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Hook dispensing apparatus and method

US5513751A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 29, 1994
Grant dateMay 7, 1996
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Expiry dateNov 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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