecting an airstream through said aperture upon each revolution of said housing, said scoop being at its uppermost position during its rotation when said airstream passes through said aperture to pressurize said housing and thereby propel objects on said cradle into said pickup tube.