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A bottle dispenser has a gate mechanism to maintain the foremost one of the track-supported bottles substantially vertical. The dispenser includes an elongate track which defines a longitudinally extending pathway, a support assembly for the track, and a stopper provided at the front end of the trac

A bottle dispenser has a gate mechanism to maintain the foremost one of the track-supported bottles substantially vertical. The dispenser includes an elongate track which defines a longitudinally extending pathway, a support assembly for the track, and a stopper provided at the front end of the track. The track supports a row of flanged bottles such that the bottles are suspended by their neck flanges for movement along the pathway and removable from the pathway through the front end of the track. The support assembly supports the track such that the track is inclined toward its front end whereby the suspended bottles are allowed to gravity feed toward the front end when the leading bottle in the row is removed from the track. The stopper engages with the leading bottle to prevent its accidental removal through the front end. The gate mechanism blocks the pathway at a position between the front and rear ends of the track. The mechanism is activated when the foremost bottle in the row engages the stopper so that forward movement of the other bottles behind the foremost bottle is blocked. This allows the foremost bottle to be free of pressure of the other bottles when stopped at the front end of the track.

대표청구항 ▼

A merchandising device for bottles each having an integrally formed annular neck flange, comprising: track means having a front end and a rear end and defining a pathway therealong to support a row of said bottles such that said bottles are suspended by said neck flanges thereof for movement along s

A merchandising device for bottles each having an integrally formed annular neck flange, comprising: track means having a front end and a rear end and defining a pathway therealong to support a row of said bottles such that said bottles are suspended by said neck flanges thereof for movement along said pathway and are removable from said pathway through said front end; support means for supporting said track means such that said track means is inclined downwardly toward said front end whereby said bottles when supported by said track means are allowed to gravity feed toward said front end as a leading bottle in said row is removed from said pathway; stopper means provided at said front end for engagement with said leading bottle so as to prevent said leading bottle from being accidentally removed through said front end whereby said leading bottle when arriving at said front end is stopped and presented for removal from said pathway; and gate means for blocking said pathway at a position between said front and rear ends when said leading bottle is engaged by said stopper means such that forward movement of the other bottles in said row is blocked by said gate means whereby said leading bottle is maintained free of pressure of said other bottles and disposed substantially vertical when stopped at and suspended from said front end.