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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1996
Arnold Fassman, Westport, CT (US);
Other;
Abstract
An article dispensing and positioning device is disclosed in which a plurality of rectangular articles such as dominos or the like are placed on a flat surface in a plurality of parallel rows and in evenly spaced relationship with each other in each row. In one embodiment, the device includes a plurality of article dispensing assemblies mounted in a unitary housing which is capable of being propelled along the flat surface, preferably by motor mounted in the housing. In another embodiment, each article dispensing assembly is an integral unit, a plurality of which can be removably attached together to form a plurality of rows of dominos or the like. Each article dispensing assembly includes an ejector mounted therein for dispensing successive articles and an actuator for operating all of the ejectors, and means interconnecting all of the actuators for causing them to operate in a predetermined phase relationship in which the individual cycles of operation of each article dispensing assembly are uniformly out of phase with each other.