US1762975A - Dish dispenser - Google Patents

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Patented June 10; 1930 iinAivx J. GETZ, F cmcm kn mm 'Assieivoa, BY MESNE Assiemmiiivrs, To von'rnx our COMPANY, or CHICAGOMILLINOIS, A CORPQBAIIQN or DELAWARE.

ms: iIsrEusER Application ailed Novembe r'zj 1928. Serial No. 316,666."

This invention relates to an improved dispenser, and more particularly to afdispenser for conical sundae dishesorthe'like, adapted to carry a stack of sundae dishes in'an in 6 verted position with the uppermost dishprojecting upwardly through the open top. of

a gravity feed magazine or .jcontainerw'hich.

fits over the conical supportior the dishes and furthermore has sliding engagement 10 with an adjustable bracket, supported in a clamping bracket which may be removably engaged on the edge of a counter, table or the like. a 1 I It is an object of this invention to provide 1 an improved sundae dish dispenser wherein adish-holding magazine ijs'engagedover a dish support andhas sliding engagementwith a bracket on which the dish-supporting 1118111 her is alsoiengaged. I V

It is also an object of this invention to provide a sundae dish dispenser whereinan adjustable bracket is PIOVldGdWltll E supportjor a stack of inverted sundae dishes and also afiords a means for guiding a maga- V zinc or container for the sundae dishes down wardly over the stack of inverted dishes'so that each time a dish is removed from the top of the stack, the-magazine is permitted to drop by gravity apredetermined amount.

provide a dish dispenser wherein a magazine for enclosing a stack of-inverted dishes is adapted to move downwardly, by gravity on a supporting bracket each time a dish is with- .i r r I m'ounted'm inverted position upon the stack drawn. from the upper end of the magazine It is furthermore an object of this inventi on to provide a dispenserwherein a gravity 7 feed magazinefor dishes is slidably engaged upon a bracket which may be adjusted with respect to a clanip supporting device to permitthe'magazine and bracket'to be rotated into difl'erent'positions of adjustment or be swung over a-table on which the clamping deviceis engaged. V i v I 7 Still another object of this invention is to provide a dish dispenser wherein a gravity feed magazine for covering a stack of dishes is slidably engagedon asupporting bracket and has the upper end thereof pr'ovidedwith a springguide ring for guiding the stack of in the stack is adapted It is a further object of this invention to dishesupwardly against tapered retaining the dispenser. 1 Y c it a v c 7' It is furthermore anobject of this invention, torprovide a dish dispenser wherein a stackflo f inverted dishesjis engaged upon a support within a gravity feed housing or members" between which the uppermost dish to be withdrawn from a container to permit the dishes to be withdrawn from-the upper end ofthe housing to permit the dishes to be withdrawn one at'a time between tapered restricting 'vmembers thereby permiting the housing to move down- ;wardly by gravity a predetermined amount over thestack of stationary sundae dishes. Y Other further important objects of. this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the specification and the accoina panying drawings. I a a s v The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully'described. V

On the drawings! i dish dispenser and its mounting bracket, illustrating an elevated position ofthe dispenser pen'ser 1 illustrating in dotted lines :va'rious I posit-ions into which the dispenser may be' moved with respect to the clamping bracket and the tablewhich supports thesame.

.i' Figure 3 is an enlarged top .planview of the dish holding. magazine with a dish holder 85 of dishes. v,

Figure 4t IS an enlarged vertical section verse detail sectiontaken online-VV "of v Figure 7 is an enlarged vertical view of a V I portion of the upper end of the dish-holding magazine taken on. line VIIIV II ofF Figure 4. v

throughthe dish magazine with the support Figure l'is a side elevation vof a n improved As shown on the drawingsf The reference numeral 1 indicates a portion of a table or counter having engaged over one edge thereof a clamping bracket 2 provided with a clamping screw 3, having a rotatable clamping head 4: engaged on the inner end thereof adapted to be seated against the bottom surface of the table 1 as clearly illu trated in Fig r 1 nd a T clampi bracket 21's provided with an upright'a'rm o', the upper end of which is deflected outwardly and has integrally formed thereon a sleeve 6, carrying a set screw 7.

Adjustably supported in the sleeve 6 of the clamping bracket is an auxiliary or maga zine supporting bracket comprising a Z- shaped device consisting of three parallel arms 8, 9, and 10, with the arms 8 and 9 positioned closer together than the arms 9 r The arm 8 of the auxiliary bracket projects downwardly through the sleeve 6 of the clamping bracket and is adapted to be held in a set position of adjustment by means of the set screw 7 i Mounted upon the upper end of the auxiliary bracket arm 10 is a conical dish support 13 having the apex thereof pointing upwardly to permita stack of nested sundae dishes to be supported thereon in inverted position, The sundae dishes 14 are of conical shape and are provided with a folded portion 15 on the exterior thereof adapt-ed. to permit an inwardly deflected tongue of a metal sundae dish holder 16to be moved. into gripping contact with the folded portion of the uppermost sundae dish 14 in the stack to facilitate removal of the dishes oneat a time from the upper end of the stack;

Slidably engaged over the stack of sundae dishes 14 is a cylindrical dish-holding magazine or container 17 open at its lower end to permit the same to be engaged over the conical sundae dish holder13. Secured within the upper open end of the magazine or container 17against the upper margin of the innersurface thereof is a metal ring l8ihaving the upper marginthereof provided with a plurality of equidistantly spaced slots 19 dividing said upper margin into a plurality of resilient guide teeth or projections 20 which are slightly deflected inwardly at 21 to provide'a guide ring of a diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the stack of dishes, The guide ring 18 is positioned so that thedeflected teeth 20 thereof afford .a slit guide ring whereby the upper end of the stack of sundae dishes within the magazine 17 are adapted to be properly guided upwardly through the upper end of the magazine into a position to facilitate dispensing of the sundae dishes.

Engaged upon the upper open end of the sundae dish magazine 17 is a band or ring 22, the upper margin of which is formed to afford a plurality of tapered projections or retaining teeth 23 which are curved or deflected inwardly and upwardly to afford a ring of tapered resilient projections adapted to rest upon the exterior of the uppermost sundae dish in'the stack. It will thus be noted th t he e-gazin 7 is gaged r the stack of sundae dishes and is supported uponthe upper end of the stack by means of the tapered teeth or projections 23, thereby permittingthe magazine 17 to drop by gravity a predeterminedamount each time a sundae dish is removed through the upper end of the magazine 17'by means of a sundae dish holder 16 orby an operators hand as de sired. v

Rig-idly secured by means of screws, brazing or other suitable means longitudinally upon the exterior of the sundae dish magazine'17 is a dovetailed guide bar or rail 24 which is adapted to slidably inter-fit in a dovetailed guide channel 25 rigidly secured longitudinally upon one side of the arm 9 of the auxiliary bracket.

7 The operation is as follows:

The clamping bracket '2 is adapted tob engaged upon the edge of acounter ortable- 1, as illustrated in Figure 1, and is rigidly secured in place by means of the clamping bolt or screw 3. The arm 8 of the auxiliary bracket is engaged in the sleeve 6 of the clamping bracket and is adapted when the set screw 7 is loosened,to be rotated through approximately 180 to permit the dish magazine to be located in different positions convenient for an operator. sired to move the dish magazine into a position over the top of the counter or table 1, th-eset screw/7 is loosened and the auxiliary bracket is raised into a position corre- VVhen it is de sponding to that illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 1, thereby permitting the dish magazine to be moved into a position over the top of the counter or table 1 as illustrated in Figure 2. Vhen the dish dispenser is properly located, the set screw 7 may be tightened to hold the same invits set position of adjustment. V

A set of nested sundae dishes 1 1 is adapted to be seated in inverted position upon the conical sundae dish support 13 'after'which a magazine 17 is slidably engaged over the stack of sundae dishes, with the guide bar 21- slidably engaged in the guide channel 25 'of the auxiliary bracket to properly guide azine between the retaining teeth 28 to permit a sundae dish holder 16 to be engaged upon the exterior of the uppermost dish 1n an inverted position'as illustratedin F gure 1, after which the sundae dish is slightly ro-- tated with respect to the dishgpermitting-an inwardly deflected finger, forming a part of the holder 16, to. be engaged beneath the folded portion 15 of the sundae dish 'so'that the uppermost dish may -be Withdrawn through the upper. end of the sundae dish and between the retaining'teeth23 which act to slightly deflect or escallop the marglnof.

the sundae dish which is being retracted. I

When a sundae dish is WltlldI'flWIl through the upper restricted end of the maga'zinel'? by means of thesundae dish holder 16 or by thehand of an operator, the Weight of the n'iagazine17 causes the same to'move downwardly by gravity a predetermined amount over the stack of sundae dishes so that the supporting teeth 23 Will rest uponthe next sundae dish in the stack. 'VVhen the last sundae dish is'removed from the magazine '17, the conical" dish support'13 projects through the upper end of the magazine 17 therebynotifying an attendant that the dish dispenser is ready to be refilled with another stack of sundae dishes. The magazinel'l' is then slidably removed upwardly'from over the conical dish support 13.-to permit a new stack of sundae dishes to be [either engaged Within the magazine 17 or placed upon the top of the conical support 13 as desired.

The toothed ring 18 Within the-upper end of the dish magazine 17 aifords a restricted passage for the stack of dishes and properly guides the dishes at the upper end ofthe stack through the upper toothed end of the magazine. The resilient deflected teeth 23 on the upper endot the. magazine act not only as a support for the magazine, but also afford an arrangement whereby the dispensing of the sundae dishes, one at a time, is assured.

It Will of course be understood-that When desired the auxiliary" bracket on which the sundae dish supporting magazine is engaged may be mounted n a Wall bracket or other support if need'be.

It is apparent that numerous" details of construction may be varied through a Wide range Without departing from the principles cithis invention and it is therefore not purposed to limit the patent granted hereon otherwise than necessitated by the scope of by gravity a predetermined distance each of the magazine.

1 the guide member on said bracket.

time a dish isre moved fronithe upper end A dish dispenser comprising a bracket, conical meansthere'on for supportmgv a-stack "of conical sundae dishes in an -inverted position, a guide member rigidly'secured on 'sai d bracket, a gravity movinga'magazineengaged over the stack ofdishes, and means onsai'd' magazine having sliding engagement with 3. A dish dispenser comprising a a magazine, "slidablyinterfitting members rigidly mounted on said bracket and: on said magazine,:an'd a dishsupport on. said bracket g V 1- 1 :9 4. A dish dispenser comprising a'c'lamp ng engaged-Within said-'magazine.

bracket, an auxiliary bracket adjustably en gaged thereon, a dish enclosing ma'gaz ne slidably engaged with saidauxiliary bracket,

and a dish support rigidly securedon said auxiliary bracketand disposed Within said magazine to permit said magazine to move bracket,

downwardly by gravity over the dish support j each time a dish is removed from the magaj 5. dish support comprising a clamping bracket, an auxiliary. bracket 'adju'stably-en gaged thereon, a dish support secured on said auxiliary'bracket, adapted to support a stack of nested dishes in an inverted position,' a..

guide channel secured on said auxiliary bracket, a guide bar secured onsaidmagazine "adapted to 'slidably *interfit said guide channel to guide the magazine'down- Wardly overthe dish support,"andrestricting members formed on'the upper-end of the magazine to insure dispensing of'the'dishes one at a time through the upper end of the magazine.

6. A dislidispenser of theclass described,

comprising a stationary support fora stack of nested 'dishes',jof a gravity feed magazinefor enclosing" the stack of dishes, a toothed guide ring Within theupper end ofthe magazine, and defiectedtoothed means on the exterior of the upper end ofthe magazine, 7

adapted to sea-ton the uppermost dish int-he stack to snpportthe magazine in position and furthermore insure individual'dispensing of I the dishes through the top of said magazine. 7. A dish dispenser of the class described comprising a support adapted to'support a stack of nested 'sundae dishes in an inverted position, a gravity feed magazine adapted'to enclose the stack of dishes, a toothed guide ring Within'theupper end of the magazine to hold the'magazine in axial alignment with the stack of dishes, andresilient members I formed on the exterior of the upper end of the. magazine and seating on the uppermost dish in the stack to support the magazine in position with theapex of the uppermost dish exposed to facilitate the removal of'said dish through the top of the magazine;

I 8. A dish dispenser comprising a supporting bracket, a sleeveintegrally formed thereon, a set screw engaged in said sleeve, anauxiliary bracket projecting through said sleeve and held in a set position of adjustment by said setscreW, a conical support carried by the auxiliary bracket adapted to support a stack of nested dishes in an inverted position, a guide channel on said auxiliary bracket, a magazine slidably engaged over the stack of dishes, toothed means on the upper end of the magazine adapted to rest on the uppermost dish of the stack to support the magazine in position, and a guide member on said magazine having sliding engagement with the guide channel on said auxiliary bracket.

9. A dish dispenser comprising a bracket, a movable magazine, slidably interfitting guide members rigidly engaged on said bracket and on said magazine, a support on said bracket for supporting a stack of nested dishes in an inverted position Within said magazine, and toothed means on the upper end of the magazine to facilitate dispensing of dishes one at a time from the magazine.

10. Adish dispenser comprising a clamping bracket, an auxiliary bracket consisting of a plurality of connected parallel arms, one of which is engaged on the supporting bracket, a guide channel rigidly mounted on another of the arms of said auxiliary bracket, a supporting member on the remaining arm of said auxiliary bracket adapted to support a stack of nested dishes in an inverted .position, a magazine enclosing said stack of dishes, a guide bar secured on said magazine and having sliding engagement With said guide channel, a toothed centering ring in said magazine for centering the cups With respect to the magazine, and toothed retaining means on the upper end of said magazine adapted to seat upon the uppermost dish in said stack to hold the magazine in a set position and permitting the dishes to be removed one at a time through the upper end of the magazine.

11. A dish dispenser comprising a bracket, a magazine, a guide channel rigidly secured on said bracket, a guide rail rigidly secured on said magazine and slidably interfitting said guide channel, means on said bracket disposed within said magazine to support the. magazine upon the stack of dishes and permitting the magazine to move with re spect to the bracket each time a dish is removed through the top of the magazine.

, 12. A dish dispenser comprising a main supporting bracket, an auxiliary bracket ad- 'justably. mounted thereon for supporting a stack of dishes in an inverted position, and a magazine covering the stack of dishes and having sliding engagement With the auxiliary bracket to permit the magazine to move downwardly over the stack of dishes each time a dish is removed from the stack.

13. A dish dispenser comprising a mounting bracket, an auxiliary bracket adjustably engaged thereon, an upright arm integrally formed on said auxiliary bracket, a dish support on the upper end of said arm, a gravity feed dispenser removably engaged over said dish support, and having sliding engagement with said auxiliary bracket, and resilient members at the upper end of the magazine to facilitate dispensing of the dishes from the magazine one at a time and furthermore serving as a support for the magazine to hold the same against movement With respect to the auxiliary bracket.

14. A dish dispenser comprising a support for holding a stack of dishes in an inverted position, a gravity feed enclosure for the stack of dishes having slidably interfitting engagement'with the support, and flexible means on the interior and on the exterior of the enclosure and engaging the stack of dishes to support the enclosure against movement by gravity and further adapted to in sure dispensing of the dishes one at a time through said gravity feed enclosure.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at Chicago,Cook County,

Illinois.

FRANK J. GETZ.

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