US PATENT SUBCLASS 221 / 33
CONCURRENT SEPARATION AND DISTORTION OF FLEXIBLE ARTICLE (E.G., NAPKIN HOLDERS)

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221 /   HD   ARTICLE DISPENSING

33CONCURRENT SEPARATION AND DISTORTION OF FLEXIBLE ARTICLE (E.G., NAPKIN HOLDERS) {8}
34  DF  .~> Plural sources, stacks or compartments {1}
36  DF  .~> By ejecting means {6}
44  DF  .~> Adaptable to use with different size articles
45  DF  .~> With casing or support {1}
47  DF  .~> With presentation of non-coextensive or distorted fold {2}
56  DF  .~> With follower {3}
61  DF  .~> With separate replenishment or access inlet means {1}
63  DF  .~> Deformation by non-coextensive outlet opening

DEFINITION

Classification: 221/33

(under the class definition) Article dispensers for dispensing articles, which by nature are capable of changing shape and having means effective to cause a change in the shape of such articles simultaneously with the segregation thereof from a supply source.

(1) Note. Many devices which are disclosed for dispensing articles which by nature are deformable are in fact of such structure as to be equally well adapted to dispense rigid articles. Patents are not placed in this and the indented subclasses unless the mode of operation of the claimed structure is such that the deformation of the dispensed article must occur as an incident to separation from the supply.

(2) Note. Articles which are distorted from their normal shape for storage in a dispensing magazine and assume their normal shape upon being separated from the magazine due to their inherent resilience are here.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

53, Package Making,

384.1+, and 571+ for devices for dispensing and opening flexible bags. 132, Toilet,

330+, for "bobbypin" and "hairpin" dispensers combined with means for separating or spreading the pin as by wedging action concurrently with the dispensing thereof.

271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering, appropriate subclasses for sheet feeding or delivering devices having similar structures and modes of operation, for feeding sheets from a stack to a point of use.

312, Supports: Cabinet Structure,

50+, for cabinet structures having article removal facilitating means especially adapted for stacked cards or sheets.