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Class 221/1 - PROCESSES


Subclass of Class 221 - Article dispensing
Definition: Processes.
No. of patents: 245
Last issue date: 12/27/2011


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NumberTitleIssue Date
4662974Method of dispensing from a cartridge for thermoplastic articles
A group of individual thermoplastic articles are arranged in a dispensing relationship by fusion-bonding individual articles to one another so as to form a cartridge for dispensing purposes....
05/05/1987
4648529Dispensing apparatus for storing, draining and dispensing beads
An apparatus and process for storing beads in a liquid medium and for draining and dispensing said beads essentially in the absence of said liquid medium is described. In one embodiment, the apparatus is designed so that the liquid medium in which the bea...
03/10/1987
4638921Device for dispensing individual sheets from an array of stacked sheets
The present invention provides an improved apparatus for sequentially dispensing individual, liquid-impregnated sheets along a dispensing direction from an interfolded array of the sheets while presenting a next available sheet from the array in a graspab...
01/27/1987
4600118Ferrule dispenser
This invention relates to the dispensing of ceramic ferrules individually from a dispenser which is loaded from a disposable cartridge containing the ferrules. The dispenser has a longtitudinally slidable nose cone with different internal diameters, the s...
07/15/1986
4579250Cone dispensing package, assembly and method
A dispensing package, assembly and method for protectively transporting, storing and dispensing stacked nested food items subject to moisture deterioration, contamination and/or staling such as ice cream cones, cups and the like. The dispensing package is...
04/01/1986
4577779Currency-dispensing method and apparatus
Method and means of supplying currency includes assembling and packing currency on a transport medium which is secured within a housing and which is incrementally unpacked under security control to dispense the desired amount of currency. Method and means...
03/25/1986
4569461Single copy newspaper dispensing machine
A device is provided to store a vertical stack of newspapers in a free standing cabinet and to automatically dispense individual copies actuated by the opening of a cabinet door. The dispensing mechanism is adapted to readily retro-fit prior art honor sys...
02/11/1986
4533066Seed planter, planter assembly and method of picking up and discharging single seeds
A seed planter comprises a seed transport member having a porous surface and an air jet directed normally to this surface. The porous surface is moved past a plurality of seeds, whereupon the air jet retains a single seed on the porous surface, and the se...
08/06/1985
4522313Article dispenser
An article dispenser discloses a vessel for storing at least one of the articles. Such dispenser has a sphere pivotally suspended from the vessel for rotation in only one direction about a singular first axis that is offset from a second axis and which se...
06/11/1985
4515288Currency-dispensing method and apparatus
Units of currency are assembled and packed on a transport medium which is secured within a housing and which is incrementally unpacked under security control to dispense the desired amount of currency. The units of currency are removably attached to the t...
05/07/1985
4505091Packing machine control
A control device for re-starting a cigarette packing machine, while it is slowing down after having cleared itself of a cigarette starvation condition in a flow channel (2), comprises: a triggering circuit (A2, I1) pulsed by a stroboscopic switch (S1) at ...
03/19/1985
4466554Singulating seeder for high density plug trays
A seeder is disclosed which includes prior art elements of a bottom stationary drop plate, an intermediate and sliding reciprocating cell plate with individual singulating cells, and "wiper bars" overlying and in sliding engagement with the cell plate. Th...
08/21/1984
4460106Pill dispenser
A pill dispenser mechanism is provided in which a multilayered compartment is releasably attachable to a receptacle for pills in such a way that pills may be selectively advanced into one compartment, then by selective advancement of one of the compartmen...
07/17/1984
4413749Newspaper dispensing apparatus and method
A mechanism for dispensing a single generally flat rectangular article having a penetrable surface, such as a newspaper, from a stack of articles within an enclosure, preferably a coin controlled enclosure, comprising a spring loaded vertically movable ge...
11/08/1983
4406381Stylus dispensing apparatus and method
An apparatus for individually dispensing a plurality of styli, juxtaposed in a row lying along a first path within a guide slot having a dispensing section thereof terminating at a reference surface of a housing, has an arm shaped to slide within the guid...
09/27/1983
4392585Star trip label stripper
Peel-back separation of labels from a supporting liner is enhanced by delivering a sharp blow in the vicinity of the leading edge of each successive label. In a preferred form of the invention, the sharp blow is delivered by means of a star wheel head....
07/12/1983
4384658Dispensing magnetic articles
Magnetic articles (10) are advanced in single file within a tube (14) for dispensing therefrom. A first magnetic device (20) establishes a magnetic field to releasably seize the leading article (10) such that trailing articles (10) are stopped in the tube...
05/24/1983
4314652Multi-component package dispensing method
A multi-component dispensing package and method for forming and using same. The package stores reactive viscous materials separately for expressing from the package in desired proportional quantities. The components are contained in adjacent parallel tube...
02/09/1982
4305525Method and arrangement for dispensing sheet material
In a device for dispensing sheet material having at least one storage container for a stack of said sheet material, a withdrawal device associated with said storage container consisting of withdrawal rollers for removing sheets of said sheet material from...
12/15/1981
4299334Anti-theft delivery module
An anti-theft delivery module which may be installed in new or existing vending machines blocks access to the product vending modules and collects products improperly removed from those modules. The collected products are stored in a closed storage area a...
11/10/1981
4299333Dispenser for cigarette lighters
A dispenser 2 for dispensing disposable cigarette lighters 3. Dispenser 2 includes a housing 4 which receives a cartridge 30 for holding the lighters 3 in a vertical column. Cartridge 30 includes a discharge opening 42 normally closed by a spring biased g...
11/10/1981
4298136Method and apparatus for supplying filament coils to a mount machine
A method and apparatus for supplying filament coils to a mount machine which includes a pair of vibratory storage bowls each having a filament coil discharge location which alternately feed filament coils on demand from the mount machine. There is further...
11/03/1981
4289253Method for warming and damping of non-woven, disposable, strength treated napkins or towels
A method and device for warming and damping of disposable, wet strength treated napkins or towels are disclosed. The device comprises a plastic coated box blank which is folded into a trough having tight corner sections. The napkins or towels to be heated...
09/15/1981
4288003Apparatus for automatically dispensing non-round flexible containers
Apparatus and method for dispensing non-round, flexible, elastic, flanged containers from a nested stack of such containers are disclosed. The sidewalls of the bottommost container are compressed, preferably at the corners, causing the remainder of the st...
09/08/1981
4286387Coilable rule casing
A composite casing for a coilable rule comprises a pair of inner, plastic case members and a thin, outer metal case which receives the plastic case members in a close fitting relationship. A center post is received in central openings provided in the plas...
09/01/1981
4252299Method and apparatus for discharging material from a shaft furnace
A method and apparatus for discharging freshly reduced material from a shaft furnace and controlling release of spent reducing gases so that they are not a hazard. The apparatus includes a pair of surge bins and means for directing material selectively to...
02/24/1981
4221304Starter means and method for a pop-up type dispensing packaging for interleaved pre-moistened sheets
Starter sheet and method for a pop-up type dispensing package for individual product sheets, arranged in an interleaved stack or in a perforated web. The package is of the type having a restrictive dispensing orifice so sized that the topmost product shee...
09/09/1980
4216877Vendor for flat articles and method of vending said articles
A vendor for dispensing a single article at a time from a stack of flat articles such as papers or magazines. The vendor has a separator to separate at least an edge of the top article from the stack, and a conveyor insertable beneath the separated articl...
08/12/1980
4217331Disposable float dispenser
A float dispenser is adapted to be floated in a body of water such as a swimming pool, to dispense in the water a soluble solid material carried by the dispenser. The dispenser includes a flotation element from which an apertured receptacle is supported b...
08/12/1980
4204610Method of filling blind holes in a stencil
The present invention is concerned with the loading of stencils comprising a plurality of blind bores or holes each adapted to accommodate a decorative article. The stencil is loaded by providing a stack of articles over the stencil and then producing rel...
05/27/1980
4180180Apparatus and method for automatically dispensing flexible containers
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for dispensing flexible, elastic flanged containers from a nested stack of such containers. In that apparatus and method, the sidewall of the bottommost container is compressed causing the remainder of the stack of con...
12/25/1979
4173293Composite label web and method of using same
There is disclosed a composite label web, method of making a composite label web and method of using a composite label web. The composite label web is fed toward a delaminator at which the supporting material for the label is caused to undergo a sharp cha...
11/06/1979
4159782Banking machine control
Bank notes are accurately delivered to a customer in a preselected amount at an exit throat from a storage bin. Delivery of the bank notes from the storage bin is on an individual basis to an escrow station where the number of bills of currency representi...
07/03/1979
4153179Method and apparatus for separating wires
A method and an apparatus useful for a group of wires, such as a telecommunication cable including a multiplicity of cores, as when the wires are individually tested for continuity or defective contact. The group of wires are pressed against the outer per...
05/08/1979
4136800Dispensed cone covering and method of vending
An edible, stackable cone having a sanitary covering, and a method of vending such edible cones are provided. Each cone includes an inedible, non-toxic sanitary covering disposed over the bottom of the cone and extending upwardly at least a grasping dista...
01/30/1979
4113139Sealed taped bags and sealed tape bag dispenser
A chain of imbricated bags connected and supported by a carrier removably secured to the closed end of each of the bags is used for individually dispensing the leading bag when the carrier is moved in a direction which advances the sealed end of the bag a...
09/12/1978
4106667Apparatus and method for conducting financial transactions
A currency dispensing apparatus employs a removable portable cartridge having a plurality of compartments for storing currency of differing denominations to be dispensed during successive transactions, another compartment for receiving a journal record pr...
08/15/1978
4094438Method of dispensing labels
There is disclosed a composite web of labels in a supply roll, method of making a label roll and method of dispensing labels. The composite web has a web of supporting material and labels releasably adhered to the supporting material web. There are groups...
06/13/1978
4079858Dispensing means and method with adjustable release means
A nested cone holder and dispenser making use of an adjustable cone release mechanism for safely dispensing different selected sizes of fragile products such as ice cream cones, cups and the like. The device employs an elongate flexible container for hold...
03/21/1978
4067477Single article vending machine
A single article vending machine having a chamber for storing a plurality of articles in stacked relation and an opening which provide an adjustable opening in communication with the articles. An adjustment mechanism is provided to adjust the opening to a...
01/10/1978
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