Automatic dispenser for automatically dispensing lighted cigarettes
OwnerAldo Torriinventor
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Abstract
The automatic dispenser comprises as a unit a container for holding a plurality of unlit cigarettes which is positioned above a support adjacent to a cigarette lighter or electric heater. A rotatable dispenser which forms part of the unit is positioned between the container and the support. Electronic circuitry is provided to control the length of time the electric heater remains lit, and cam actuated switching devices are connected with the dispenser to energize the electric heater each time the dispenser moves or transports a cigarette from the container to the support for lighting the cigarette. The support is provided with an opening through which the unlit end of the cigarette may be grasped and removed after being lit.
Claims10
An automatic dispenser for automatically dispensing lighted cigarettes, comprising in combination:
- a container adapted to hold and store one or more unlit cigarettes, said container having a mouth portion from which a cigarette can be dispensed;
- cigarette lighting means operatively associated with said container for receiving a cigarette therefrom and including an electric heater for lighting the head of a cigarette;
- cradle means associated with said container and said cigarette lighting means adapted to receive a cigarette from said container and position said last-mentioned cigarette into juxtaposition with said cigarette lighting means, said cradle means including a cigerette withdrawal means to permit withdrawal of a cigarette from said cradle means;
- transport means associated with said container and said cradle means having two operable positions, operable in one of said positions to receive a cigarette for transport thereof to said cradle means and in the other of said positions to isolate the said received cigarette from the cigarettes in said container and to position the said received cigarette in proximity with said electric heater while isolating therefrom the cigarettes remaining in said container, said transport means including a pair of spaced rotatable concave cigarette receiving and dispensing means angularly displaced 180.degree. from each other to insure that solely one cigarette at a time is removed from said container, and a pair of cam lobes one for each said concave receiving means angularly displaced 180.degree. from each other, said cam lobes being operatively coupled with said concave receiving means and movable therewith, respectively;
- and,
- switch means external of and associated with said transport means and said cigarette lighting means for energization thereof by coupling said heater to a source of energy when said transport means transports a cigarette from said container to said cradle means, said switch means including an activation switch operatively associated with said cam lobes for connection of said heater to the source of energy for energizing said heater for a time period sufficient to light a cigarette, said cam lobes aligned with said cigarette receiving and dispensing means to activate said activation switch upon deposit of a cigarette in said cradle means by said transport means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.