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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6006945 | Vendable container A container structure for solid retaining foods, such as cookies and snack chips, or non-food items, such as first aid products or golf balls, is disclosed which is sized and configured to be vendable from a vending machine which is configured for dispens... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5979698 | Method and means for recording periodic medicinal dosages A medicinal recording device is provided which is placed directly upon a patient's medication container. The device consists of at least one strip having a plurality of indicia on raised or recessed detents. The indicia correspond to days and dosages. The... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5955973 | Field navigation system A location system is used in a vehicle moving within an area at a selected speed and in a selected direction. A heading sensor provides a heading signal representing the direction of movement of the vehicle. A speed sensor provides a speed signal based on... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5931337 | Semiconductor accommodating devices and method for inserting and taking out semiconductor devices A semiconductor accommodating device using an embossed tape and a method for inserting and taking out semiconductor devices, without using a top cover tape that had hitherto been used. The semiconductor accommodating device comprises a reel and an embosse... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5868274 | Power saving apparatus of an automatic vending machine and method thereof A power saving apparatus of an automatic vending machine and method thereof is provided to reduce an electric power consumed therein when it is not necessary as much power as a normal operating state of inner loads, such as a heater and a compressor, of t... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5850344 | Medication dispensing and timing system A medication dispensing and timing system includes a central monitoring computer which generates and sends an address-specific medication prompting message in accordance with a prescribed medication dispensing schedule over a two-way paging system to a co... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848593 | System for dispensing a kit of associated medical items A system for monitoring and dispensing medical items, includes a data terminal (76) which is connected through a local area network (82) to at least one remote computer (84) including a processor and the data store. The data store includes data representa... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5810199 | Dispensing instrument for fluid monitoring sensor A sensor dispensing instrument is adapted to receive a generally circular sensor pack containing a plurality of blood glucose sensors. Each of the sensors are disposed in sensor cavities, each of which is in fluid communication with a corresponding desicc... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5765718 | Center pull sheet dispensing apparatus A center pull towel dispenser includes two housing members which pivot about a vertical pivot axis. A support plate supports the coreless roll product on end with the lead end of the coreless roll product passing through a bottom wall disposed under the s... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5749492 | Sheet dispenser and method A Sheet Dispenser for dispensing of flexible and foldable sheets, such as paper towels and the like from a center fed roll thereof. The Sheet Dispenser of the present invention relies upon a member, such as a plate, which may be in the form of or part of ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5735432 | System for and method of dispensing lottery tickets A lottery ticket dispensing system is for improved pull-tab lottery tickets of a type that include a plurality of normally closed windows that can be opened to reveal play symbols thereunder with some of the play symbols being winning symbols. Each of the... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5704515 | Ferrule applicator and method A method of dispensing ferrules onto a work surface without requiring bend motion of the workman. The method utilizes a dispenser which is loaded from the top using a stack of nested ferrules on a retainer which is easily removable to free the ferrules in... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5684476 | Field navigation system A location system is used in a vehicle moving within an area at a selected speed and in a selected direction. A heading sensor provides a heading signal representing the direction of movement of the vehicle. A speed sensor provides a speed signal based on... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5660304 | Vending apparatus and method having improved reliability A vending apparatus of the type having drop shelves, wherein the shelves are retained in an upright position by a solenoid, and wherein, when so positioned, the solenoid forms a series electrical circuit with the shelf, such that the position of the shelf... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5657899 | System for and method of dispensing lottery tickets A lottery ticket dispensing system is for pull-tab lottery tickets of the type that include a plurality of normally closed windows that can be opened to reveal play symbols thereunder with some of the play symbols being winning symbols. Each of the lotter... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5642835 | Sheet products for use in a pop-up dispenser and method for forming An improved method is disclosed for forming a strata of overlapping sheets suitable for use in a pop-up dispensing system. The sheets are cut from ribbons having at least one side edge which has a knee-like protrusion, with the opposing side edge being ei... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5613620 | Co-dispensing snack food products and beverages from a vending machine A process for co-dispensing beverages and snack food products from a single vending machine, and a vending machine including filled beverage and snack food containers. Filled beverage containers and filled snack food containers are stored in the vending m... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5590809 | Method of controlling inventory carousel in vending machine A food vending machine contains a motor-driven inventory carousel which rotates to position food items at a desired index position. A control unit, for example a computer, reduces the power delivered to the inventory carousel as the desired index position... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5579951 | Apparatus for orienting and loading solid compact medicaments An apparatus (10) for orienting and loading solid compact medicaments, such as solid compact medicaments (A), into a carrier device (C) comprises a feeder (12) having a plurality of elongated first channels (20) through which the solid compact medicaments... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5577633 | Feeding nuts to a nut runner A nut feeding method and apparatus for an automatic assembly machine includes a carrousel for carrying a large supply of nuts on vertical feed rods hanging from a rotating head from which the nuts can be fed to a nut runner. A shaft projects on an axis of... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5554197 | Hair dying system and methods for accurately blending and developing hair dye The present invention relates to methods and systems for hair dying. The system includes at least two reservoirs containing different hair dying components in predetermined concentrations, the containers including outlets having cross-sectional areas whic... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5529208 | Jar ticket dispensing apparatus and method The present invention includes a jar ticket dispensing apparatus and method for dispensing jar tickets in response to an operator input. The invention includes an enclosed drum for containing the tickets. A support means supports the drum for rotation the... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5505332 | Vending machine and method of operating such In a method of operating a vending machine, a glass container is dispensed with its vertical axis tilted in the vending machine in response to the selective generation of a preselected vending signal. The vertical axis is predeterminately altered into a g... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5484082 | Portable linerless label dispenser A simple, inexpensive, and easy to construct label dispenser is provided for linerless labels. The dispenser is made from a rectangular strip of cardboard or paper board having four parallel fold lines defining the strip into first through fifth panels an... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5482182 | Tape dispenser The invention relates to a portable dual advance dispenser for a supply of linered tape material having an adhesive tape mounted in separable strips on a release liner. The dispenser includes a frame for supporting a supply of linered tape material and a ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5474208 | Packaging material, apparatus and method A coil of an interconnected chain of open bags is provided in which the coil has a center opening having a diameter at least as great as the transverse dimension of the bags. A dispenser is provided on which a coil of bags is mounted. An end of the chain ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5464117 | Separation-science membrane dispenser A separation-science disc dispenser (10) has a storage chamber (12) disposed normally to a base (20) that possesses a slot (24) into which a slidable member (26) resides. The storage chamber (12) contains disc units (14) that include a separation-science ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5462196 | Hopper and feed for plastic book-binding strips Plastic binding strips used with this invention comprise a female strip consisting of a narrow, thin plastic strip formed with spaced apertures and grooves communicating with the apertures and a male strip comprising a narrow plastic strip having bendable... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5450980 | Coin operated vending machine for vending individual cigarettes from a cigarette manufacturer's container A small, wall mounted, coin operated vending machine vends individual tubed cigarettes directly from a cigarette manufacturer's original cigarette container. The machine has a removable hopper for loading and holding the cartons of tubed cigarettes. The c... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5445287 | Co-dispensing snack food products and beverages from a vending machine A process for co-dispensing beverages and snack food products from a single vending machine. Filled beverage containers and filled snack food containers are stored in the vending machine and a buyer, upon payment, product selection, etc., can obtain both ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5445294 | Method for automatic dispensing of articles stored in a cabinet A mechanical system opens a selected drawer in a multiple-drawer cabinet. The drawers are arranged in rows and columns. A selected drawer is unlatched by moving a rod which has protruding fingers, only one of which is positioned to engage a latch in a col... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5415318 | Continuous fastener feed system A staple feed system utilizing an inclined staple feed ramp for axial loading of staples into a staple gun under the influence of gravity. The inclined feed ramp includes an inclined upper linear portion, an upwardly curving arcuate central portion, and a... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5405048 | Vacuum operated medicine dispenser A vacuum operated system for individually dispensing items of oral solid medicine from bulk storage to a user, where the medicine is dispensed under computer control, and the quantity and type of medicine is selected in advance by the user. The invention ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5350082 | Automatic soda fountain and method A money activated beverage dispensing line is disclosed of the soda fountain type in which the dispensing of a beverage from a series of dispensing stations is automatically controlled with consumer interaction. The dispensing line includes a money valida... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5322188 | Lid dispensing Apparatus and method for dispensing lids, such as plastic lids for soft-drink cups, one-by-one from a stack of such lids supported initially underneath by resting on the lower of two pairs of members adapted to grip and ungrip individual lids, the upper p... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5322185 | Earplug dispenser system An apparatus is described which can receive a large number of earplugs from a box and dispense one or two of them at a time to a worker. The apparatus includes a wheel (22, FIG. 1) which is rotatable on a frame (12) and which has holes (24) that move in a... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5303844 | Automated apparatus, system and method for reliably vending articles of increased value A vending machine has a front panel with plural removable storage and dispensing trays extending through the enclosure, and defining a rear vertical chute curving gradually in a horizontal direction under the trays and communicating with a vend opening. T... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5301831 | Newspaper rack with improved one-at-a-time dispensing assembly The present invention comprises a one-at-a-time dispensing assembly for newspaper racks of tetrahedral shape in which the assembly is positioned within and spans the walls of the rack. The dispensing assembly of the invention includes a fixed support base... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5294020 | Dispensing mechanism for cylindrical products An apparatus for displaying and dispensing cylindrical objects having a diameter and a length along an axis includes a base supporting a reservoir configured and arranged to hold a plurality of cylindrical objects to be dispensed. The reservoir communicat... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5285925 | Rapid release box A container is described which can hold multiple small articles such as earplugs, and which can be inserted into a dispenser where the contents can be readily released. The container includes a box (30, FIG. 3 ) whose bottom wall includes a pair of flaps ... | 02/15/1994 |
