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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2012
Applicant:
Dixie Consumer Products Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Patrick J. Smith, Iola, WI (US);
Assignee:
DIXIE CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/44 (2006.01); A47F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F 1/10 (2013.01); A47F 2001/103 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cutlery dispenser comprises a storage chamber adapted to retain a plurality of cutlery therein; an ejector for sequentially ejecting the plurality of cutlery from the storage chamber; an actuator for driving the ejector; and a sensor for triggering the actuator in response to an event.