Rotary article dispenser with predetermined count control

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1. APPARATUS FOR FEEDING BISCUITS IN COUNTED BATCHES, COMPRISING:

A MAGAZINE FOR SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL STACK OF BISCUITS, CONSTRUCTED SO THAT THE BOTTOM BISCUIT IN THE STACK IS CAPABLE OF REMOVAL IN A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION, A SET OF CONVEYOR FLIGHTS, MECHANISM FOR DRIVING SAID SET OF CONVEYOR FLIGHTS AT UNIFORM SPACING ROUND A CLOSED PATH PASSING BENEATH SAID MAGAZINE, MEANS FOR ALTERING THE SEPARATION BETWEEN EACH SUCCESSIVE FLIGHT AND THE BOTTOM BISCUIT IN SAID MAGAZINE FROM AN OPERATIVE VALUE IN WHICH EACH FLIGHT ENGAGES THE BOTTOM BISCUIT IN THE MAGAZINE TO AN INOPERATIVE VALUE, AND CONTROL MEANS OPERATING IN TIMED RELATIONSHIP SUCH THAT WHEN A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF BISCUITS HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SAID MAGAZINE THE SEPARATION IS ALTERED TO ITS INOPERATIVE VALUE SO THAT NO FUTHER BISCUITS ARE REMOVED FROM SAID MAGAZINE.

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1. APPARATUS FOR FEEDING BISCUITS IN COUNTED BATCHES, COMPRISING:
- A MAGAZINE FOR SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL STACK OF BISCUITS, CONSTRUCTED SO THAT THE BOTTOM BISCUIT IN THE STACK IS CAPABLE OF REMOVAL IN A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION, A SET OF CONVEYOR FLIGHTS, MECHANISM FOR DRIVING SAID SET OF CONVEYOR FLIGHTS AT UNIFORM SPACING ROUND A CLOSED PATH PASSING BENEATH SAID MAGAZINE, MEANS FOR ALTERING THE SEPARATION BETWEEN EACH SUCCESSIVE FLIGHT AND THE BOTTOM BISCUIT IN SAID MAGAZINE FROM AN OPERATIVE VALUE IN WHICH EACH FLIGHT ENGAGES THE BOTTOM BISCUIT IN THE MAGAZINE TO AN INOPERATIVE VALUE, AND CONTROL MEANS OPERATING IN TIMED RELATIONSHIP SUCH THAT WHEN A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF BISCUITS HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SAID MAGAZINE THE SEPARATION IS ALTERED TO ITS INOPERATIVE VALUE SO THAT NO FUTHER BISCUITS ARE REMOVED FROM SAID MAGAZINE.

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