Motorized candy dispenser
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1. A hand held candy dispenser comprising:
- a housing having a top and a bottom, said housing being adapted for receiving candies to be dispensed at a first station and defining a second station at which candies are to be dispensed from said housing, said housing top being transparent,a plurality of turntables in a single circular array disposed within said housing, each of said turntables including a compartment sized to accommodate a candy to be dispensed, said turntables being visible through said transparent top, anddrive means operatively coupled to said turntables for continuously rotating said turntables and for continuously revolving said turntables within said housing as said candies are transported from said first station to said second dispensing station.
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Abstract
A dispenser having a housing for dispensing candies therefrom and having a rotatable raceway therein with a plurality of turntables disposed within the housing and on the raceway, with each of the turntables including a compartment sized to accommodate a candy to be dispensed, and a drive motor for driving the raceway and coupled to the turntables for rotating the turntables and for revolving the turntables within the housing to transport the candies to a dispensing station.
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19 Claims
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1. A hand held candy dispenser comprising:
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a housing having a top and a bottom, said housing being adapted for receiving candies to be dispensed at a first station and defining a second station at which candies are to be dispensed from said housing, said housing top being transparent, a plurality of turntables in a single circular array disposed within said housing, each of said turntables including a compartment sized to accommodate a candy to be dispensed, said turntables being visible through said transparent top, and drive means operatively coupled to said turntables for continuously rotating said turntables and for continuously revolving said turntables within said housing as said candies are transported from said first station to said second dispensing station. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A dispenser comprising:
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a housing for receiving objects to be dispensed and defining a station at which objects are to be dispensed from said housing, a plurality of turntables disposed within said housing, each of said turntables including a compartment sized to accommodate an object to be dispensed, and drive means operatively coupled to said turntables for rotating said turntables and for revolving said turntables within said housing to transport objects to said dispensing station, said housing comprising a bottom shell and a top shell, and wherein said drive means includes; a first gear in said bottom shell, and a raceway mounted to revolve within said bottom shell, said raceway providing a second gear disposed about its inner periphery and providing means for rotatably mounting said turntables for engagement with said first gear. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A motorized dispenser comprising:
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a bottom shell having a first gear disposed about its interior periphery, a top shell mating with said bottom shell to define therewith a housing interior, the top shell having a magazine mounted to its exterior surface for communication with the housing interior, said top shell having a circumferentially located discharge opening therein, a plurality of turntables within said housing interior, each of the turntables including a compartment sized to accommodate an article to be dispensed, drive means operatively coupled to said turntables for imparting rotational motion to said turntables and for revolving said turntables within said housing interior, and a discharge mechanism that discharges the objects from said turntable compartments through said discharge opening when said associated turntable revolves to said-discharge opening. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A motorized dispenser for dispensing articles comprising
a hollow housing defining a discharge opening, a raceway assembly enclosed within said housing, motor means for revolving said raceway within said housing, a plurality of turntables mounted on said raceway each said turntable defining a compartment for an article, means for rotating each said turntable relative to said raceway, means mounted to the outside of said housing for transferring articles into said housing and to said compartments at a first position of revolution of said raceway, and means for discharging articles from said compartments at a second position of revolution of said raceway which is remote from said first position.
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15. A motorized dispenser for dispensing articles comprising:
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a hollow housing defining a discharge opening, a raceway assembly enclosed within said housing, motor means for revolving said raceway assembly within said housing, a plurality of turntables mounted on said raceway assembly, each said turntable defining a compartment for an article, means for rotating each said turntable relative to said raceway assembly, and means for forcibly ejecting articles serially from each said compartment, said means comprising spring means mounted in said hollow housing and means on said raceway assembly for biasing said spring means between a first inactive position and a second active ejecting position and for releasing said spring means to forcibly eject an article in said compartment from said housing. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A hand held candy dispenser comprising:
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a housing having a top and a bottom, said housing being adapted for receiving candies to be dispensed at a first station and defining a second station at which candies are to be dispensed from said housing, said housing top being transparent, a plurality of turntables in a single circular array disposed within said housing, each of said turntables including a compartment sized to accommodate a candy to be dispensed, said turntables being visible through said transparent top, drive means operatively coupled to said turntables for continuously rotating said turntables and for continuously revolving said turntables within said housing as said candies are transported from said first station to said dispensing station, and means for transferring candies from the outside of said housing into said housing at said first station for transport to said second station. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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