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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7337918 | Test strip dispenser A strip dispenser has a strip magazine, a magazine spring, a strip vial component, and a cover. The strip magazine has a magazine open end and an outer magazine casing surrounding the strip magazine adjacent the open end for a predefined distance along the strip mag... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7246720 | Condom dispensing device A condom dispensing device (10) including an outer hollow sleeve member (20) that slidably receives a feed unit (12) that includes a three sided feeder body member (30) having a spring biased elevator element (34) supporting a stac... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7207462 | Lid dispenser A dispenser is adjustable to contain beverage container lids of various sizes. A housing has a front element with an opening. Pager assemblies are mounted in slots which extend radially outwardly from the opening. A stack of lids is inserted into the housing through... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207464 | Effervescent tablet dispenser The effervescent tablet dispenser may be assembled onto the open end of a container tube (2). It consists of an annular lower part (3) which may be assembled onto the open end of a container tube (2). For this there is a lid (4) for closi... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7156256 | Item taking-out container An item taking-out container making it possible to take out small items, such as candies or chocolates, one by one is composed of a container main body equipped with an accommodating portion capable of accommodating a plurality of items of a predetermined configurat... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7074390 | Encapsulated dentifrice and method of use A single use capsule containing dentifrice is disclosed. It includes toothpaste or other dentifrice enclosed in a shell or coating. The dentifrice may include miswak fibers, which acts as a natural brush, therefore obviating the need for a traditional brush. The coa... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063209 | Memo block base and container with magnetic suspension device A memo block base and container is composed by a memo block base and a container. The memo block base is provided with at least one magnetic article in the bottom, the container is provided with at least one magnetic article in the inner bottom, and the upward pole ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7044331 | Media dispenser module and automated teller machine having the same A media dispenser module for an ATM is provided which has a secure locking mechanism. The media dispenser module may include a casing that is separatably coupled to a discharge portion for media, including a media mounting portion, on which discharged media is mount... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7004111 | Treat dispenser An animal reward dispensing apparatus for attaching to an animal trainer's forearm, the apparatus having a dispensing tube defined about a longitudinal axis, the dispensing tube having at least a first and second attaching straps for attaching the dispensing tube to... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6953131 | Mint roll package A package assembly 10 for the storage and distribution of a plurality of stacked mints 12 is provided. The package assembly 10 includes a cylindrical outer shell 14 including a shell sidewall 16, a shell bottom surface 18, a... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6923365 | Carton and carton blank A carton and blank for forming a carton for accommodating one or more articles which carton is provided with an access structure for the removal of articles from within the carton. The access structure comprises a closure panel hinged to a carton wall for forward an... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918509 | Toy and pogo dispenser A dispenser for dispensing candy or other small objects, the dispenser having a rotatable hopper, having a hopper cavity therein, a tubular structure, having a storage portion for storing objects above the rotating hopper, a storage portion opening, a base portion, ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6564967 | Child resistant tablet dispenser A child resistant tablet dispenser is disclosed wherein the dispenser is comprised of a body portion and a release mechanism. The body portion may be hollow and cylindrical and contain therein a plurality of tablets in a tablet magazine. The tablets may b... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6543639 | Animated candy dispenser and methods An animated candy dispenser for tablet candy pieces including a magazine for storing the candy in a columnar manner, a finger actuated button mechanically linked to a dispensing assembly that includes a movable character with candy gripping extensions to ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 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 |
| 5960989 | Lid dispenser with dial adjustment and pivoting access door The lid dispenser of the present invention has four rods which extend from the front to the rear and which support and guide the lids. The rods are connected at the front to individual lid dispensing pagers, and are supported at the rear in arcuate tracks... | 10/05/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5613346 | Apparatus for removing packing material from packed article A packing material removal apparatus for removing a packing material from a package including combined articles herein and supplying the combined articles to a next process by a supplying unit, comprises a cutting unit having a suction opening for sucking... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5566857 | Dispenser A dispenser including a container having an open end a mechanism for urging items contained within the container proximate the open end; and a cover including a slot in communication with the open end of the container and also a slidable top portion havin... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5531355 | Single vend machine A machine for vending stacked articles, such as newspapers, one at a time. The machine includes a paper feed mechanism, operated through the opening of the door, which disengages when the door is about halfway open. The device also includes a mechanism wh... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5366112 | Tablet dispenser A tablet dispenser comprises a tubular protective housing that has a guide shaft provided with longitudinal tracks for tablets that can be inserted in the form of a columnlike stack. A pressure-loaded ram for one end of the stack of tablets, feeds the tab... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5337897 | Sampler cartridge display case and unit sampler A cartridge containing a stack of samplers, dispensed one by one through an end slot in the cartridge and a display case to contain a plurality of such cartridges together with identifying indicia and actual product and a unitized structure constituting a... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5314661 | Kit of test elements and liquid-bearing containers A kit of slide-like articles that includes a stack of slide test elements and a separate stack of containers bearing a sealed liquid, the containers and test elements having substantially the same outside dimensions so that the containers are processable ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5178298 | Candy dispenser The disclosed invention is a candy tablet dispenser shaped to simulate a beverage can, or the like. What would normally be the pop-top region of the can slides laterally outwardly and, at the same time, ejects a tablet from the top of a stack of tablets t... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5115941 | Newspaper vending machines A newspaper vending machine has a newspaper holder with a dispensing housing that holds the newspaper in the holder. When the door of the vending machine is opened, the dispensing housing is mechanically moved from its closed position to an open position ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5080258 | Tablet dispenser A tablet dispenser comprises a tubular housing for a drawer, which has a side wall opening through which a stack of tablets can be inserted into the drawer. A pusher is guided in the drawer and has at least one stop, which cooperates with a counterstop of... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5071033 | Tablet dispenser A dispenser for edible tablets having a cylindrical case and a spring biased plunger therein for urging a stack of tablets within the case upwardly. Detents formed around the open end of the case hold the tablets in the spring biased arrangement. A closur... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5048720 | Tablet dispenser A hand-held tablet dispenser provides a housing having first and second vertically oriented chambers defined by bottom and side walls and a panel separating the chambers. Each of the chambers has an opening at the top. The first chamber includes a magazin... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4986442 | Tablet dispenser The tablet dispenser comprises a drawer, which is adapted to be extracted into engagement with a stop from one end of a tubular protective housing and in its extracted position is adapted to be supplied with a columnlike stack of tablets. The tablets can ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4966305 | Tablet dispenser A tablet dispenser has a sleeve and a magazine for holding the tablet stack. The magazine is guided in the sleeve and has an essentially U-shaped cross-section and a base connecting the limbs. For filling purposes, the magazine can be pushed partially out... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4875598 | Vending machine for vending one-at-a-time merchandise articles of a plurality of similar such merchandise objects, each of a substantially rectangular parallelopiped shape, such as a newspaper, magazine, or the like A novel vending machine for sequentially and selectively dispensing and vending in a merchandise dispensing region each one of a plurality of substantially silimarly-shaped flat merchandise objects (usually each of substantially parallelopiped shape, such... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4804107 | Device in a vending machine A device in a vending machine in which articles are fed stepwise to a position of delivery opposite a delivery opening in the machine to be dispensed therefrom one by one, has a cover which is pivotal between a closed position in which it covers the deliv... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4763815 | Dispenser A dispenser is provided for dispensing unit doses of a substance, such as tablets, pastes and the like having a tubular casing with a discharge opening at one end and a pressure bottom at the other end for the displacement of the discharge substance in th... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4756448 | Vending machine for vending one-at-a-time merchandise articles of a plurality of similar such merchandise objects, each of a substantially rectangular parallelopiped shape, such as a newspaper, magazine, or the like A novel vending machine for sequentially and selectively dispensing and vending in a merchandise dispensing region each one of a plurality of substantially similarly-shaped flat merchandise objects (usually each of substantially parallelopiped shape, such... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4749106 | Dispenser for the individual dispensing in portions of tablets, pastes or the like A dispenser for the individual portioned dispensing of tablets (1), pastes or the like, having a housing pipe (2) which is provided at one end with a delivery opening (6) and, opposite same, is equipped with a push bottom (13) for transporting of the mate... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4700869 | Single item vending machine A single item vending machine, particularly for vending only a single newspaper for each vend operation, is disclosed. The machine has a slot, which is adjustable in height, in the front of the frame of the machine through which the newspaper is vended. A... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4651896 | Single article vending machine A machine for permitting access to and manual removal of one uppermost article from a stack of vertically positioned articles, such as a newspaper, upon deposit of a predetermined amount of payment in the form of coins and the like, including a manually m... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4566608 | System for converting stack access newspaper vending machines and the like to apparatus for dispensing products one at a time A coin operated newspaper and like article vending system for dispensing articles on a one-at-a-time basis wherein a housing forms a cabinet for containing newspapers and like articles to be vended, a door is hinged on one side of the cabinet, a coin oper... | 01/28/1986 |
