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US 12,514,346 B2Granted
Gem applier and method
AssigneeHally Hair, Inc
InventorsJian Feng Zhang, Zheng Wang
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Abstract
A gem applier and method for dispensing gems includes holding a plurality of gems in a stack and moving a gem from the stack for dispensing. A gem may be moved from the stack in a plane that is perpendicular to a direction in which the gem is dispensed or applied to a substrate. An actuator may cause both movement of a gem from a stack and dispensing of the gem.
Claims20
A gem dispenser comprising:
- a body including a gem storage area configured to hold a stack of gems including first gem at a bottom of the stack, the body having a dispense opening at a dispense area;
- a shuttle configured to move the first gem from the storage area to the dispense area;
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- a push rod configured to move the first gem at the dispense area through the dispense opening to dispense the first gem from the body.
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A gem dispenser comprising:
- a body including a gem storage area configured to hold a stack of gems including first gem at a bottom of the stack, the body having a dispense opening at a dispense area at a bottom of the body;
- a shuttle configured to rotate relative to the body about a vertical axis to move the first gem from the storage area to the dispense area;
- a push rod body movable along a vertical direction relative to the body, the push rod body including a push rod configured to move the first gem at the dispense area through the dispense opening to dispense the first gem from the body;
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- an actuation button mounted at a top of the body and movable along the vertical direction relative to the body, the actuation body coupled to the push rod body such that movement of the actuation button downwardly relative to the body moves the push rod body downwardly relative to the body,
- wherein the push rod body is coupled to the shuttle such that downward movement of the push rod body relative to the body causes the shuttle to rotate to move the first gem from the storage area to the dispense area and causes the push rod to move the first gem through the dispense opening.
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A method for dispensing gems, comprising:
- holding a stack of gems in a body, the stack of gems including a first gem at a bottom of the stack;
- moving the first gem along an arcuate pathway to separate the first gem from the stack of gems and position the first gem at a dispensing area;
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- pushing the first gem at the dispensing area through a dispense opening of the body to dispense the first gem from the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.