Serpentine Dispenser With Cartridges

A serpentine product dispenser with a top, bottom, front, and rear for dispensing cans from a cartridge containing a plurality of stacks of nested cans;

• each can having a diameter;
• each stack of nested cans forming at least two product facings;
• and the cartridge having an exit port, comprising:
• a) an upper channel with a first width allowing a cartridge containing a plurality of can stacks to be inserted, located at the top of the dispenser, forming a cartridge holding area for receiving and holding the cartridge;
• b) an upper channel exit port, located at a bottom of the upper channel and to the rear of the dispenser, through which stacks of nested cans pass when exiting the exit port of a cartridge received and held on the upper channel;
• c) a down chute located at the rear of the dispenser below the upper channel exit port, with a first end, a second end, and a second width narrower than the upper channel first width, such that a stack of nested cans exiting the upper channel through the upper channel exit port are maintained in a nested stack when moving from the upper channel into and through the down chute;
• the first end of the down chute communicating in a transition with the upper channel exit port such that a stack of nested cans may move from the upper channel into the down chute;
• d) a lower feed channel located at the bottom of the dispenser with a first end, a second end, and a third width narrower than the upper channel first width, such that a stack of nested cans is maintained in a nested stack as the stack of nested cans transits through the lower feed channel;
• the first end of the lower feed channel communicating in a transition with the second end of the down chute, such that a stack of nested cans may move from the down chute through the lower feed channel;
• and
• e) a product selection area at the bottom and front of the dispenser having a first end, a second end accessible to a consumer, a fourth width wider than the lower feed channel third width, and a length;
• the first end of the product selection area communicating in a transition with the second end of the lower feed channel such that a stack of nested cans may move from the lower feed channel into the product selection area, where the forth width allows the stack of nested cans to be un-nested and separated for individual selection by a consumer.