Patent ID: 6059651
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
A device for dispensing circular plate bodies comprising:a channel to guide said bodies fed into the channel at an inlet end in an edge-to-edge arrangement advancing to be ejected from an outlet end;a roller displaceably disposed at the outlet end of the channel to engage the advancing body at the outlet end;means for biasing the roller to contact the body during advancement and ejection and to return to engage the next body to be ejected; andmeans for rotating said roller in a first direction as it is displaced in response to advancement of the body to urge the body to one side from the channel for ejection thereof, said rotating means including a gear coupled to the roller for rotation therewith and a fixed rack adapted to mesh with the gear, said gear in response to movement of the roller adapted to rotate the roller in a clockwise and counter-clockwise direction.