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Article counting device

  • US 4,111,332 A
  • Filed: 12/16/1974
  • Issued: 09/05/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an article dispensing device having a support forming an inclined upper support surface, a drive shaft projection centrally upward through said upper support surface, means for rotating said drive shaft, said support having an article-passing opening therethrough, a switch having a switch arm mounted on the support adjacent the opening, and article counting means interconnecting a source of electrical energy with the means for rotating said drive shaft and said switch, the improvement comprising:

  • article dispensing hopper means overlying said upper surface,first means connecting said article dispensing hopper means with said drive shaft for rotation therewith,said support being movable axially of said drive shaft,said hopper dispensing means including a disk and an upstanding wall surrounding and connected with said disk at its depending edge,said disk forming the bottom of the hopper,said disk having a plurality of slot means selecting and discharging a succession of hopper contained articles through the article passing opening, andsaid first means connecting said article dispensing hopper means to said drive shaft for quick connect with and disconnect from said shaft, andmeans for biasing said support such that said upper support surface is biased into contact with said disk.

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