Patent ID: 8777055
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: B65B,G07F

Abstract:
1. A dispensing chute assembly, comprising: a chute configured to receive objects to be dispensed, the chute having an outlet; a passive dispensing unit attached to the chute outlet, the passive dispensing unit having a staging portion, wherein objects are captured prior to dispensing, the staging portion including a gate member movable between a staging position, in which objects may be captured within the staging portion, and a dispensing position, in which the objects may be fed gravimetrically into a receptacle positioned below the dispensing unit; the dispensing unit further including a release member, the release member being coupled with the gate member, such that movement of the release member from a staging position to a dispensing position moves the gate member from its staging position to its release position; wherein the release member defines an axis for a direction of dispensing and the release member moves in concert with the chute along the axis as the release member moves between the staging and dispensing positions.