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Candy dispenser

  • US 10,407,235 B2
  • Filed: 08/09/2017
  • Issued: 09/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A candy dispenser comprising:

  • a dispenser housing having a dispenser housing opening;

    a candy reservoir disposed within the dispenser housing and having a candy reservoir chute aligned with the dispenser housing opening;

    a dispenser shield disposed within the dispenser housing and between the dispenser housing and the candy reservoir, the dispenser shield having a dispenser shield wall with a dispenser shield opening there through, wherein the dispenser shield is movable between a dispensing position where the dispenser shield opening is aligned with the dispenser housing opening and the candy reservoir chute so that a candy piece disposed within the candy reservoir chute can be dispensed through the dispenser shield opening and the dispenser housing opening, and at least one non-dispensing position where the candy reservoir chute is covered by the dispenser shield wall to retain the candy piece within the candy reservoir chute; and

    an indeterminate outcome actuation mechanism disposed within the dispenser housing and operatively connected to the dispenser shield, the indeterminate outcome actuation mechanism comprising an actuation mechanism input device extending out of the dispenser housing, wherein the indeterminate outcome actuation mechanism engages the dispenser shield to secure the dispenser shield in the dispensing position or one of the non-dispensing positions when the actuation mechanism input device is in an input device normal position, and wherein the indeterminate outcome actuation mechanism engages the dispenser shield to cause the dispenser shield to move between the dispensing position and the at least one non-dispensing position when the actuation mechanism input device is displaced from the input device normal position toward an input device actuation position, and wherein the indeterminate outcome actuation mechanism allows the dispenser shield to move each instance of the actuation mechanism input device being displaced from the input device normal position to the input device actuation position so that the dispenser shield may be disposed in any one of the dispensing position and the non-dispensing positions when the actuation mechanism input device is displaced back to the input device normal position.

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