Feed drive mechanism, dispenser including feed drive mechanism, customizing dispensing system including dispenser, and feed drive method in feed drive mechanism
AssigneeShiseido Company, Ltd.
InventorMieko NASU
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Abstract
A feed drive mechanism includes multiple feed containers configured to feed contents with rotation of rotatable feed tubes provided in lower portions of container tubes containing the contents, multiple gears connected to the feed tubes of the feed containers, and a single drive gear configured to mesh with the gears. The drive gear is configured to selectively mesh with and rotate the gears to cause the feed containers to feed the contents with timing that differs between the feed containers.
Claims11
A feed drive mechanism comprising:
- a plurality of feed containers configured to feed contents with rotation of rotatable feed tubes provided in lower portions of container tubes containing the contents;
- a plurality of gears connected to the feed tubes of the plurality of feed containers;
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- a single drive gear configured to mesh with the plurality of gears,
- wherein the drive gear is configured to selectively mesh with and rotate the plurality of gears to cause the plurality of feed containers to feed the contents with timing that differs between the plurality of feed containers.
A feed drive method in a feed drive mechanism, the feed drive mechanism including a plurality of feed containers configured to feed contents with rotation of rotatable feed tubes provided in lower portions of container tubes containing the contents, a plurality of gears connected to the feed tubes of the plurality of feed containers, a single drive gear configured to mesh with the plurality of gears, and a rack and pinion mechanism configured to change a height of the drive gear, the feed drive method comprising:
- the drive gear selectively meshing with and rotating a first gear among the plurality of gears to feed a content in a first feed container among the plurality of feed containers;
- the rack and pinion mechanism changing the height of the drive gear;
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- the drive gear selectively meshing with and rotating a second gear among the plurality of gears to feed a content in a second feed container among the plurality of feed containers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.