公开(公告)号：US5586687A

公开(公告)日：1996-12-24

申请号：US389379

申请日：1995-02-16

申请人： William S. Spamer ,  J. Marshall Suttles ,  Dennis E. Parham ,  James D. Whiten

发明人： William S. Spamer ,  J. Marshall Suttles ,  Dennis E. Parham ,  James D. Whiten

IPC分类号： A47F1/12 ,  A47F7/28 ,  B65G60/00

CPC分类号： A47F7/285 ,  A47F1/12

摘要： A bottle dispenser has a gate mechanism to maintain the foremost one of the track-supported bottles substantially vertical. The dispenser includes an elongate track which defines a longitudinally extending pathway, a support assembly for the track, and a stopper provided at the front end of the track. The track supports a row of flanged bottles such that the bottles are suspended by their neck flanges for movement along the pathway and removable from the pathway through the front end of the track. The support assembly supports the track such that the track is inclined toward its front end whereby the suspended bottles are allowed to gravity feed toward the front end when the leading bottle in the row is removed from the track. The stopper engages with the leading bottle to prevent its accidental removal through the front end. The gate mechanism blocks the pathway at a position between the front and rear ends of the track. The mechanism is activated when the foremost bottle in the row engages the stopper so that forward movement of the other bottles behind the foremost bottle is blocked. This allows the foremost bottle to be free of pressure of the other bottles when stopped at the front end of the track.

摘要翻译： 瓶子分配器具有门机构，以使轨道支撑的瓶子中最重要的一个基本垂直。 分配器包括限定纵向延伸路径的细长轨道，用于轨道的支撑组件和设置在轨道前端的止动件。 轨道支撑一排带法兰的瓶子，使得瓶子被其颈部凸缘悬挂以沿着路径移动并且可以从通过轨道的前端的路径移除。 支撑组件支撑轨道，使得轨道朝向其前端倾斜，由此当行中的引导瓶从轨道移除时，悬挂的瓶被允许向前端重力供给。 塞子与领先的瓶子接合，以防止其意外地从前端移除。 门机构在轨道的前端和后端之间的位置处阻挡路径。 当该排中的最前面的瓶子与止动器接合时，该机构被激活，使得在最前面的瓶子后面的其它瓶子的向前运动被阻挡。 这允许最前端的瓶子在轨道前端停止时没有其他瓶子的压力。