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(11) EP 0 032 122 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
30.12.1981 Bulletin 1981/52

(43) Date of publication A2:
15.07.1981 Bulletin 1981/28

(21) Application number: 81300001

(22) Date of filing: 02.01.1981
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB IT LU NL

(30) Priority: 02.01.1980 US 109061
30.01.1980 US 116977

(71) Applicant: THE MEAD CORPORATION
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(72) Inventors:
  • Clement, Joseph
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  • Suttles, James M.
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(54) Gravity feed merchandise dispensing device


(57) A merchandise dispensing device of the gravity feed type in which a track (55, 56) having a pair of rails to receive the neck-flanges of suitable bottles is mounted in a rack. The rails include upturned end portions (83, 90) providing a braking section in which gravity feed is arrested. The tracks include two different sized sets of rails (80,81: 106,99) which can be selectively positioned to receive bottles having different neck flanges.






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