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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2018
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
David Gadd, Chicago, IL (US);
John MacDonald, Bristol, GB;
Matthew Wright, Bath, GB;
Duncan Colquhoun, Bristol, GB;
Richard Donaldson, Cumbria, GB;
Jake Dale-Brown, Leicester, GB;
MARS, INCORPORATED, McLean, VA (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a dispenser (), such as a confectionery dispenser, for dispensing product objects such as pieces of confectionery (). The dispenser () comprises a container () for storing product objects; and at least one dispensing arrangement (). The dispensing arrangement (), () comprises an opening () provided in the container (); a collection region () located within the container () and adjacent to the opening (); a guide () disposed within the container () and adjacent to the collection region (); and a dispensing tray () disposed within the container () and adjacent to the opening (). The dispensing arrangement (), () is configured the opening () and having a dispensing surfaceaccessible through such that in use in a loading orientation of the dispensing arrangement (), () product objects collect in the collection region (). During movement of the dispensing arrangement (), () from the loading orientation to a dispensing orientation the guide member () guides product objects within the collection region () so as to dispense them onto the dispensing surface () of the dispensing tray ().