Patent ID: 6142352
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: B25B,E04D

Abstract:
A roofing washer-dispensing machine for dispensing stackable roofing washers individually, the washer-driving machine comprising(a) a base;(b) a magazine integrated with the base and adapted to receive a stack of said washers inserted through an upper aperture of the magazine, to hold the stack, and to allow a lowermost washer in the stack to be laterally displaced from a lower region of the magazine, the magazine having two side walls spaced from each other;(c) a bridge mounted pivotably at a first end of the bridge to a first of the side walls of the magazine so as to be pivotably movable between a position wherein the bridge spans the upper aperture of the magazine and wherein a second end of the bridge rests on the second of the side walls of the magazine and a range of positions wherein the bridge does not span the upper aperture of the magazine; and(c) a cover mounted to the bridge so that the cover is inserted into the magazine, beneath the bridge, above the stack when the bridge is pivoted to the position wherein the bridge spans the upper aperture of the magazine, and so that the cover is removed from the magazine when the bridge is pivoted to the range of positions wherein the bridge does not span the upper aperture of the magazine.