초록 ▼

A dispenser for storing and dispensing small packages such as individual packages containing, for example, a single dose of a non-prescription medication. The dispenser is designed to hold and dispense a plurality of different packaged products, each of which is visibly stacked in a vertically dispo

A dispenser for storing and dispensing small packages such as individual packages containing, for example, a single dose of a non-prescription medication. The dispenser is designed to hold and dispense a plurality of different packaged products, each of which is visibly stacked in a vertically disposed magazine where each package can be easily removed with the next package dropping by gravity to the dispensing position. The individual packages are initially contained in a disposable tray, each of which slides into one of the magazines of the dispenser with the empty tray being removed from the magazine and discarded once all of the packages have been dispensed.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is as follows:] [1.] A dispenser for storing, displaying and manually dispensing individual box-shaped packages, said dispenser comprising: a housing having a generally vertically extending rear wall and a generally vertically extending front wall spaced from the rear wall to form

[ What is claimed is as follows:] [1.] A dispenser for storing, displaying and manually dispensing individual box-shaped packages, said dispenser comprising: a housing having a generally vertically extending rear wall and a generally vertically extending front wall spaced from the rear wall to form an open space between the walls, dividers spaced apart between the front and rear walls to form within the open space of the dispenser one or more vertically-extending magazines each throughout its length being substantially uniform in width and uniform in depth and adapted to receive one or more box-shaped packages to be stored and dispensed, each magazine having an opening in the front wall that defines a dispensing opening at the lower end of the magazine, a support at the lower end of each magazine near the dispensing opening adapted to support a plurality of packages in a stacked relationship in a magazine, a lip extending across the lowest portion of the dispensing opening and having a top edge extending above the support, the width of the dispensing opening being greater than the width of a package to be contained in the magazine and the height of the dispensing opening above the top edge of the lip being greater than the height of a single package, a recess in the support and extending toward but not into the back wall to provide for manual lifting of a lowermost package resting on the support over the lip and through the dispensing opening, the front wall having an upper part above the dispensing opening and a lower part below the dispensing opening, and the lower part of the front wall having a recess beneath the recess in the support at the lower end of each magazine.