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Container dispensing device

  • US 4,205,763 A
  • Filed: 12/26/1978
  • Issued: 06/03/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An automatic dispenser for cylindrical containers or the like comprising a storage compartment portion adapted to hold containers in horizontal side-by-side relation while being stored and a dispenser portion at one end of said compartment portion to which said containers are fed, one-by-one, in an upstanding vertical presentment position for retrieval, said compartment comprising a container receiving surface slanted downwardly toward said dispenser portion and slanted sidewardly, and container swivel means located at the bottom of said compartment, said containers being gravitationally urged to roll toward said dispenser portion, each of said containers abutting said swivel means as it reaches said dispenser portion, said swivel means causing said container to swivel from said stored horizontal position to said upstanding position thereof wherein it is retrievable.

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