Patent ID: 9618080
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B65D,F16F,G01M

Claim:
1. A dispenser of balancing weights for vehicles, comprising at least one dispenser module and further comprising, in said dispenser module, at least: a cartridge configured to be reciprocatingly moved by a cartridge actuator along a first axis and configured to store balancing weights, the cartridge having a frame dimensioned to circumscribe at least two compartments for storing balancing weights, the cartridge actuator configured to linearly and reciprocatingly move the cartridge along the first axis to position a retrieval opening of a compartment from said at least two compartments above a slider feed opening in the dispenser module, said slider feed opening dimensioned to receive a balancing weight from within the frame through the retrieval opening, a picking tray in which the balancing weight is delivered, a slider having a balancing weight compartment and configured to be moveable by a slider actuator along a second axis parallel to the first axis to position the balancing weight compartment into at least two positions: a first position is defined under the slider feed opening in the dispenser module to permit a balancing weight from a compartment above the slider feed opening to drop into the balancing weight compartment and a second position is defined in the picking tray.