Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Product dispenser with an s-shaped down chute
-
Application No.: US14472340Application Date: 2014-08-28
-
Publication No.: US10861277B2Publication Date: 2020-12-08
- Inventor: Jamie Bauer , Joel Barenbrugge
- Applicant: Giraffx Design, LLC , RTC Industries, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Rolling Meadows US FL Lake Worth
- Assignee: RTC INDUSTRIES, INC.,GiRAFFX DESIGN, LLC
- Current Assignee: RTC INDUSTRIES, INC.,GiRAFFX DESIGN, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Rolling Meadows US FL Lake Worth
- Agency: Shutts & Bowen LLP
- Main IPC: G07F11/28
- IPC: G07F11/28 ; A47F1/08 ; A47F1/04 ; B65D71/36 ; B65D5/72

Abstract:
A serpentine product dispenser has a substantially “S”-shaped down chute between a cartridge containing rolling products, an exit port, and a lower feed channel leading to a product selection area. Jam-free feeding of cans from the cartridge is accomplished by forming the down chute in three arcuate sections. An upper arcuate section causes a first can falling through the exit port to impact a second can still in the dispenser, delaying motion of the second can, such that a third can follows the first can. A central arcuate section causes the first can to maintain rolling contact with a second can still in the cartridge, further facilitating the movement of the third can toward and into the down chute. A lower arcuate section directs cans toward the dispenser lower feed ramp and product selection area after they traverse the down chute upper and central arcuate sections.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150001243A1 Product Dispenser With An S-Shaped Down Chute Public/Granted day:2015-01-01
Information query