| US 7,513,391 B2 | ||
| Article retrieval equipment | ||
| Yasuyuki Nakanishi, Tochigi (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Bandai Co., Ltd., Taito-Ku, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 13, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/299,652. | ||
| Application 11/299652 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP03/09829, filed on Aug. 01, 2003. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-169824 (JP), filed on Jun. 13, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0144848 A1, Jul. 06, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G07F 11/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 221—241 [221/97; 221/193; 221/237; 221/203; 221/265] | 5 Claims |
| 1. An article retrieval equipment comprising:
(a) an equipment body having an article storage chamber which stores an article,
(b) a bottom wall in said article storage chamber that is provided with a pivotal rotary disk having an accommodation hole
to accommodate the article and a falling port which opposes said accommodation hole of said rotary disk,
(c) a falling passage formed in a lower portion of said equipment body which communicates with an article outlet opposing
said falling port of said article storage chamber body,
(d) an operation part in said equipment body which rotates said rotary disk to oppose said accommodation hole to said falling
port and allows the article accommodated in said accommodation hole to fall into said article outlet through said falling
port and falling passage, and
(e) height adjusting means, having a guide member provided in a recess formed in said bottom wall, for adjusting a position
in a direction of the article accommodated in said accommodation hole of said rotary disk.
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