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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2008
Timothy L. Mason, Melville, NY (US);
Jeffrey Sherretts, North Babylon, NY (US);
Chet Finkbeiner, Coram, NY (US);
Harry R. Burger, Huntington Station, NY (US);
Timothy L. Mason, Melville, NY (US);
Jeffrey Sherretts, North Babylon, NY (US);
Chet Finkbeiner, Coram, NY (US);
Harry R. Burger, Huntington Station, NY (US);
New Dimensions Research Corporation, Melville, NY (US);
Abstract
A display device includes a chute supporting products in a stacked arrangement and a cartridge assembly for dispensing a lowermost product. The cartridge assembly includes a movable pocket biased in a closed position. A lever switch has a portion disposed within the pocket. An escapement member has an escapement arm and an escapement shelf disposed over the pocket. A cam body coupled to the lever switch has a cam surface. A timer device is disposed between the pocket and escapement member. As a product is removed from the pocket, the lever switch is raised. As the pocket is closed, the cam surface engages the escapement member, moving the escapement member into a retracted position, and allowing a product to drop from the chute into the pocket. This depresses the lever switch, moving the cam body and returning the escapement member to its forward position.