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A bayonet-type connector assembly for releasably securing a first connector half to a second connector half along a connection axis by simple rotation of a bayonet nut. Each connector half includes a plurality of electrical contacts. The bayonet nut encircles the second connector half. Rotation of t

A bayonet-type connector assembly for releasably securing a first connector half to a second connector half along a connection axis by simple rotation of a bayonet nut. Each connector half includes a plurality of electrical contacts. The bayonet nut encircles the second connector half. Rotation of the nut to a closed position causes a thread segment on the nut to engage corresponding grooved segments formed in the first connector half, to mate the connector halves, enabling electrical contact between the connector halves. Rotation of the bayonet nut also slides a slidable portion, i.e., a nut cam, beneath a cam of the second connector half to prevent axial separation of the two connector halves. The connector assembly further includes a detent positioned to engage a securement on one of the cams to releasably lock the nut in the closed position.

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A bayonet-type connector assembly for releasably securing a first connector half to a second connector half along a connection axis by simple rotation of a bayonet nut. Each connector half includes a plurality of electrical contacts. The bayonet nut encircles the second connector half. Rotation of t

A bayonet-type connector assembly for releasably securing a first connector half to a second connector half along a connection axis by simple rotation of a bayonet nut. Each connector half includes a plurality of electrical contacts. The bayonet nut encircles the second connector half. Rotation of the nut to a closed position causes a thread segment on the nut to engage corresponding grooved segments formed in the first connector half, to mate the connector halves, enabling electrical contact between the connector halves. Rotation of the bayonet nut also slides a slidable portion, i.e., a nut cam, beneath a cam of the second connector half to prevent axial separation of the two connector halves. The connector assembly further includes a detent positioned to engage a securement on one of the cams to releasably lock the nut in the closed position. sing units of platform-loaded goods from a stack of one or more units of platform-loaded goods, comprising: a dispenser, said dispenser including a dispenser frame forming a central aperture, said central aperture defining a plane and having sufficiently large dimensions to allow passage of one of said units of platform-loaded goods therethrough when said unit of platform-loaded goods is maintained in parallel with said plane, capture blades for retaining said stack within said dispenser when said capture blades are in a closed position and for releasing said stack such that units of platform-loaded goods in said stack can pass through said aperture when said capture blades are in an open position, and blade control means for opening and closing said capture blades, said blade control means biased to hold said capture blades in said closed position; a robotic gripper comprising at least two opposing gripper arms for engaging said dispenser such that said blade control means are moved upwardly in relation to said dispenser frame to open said capture blades, allowing one or more units of platform-loaded goods in said stack to fall through said aperture. 17. The device of claim 16 wherein said robotic gripper is operable to close said gripper arms to secure a receptacle between them and to open said gripper arms to release said receptacle. 18. The device of claim 16 wherein said dispenser further comprises at least one skirt downwardly extending from said dispenser frame. 19. The device of claim 18 wherein said stack of units of platform-loaded goods forms a lowermost unit, and wherein each of said at least two opposing gripper arms forms an inwardly extending lip, such that when said robotic gripper engages said dispenser to allow one or more units of platform-loaded goods in said stack to fall through said aperture, said lowermost unit is received upon said inwardly extending lips. 20. An automated dispensing system for dispensing units of platform loaded goods, comprising: at least one dispenser, each dispenser including a disp