Patent ID: 8397922
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
1. A plurality of dispensers for dispensing cans positioned side by side on a shelf, each of said dispensers including a conveyor section and a dispensing head pivotally attached to a forward section of said conveyor section; and a locking member extending below each said dispensing head, each said locking member having a member which pivots laterally when one of said dispensing heads is pivoted to an open position thereby preventing another one of said dispensing heads of an adjacent one of said dispensers from pivoting to an open position and wherein the dispensing head of each of said dispensers has first and second posts below a base of said dispensing head wherein one of said posts forces one of said members to pivot laterally when said head unit is in an open position and wherein said members pivot beneath posts of adjacent ones of said dispensers preventing said dispensing heads of said adjacent ones of dispensers from pivoting to an open position.