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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5280845 | Earplug dispenser 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, which avoids touching of the earplugs by any other person. The apparatus includes a wheel (22, FIG. 1 ) which is rotat... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5255817 | System and method for low cost dispensing of soft packaged articles A system and method is provided-for low cost dispensing of soft packaged articles. The soft packaged articles include internally positioned forming member. The forming member and articles are then enclosed in protective material and heat shrinked so that ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5249737 | Method for dispensing moisture-sensitive unit dose packages A unit dose package dispenser (1) including a drawer (13) and ramp (7) such that unit dose packages are urged through an aperture (10) and into the drawer (13). The ramp (7) is elevated from the bottom region (6) of the container (1) so as to isolate the ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5238143 | Apparatus for dispensing flat articles An envelope dispensing module (10) for use in an ATM includes feed belts (26) for feeding the lowermost envelope (18') of a stack of envelopes (18) along a feed path (49) towards an exit slot (50). Pulse generating apparatus (54) includes a roller (62) wh... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5222624 | Ticket dispenser machine and method Preferably, instant-winner lottery tickets are sold by the machine. The machine includes a bill acceptor to receive the money of the purchaser. It has from one to four windows in a front panel. Lottery tickets are displayed in the window and move past the... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5221023 | Process and apparatus for the automatic dispensing of products, especially of food products, if necessary reheated Process for the automatic dispensing and automatic dispenser (1) of products (63), in particular of packaged food products, arranged on trays (20) of a storage device (2) comprising means (3) for transportation in a closed circuit, from which means the tr... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5215211 | Sheet material dispenser The specification discloses a sheet material dispenser for which the angle between axis along which sheet material is dispensed and the dispenser container may be changed. A dispensing funnel is provided on a ball that rotates about its center within a so... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5209373 | Vending machine with self-contained, limited access microwave oven A restricted access vending device with included microwave oven. The device includes a cabinet having a refrigerated compartment containing a plurality of product selections, a compressor associated with the refrigerated compartment, and means for vending... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5205436 | Maine tool dispensing device and system A system is provided for automatically dispensing machine tools, kits of tools and related supplies. The system includes one or more automatic tool dispensers interconnected and controlled by a host computer. Automatic tool dispensers may be placed at var... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5193716 | Masking method A masking method employing a masking tool to protect the hole(s) in an article such as a car body from a surface treatment is provided in the present invention. The masking member includes a cylinder having an inlet at one end and an outlet at the other e... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5190185 | Medication transport and dispensing magazine The present device is a magazine (10) which includes housing defining a medication storage area. An access door (22) is provided in the housing to gain access to stock the storage area with unit dose medication containers (34). The housing defines an open... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5184752 | Method and apparatus for feeding tabs or discs to an automatic staple or nail gun The method of feeding the discs to the automatic staple or nail gun includes the steps of providing a plurality of discs stacked atop one another, shuttling a first disc from the stack to a position normal to the staple or nail expulsion path, and retaini... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5163580 | Package of stacked roofing washers and related methods In a package designed to be readily loaded into a magazine, stacked roofing washers are collated by means of an elongate, flexible, polymeric strap extending through central apertures of the washers. Near each end of the strap, the strap is formed with a ... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5111962 | Vending apparatus with intelligent dispensation control A vending apparatus ensures that the delay between a customer's selection of an article, and the dispensation of the selected article, is minimized, preferably to less than a predetermined delay, regardless of the point in a multi-article vending cycle. T... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5108005 | Method and apparatus for automatically dispensing items from shelves A method for automatically dispensing items from shelves includes the steps of orienting magazines for a particular type of item horizontally in multi-tier shelves in such a way that removal openings in the respective bottom side face walls of the item ty... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5052583 | Method and apparatus for dispensing articles An article dispenser is disclosed including a continuous carrier; a plurality of article engaging members formed on the carrier and regularly spaced therealong; a least two article guide members separated at a predetermined distance from one another and a... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5050769 | Vend space allocation means and method A vend space allocation apparatus and method for use with a vending system capable of vending from among a plurality of classes of selectable vendable products a product from a selected product class, which vending system has a plurality of product storag... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5042685 | Dispensing having a compartment for detecting and counting the dispensed objects especially adapted for dispensing medication and method of using the same A medication dispenser that includes a receptacle having a counting compartment with a first opening into the receptacle and a second opening through which the pills are dispensed. To be dispensed, the pills must passthrough the counting compartment and a... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5038968 | Medication deblistering apparatus and method Apparatus for removing medication units from a card dispenser comprising a card on which medication units are secured in pockets formed in a flexible sheet material disposed in the card and sealed by a rupturable covering element thereof, has a base membe... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5002200 | Method and apparatus for storing used plastic bags for refuse A container for used plastic bags which have a limited "memory" and tendency to return to their initial size and shape after being used. The container has a confined storage space and an access and dispensing opening which is smaller than the initial size... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4991829 | Method for controlling two interrelated transport means and machine thus controlled, especially a personal banking machine A method and personal banking machine is described by which two items such as cash and statement can be issued simultaneously through one and the same gate. The optimum point in time is determined and adaptively controlled by which the front edge of state... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4991738 | Beautician's dispenser of foil sheets, and method of dispensing Thin sheets of metal foil are dispensed one-sheet-at-a-time by a dispenser. Differentially-sized stacks of foil sheets are held in correspondingly sized open-top reservoirs in a container. Removable paddles fit within the open tops of the container's rese... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4981235 | Unitary coupon dispenser A dispenser for sequentially dispensing one sheet at a time from a stack of sheets. A housing encloses a drive and a lift roller, and each roller has a longitudinal axis arranged in parallel aligned relationship respective to one another and spaced from t... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4948011 | Method and apparatus for destacking containers An apparatus and method for destacking and dispensing cup-like containers, such as for use in association with an automated product packaging machine, are disclosed. The apparatus includes pairs of upper and lower jaws associated with each stack of contai... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4923089 | Parts feed apparatus A parts feed apparatus comprising a tape feeder which intermittently feeds a tape to a predetermined parts pickup position. A cover tape seals electronic parts at substantially equal intervals along a base tape. The apparatus includes a tape separator whi... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4909413 | Method of and apparatus for dispensing rubber gloves in an aseptic condition for insertion of the hands of a user A method of and apparatus for dispensing rubber gloves in an aseptic condition for insertion of the hands of a user. The gloves to be dispensed are contained within a chamber in a suitable housing provided with hand holes for a user. The gloves are attach... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4909412 | Machines and methods for separating nested trays A machine and method for separation of nested articles such as trays. Nested articles of the type that do not separate from one another under the influence of gravity alone are stacked in vertical nesting relation to one another. Plural blade members are ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4907718 | Method of and apparatus for feeding tacks to shoe lasting machines Apparatus for feeding tacks to a heel lasting machine has one or more slideways which deliver series of successive tacks from discrete receptacles to selected axially parallel flutes in the peripheral surface of a rotor in such a way that the shanks of th... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4881288 | Center feed dispenser for cleaning solution In a machine which cleans or buffs a floor by rotating a cleaning or buffing pad against the floor at high speed, simplified means are disclosed for supplying a controlled amount of cleaning fluid to the floor at the center of the cleaning pad. Vacuum whi... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4874112 | Filter dispenser A dispenser for pleated frusto-conical coffee filters has a housing provided with an opening preferably in the face normally forming the bottom, and one or more side openings communicating with the bottom opening. The bottom opening leaves shelves on oppo... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4869393 | Method and apparatus for peeling a covering tape from a component supply tape A top cover is peeled from a component supply tape by passing the cover around a guide surface and in a peeling direction generally reverse to the feeding direction of the supply tape while moving the guide surface in the peeling direction in order to min... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4869392 | Medication dispenser and method of dispensing medication A medication dispenser includes a container having a main compartment, a selection compartment, and an exit compartment whereby a pill or the like is dispensed from the container by passage from the main compartment, through the selection compartment, and... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4854477 | Control device for a vending machine dispensing mechanism A control device for a dispense mechanism is provided for eliminating failure of the dispense mechanism due to goods becoming stuck therein. In a dispense mechanism of the type wherein a rotating control plate is provided for restricting the motion of dis... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4838452 | Shutter system for electrical component supply tape feeder A component supply tape is stepped to present each pocket at a component pick-up area, and a top cover of the tape is peeled back so that each pocket is opened in turn. A shutter is positioned over the pick-up area prior to tape movement so that the pocke... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4834263 | Tamper resistant apparatus for dispensing packaged products A method of dispensing ingestible units such as capsules, tablets and pills in such manner as to avoid tampering or adulteration comprises packaging such units in sealable containers, sealing the containers, and loading the sealed containers into a magazi... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4817818 | Tamper-proof method of distributing and retailing food and drug products A method of dispensing food and drug products in a tamper-proof manner includes sealing the products within a tamper-proof container at the manufacturing and/or packaging site and not opening the container until it reaches the retail destination at which ... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4801043 | Parts orientor & method A parts orienting machine comprising a frame, a vertically actuated plunger reciprocating block mounted on the frame with a pair of side-by-side vertical passageways therein. One of the passageways is in periodic co-axial alignment with an inlet parts fee... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4735341 | Feeder for electrical component supply tapes In a preferred embodiment, the supply tape is stepped to present each pocket at a pick-up area for removal of a component. Each pocket is opened in turn during the indexing step that positions it at the pick-up area, and a shutter is moved over the pick-u... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4696706 | Method of using logic design adhesive symbols A logic design aid is produced by the use of distinct self-adhesive logic symbols. The logic symbols are applied to a firm dispenser board with a predetermined location. The dispenser board has a sticky material that allows the logic symbols and dispenser... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4668948 | Dispenser malfunction detector A dispenser for fluid under pressure has a sensor affixed to it to sense the pressure of the fluid proximate the dispenser discharge opening to generate a pressure reflective signal. A comparator is connected to receive the pressure reflective signal to c... | 05/26/1987 |
