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Dispenser for fungible goods

  • US 4,932,559 A
  • Filed: 10/24/1988
  • Issued: 06/12/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A dispenser for fungible goods such as pharmaceutical tablets comprising:

  • an elongated trough having a neck with an arcuate base and a receiving portion spaced from an open discharge end of said neck,means for mounting said trough at a horizontal angle downward toward said discharge end,means for vibrating said trough in a plane at said horizontal angle with said discharge end vibrating at greater amplitude than said receiving portion, such that goods in said receiving portion migrate along said neck to said discharge end and assume single file alignment as they reach said discharge end,means affixed to said mounting means and having an opening positioned beneath said discharge end,a platform beneath said opening,a pair of spaced guide posts having said platform slidably mounted thereon, anda pair of coil springs respectively surrounding said guide posts and captured in compression between said platform and said mounting means resiliently urging said platform toward said opening removably to clamp a container beneath said opening between said platform and said opening-having means.

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