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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
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 dispenserfor dispensing product objects, comprising: a main chamberfor storing product objects; and a portion dispensing mechanism for dispensing a portion comprising a plurality of project objects. The portion dispensing mechanism comprises a gate arrangementand a collection chamberwhich are configured for relative linear movement between a loading configuration and a dispensing configuration. In the loading configuration a plurality of product objectswithin the main chambercollect within the collection chamberand the gate arrangementprevents product objectsfrom being dispensed from the collection chamber. In the dispensing configuration the gate arrangementprevents product objects within the main chamberfrom entering the collection chamberand a plurality of product objects are dispensed from the collection chamber.