(19)
(11) EP 0 096 485 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.10.1985 Bulletin 1985/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.12.1983 Bulletin 1983/51

(21) Application number: 83302806

(22) Date of filing: 17.05.1983
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 08.06.1982 GB 8216577

(71) Applicant: LANSING BAGNALL LIMITED
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(72) Inventor:
  • Gibbons, Ralph David
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(54) Automatic dispenser for flexible discs


(57) An automatic dispenser for dispensing a flexible rubber collar over a shouldered pin comprises a magazine 33 for holding a stack of collars. A carrier 31 has a recess 45 provided with a shoulder 46 which resists movement of a disc but does not prevent movement of a disc through the carrier plate 31 on the application of sufficient axial force. An actuator constituted by a piston 14 is coupled to the carrier 31 to effect rotation thereof so as to align the disc held in the recess 42 with a hollow plunger 52. Advancement of the piston causes the hollow plunger 52 to force the disc through the aperture defined by the shoulder 46, the disc flexing under the action of the plunger. The plunger can receive the spigot or head of the pin so that the collar may be inserted on the spigot or pin as far as a shoulder thereon.










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