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US 4,062,200 AGranted
Container dispensing device
OwnerLeo V. Maisonneuveinventor
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A portable dispenser for loading, storing, cooling, and cutting cube stick foodstuffs such as butter or the like. The portable dispenser comprises a body having a top and base detachably attached to opposite ends thereof and a thermal unit in which to place the portable dispenser when not being used to slice pats therefrom to keep the cube stick cold. The body comprises a receptacle to retain the cube stick, a positioning mechanism which when actuated by positive force from the operator causes a pressure plate to press downwardly on the cube stick, to push it a precise distance into the base wherein a cutter wire simultaneously slices a pat from the cube stick. The positioning mechanism and cutter wire are both operated by an actuator lever with a fulcrum at its midpoint. On the upper end, a positioning actuator operates the positioning mechanism while, simultaneously, a cutter actuator on the lower end operates the cutter wire. The sides of the receptacle housing are convexedly curved so that the cube stick squeezes between the two sides and is held securely in place so that it can be picked up without being touched by human hands. A support ledge below the top is shaped substantially the same as the neck of the cooler so that the support ledge fits snugly therein and forms the top of the cooler.
A portable dispenser for contents such as butter and the like comprising a body having a top and base attached at opposite ends thereof, said body including a receptacle to operatively retain the contents to be dispensed and a positioning mechanism, said base comprising a housing having a cutting aperture formed therein to receive the contents from said receptacle, a cutting element partially disposed within said cutting aperture and a cutting element guide formed on said housing, said cutting element guide extending across said base inclined at such an angle that said cutting element guide engages said cutting element as said cutting element moves from a first position to a second position, said body further comprising an actuator to simultaneously move said positioning mechanism and said cutting element to move the contents and said cutting element down at substantially the same rate as said cutting element moves across said base from said first position to said second position, the bottom of said receptacle having an aperture communication with said cutting aperture to allow said positioning mechanism to move the contents from said receptacle into said base as said cutting element is moved from said first position to said second position to cut the contents at a predetermined thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.