Dispensing apparatus
A dispenser apparatus may include a housing and a delivering structure at least partially enclosed by the housing. The dispenser apparatus may dispense desired sizes or pieces of tablets, pills candy, mints, chewing gum or the like. The dispenser apparatus is refillable when a cover or lid is open. The dispenser has an adjust apparatus which is used to change a carrying holder dimension and the control apparatus of the adjust apparatus hiding in the dispenser in a stowed configuration and showed out of the dispenser in a dispensing configuration.
1 . An apparatus configured to dispense one or more small items, the apparatus comprising:
a container comprising a storage chamber configured to hold the one or more small items, and an exit opening in communication with the storage chamber; and
a delivery member comprising a carrying holder configured for receiving the one or small items, an adjusting apparatus configured to move between a plurality of positions to adjust at least one dimension of the carrying holder, and a control apparatus connected to the adjusting apparatus and configured to be engaged by a user, wherein the control apparatus is moveable to cause movement of the adjusting apparatus between the plurality of positions, thereby adjusting the at least one dimension of the carrying holder,
wherein the delivery member is configured to move in a reciprocating motion between a stowed configuration, where the carrying holder is within the container and configured to receive the one or more small items from the storage chamber, and a dispensing configuration, where the delivery member extends through the exit opening and the carrying holder is configured to dispense the one or more small items, by exertion of an exterior force by the user, and wherein when the delivery member is in the stowed configuration, the control apparatus is positioned within the container, and when the delivery member is in the dispensing configuration, the control apparatus is positioned outside of the container, and the control apparatus is exposed so that the user can engage the control apparatus to adjust the at least one dimension of the carrying holder,
wherein the control apparatus comprises a button moveable within a slot on a side of the carrying holder, and the button is engaged with the adjusting apparatus such that the button is configured to be moveable along the slot to cause movement of the adjusting apparatus to adjust the at least one dimension of the carrying holder.
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the adjusting apparatus comprises a moveable member forming a boundary of the carrying holder, wherein the moveable member is moveable to adjust at least one dimension of the carrying holder,
wherein the control apparatus is connected to the moveable member of the adjusting apparatus, such that the control apparatus is moveable to cause movement of the adjusting apparatus, and the control apparatus is configured to be engaged by a user to move the moveable member of the adjusting apparatus and thereby adjust the at least one dimension of the carrying holder.
3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a funnel apparatus positioned within the container, wherein when the delivery member is in the stowed configuration, the funnel apparatus is configured to permit the one or more small items to move through the funnel apparatus into the carrying holder of the delivery member, and wherein the delivery member comprises a push button configured for pushing the delivery member to the dispensing configuration.
4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a biasing mechanism biasing the delivery member to the stowed configuration.
5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the carrying holder is formed by an elastic material.
6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a cover hingedly coupled to the storage chamber, wherein opening the cover allows for refilling the one or more small items into the storage chamber.