Patent ID: 8308026
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: B25B,B65D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a storage device capable of storing a plurality of objects, wherein the objects are of a similar geometric shape and size, said storage device having a wall, a first end through which a first object can enter said storage device, a second end and a storage volume defined by the volume surrounded by the wall, the first end and the second end, and the storage volume is large enough to store the plurality of objects, wherein said storage device comprises a holding device having a tip made from a deformable material located at the first end of the storage device, providing a holding force on a held object, wherein the held object is one object of the plurality, wherein the holding force has a component that opposes the force of gravity on the held object so as to keep the held object inside the holding device; a retaining device for providing a retaining force on a first object of the plurality of objects, wherein the first object of the plurality is an object of the plurality which is placed into the storage device before other objects of the plurality are placed into the storage device, the retaining force having a component which is not parallel to the holding force; an ejection device for providing an ejection force on the first object in the storage device, said ejection force is not parallel to the holding force, and said ejection force is greater than said holding force, wherein the retaining device is a push rod; wherein the push rod is of a sufficient length to traverse the length of the storage device; and wherein the ejection device is a trigger mechanism, wherein the trigger mechanism comprises the elements of a first spring, a first spring stop, a trigger stop and a trigger, wherein the trigger mechanism is assembled around the outside of the push rod with the first spring stop attached to and part of the storage device, the first spring surrounding the push rod with one end of the first spring touching the first spring stop and the other end of the first spring touching the trigger, wherein the trigger has a first side and a second side and an opening from the first side to the second side, wherein the opening is slightly larger than the push rod and smaller than the smallest opening of the first spring and the push rod passes through the opening and the first side of the trigger touches the other end of the first spring, the second side of the trigger touches one end of a tension device, and the trigger stop is located between the first side of the trigger and a point selected from the group consisting of the second end of the storage device and any point between the second end of the storage device and 0.1 mil from the first side of the trigger.