(19)
(11) EP 0 246 048 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.09.1988 Bulletin 1988/37

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.11.1987 Bulletin 1987/47

(21) Application number: 87304150

(22) Date of filing: 11.05.1987
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES GB IT

(30) Priority: 12.05.1986 US 861885

(71) Applicant: CHESEBROUGH-POND'S INC.
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(72) Inventors:
  • Pettengill, Edwin Raymond
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  • Russo, John Alfred
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  • Vandenberg, Ronald Henry
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(54) Dispenser having rotary dispensing wheel


(57) A dispenser for a plurality of articles (12) is described which comprises a magazine (11) and a dispensing wheel (14) rotatably mounted on the interior surface of the magazine for dispensing articles therefrom. The magazine has an opening (13) at one end which is substantially larger than the size of the article to be dispensed. The magazine has an open storage space which is both substantially greater in length and width than the individual articles to be held therein so that a substantial plurality of articles can be stored in the magazine. The rotatable dispensing wheel has at least one peripheral pocket (19) which is designed to hold an article therein for movement from the storage space within the magazine to a position outside the magazine, through the opening in the end of the magazine, responsive to rotation of the wheel.







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