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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2015
Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takahito Yamamiya, Saitama, JP;
ASAHI SEIKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, , JP;
Abstract
An article dispensing apparatus capable of dispensing repeatedly the lowest-positioned article from a stack of articles while keeping the second lowest-positioned article in a stable situation is provided. A retainer for retaining the stack of articles is formed in a storing space of a storing section. In a dispensing section for dispensing the lowest-positioned article from the stack through the dispensing opening, a pusher includes an article placement portion on which the remainder of the articles is placed after the lowest-positioned article is dispensed from the stack. During the dispensing operation, the remainder of the articles is received temporarily on the article placement portion of the pusher in such a way that a lowest-positioned article of the remainder (i.e., the second lowest-positioned article in the stack) keeps its ordinary attitude in the storing space.