Patent ID: 7775396
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An automatic shoe cover dispenser, comprising: a shoe cover feeding arrangement holding a plurality of shoe covers each having a shoe opening; a pulling mechanism which is capable of pulling one of said shoe covers from said shoe cover feeding arrangement as a standby shoe cover for being ready for wearing on a shoe of a user; and a driving mechanism, comprising a pedal arranged in up and down movable manner for said shoe of said user to step thereon and means for driving said pulling mechanism to deliver said standby shoe cover to said pedal and enlarging said shoe opening of said standby shoe cover to be large enough for said shoe of said user to place inside said standby shoe cover by means of up and down movements of the pedal, wherein said shoe opening of each of said shoe cover has an elastic peripheral edge provided therearound, wherein said driving mechanism is constructed in a manner that when a downward force is applied to said pedal to press said pedal downward, said pulling mechanism is actuated to deliver said standby shoe cover above said pedal and said shoe opening is enlarged by applying a separating force to move said elastic peripheral edge apart by said driving mechanism, afterward said pedal being driven upwards again by said driving mechanism, wherein when said pedal is pressed downward again, said standby shoe cover is detached from said shoe cover feeding arrangement and said separating force applied to said elastic peripheral edge is released by means of said driving mechanism for wearing said standby shoe cover on said shoe of said user that steps on said pedal to press said pedal to move up and down.