Patent ID: 8763852
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A dispensing device comprising: an upright rotatable product carrousel comprising a plurality of dispensing chutes for retaining a product, said dispensing chutes being radially located about a central pivot and each comprising an outside end plate; each dispensing chute having an open front for dispensing product; a dispensing point located at a lowest point of rotation of said product carrousel; at least one ballasting weight connected to said product carrousel for facilitating rotation of said product carrousel; and a locking mechanism having an engaged position for preventing rotation of said product carrousel, and a released position for permitting rotation of said product carrousel; wherein removal of product from a dispensing chute located at said dispensing point results, when said locking mechanism is released, in rotation of the product carrousel, effected only by the action of gravity on said product and on said at least one ballasting weight, to position an adjacent dispensing chute at said dispensing point, allowing for sequential removal of product from the product carrousel.