shape of the dispensing plunger 58 is preferred because it does not interfere with closing the upper cover half 68 with the plunger 58 in place and because it does not require the plunger 58 to have any particular orientation in order to connect to its actuator when the door closes it should be noted that during operation of the dispensing machine 10 the locations of the portioning chamber 50 and dispensing chamber 52 remain fixed relative to the cylinder 16 and the plungers 56 58 remain in their respective chambers 50 52 so when the door opens and closes the plungers 56 58 must separate from and then rejoin their respective actuators 32 34 as indicated by the arrows in fig1 the bottom of the dispensing cylinder 52 and its respective dispensing plunger 58 have a special shape which helps prevent product from sticking to the dispenser and dripping after the dispensing cylinder is closed the dispensing cylinder or housing 52 is cylindrically shaped but at the outlet 48 there are inwardly and downwardly projecting pointed leaves 49 extending from the cylindrical side wall of the cylinder 52 the dispenser plunger 58 at its lower edge defines an inwardly and downwardly tapered surface 59 which intersects at circle 61 with a central concave surface 63 the circle 61 contacts the points of the leaves 49 when the plunger 58 is down and the tapered surface 59 of the plunger 58 lays at the same.