Gravity dispensing bin system
AssigneeDesign Display Group, Inc.
InventorJonathon Loew
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Abstract
A gravity dispensing bin system includes one or more gravity dispensing bins in which bulk product supplied through an open top of the bin moves under gravity to a lower dispensing opening as product is dispensed, and a frame on which the dispensing bins are mounted. A plurality of bins may be mounted in vertically and/or horizontally aligned arrangement on the frame and the frame with the bin or bins mounted thereon may itself be mounted on any suitable structure, such as a wall, pegboard or column, or alternatively, may be free-standing. Each bin has an open top which is normally covered by the bottom of the next upper adjacent bin or an overlying frame portion in the case of the uppermost bin. The bins are hingedly mounted on the frame so that each can be tilted to provide access to the open top for filling with product.
Claims10
A gravity dispensing bin system comprising:
- a frame;
- a least two gravity dispensing bins, each including an enclosure having side walls, a bottom wall, an upper filling opening provided in an upwardly facing top of said bin and a lower dispensing opening;
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- means provided on at least one of said frame and bins for removeably mounting at least two of said bins on said frame in substantially vertically aligned relationship, and wherein said mounting means comprise means for pivotally mounting a lower one of said bins on said frame for movement with respect to an axis passing through a rearward lower region of said bin between a first operating position wherein said bottom wall of a next adjacent upper bin substantially overlies said filling opening of said lower bin, and a second pivoted filling position wherein access is provided to said filling opening of said lower bin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.