(19)
(11) EP 0 264 257 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.10.1988 Bulletin 1988/41

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.04.1988 Bulletin 1988/16

(21) Application number: 87309034

(22) Date of filing: 13.10.1987
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 14.10.1986 GB 8624615

(71) Applicant: UNITED BISCUITS (UK) LIMITED
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(72) Inventor:
  • Meyer, James Bousfield
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(54) Dispenser


(57) The dispenser has a base 10, to which a disposable plastics container 12 charged with peanuts is fitted by engagement of screw threads on a wall 20 the base and a skirt 30 of the container. The base houses a coin-­freed mechanism allowing a quality of peanuts to be dispensed through an outlet 14 by operation of a lever 16. Prior to fitting of the container to the base, the lower end of the container is protected by a cap which is removed to expose a foil closure which is broken by knife-edges 24, 26 on the base when the container is fitted thereto. Peanuts can thus flow from the container to the base, to be dispensed through the outlet 14.







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