US PATENT SUBCLASS 221 / 17
WITH EMPTY SUPPLY SOURCE RESPONSIVE MEANS


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221 /   HD   ARTICLE DISPENSING

17WITH EMPTY SUPPLY SOURCE RESPONSIVE MEANS {1}
18  DF  .~> Having motion inhibitor for discharge means {1}


DEFINITION

Classification: 221/17

(under the class definition) Article dispensers having means which senses depletion of the entire source of supply and in

which the same means directly effects control of the actuation of an article segregating means or of a supply receptacle locking or unlocking function.

(1) Note. Those devices having a plurality of stacks or sources of supply and having means to feed from a subsequent stack or source upon depletion of the initial source are not considered to have means responsive to depletion of the entire supply and are not classified in this or indented subclasses unless means responsive to depletion of the final stack or source are also included. Such subject matter is classified in subclasses 103+, and especially in subclass 108.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

6, for similar devices including empty supply source indicating means.

11, and 14, for article dispensers having means responsive to the depletion of a stack or the entire supply, respectively, having separate means controlled thereby to effect a control or a cut-off of the dispenser.

103+, and especially 108+. See (1) Note above. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

222, Dispensing,

64+, for fluent material dispensers having material level control means and particularly subclasses 65 and 66 for full and/or empty interlocks and empty container cut-offs, respectively.