Mechanical time delay product dispenser
A product dispensing apparatus that dispenses feminine products. This machine functions by having two pushbuttons on the front of the cabinet which when pushed, force a feminine product onto the release tray for a user to reach. Inside the cabinet is a time delay mechanically operated system that allows the operator of the invention to control the amount of time between allowable release of products. The operator of the machine can control the amount of time from a minimum of one (1) second between allowable release to thirty (30) seconds between allowable release.
1. An apparatus to retain and dispense feminine products, the apparatus comprising:
a. a cabinet comprising a top panel, a left side panel, a right side panel, a front panel, a back panel, and a bottom panel with said bottom panel having a bottom release tray;
b. said front panel comprising a front face, a front face plate with said front face plate having a left pushbutton and a right pushbutton;
c. a sanitary napkin rack and a tampon rack with said sanitary napkin rack having a sanitary napkin rack back, a sanitary napkin rack left side, a sanitary napkin rack right side, a sanitary napkin rack front, and a sanitary napkin rack bottom, and said tampon rack having a tampon rack back, a tampon rack left side, a tampon rack right side, a tampon rack front, and a tampon rack bottom;
d. a left horizontal support rod that is affixed through a center of a left pinion gear and a right horizontal support rod that is affixed through a center of a right pinion gear;
e. said left horizontal support rod is affixed at a distal end to a left plunger and said right horizontal support rod is affixed at a distal end to a right plunger;
f. said bottom panel having a left timing plate and a right timing plate affixed to said bottom panel;
g. said left timing plate having a left top surface and a left front surface with said left top surface having a left top circular hole that is directly connected to a left interior chamber;
h. said right timing plate having a right top surface and a right front surface with said right top surface having a right top circular hole that is directly connected to a right interior chamber;
i. said left interior chamber having left internal threads adjacent to a left front circular hole and said right interior chamber having right internal threads adjacent to a right front circular hole;
j. said left timing plate configured to enable said left interior chamber to be decreased in size as a left threaded screw engages said left internal threads and is further inserted into said left front circular hole with a suction release timing on said left plunger that is increased as a volume of air in the left interior chamber is reduced as the left threaded screw is threaded further into the left timing plate; and
k. said right timing plate configured to enable said right interior chamber to be decreased in size as a right threaded screw engages said right internal threads and is further inserted into said right front circular hole with a suction release timing on said right plunger that is increased as a volume of air in the right interior chamber is reduced as the right threaded screw is threaded further into the right timing plate;
l. whereby, when the left pushbutton is pressed in towards a center of said cabinet, a left push rod moves causing teeth on said left push rod to engage teeth on said left pinion gear causing a first left wing and a second left wing to rotate and push a lowest sanitary napkin off said sanitary napkin rack and onto said bottom release tray while causing a left vertical plunger rod and said left plunger to displace downwards and cause said left plunger to be temporarily affixed to said left timing plate, with a length of time to reset the left pushbutton to dispense another sanitary napkin dependent on the suction release timing of the left plunger before it is released;
m. whereby, when the right pushbutton is pressed in towards the center of said cabinet, a right push rod moves causing teeth on said right push rod to engage teeth on said right pinion gear causing a first right wing and a second right wing to rotate and push a lowest tampon off said tampon rack and onto said bottom release tray while causing a right vertical plunger rod and said right plunger to displace downwards and cause said right plunger to be temporarily affixed to said right timing plate, with a length of time to reset the right pushbutton to dispense another tampon is dependent on the suction release timing of the right plunger before it is released.
2. The apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising:
a. said left plunger is temporarily affixed to said left timing plate for a period of time between one second to thirty seconds; and
b. said right plunger is temporarily affixed to said right timing plate for a period of time between one second to thirty seconds.