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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