Battery dispenser and refill
AssigneeEveready Battery Company, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Ferguson, Todd B. Abernethy, Jon Gauthier, John M. Dupnik
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Abstract
A battery dispenser and a refill for a battery dispenser are provided. In one embodiment the battery dispenser includes a disk that supports a plurality of batteries, a cover that has an opening, a grip ring that rotates the disk to align the batteries with the opening of the cover, and a push element capable of advancing batteries from inside the cover to a landing external to the cover. The disk rotates relative to the grip ring between a load position and a dispensing position, and the disk is removable from the grip ring when the disk is in the load position.
Claims32
A battery dispenser for dispensing batteries, the battery dispenser comprising:
- a cover comprising an opening;
- a landing disposed external to the cover;
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- a push element for advancing the batteries through the opening of the cover to the landing;
- a grip ring that rotates about an axis relative to the cover;
- a disk that rotates relative to the grip ring about the axis between a load position and a dispensing position;
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- wherein the disk is removable from the grip ring to open the dispenser and insertable within the grip ring to close the dispenser when the disk is in the load position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.