US PATENT SUBCLASS 221 / 200
WITH MEANS TO AGITATE, VIBRATE OR JAR ARTICLES IN SUPPLY CONTAINER

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221 /   HD   ARTICLE DISPENSING

200WITH MEANS TO AGITATE, VIBRATE OR JAR ARTICLES IN SUPPLY CONTAINER {3}
201  DF  .~> Three or more agitators or discharge assistants in series
202  DF  .~> Rigidly mounted on or incorporated in discharge assistant {1}
204  DF  .~> By movement of container section {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 221/200

(under the class definition) Article dispensers having means to shake or stir either the supply container or the articles therein to impart either a small or large amplitude of motion to the articles relative to one another for the purpose of facilitating passage of the articles towards the discharge means.

(1) Note. The agitating means must be means other than a discharge assisting means. Thus, a dispenser having an element which applies an affirmative force to segregate articles from a supply container and which is so constructed that it inherently agitates articles in the supply container and does not have any structural addition or modification to perform an agitating function, is classified in the appropriate subclass under subclasses 208+. See for example, subclass 254 in which are classified dispensers having discharge assistants movable through hoppers to elevate articles, such discharge assistants having an inherent incidental agitating function.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

156+, for orienting type article dispensing devices, in which it is common to provide agitating means to stir a jumbled mass of articles in causing the orientation and dispensing of such articles. See particularly subclasses 167+ directed to rotatable or oscillatable means for agitating and discharging the articles.

175+, for dispensers having means to form stacks of articles from sources of supply of articles originally otherwise arranged, and in which, generally, either the supply container or the outlet path is agitated or shaken.

186+, for dispensers in which the articles supply container is so mounted as to be movable to effect a dispensing operation.

208+, see (1) Note above. 254, see (1) Note above.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

222, Dispensing,

161+, 195+, 196+, 216+, and 226+ for fluent material dispensers including agitating means.