US PATENT SUBCLASS 221 / 66
ARTICLE DELIVERY DEPENDENT UPON INSERTION OF REPLACEMENT ARTICLE


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221 /   HD   ARTICLE DISPENSING

66ARTICLE DELIVERY DEPENDENT UPON INSERTION OF REPLACEMENT ARTICLE


DEFINITION

Classification: 221/66

(under the class definition) Apparatus in which addition of an article to the supply or movement of an article through a supply inlet is a necessary concurrent incident to the ejection, release, or removal of an article therefrom or to the movement of the leading article in a direction axially towards the outlet.

(1) Note. Where a replacement article is pushed into or through a source of supply inlet and acts through all the articles to eject the leading article or to move it axially towards an outlet, it is considered to be a discharge assistant and included herein as a special case, even though no dispensing type outlet is claimed.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

281, for article dispensers having separate openings for replenishment or access, and see the search notes thereto.