Hook dispensing apparatus and method
US5513751A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 29, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 7, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/3449
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A dispensing apparatus for housing a stacked supply of hooks which permits the individual withdrawal of a lowermost hook from the stack. A dispensing apparatus provides a chamber having an open top, a rear wall, two side walls, a front wall, a spaced floor providing a gap between the floor and the front wall, the front wall providing a longitudinal opening transversing the wall, the opening permitting the passage of a loop portion of each hook.
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