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| 20120125945 | SURFACE MOUNTING APPARATUS AND WINDER THEREOF An exemplary surface mounting apparatus includes a winder, a waste tape and a feeder for discharging the waste tape towards the winder. The winder includes a pivot, a wheel rotatably mounted around the pivot, and a coil spring disposed between the pivot and the wheel. A... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20110220676 | WIRE MESH RIVET A wire mesh rivet (13) is provided which is used to produce a wire mesh isolator (11) in a bore (9) of a substrate such as a heat shield (7) for a vehicle exhaust system. The rivet (13) comprises a unitary wire mesh structure (19 | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110168732 | DISPENSER A dispenser 1 for use with a medicament carrier 2. The medicament carrier 2 contains a at least one medicament product 8 which can be released therefrom. The dispenser 1 comprising a body 12, a collecting conduit 18 and a... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110062181 | DISPENSER BOX WITH TILTED TOP SURFACE AND TIPPING CORNER A dispenser box that includes a tilted or inclined top surface that defines a plurality of object wells that are configured to receive objects and secure them for shipping as well as display. The object wells are configured to secure each object on display as the object... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110036683 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING AN UNDERGARMENT The present invention includes a system and method for packaging an undergarment that as a result of the packaging, the undergarment requires a substantially small amount of storage space that can be carried discretely on ones person during active times, and/or easily p... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20100314405 | Systems, methods and devices for dispensing products from a kiosk The present invention relates to a kiosk that dispenses products with no moving parts. The kiosk can dispense a rental product, and the rental product can be returned via a mail service, or it can be retained for a purchase price. The kiosk comprises a removable cartrid... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100181335 | DISPENSER A dispenser for housing at least one blister pack (comprising a generally planar face on one side thereof and one or more blisters on the opposite side thereof), the dispenser comprising a base portion, a lid portion, and a hinge portion connecting the base portion to t... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100137745 | STACK MAGAZINE SYSTEM A meter system for analyzing body fluids includes a supply magazine for storing a stack of test elements, a meter for analyzing fluid samples, and a transport system for transporting test elements from the supply magazine to the meter. The test element in one embodiment... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100041156 | ANALYTE-TESTING INSTRUMENTS An instrument adapted to determine an analyte concentration of a fluid sample using a test sensor is disclosed. The instrument comprises a display adapted to display information to a user, a user-interface mechanism adapted to allow the user to interact with the instrum... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20080296311 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING MATERIAL ON A SUBSTRATE A dispensing apparatus includes a frame, a support coupled to the frame, a gantry coupled to the frame, a first dispensing unit coupled to the gantry, a second dispensing unit coupled to the gantry, and an imaging system coupled to one of the frame and the gantry. The i... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080272140 | Cassette for dispensing flexible tubing therefrom In a cassette for dispensing flexible tubing a cassette body includes a central tubular portion defining an aperture extending therethrough. An outer wall surrounds the central tubular portion and a cassette bottom extends between and connects the outer wall and the cen... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080237255 | DISPENSER OF ICEMAKER IN REFRIGERATOR Disclosed is a dispenser of an icemaker in a refrigerator for maximizing an inner space when a total size is the same, and for minimizing the total size when the inner space is the same. The dispenser of the icemaker in the refrigerator includes an ice chute being a pas... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080164278 | Fastening Device A fastening system that enables a tab to be positioned around items to be joined, and a fastener to be passed through the tab and the items to be joined to fasten these. The invention relates to a fastening device for effecting the system, a magazine for storing and dis... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080156822 | Dispenser for flat sheet articles A dispenser apparatus for dispensing flat sheet articles from a stack, and having a housing, a magazine for storing the articles, a base disposed perpendicularly to the housing, the base having service portion and a delivery portion, the service portion communicating wi... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080110921 | Device for dispensing vials useful in system and method for dispensing prescriptions An apparatus for dispensing open-ended objects such as pharmaceutical vials includes: a housing having an internal cavity configured to house open-ended objects, the housing including a guide and a floor; a pick-up unit mounted to the housing, the pick-up unit including... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080083773 | Contact Connector Assembly For A Sensor-Dispensing Instrument A contact connector assembly, which is adapted to be used in a sensor-dispensing instrument that contains electrochemical test sensors, comprises at least four electrical contacts, a housing connector, a base connector and a moveable mechanism. The housing connector for... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080061074 | Vacuum Based Pill Singulator and Counter Based Thereon A singulating disc, carried by a housing, has a plurality of openings around its periphery. The disc rotates vertically through a pickup chamber of a hopper carried by the housing. A vacuum is pulled through the openings by a pump which is connected to the disc. Items a... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20070248656 | TOPICAL PREPARATION DISPENSERS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Topical preparation dispensers and methods of using the same are provided. Aspects of the invention include a topical preparation dispenser having a holder, one or more vertically stacked topical preparations in the holder, and a cap at one end of the holder configured ... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20050258184 | Dispensing systems and methods A dispenser comprising a first barrier, and a second barrier that is spaced apart from the first barrier. These two barriers define a first item-receiving space between the barriers, and the second barrier at least partially defines a second item-receiving space behind ... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050224510 | Vacuum based pill singulator and counter based thereon A singulating disc, carried by a housing, has a plurality of openings around its periphery. The disc rotates vertically through a pickup chamber of a hopper carried by the housing. A vacuum is pulled through the openings by a pump which is connected to the disc. Items a... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050173449 | Dispenser and fan-fold package technique for radio frequency identification tags Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for the dispensing of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. In a first aspect of the present invention, a stack of tags is described. In one aspect, the tags are arranged in the stack so that alternate parallel ends ... | 08/11/2005 |
