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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Jeffrey E. Gunderson, Stoughton, WI (US);
Jeffrey E. Gunderson, Stoughton, WI (US);
The Vollrath Company, LLC, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Abstract
A lid dispenser receives a stack of drink cup lids within a housing tube, such that the frontmost lids extend through a front element opening and are retained by multiple pager assemblies, each of which has a frontwardly extending pager body post. The inside of the pager body has an engaging wall with an inclined surface directed radially inwardly. Flippers are pivoted to the posts and have wings which extend towards the front element, and have interior surfaces which are inclined radially outwardly. The flippers are biased radially inwardly, but are displaceable by a pressure applied axially towards the interior cavity. When adjusted so the pager body posts project radially over the front element opening, each pager body post inside wall is positioned to engage lids which extend from the front element opening, and direct them towards engagement with the pager flippers.