Patent ID: 11945642
Assignee: MAIN ST. GROUP
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A sprung dispensing tower comprising:
a vertical housing having an open top and an interior dimensioned to receive products in a vertical stacked relationship;
a platform within the interior of the vertical housing, the platform having a horizontal component and platform sidewalls depending from the horizontal component in parallel with respective interior sidewalls of the vertical housing, the platform being vertically slideable within the interior of the vertical housing between an uppermost position and a lowermost position;
a compressible spring associated with an underside of the platform and biasing the platform towards the uppermost position;
a resiliently compressible slide guide affixed to at least a portion of the platform sidewalls and extending laterally towards the interior sidewalls of the vertical housing;
at least one air passage below the lowermost position and extending through the vertical housing from the interior to an exterior of the vertical housing; and
impact absorbing shielding affixed to interior sidewalls of the vertical housing between the resiliently compressible slide guide and the interior sidewalls of the vertical housing.