Patent ID: 6220479
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A confectionery dispenser comprising:a confectionery storage container having one or more platform channels, a bottom wall, and an opening;a conduit having a plunger means opening, a confectionery loading opening and a flexible finger opening, the confectionery loading opening being in communication with the confectionery storage container through the opening of the confectionery storage container;a spring with opposing ends, and a platform with one or more platform tabs, the spring and platform positioned in the confectionery storage container so that each of the platform tabs is movably retained in one of the platform channels, the spring having one opposing end against the bottom wall and the other opposing end against the platform, so that the spring and platform bias confectioneries in the confectionery storage container away from the bottom wall, out of the opening and into the conduit;a plunger means movably located in the plunger means opening; anda flexible fingers tube having a receiving opening and an opposing ejecting opening, two or more flexible fingers formed to create the receiving opening, the flexible fingers being separated by slits, and the flexible finger tube being in communication with the conduit at the flexible finger opening; the flexible fingers being made of flexible material so that when a confectionery is pushed into the conduit, and the plunger means is operated so that the plunger forces the confectionery into the flexible fingers, the flexible fingers expand until the confectionery passes a tangent of the confectionery, the flexible fingers contract, propelling the confectionery out of the ejecting opening with a popping sound.