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- This invention relates to an article dispensing apparatus for taking out articles such as candies, which are stored in a stack in a case body, in an order from the top one.
- An article dispensing apparatus for taking out articles in an order from the top one in a stack stored in a case body such as the one disclosed in the Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 6-92379.
- An article dispensing apparatus disclosed in that application has a case body for storing flat articles such as chewing gum stacked in the vertical direction and is provided in the upper part of the case body with a dispensing device for pushing the stored articles one by one in an order from the top one so that the articles can be taken out.
- a sliding member is provided in the dispensing device for engaging the top article among a plurality of articles biased by an elastic member and making the article protrude from a front opening.
- the conventional article dispensing apparatus as described above has a problem in that it simply slides the top article and cannot separate an article one by one from other articles to dispense it.
- the apparatus is made so that articles stored in a stack within the case body can be pushed by the sliding member of the apparatus and taken out one by one from the top one.
- the present invention has been devised in view of the above drawbacks and it is an object of the present invention to provide an article dispensing apparatus with a novel structure, which can lift an article, such as a candy stored in a stack within a case body, one by one from the top one and dispense it.
- an article dispensing apparatus in accordance with the first aspect of the present invention comprises:
- FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an article dispensing apparatus in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is an assembled perspective view of FIG. 2 with a cover slid
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the state in which an article is held
- FIG. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of a main part of FIG. 4;
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the state in which an article is taken out.
- FIG. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view of a main part of FIG. 6.
- An article dispensing apparatus 1 in accordance with the first aspect of the present invention comprises a case body 4 for storing articles 2 in a vertical stack.
- a dispensing opening 36 is formed in the upper part of the case body 4 , through which the stored articles 2 can be taken out one by one in an order from the top one, and an elastic member 81 is provided in the lower part of the case body 4 for biasing the stored articles 2 toward the dispensing opening 36 .
- a pair of engaging members 70 and 70 are provided in the vicinity of the dispensing opening 36 of the case body 4 for engaging both sides of the top article 2 among a plurality of articles 2 biased by the elastic member 81 and for preventing the plurality of articles 2 from jumping out from the dispensing opening 36 .
- a rotating body 55 is rotatably provided in the upper part of the case body 4 , and a pair of holding pieces 56 and 56 are provided in the rotating body 55 for holding both sides of the top article 2 among the plurality of articles 2 while releasing the engagement of the pair of engaging members 70 and 70 .
- An article dispensing apparatus 1 comprises a case body 4 and a dispensing device 51 .
- the case body 4 comprises a storing frame 3 for storing articles 2 such as lemon candies, chewing gum and marbles in a vertical stack, and a cover member 85 for storing the storing frame 3 .
- the storing frame 3 consists of a sliding frame 5 with its front opening and a mounting frame 7 attached to the upper end of the sliding frame 5 and is molded integrally with synthetic resin.
- the sliding frame 5 is formed generally in the shape of a letter C with its front opening and comprises a left side plate 9 , a right side plate 10 , a rear plate 11 and a bottom plate 12 .
- An engaging piece 13 is formed in the vicinity of the bottom plate 12 .
- the mounting frame 7 provided at the upper ends of the left side plate 9 and the right side plate 10 is formed with its upper part open and comprises a lower wall 15 , a right wall 16 , a rear wall 17 , a left wall 19 and a front wall 20 .
- An opening 18 communicating with an inside of the sliding frame 5 is formed in the lower wall 15 .
- a bearing recess 21 generally in the shape of a letter C is formed in the front wall 20 .
- Bearing walls 22 and 23 are formed in both sides of the bearing recess 21 , and semicircular bearing recesses 24 and 25 are provided in the bearing walls 22 and 23 .
- a cover 31 is mounted to the opening of the mounting frame 7 by screws 30 .
- the cover 31 is molded with synthetic resin and comprises an upper frame member 33 generally in the shape of a letter C with its front part 32 open and forms a dispensing opening 36 substantially in its center by the upper frame member 33 and the front wall 35 .
- the front wall 35 provided in the front part of the dispensing opening 36 has a curved and inclining surface 37 .
- Bearing walls 39 and 40 are formed in the front part of the cover 31 , and bearing recesses 41 and 42 in semicircular shape are provided in the bearing walls 39 and 40 .
- the bearing recesses 24 and 25 of the mounting frame 7 and the bearing recesses 41 and 42 of the cover 31 contact to form bearing holes 43 and 44 .
- Supporting shafts 50 and 50 formed in the lower part of an open-close plate 46 are rotatably mounted in the bearing holes 43 and 44 .
- An arm member 47 is formed in the front part of the open-close plate 46 , a boss 49 is provided in the top end of the arm member 47 and the supporting shafts 50 and 50 are protrudingly mounted to the both ends of the boss 49 .
- the open-close plate 46 is formed in a shape to be fit in the upper frame member 33 , and the arm member 47 is disposed between the bearing walls 39 and 40 .
- the open-close plate 46 rotates with the supporting shafts 50 and 50 as its center, fits in the upper frame member 33 when touching the front wall 35 and closes the dispensing opening 36 .
- a hooking protrusion 48 for hooking a pawl is formed in the boss 49 for ease of opening the open-close plate 46 .
- a dispensing device 51 in an animal shape is provided in the cover 31 .
- the dispensing device 51 comprises supporting members 52 and 52 in a leg shape fixed to the cover 31 by the screws 30 and 30 , and a rotating body 55 in a body shape rotatably attached by supporting shafts 53 and 53 between the pair of supporting members 52 and 52 .
- a pair of holding pieces 56 and 56 in an arm shape are provided in the rotating body 55 .
- Fixing frames 60 and 60 generally in the shape of the letter C in the cross-section are formed in the upper parts of the left side plate 9 and the right side plate 10 of the sliding frame 5 .
- the fixing frames 60 and 60 are connected to the lower wall 15 of the mounting frame 7 in their upper ends, and inserting openings 61 and 61 formed in the lower wall 15 are formed to extend through to the inside of the fixing frames 60 and 60 .
- Engaging edges 63 and 63 are formed in side walls 62 and 62 of the fixing frames 60 and 60 by openings 65 and 65 .
- engaging stepped parts 67 and 67 are formed in the upper parts of the positions opposing the engaging edges 63 and 63 in the left side plate 9 and the right side plate 10 .
- Engaging members 70 and 70 are inserted from the inserting openings 61 and 61 are detachably attached to the fixing frames 60 and 60 .
- the engaging member 70 is formed of an elastic material such as synthetic resin and has an inserting piece 71 in a flat shape to be inserted from the inserting opening 61 .
- a pair of engaging pawls 72 and 72 to be engaged by engaging portions (not shown) of the fixing frame 60 are formed in the bottom edge of the inserting piece 71 .
- An engaging protrusion 73 for engaging with the engaging edge 63 is protrudingly mounted in the lower part of the inserting piece 71 .
- a bent stepped portion 75 for engaging with the engaging stepped portion 67 is formed substantially in the center of the inserting piece 71 .
- An inclining surface 76 is formed in the upper part of the inserting piece 71 and a stopper piece 79 to which an engaging protrusion 77 is protrudingly mounted is provided in the rear part of the inserting piece 71 .
- a push-up member 82 attached to one end of a coil spring 81 and to be biased toward an opening 18 by the coil spring 81 is slidably provided in the sliding frame 5 in the vertical direction.
- the other end of the coil spring 81 is fixedly engaged in an engaging piece 13 .
- a guiding protrusion 83 is formed in the front surface of the push-up member 82 .
- the sliding frame 5 is housed in a cover 85 generally in a rectangular shape.
- the cover 85 is molded with synthetic resin.
- a guiding groove 87 for guiding the guiding protrusion 83 of the push-up member 82 is formed in a front wall 86 of the cover 85 .
- Supplemental cover portions 91 and 92 for covering the fixing frames 60 and 60 are formed in both side walls 89 and 90 of the cover 85 .
- An engaging pawl 95 to be engaged in an engaging hole 14 formed in the lower wall 15 of the mounting frame 7 is formed in the upper part of a rear wall 93 of the cover 85 .
- the pair of holding pieces 56 and 56 touch the inclining surfaces 76 and 76 of the engaging members 70 and 70 and rotate to hold the top article 2 while pushing open the stopper pieces 79 and 79 of the engaging members 70 and 70 against the elasticity of the material.
- the stopper pieces 79 and 79 are fully opened and the engagement of the engaging protrusions 77 and 77 provided in the stopper pieces 79 and 79 relative to the article 2 is released.
- the rotating body 55 when the rotating body 55 is rotated forward and then raised backward, the pair of holding pieces 56 and 56 lift and take out one of the articles 2 .
- the supporting members 52 and 52 are formed in the shape of animal legs
- the rotating body 55 is formed in the shape of animal body and the pair of holding pieces 56 and 56 are formed in the shape of animal arms
- the article dispensing apparatus 1 can take an action as if an animal toy lifts and takes out the article 2 .
- the rotating body 55 is biased backward by an elastic member such as a spring, it may not be necessary to raise the rotating body 55 backward manually because it is raised backward by the elastic restoration power of the elastic member, although it needs to be pressed down when it is rotated down forward.
- the first aspect of the present invention has an effect that an article dispensing apparatus with a novel structure that could not conventionally be obtained that can lift and take out articles such as candies stored in stack in a case body one by one in an order from the top one can be provided.
- the article dispensing apparatus unlike conventional ones that slide out the top article, employs an interesting motion in that it separates the top article from other articles to take it out as if it lifts out the article. If a rotating body for taking out the article is formed in the shape of an animal, the article dispensing apparatus can be extremely novel and unique because it makes motions as an animal toy when it lifts and takes out the article. Further, since the article is held and lifted, it may be a spherical article, such as a marble, without being limited to a flat article such as in the dispensing apparatuses of past.
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Abstract
An article dispensing apparatus with a novel structure is provided for lifting and taking out articles such as candies, stored in a stack within a case body, one by one from the top one. The article dispensing apparatus has a case body for storing articles in a stack. A dispensing opening that can take out the stored articles one by one from the top one is formed in the upper part of the case body, and an elastic member for biasing the stored articles toward the dispensing opening is provided in the lower part of the case body. A pair of engaging members are provided in the vicinity of the dispensing opening of the case body for engaging the both sides of the top article among a plurality of articles biased by the elastic member to prevent the plurality of articles from being dispensed from the dispensing opening. A rotating body is rotatably provided in the upper part of the case body, and a pair of holding pieces are provided in the rotating body for holding the both sides of the top article among a plurality of articles while releasing the engagement of the pair of engaging members.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- This invention relates to an article dispensing apparatus for taking out articles such as candies, which are stored in a stack in a case body, in an order from the top one.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- There is known a conventional article dispensing apparatus for taking out articles in an order from the top one in a stack stored in a case body such as the one disclosed in the Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 6-92379. An article dispensing apparatus disclosed in that application has a case body for storing flat articles such as chewing gum stacked in the vertical direction and is provided in the upper part of the case body with a dispensing device for pushing the stored articles one by one in an order from the top one so that the articles can be taken out. A sliding member is provided in the dispensing device for engaging the top article among a plurality of articles biased by an elastic member and making the article protrude from a front opening.
- The conventional article dispensing apparatus as described above has a problem in that it simply slides the top article and cannot separate an article one by one from other articles to dispense it. The apparatus is made so that articles stored in a stack within the case body can be pushed by the sliding member of the apparatus and taken out one by one from the top one.
- The present invention has been devised in view of the above drawbacks and it is an object of the present invention to provide an article dispensing apparatus with a novel structure, which can lift an article, such as a candy stored in a stack within a case body, one by one from the top one and dispense it.
- In order to attain the above and other objects, an article dispensing apparatus in accordance with the first aspect of the present invention comprises:
- (a) a case body for storing articles in a vertical stack;
- (b) a dispensing opening formed in the upper part of the case body for taking out the stored articles one by one in an order from the top one, and an elastic member provided in the lower part of the case body for biasing the stored articles to the dispensing opening;
- (c) a pair of engaging members provided in the vicinity of the dispensing opening of the case body for engaging both sides of the top article among a plurality of articles biased by the elastic member to prevent the plurality of articles from jumping out from the dispensing opening; and
- (d) a rotating body rotatably provided in the upper part of the case body, and a pair of holding pieces provided in the rotating body for holding the both sides of the top article among the plurality of articles while releasing the engagement of the pair of engaging members.
- FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an article dispensing apparatus in accordance with the present invention;
- FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is an assembled perspective view of FIG. 2 with a cover slid;
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the state in which an article is held;
- FIG. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of a main part of FIG. 4;
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the state in which an article is taken out; and
- FIG. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view of a main part of FIG. 6.
- An article dispensing apparatus embodying the present invention is now described based on FIG. 1 through FIG. 7. An
article dispensing apparatus 1 in accordance with the first aspect of the present invention comprises acase body 4 for storingarticles 2 in a vertical stack. A dispensingopening 36 is formed in the upper part of thecase body 4, through which thestored articles 2 can be taken out one by one in an order from the top one, and anelastic member 81 is provided in the lower part of thecase body 4 for biasing the storedarticles 2 toward the dispensing opening 36. - A pair of
engaging members case body 4 for engaging both sides of thetop article 2 among a plurality ofarticles 2 biased by theelastic member 81 and for preventing the plurality ofarticles 2 from jumping out from the dispensing opening 36. A rotatingbody 55 is rotatably provided in the upper part of thecase body 4, and a pair ofholding pieces body 55 for holding both sides of thetop article 2 among the plurality ofarticles 2 while releasing the engagement of the pair ofengaging members - When the plurality of
articles 2 are stored in a vertical stack within thecase body 4, although the plurality ofarticles 2 are biased toward the dispensing opening 36 by theelastic member 81, the plurality ofarticles 2 are prevented from jumping out from the dispensing opening 36 because both sides of thetop article 2 among the plurality ofarticles 2 are engaged by the pair ofengaging members 70 and 70 (see FIG. 6). In this state, when therotating body 55 is rotated downward to the front direction as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the pair ofholding pieces top article 2 while releasing the engagement by forcing open the pair ofengaging members body 55 is rotated upward to the back direction as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the pair ofholding pieces top article 2, and can separate thearticle 2 fromother articles 2 and take it out. - One embodiment in accordance with the present invention is now further described with reference to the drawings. An
article dispensing apparatus 1 comprises acase body 4 and adispensing device 51. Thecase body 4 comprises a storing frame 3 for storingarticles 2 such as lemon candies, chewing gum and marbles in a vertical stack, and acover member 85 for storing the storing frame 3. The storing frame 3 consists of a slidingframe 5 with its front opening and amounting frame 7 attached to the upper end of the slidingframe 5 and is molded integrally with synthetic resin. The slidingframe 5 is formed generally in the shape of a letter C with its front opening and comprises a left side plate 9, aright side plate 10, arear plate 11 and abottom plate 12. Anengaging piece 13 is formed in the vicinity of thebottom plate 12. - The
mounting frame 7 provided at the upper ends of the left side plate 9 and theright side plate 10 is formed with its upper part open and comprises alower wall 15, aright wall 16, arear wall 17, aleft wall 19 and afront wall 20. An opening 18 communicating with an inside of the slidingframe 5 is formed in thelower wall 15. A bearing recess 21 generally in the shape of a letter C is formed in thefront wall 20.Bearing walls recesses bearing walls - A
cover 31 is mounted to the opening of themounting frame 7 byscrews 30. Thecover 31 is molded with synthetic resin and comprises anupper frame member 33 generally in the shape of a letter C with itsfront part 32 open and forms a dispensing opening 36 substantially in its center by theupper frame member 33 and thefront wall 35. Thefront wall 35 provided in the front part of the dispensingopening 36 has a curved andinclining surface 37. -
Bearing walls cover 31, and bearingrecesses 41 and 42 in semicircular shape are provided in thebearing walls cover 31 is attached to themounting frame 7 by thescrews 30, thebearing recesses mounting frame 7 and thebearing recesses 41 and 42 of thecover 31 contact to form bearingholes shafts close plate 46 are rotatably mounted in thebearing holes - An
arm member 47 is formed in the front part of the open-close plate 46, aboss 49 is provided in the top end of thearm member 47 and the supportingshafts boss 49. The open-close plate 46 is formed in a shape to be fit in theupper frame member 33, and thearm member 47 is disposed between thebearing walls close plate 46 rotates with the supportingshafts upper frame member 33 when touching thefront wall 35 and closes the dispensing opening 36. Further, ahooking protrusion 48 for hooking a pawl is formed in theboss 49 for ease of opening the open-close plate 46. - A
dispensing device 51 in an animal shape is provided in thecover 31. Thedispensing device 51 comprises supportingmembers cover 31 by thescrews body 55 in a body shape rotatably attached by supportingshafts members holding pieces body 55. -
Fixing frames right side plate 10 of the slidingframe 5. Thefixing frames lower wall 15 of themounting frame 7 in their upper ends, and insertingopenings lower wall 15 are formed to extend through to the inside of thefixing frames side walls fixing frames openings stepped parts right side plate 10. - Engaging
members inserting openings fixing frames engaging member 70 is formed of an elastic material such as synthetic resin and has aninserting piece 71 in a flat shape to be inserted from theinserting opening 61. A pair of engagingpawls frame 60 are formed in the bottom edge of the insertingpiece 71. An engagingprotrusion 73 for engaging with the engaging edge 63 is protrudingly mounted in the lower part of the insertingpiece 71. A bent steppedportion 75 for engaging with the engaging steppedportion 67 is formed substantially in the center of the insertingpiece 71. An incliningsurface 76 is formed in the upper part of the insertingpiece 71 and astopper piece 79 to which an engagingprotrusion 77 is protrudingly mounted is provided in the rear part of the insertingpiece 71. - A push-up
member 82 attached to one end of acoil spring 81 and to be biased toward anopening 18 by thecoil spring 81 is slidably provided in the slidingframe 5 in the vertical direction. The other end of thecoil spring 81 is fixedly engaged in an engagingpiece 13. A guidingprotrusion 83 is formed in the front surface of the push-upmember 82. - The sliding
frame 5 is housed in acover 85 generally in a rectangular shape. Thecover 85 is molded with synthetic resin. A guidinggroove 87 for guiding the guidingprotrusion 83 of the push-upmember 82 is formed in afront wall 86 of thecover 85.Supplemental cover portions side walls cover 85. An engagingpawl 95 to be engaged in an engaginghole 14 formed in thelower wall 15 of the mountingframe 7 is formed in the upper part of arear wall 93 of thecover 85. - In the article dispensing apparatus with the above-mentioned structure, whose ordinary state is shown in FIG. 2, when an engaging
pawl 95 is detached from the engaginghole 14 of the mountingframe 7 and thecover 85 is slid downward as shown in FIG. 3, atop end 88 of the guidinggroove 87 engages in the guidingprotrusion 83 and pushes down the push-upmember 82 against the elasticity of thecoil spring 81. - When
articles 2 are stored in stack in the vertical direction in the slidingframe 5 and thecover 85 is slid upward to engage the engagingpawl 95 in the engaginghole 14 of the mountingframe 7, a plurality ofarticles 2 are pushed upward by the push-upmember 82 biased by the elasticity of thecoil spring 81, and thetop article 2 among the plurality ofarticles 2 is engaged in the engagingprotrusions members article 2 may also be stored from the dispensingopening 36. - When the dispensing
opening 36 is opened by rotating the open-close plate 46 and therotating body 55 is rotated forward as if it is fallen down, the pair of holdingpieces members top article 2 while pushing open thestopper pieces members pieces top article 2, thestopper pieces protrusions stopper pieces article 2 is released. - When the
rotating body 55 is rotated backward to be raised, the pair of holdingpieces top article 2 and take it out of the storing frame 3 as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. Thearticle 2 second from the top is not pulled out together with thetop article 2 even if thetop article 2 is taken out because thearticle 2 second from the top touches thefront wall 86 of thecover 85, and will become thetop article 2 by being engaged by the engagingprotrusions members - Thus, when the
rotating body 55 is rotated forward and then raised backward, the pair of holdingpieces articles 2. If the supportingmembers body 55 is formed in the shape of animal body and the pair of holdingpieces article dispensing apparatus 1 can take an action as if an animal toy lifts and takes out thearticle 2. In addition, if therotating body 55 is biased backward by an elastic member such as a spring, it may not be necessary to raise therotating body 55 backward manually because it is raised backward by the elastic restoration power of the elastic member, although it needs to be pressed down when it is rotated down forward. - As described above, the first aspect of the present invention has an effect that an article dispensing apparatus with a novel structure that could not conventionally be obtained that can lift and take out articles such as candies stored in stack in a case body one by one in an order from the top one can be provided. The article dispensing apparatus, unlike conventional ones that slide out the top article, employs an interesting motion in that it separates the top article from other articles to take it out as if it lifts out the article. If a rotating body for taking out the article is formed in the shape of an animal, the article dispensing apparatus can be extremely novel and unique because it makes motions as an animal toy when it lifts and takes out the article. Further, since the article is held and lifted, it may be a spherical article, such as a marble, without being limited to a flat article such as in the dispensing apparatuses of past.
- Thus, it is seen that an article dispensing apparatus is provided. One skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be practiced by other than the preferred embodiments which are presented for the purposes of illustration and not of limitation, and the present invention is limited only by the claims which follow:
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1. An article dispensing apparatus comprising:
(a) a case body for storing articles in a vertical stack;
(b) a dispensing opening formed in the upper part of the case body for taking out the stored articles one by one in an order from the top one, and an elastic member provided in the lower part of the case body for biasing the stored articles to the dispensing opening;
(c) a pair of engaging members provided in the vicinity of the dispensing opening of the case body for engaging both sides of the top article among a plurality of articles biased by the elastic member to prevent a plurality of articles from being dispensed from the dispensing opening; and
(d) a rotating body rotatably provided in the upper part of the case body, and a pair of holding pieces provided in the rotating body for holding the both sides of the top article among the plurality of articles while releasing the engagement of the pair of engaging members.
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