Patent References 2134180 2479860 2620061 2705576 2853206 3344951 3471056 3796347 Tablet dispenser Single bead dispenser InventorsApplicationNo. 10128470 filed on 04/24/2002US Classes:221/266, Single inlet-outlet221/263, Having movable segregating chamber (i.e., trap chamber)221/65, WITH COLLAPSIBLE OR TELESCOPING SUPPLY CONTAINER WALLS221/200, WITH MEANS TO AGITATE, VIBRATE OR JAR ARTICLES IN SUPPLY CONTAINER221/232, With reciprocating (including oscillating) ejector221/229, Cover controlled ejector221/7, Dispenser operated register221/151, WITH MEANS FOR BLOCKING OR DISABLING EJECTOR OR RELEASER221/276, Spring biased221/202, Rigidly mounted on or incorporated in discharge assistant221/298, Separately acting series controllers221/265, Rotary221/24, SIMULATIONS221/190, Vertical motion to separate articles221/185, AMBULANT OR BODY SUPPORTED221/192, With article elevation to raised support221/203, Rotary426/104, IMITATED, SIMULATED, ORNAMENTAL, THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRODUCT OR CONFECTIONARY PRODUCT HAVING CHILD-ORIENTED UTILITY221/8, Dispenser operated display device221/251, With separate holdback means446/81Including sounding toyExaminersPrimary: Walsh, Donald P.Assistant: Joerger, Kaitlin Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG07F011/16AbstractA dispenser for dispensing candy or other small objects, the dispenser having a rotatable hopper, having a hopper cavity therein, a tubular structure, having a storage portion for storing objects above the rotating hopper, a storage portion opening, a base portion, a base portion opening for dispensing objects, and a hopper positioning portion, where the rotatable hopper is positioned within the hopper positioning portion of the tubular structure, such that the rotatable hopper can rotate within the hopper positioning portion of the tubular structure, a tubular base plunger, inserted into the base portion of the tubular structure, and a hopper rotation mechanism connecting the base plunger to the rotatable hopper, where the hopper rotation mechanism is configured to rotate the rotatable hopper when the base plunger is moved within the base portion of the tubular structure. | |