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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8025181 | Sanitary threaded rod lid dispenser A dispensing device for beverage cup lid which prevents excessive human contact with the lid prior to insertion upon the beverage cup, the device providing an externally threaded central rotary rod attached to a direct drive bidirectional electrical motor and suspen... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7882980 | Sanitary lid dispenser A dispensing device for beverage cup lid which prevents excessive human contact with the lid prior to insertion upon the beverage cup, the device providing a central stationary lid retaining rod suspended from a lid cabinet upon which a stacked plurality of lids are... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7404500 | Pill dispensing device A pill dispensing cap for a bottle has an inner sleeve with a divider panel and a first base panel rotatable within an outer sleeve having a second base panel. First and second window openings are defined in the first and second base panels. A plate moveable across ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7377507 | Automatic flat-article dispensing apparatus An automatic flat-article dispensing apparatus which can dispense a relatively large and heavy flat articles without damaging the articles and without increasing the size of the apparatus and significantly increasing the energy consumption. The apparatus for dispens... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367472 | Pneumatic vending machine A machine particularly adapted for dispensing light items packaged in symmetrical, frustum-shaped container. The items are propelled through a tubular cartridge and individually ejected by a flow of air generated by a blower under control of a toggling dual-gate mec... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353079 | Vending system for personalized pet collars and method therefor A vending system for personalized pet collars. The vending system allows a user to conveniently personalize pet collars with letter, number, and design charms. The user may select a pet collar along with any charms. The user may also select the placement of each cha... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337919 | Beverage lid dispenser The current invention is a lid dispensing device and method of use comprising a base unit, a lid holder operatively connected to the base unit, a blade operatively mounted to the base which moves between a first position and a second position, the blade supporting a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7204391 | One at a time pill dispenser A one-at-a-time pill container and dispenser having a mechanism that allows for dispensing pills. Said pills are stored safely inside the device until dispensed preferably by actuating a plunger mechanism that operates by engagement to a helical cut or thread in a t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 6889869 | Tablet dispenser The disclosure relates to a tablet dispenser comprising an elongate container (10) for tablets (12) and a dispensing device for discharging tablets out of the container (10). The dispensing device includes an operating unit (11) for manua... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6845881 | Device for handling, transporting and storing capillaries, method for the production thereof and individual capillary dispenser therefrom Device for handling, transporting and storing capillaries, method for the production thereof and individual capillary dispenser therefrom. ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6840402 | Probe cover dispenser A probe cover dispenser comprises a main body, an elastic component, and a separation board. The main body has a receiving groove therein. A groove is disposed at the top end of the main body. The elastic component is disposed in the receiving groove. One end of the... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6607095 | Module for transferring mailpieces between a folding/inserting machine and a franking machine This invention relates to a transfer module for transporting mailpieces between an exit of a folding/inserting machine delivering a mailpiece at a first upper level in a transverse direction and an entry of a franking machine receiving this mailpiece at a... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6539833 | Dropping device The present invention relates to a dropping device, preferably borne by a carrier aircraft, for distributing interference medium and especially electronic raspberry. The device according to the invention represents in principle an improvement to the devic... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6439425 | Single vend newspaper vending machine A single vend newspaper vending machine includes a machine housing and a newspaper elevator system mounted in the machine housing, the newspaper elevator system including a slide track mounted in the machine housing. The newspaper elevator system further ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6425495 | Article dispensing apparatus An article dispensing apparatus with a novel structure is provided for lifting and taking out articles such as candies, stored in a stack within a case body, one by one from the top one. The article dispensing apparatus has a case body for storing article... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6357624 | Lid dispenser A lid dispenser for storing and dispensing plastic drink lids. The dispenser has an elongated body within which the lids are stacked upside down and a dispensing slot in a sidewall facing a user. A gravity biased finger rides in a vertical trackway in a s... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6318591 | Dispensing machine for printed publications The invention relates to a dispensing machine for printed publications. The vending machine allows to dispense one copy at a time by providing a metering break next to a dispensing channel. The vending machine has a hollow housing, within which a detachab... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6318821 | Bathroom tissue roll dispenser apparatus A tissue roll dispenser apparatus is provided for attachment to a tissue roll holder which includes a first spindle end receiver and a second spindle end receiver. The tissue roll dispenser apparatus includes a plurality of tissue rolls to be used in succ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6311867 | Card elevator and dispenser Equipment is provided for issuing IC cards packed in transparent films, etc. without damaging the card or the packaging. The equipment includes a dispenser which can be loaded with s large number of cards in simple and at short time. An elevator for the c... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6270006 | Container This invention relates to an improved container which may be used to store ten parcels arranged end to end and in two rows, one on top of the other. The container includes a top wall, a bottom wall, opposing side walls, and opposing front and rear walls r... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6267264 | Cassette and method for storing and dispensing objects arranged in a stack A cassette for storing and dispensing objects arranged in a stack, such as end disks, has a base plate, a plurality of standoffs attached to the base plate, and a stripper plate having a removed concentric section attached to ends of the standoffs. A hub ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6250501 | Method of storing and dispensing thin, flimsy objects A method for storing and dispensing thin, flimsy objects such as end disks that form the ends of light-tight packages for photosensitive materials. The thin, flimsy objects are loaded onto a hub member and supported by a biased pusher plate that urges the... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6241121 | Commodity accommodating unit of an automatic vending machine There is provided an article storage device for an automatic vending machine, which is capable of properly storing and dispensing articles without causing any deformation or breakage thereof and, compact in construction, and at the same time capable of re... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6230931 | Dispensing package A dispensing package for substantially flat items, such as razor blades, gum and mints. The dispensing package contains a hollow container having a slot on one side and a dispensing door on one end adjacent to the slot. An elevator is located within the t... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6230932 | Dispensing machine for printed publication The invention relates to a dispensing machine for printed publications. The vending machine allows to dispense one copy at a time by providing a metering break above a dispensing channel. The vending machine has a hollow housing, within which a detachable... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6112941 | Single vend newspaper vending machine A machine for vending printed products, in particular, newspaper and including a housing for storing the printed products, a coin mechanism associated with the housing for receiving payment for a printed product, and a delivery mechanism for delivery a pa... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6082580 | Article dispensing apparatus An apparatus for dispensing unpackaged articles includes a guide shaft to carry the articles, a pushing element that advances the plurality of articles along the guide shaft, and a feed screw engagable with the pushing element and driven by a motor. While... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5971206 | Clip dispensing device A clip dispensing device has a dispenser body and a magazine inside the body for storage of a stack of clips. The magazine includes an outlet end adjacent a front end of the body, a biased platform for bearing on the last clip in the stack of clips and ur... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5921543 | Weight assembly for an envelope feeder An envelope feeder has a movable weight with a relatively large surface area adjacent one of two substantially parallel side walls of the envelope feeder. The weight has gears on opposite ends of a rotatably mounted shaft on which the weight is pivotally ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5819982 | Dispenser for disposable lids A dispenser for dispensing disposable lids from a coaxial stack of nested lids. The dispenser has a v-shaped tray with an open dispensing end for holding the stack, a resilient member biasing the lids towards the open dispensing end and a pair of spaced a... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5735433 | Apparatus for dispensing sliced bread A bread dispensing apparatus has a rigid hollow body (10) in which bread slices can be placed, an upper inlet (11), a lower outlet (14) which is associated with a pull down dispenser. When the dispenser is pulled down, bread can be removed from the body. ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5713488 | Condom dispenser A condom dispenser for containing and dispensing individually wrapped condoms. The inventive device includes a dispensing assembly for receiving and dispensing a stack of condoms. A mounting assembly is coupled to the dispensing assembly for releasable mo... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5536472 | Chemical analysis element cartridge A chemical analysis element cartridge includes a box-like cartridge body in which a plurality of chemical analysis elements are stacked and are taken out through an element take-out port formed at one end of the cartridge body. A pressing member is slidab... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5534224 | Chemical analysis film cartridge A chemical analysis film cartridge having a box-like casing body with opposing first and second end walls and in which dry frameless chemical analysis film chips are stored in a stack between the end walls. A first opening is formed in a side wall of the ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5518687 | Device for taking out chemical analysis film chips from a film cartridge A chemical analysis film cartridge with a box-like casing body having first and second end walls opposed to each other between which a plurality of dry frameless chemical analysis film chips are stored in a stack. A first opening is formed in a side wall ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5497905 | Vending machine, and release mechanism A method of operating a vending machine in response to the selection generation of a preselected vending signal. The vending machine includes at least one supporting means for slidably receiving a plurality of vended articles disposed in row formation the... | 03/12/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5460295 | Candy dispensing system A candy dispensing system is provided comprising a housing in which is defined a chamber for receiving a plurality of candies. The chamber has a dispensing opening and an arm for urging candies in the chamber so that one candy is always located adjacent t... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5442828 | Double-sided wafer scrubber with a wet submersing silicon wafer indexer An embodiment of the present invention is a wet indexer for receiving a cassette of wafers from a previous processing station that have not been allowed to dry. The wet indexer then keeps the wafers submersed in processing solution before and during index... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5433340 | Vending device A device for vending articles includes a stack of separator panels, each of which supports a product package, positioned in a storage bin. The bin has separator panel support tabs extending into the bottom thereof, and a pivot plate containing a panel-dis... | 07/18/1995 |
