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US 3,944,284 AGranted
Tilting, sliding edge dispenser
OwnerLoren W. Kentinventor
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Abstract
There is disclosed a container having an aperture therein with a linear edge, which aperture is normally closed by the planar surface of the base member. The container is pivotally attached to the base member by connecting arms such that when the container is moved with respect to the base member, the container is constrained by the connecting rods and tilts and slides on the linear edge across the planar surface of the base member to open the aperture of the container and to dispense the contents therefrom.
Claims8
Dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a base member having a flat planar surface thereon;
- a container having at least one opening therein, said opening being normally closed by said planar surface when said container is in a first position relative to said base member, a portion of said opening having a linear edge, said container being adapted to be moved across said planar surface from said first position to a second position, keeping said linear edge in sliding contact with said planar surface;
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- connecting means having two ends, one end being rotatably attached to said container and the other end rotatably attached to said base member such that when said container is moved across said planar surface from said first position to said second position, said container tilts with respect to said planar surface and slides thereacross on said linear edge thereby opening said container to release the contents thereof and to scrape the contents before said linear edge.
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Dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a base member having a flat planar surface thereon;
- container means for holding dispensable contents, said container means having at least one opening therein normally closed by said planar surface when said container is in a first position, said opening having first and second linear edges, said container means being adapted to be moved from said first position to a second position while maintaining said first linear edge in sliding contact with said planar surface and from said first position to a third position while maintaining said second linear edge in sliding contact with said planar surface;
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- first and second connecting means, each having adjustable lengths and two ends, one end of each being rotatably attached to said container and the other end of each being rotatably attached to said base member, the length of said first connecting means being constrained and the length of said second connecting means being unconstrained when said container is moved from said first position to said second position, said first connecting means being located to tilt said container about said first linear edge thereby opening said container in a first direction, the length of said first connecting means being unconstrained and the length of said second connecting means being constrained when said container is moved from said first position to said third position, said second connecting means being located to tilt said container about said second linear edge, thereby opening said container in a second direction whereby said dispensable contents may be dispensed in one of two different directions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.