Patent ID: 6318051
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A process for dispensing products, the process comprising:providing a plurality of storage shafts;loading each of said plurality of storage shafts with a plurality of substantially planar packs, each of the packs including a plurality of individually packaged products, said loading including arranging said plurality of packs substantially parallel to each other in said storage shafts;displacing one of the plurality of packs out of one of said plurality of storage stacks into a lateral dispensing position, the one pack being displaced in a plane substantially parallel to the packs loaded in said one of said storage shafts;positioning a dispensing unit with a dispensing finger adjacent to one side of the one pack in said lateral dispensing position;positioning an abutment adjacent to another side of said one pack in said lateral dispensing position;moving said dispensing finger toward one of the products of the one pack to remove the one product from the one pack;positioning a receiving tray adjacent to said abutment at said lateral dispensing position to receive the one product.