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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1982
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1979
Yoshiyuki Imamura, Tokyo, JP;
Laurel Bank Machine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an apparatus for discharging a number of articles from a plurality of containers one after another by unlocking the doors for the containers by means of series of actuators, a mechanism for automatically resetting the actuators to their original positions in preparation for their next unlocking operation. The actuators are rotatable about their axes and are interlocked with each other with their actuating points being offset by a selected angle from each other, the selected angle being amount obtained by dividing 360.degree. by the number of the containers. The actuators are rotated the selected angle at a time. When the last actuator has unlocked the door for the last container, all the actuators automatically return back to their original angular positions.