Device for vending cylindrical objects
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1. A DEVICE FOR VENDING CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES COMPRISING:
- A HOPPER HAVING A LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID ARTICLES AND A WIDTH SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE AT LEAST FOUR DIAMETERS OF SAID ARTICLES;
MEANS DEFINING AN ARTICLE FEED PATH WITHIN SAID HOPPER OF A WIDTH NOT LESS THAN THREE DIAMETERS OF SAID ARTICLES;
A MECHANISM CASE LOCATED BELOW AND IN REGISTRATION WITH SAID HOPPER HAVING SIDE WALLS SPACED APART A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID ARTICLES;
AN ARTICLE DELIVERY CHANNEL LOCATED AT THE LOWER END OF SAID MECHANISM CASE OF A WIDTH ABOUT 10% GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF A SAID ARTICLE FOR FORMING SAID ARTICLES INTO A VERTICAL STACK;
AGITATOR MEANS SWINGABLY MOUNTED ADJACENT THE UPPER END OF SAID CHANNEL BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS OF SAID MECHANISM CASE OPERABLE TO MOVE AT LEAST SOME SAID ARTICLES IN SAID HOPPER UPWARDLY AND ARTICLES IN SAID CHANNEL DOWNWARDLY AND DISLODGING ARTICLES JAMMING THEREIN;
ARTICLE DELIVERY MEANS SLIDABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID MECHANISM CASE ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF SAID CHANNEL FOR RECIPROCATING RELATIVE THERETO AND ORIENTED TO ENGAGE AND MOVE THE LOWERMOST ARTICLE
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1. A DEVICE FOR VENDING CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES COMPRISING:
- A HOPPER HAVING A LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID ARTICLES AND A WIDTH SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE AT LEAST FOUR DIAMETERS OF SAID ARTICLES;
MEANS DEFINING AN ARTICLE FEED PATH WITHIN SAID HOPPER OF A WIDTH NOT LESS THAN THREE DIAMETERS OF SAID ARTICLES;
A MECHANISM CASE LOCATED BELOW AND IN REGISTRATION WITH SAID HOPPER HAVING SIDE WALLS SPACED APART A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID ARTICLES;
AN ARTICLE DELIVERY CHANNEL LOCATED AT THE LOWER END OF SAID MECHANISM CASE OF A WIDTH ABOUT 10% GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF A SAID ARTICLE FOR FORMING SAID ARTICLES INTO A VERTICAL STACK;
AGITATOR MEANS SWINGABLY MOUNTED ADJACENT THE UPPER END OF SAID CHANNEL BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS OF SAID MECHANISM CASE OPERABLE TO MOVE AT LEAST SOME SAID ARTICLES IN SAID HOPPER UPWARDLY AND ARTICLES IN SAID CHANNEL DOWNWARDLY AND DISLODGING ARTICLES JAMMING THEREIN;
ARTICLE DELIVERY MEANS SLIDABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID MECHANISM CASE ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF SAID CHANNEL FOR RECIPROCATING RELATIVE THERETO AND ORIENTED TO ENGAGE AND MOVE THE LOWERMOST ARTICLE
- A HOPPER HAVING A LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID ARTICLES AND A WIDTH SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE AT LEAST FOUR DIAMETERS OF SAID ARTICLES;
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Current AssigneeJames Garvin Alex
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Original AssigneeJames Garvin Alex
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InventorsJAMES GARVIN ALEX
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Application NumberUS04/261,107Time in Patent Office763 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current194/343CPC Class CodesG07F 11/44 in which magazines the arti...
