Patent ID: 8251631
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A method for rapidly preparing a quantity of drinking glasses for first filling and then distributing the glasses, the method comprising the steps of: providing a frame having a chassis with an open face, the chassis rotatable within the frame about an axis of rotation; inserting a first, empty rack through the open face of the rotatable chassis and into holding means in a first portion of the chassis; inserting a second rack filled with inverted glasses through the open face of the rotatable chassis into holding means in a second portion therein below the first rack; providing a pair of adapters each having dimensions corresponding to that of the racks and a grid of openings, each opening corresponding in size and cross-sectional dimension to the inverted glasses in the second rack; fitting one of the adapters over the second rack before inserting the second rack into the rotatable structure; and rotating the rotatable chassis about the axis of rotation so that the inverted glasses in the second rack slide into an upright position in the first rack.