Spring for dispenser cover
OwnerHenry Sternberginventor
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Abstract
A receptacle for receiving and sequentially dispensing individual shaped bodies from a stack of like bodies. The receptacle has a pivotal cover at the dispensing end thereof and a cap mounted on said cover. The cap has a skirt extending around the pivotal cover. This skirt has a first portion engaging the cover, a second portion adapted to engage the housing of the receptacle when the cover is pivoted toward an open position and a pair of elastically deformable portions intermediate said first and second portions. The elastically deformable portions constitute a spring for biasing the pivoted cover into its closed position. The cover also has a finger portion for pushing the uppermost shaped body and dispensing it from the receptacle when the cover is pivoted against the spring bias.
Claims14
A receptacle for receiving and sequentially dispensing individual shaped bodies from a stack of like ones of said bodies received in the receptacle, comprising housing means having two opposed wall extensions at a dispensing end thereof, a pivotal cover at the dispensing end, spring means in the housing means for pressing the stack of shaped bodies towards the dispensing end to place sequential uppermost ones of the shaped bodies of the stack into a dispensing position, transverse ledge means located intermediate the opposed wall extensions, the uppermost shaped body being pressed by the spring means against the ledge means, a cap for said pivotal cover, mounting means for mounting said cap on said cover, said cap having a skirt portion extending around said pivotal cover, said skirt having a first portion engaging said cover, a second portion spaced from said first portion and adapted to engage said housing means when the cover is pivoted toward an open position and a pair of elastically deformable portions intermediate said first and second portions, said elastically deformable portions constituting a spring for biasing the pivoted cover into closed position, a pivot for pivoting the cover on the opposed wall extensions, and the cover having a finger portion in the region of the pivot for pushing the uppermost shaped body and dispensing it from the receptacle when the cover is pivoted against the last mentioned spring bias.
A cap for the pivotal cover of a candy dispenser having a dispenser body, said cover pivotably connected to said body, said cap comprising an upper portion adapted to overlie the top of the cover, means at the underside of said upper portion for detachably gripping the cover, a skirt depending downwardly from said upper portion around the entire periphery thereof, at least said skirt being formed of elastically deformable rubbery material and adapted to snugly surround the cover at the front, rear, and sides of the latter, and said skirt having side portions intermediate the front and rear portions thereof which side portions are dimensioned such that they will act as a spring to bias the cover toward its closed position in response to stretching of said side portions when the portion of the skirt which is adjacent the rear of the cover coacts with the dispenser body during pivoting of the cover with respect thereto.
In a device for receiving and sequentially dispensing individual shaped bodies from a stack of like bodies, said device including housing means having a dispensing end, a cover mounted for pivotal movement at said dispensing end and means at said dispensing end for dispensing the uppermost of said shaped bodies in response to pivotal movement of said cover from a closed to an open position thereof, the improvement comprising:
- a cap for said cover, said cap having a skirt of elastomerically deformable material extending peripherally around said cover and having a first peripheral portion operatively engaging a first portion of the cover and forced to move with such cover when the cover is pivoted to open position and a second peripheral portion operatively engaging the housing means at a location remote from said first portion of said cover, and a pair of additional peripheral portions intermediate said first and second peripheral portions, said housing means including means restraining said second peripheral portion of said skirt from movement relative to said housing means in response to pivotal movement of said cover, said additional peripheral portions of said skirt being so dimensioned as to constitute a spring for biasing the cover to closed position in response to pivotal movement of said cover toward the open position thereof.
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