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4-17 How old is a particular dispenser?




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This article is from the PEZ candy and PEZ dispensers FAQ, by sharpe@dg-rtp.dg.com (Chris Sharpe) with numerous contributions by others.

4-17 How old is a particular dispenser?

You can get a vague idea of the age of a dispenser by looking at the patent
number:

     Patent 2.620.061   1st series   issued in 1952
     Patent 3.410.455   2nd series   issued in 1968
     Patent 3.845.882   3rd series   issued in 1974
     Patent 3.942.683   4th series   issued in 1976
     Patent 4.966.305   5th series   issued in 1990

Patent numbers are commonly referred to by only the first two digits,
so a
4.9 dispenser is one from the 5th series.

Dispensers changed from "footless" to "footed" in 1987, but the recent
re-release of the "Regulars" are without feet. In general, if you
have a 3.9 dispenser with feet, it was made after 1987. If a 3.9
dispenser is without feet, it was made before 1987. (Of course some
of these were made *during* 1987, but that's difficult to determine.)

 

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