Device for dispensing articles from a boxed stack
OwnerFrederick W. Pflegerinventor
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Abstract
An upwardly opening receiver for receiving the lower open end of a box containing articles to be dispensed, an article carrier shiftable transversely through a lower region of the receiver, and a pusher on the carrier for pushing engagement with the lowermost article upon carrier movement to dispense the article exteriorly of the receiver.
Claims4
A dispensing device for dispensing articles from a boxed stack wherein a box has its lower end open, said device comprising a base, a box receiver upstanding from said base and having an upper opening for removably receiving the lower open end of a box, a pair of upwardly facing ledges in said receiver at opposite sides thereof for supporting engagement with laterally opposite open end edges of a received box without obstructing the lower open end of the received box, an article carrier extending transversely through a lower region of said receiver between said ledges and shiftable into and out of a retracted position beneath a box for receiving a lowermost article, shoulder means upstanding from said carrier for pushing engagement with the lowermost article on said carrier during carrier movement from its retracted position to an extended position with the previously lowermost article entirely exteriorly of the receiver, and stop means on said carrier and engageable with said receiver to limit carrier movement to said extended position for convenient removal of the article, said carrier comprising a pair of generally parallel spaced upstanding ribs extending longitudinally of carrier shifting movement, and said stop means upstanding from said carrier externally of said receiver and abuttingly engageable therewith to limit said carrier movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.