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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120125970 | Apparatus for Dispensing Plastic Bags An apparatus for dispensing plastic bags is disclosed. The apparatus includes a dispensing rack having a base, opposing sides, and a front portion. The opposing sides include tracks that accommodate a spindle capable of being inserted through a core of a roll of plastic... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20110233254 | DISPENSER A dispenser for dispensing wiping material includes a housing for holding at least one roll containing a continuous web of wiping material. The dispenser includes a feeding element for controlling the dispensing of the web, wherein the feeding element includes at least ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110215128 | ADAPTER FOR A BIN An adapter for a support enclosure bin for a roll of thermoplastic bags is described. The bin has a half round cylindrical wall, first and second vertical side walls attached to a supporting rim. The rim has spaced apertures for mounting the bin to a surface that has an... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110089213 | PRE-CUT WIPING MATERIAL DISPENSING APPARATUS A wipe material dispensing machine includes a housing forming a receptacle with a back plate, a horizontal lower wall, side walls, and an articulated lockable cover. The inner face of the cover has a protruding curved member. A device, articulated relative to the housin... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110073629 | Plastic grocery bag dispenser with side panels and guide bar A plastic bag dispenser with side panels and guide bar includes: a) a base frame with a back and bottom section with open front adapted to hold a plastic bag roll; b) a swing arm and core rod adapted to receive a plastic bag roll for rotation and to move downwardly as t... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20100252601 | Drywall splitter A drywall or similar planar material cutting tool is provided that aids in the achieving of clean and square cuts with minimal debris and/or breakage to the drywall material edge. The apparatus defines a generally J-shaped engagement channel, or combinations of J-shaped... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20090008422 | ROLL MOUNTED BAGS AND DISPENSERS FOR SAME A wire frame plastic bag dispenser includes an angled lower bag roll support urging perforated, rolled plastic bags toward a bag roll restraining element attached to the frame. A constraining movement element prevents lateral movement of the bag roll. A perforation part... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080128465 | Recessed dispenser for plastic bags A packet of plastic bags, formed in a stack, is retained within a housing that defines a dispenser. The packet is supported at the upper edge thereof, with the stack hanging within the interior of the housing. The bag packet is positioned within a channel defined in the... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20070007317 | Sheet dispenser A dispensing system 1 and a dispenser 100 for dispensing single sheets 5 from a roll of a continuous web of plastic cushioning material 4, containing transversal lines of perforations 9 defining the single sheets, horizontally mounted ... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20060118588 | Spool-supported bag dispenser A bag dispenser includes an axle having a plurality of spaced-apart interior annular rings. A roll of bags are wound about the axle and a rod is insertable into the axle. When inserted into the axle, the rod engages at least one of the annular rings to connect the rod t... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20050247817 | Paper towel dispenser with fixed frictional gripping bar An apparatus for one handed dispensing paper sheet segments from a roll of paper sheet segments connected end-to-end along transverse serration lines including a base member, a support connected to a base for holding a roll of paper sheet segments and a frictional gripp... | 11/10/2005 |
| 20050139627 | Paper towel and separation device of the paper A separation device of a paper towel includes a housing provided with two roll sets each having at least two rolls that may be driven by a power member to rotate relative to each other at an equal speed, so that a continuous paper towel may pass between the rolls of the... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050070420 | Pressing unit for separating the diecut blanks of a sheet A pressing unit with a pressure rail interdependent with at least two parallel rods, the rods mounted for axially sliding between two end positions, through a horizontal upper support, via a connecting device. An elastic pull-back spring arranged between the support and... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050056677 | Storable transfer conveyor system A storable transfer conveyor system for moving bundles from an upstream conveyor to a downstream conveyor utilizing a storable transfer conveyor which is movable from a first operative position, wherein the bundles are transferred to the downstream conveyor, to a second... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050051005 | Sheet material dispenser with transfer system and method A dispenser having a transfer mechanism for transferring between a first source and a second source of sheet material, and a method for transferring between the first source and the second source. Dispensing is transferred from a first source to a second source upon an ... | 03/10/2005 |