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US 4,278,185 AGranted
Double ten cigarette dispenser
OwnerSergio J. Perezinventor
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Abstract
A cigarette dispenser for placement on top of an automobile dashboard, and including a frame in which a cigarette case is slidable; the case containing two rows of cigarettes, one above the other, and each row containing ten cigarettes; the case having two dispensing outlets, one for each row, and the frame having a push rod for pushing a cigarette out of the case, and each row of cigarettes being spring pushed for aligning the cigarettes in succession with the dispensing outlets.
Claims2
A double ten cigarette dispenser, comprising in combination;
- a frame for placement on top of an automobile dashboard, and a cigarette case that is slid rearwardly into said frame with either upper opposite or lower opposite side of said case facing upwardly in said frame;
- said case comprising two compartments, one upon another separated by a partition therebetween;
- each compartment holding a row of ten cigarettes, and each compartment being accessible for re-loading cigarettes therein by pivoted doors on opposite sides of said case;
- said frame comprising a receptacle mounted upon a plate fitted with rubber pads therebeneath for resting upon said dashboard;
- said receptacle having an opening at a front thereof for slidably receiving said case, and a forwardly extending push rod near one corner of a rectangular rear wall of said receptacle;
- and said case having a pair of holes near opposite diagonal corners of a rectangular rear wall thereof, and being selectively entered by said push rod when said case is slid in said frame with either said case upper or lower side thereof facing upwardly for alignment with said push rod, and a spring loaded pressure plate in front of said receptacle rear wall, normally urging said case away from said push rod.
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