Article dispenser
AssigneeDesign Tech LLC
InventorScott M. Thompson
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Abstract
A dispenser for a lid from a plurality of nested lids can include at least one member for isolating at least one lid adjacent to an endmost lid whereby the endmost lid can separate from the adjacent lid and be dispensed.
Claims27
A dispenser for a lid from a plurality of nested lids, comprising:
- at least one member for isolating at least one lid adjacent to an endmost lid whereby the endmost lid separates from the adjacent lid and is dispensed.
A track member having a ringed configuration for a dispenser, comprising a face forming a groove to guide at least one member interacting with at least one lid positioned inside of the ringed configuration.
A dispenser for dispensing an endmost lid from a stack of vertically orientated nestable lids, comprising:
- a dispensing mechanism, further comprising:
- a track member having a ringed configuration and comprising a face forming a groove;
- a tube inserted in and coupled to the track member wherein the tube forms a cylindrical chamber for receiving a stack of nestable lids and forms three triangular holes and three slots;
- three supports wherein each support comprises a body formed integrally with a post for being received within the groove and a ledge;
- three arms wherein each arm comprises a body forming a slot formed integrally with a post for being received within the groove;
- and
- three pins each having an end received within the slot of a respective arm;
- whereby rotating the track member extends and retracts the pins and ledges through respective triangular holes and slots in the tube whereby the pins are insertable into corresponding recesses in a lid adjacent to the endmost lid.
A dispenser for a lid from a plurality of lids, comprising:
- at least one member for isolating at least one lid adjacent to an endmost lid of the plurality of lids whereby the endmost lid is separable from the adjacent lid for dispensing.
A dispenser for a lid from a plurality of nested lids, comprising:
- at least one pin for isolating at least one lid adjacent to an endmost lid;
- and
- a release for permitting the separation of the endmost lid from the at least one adjacent lid, whereby the endmost lid separates from the adjacent lid and is dispensed.
A dispenser for at least one lid from a plurality of nested lids, comprising:
- a means for isolating at least one lid adjacent to at least one other lid, wherein the adjacent lid forms a recess wherein at least a portion of the means for isolating is at least partially positioned within the recess for isolating the at least one adjacent lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.