Patent ID: 6216910
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
An article dispenser apparatus for dispensing a plurality of articles on a timed basis comprising:a plurality of modules vertically stacked in a co-axial column, each module including:an article container magazine having a plurality of article storage compartments, each storage compartment having an open top, an open bottom an a through bore extending therethrough;a disk rotatably mounted to each magazine, the disk having an aperture successively alignable with each storage compartment in the magazine upon rotation of the disk;means for rotating the disks in the plurality of modules in a timed relationship with respect to each other to successively align the apertures in each disk with successive storage compartments in the magazine associated with each disk to dispense articles from an upper storage magazine to a lower adjoining storage magazine interrupting vertical movement of dispensed articles at each magazine level while dispensing said articles from the top to the bottom of the column of modules;a discharge chute disposed below the lowermost module; andmeans for successively dispensing articles from the lowermost magazine to the discharge chute.