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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur Gold, Northbrook, IL (US);
Assignee:
Carousel Industries, Inc., Morton Grove, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
222305 ; 222362 ; 2224085 ; 221264 ;
Abstract
A nut dispensing machine which includes a nut receptacle mounted onto a base which includes a nut dispensing mechanism which is designed to prevent jamming or binding. The mechanism includes a nut dispensing slide having a dispensing opening reciprocally mounted in the base on a support platform. The platform has an obstruction clearing opening therein through which obstructions fall to clear the dispensing slide. The slide includes a mixing post mounted thereon which extends into the receptacle to assist in dispensing the nuts.