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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360669 | Dispenser for spherical articles Spherical articles such as breath mints are released one at a time from a container by depressing a button, which simultaneously opens a first flow regulator and closes a second flow regulator in series with the first. When the button is released, the first flow reg... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7225913 | Device for discharge rod-like product having one end that is larger sized A device for discharging rod-like products each having one end that is large sized. The device includes a hopper having an opening in its bottom surface, a drive mechanism for oscillating the hopper, and a bottom cover for closing the opening of the hopper. An upper... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213724 | Table tennis ball delivery device A table tennis ball delivery device adapted to be secured to or adjacent the side of a table tennis table for directing a ball to a player upon the activation of a switch by the player. The device includes a chamber for carrying a supply of table tennis balls, a bal... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7150349 | Mechanical device combined with airflow for untangling springs The object of the invention is a means for untangling springs (60) contained in a supply bin (12), characterized in that it comprises untangling means (14) with a rail (30) for receiving springs, provided with an open groove (36), ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7124912 | Feeder tube for filling containers with pills A pill delivery and packing apparatus having a feeder tube for delivering pills is provided. The feeder tube has a helical delivery chute that extends between an inlet side and an exit side of the tube. The delivery chute has a helical inner contour and a rectangula... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121428 | Supply apparatus for spouts and bags with spouts A spout supply apparatus including a spout transfer device in which two spout holding devices 43 and 44 are respectively disposed on each end of a reciprocating swing arm 41 that makes a reciprocating swing motion in the horizontal plane through... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7089654 | Ball given quantity supply apparatus and method and apparatus for assembling ball screw apparatus There are provided with a ball given quantity supply apparatus for supplying a given quantity of balls to an apparatus using a given quantity of balls such as a bearing, a ball screw and a linear guide, and a method and apparatus for assembling a ball screw apparatu... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7066350 | Feeder tube for filling containers with pills A pill delivery and packing apparatus having a feeder tube for delivering pills is provided. The feeder tube has a helical delivery chute that extends between an inlet side and an exit side of the tube. The delivery chute has a helical inner contour and a rectangula... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6926167 | Carton dispensing machine A vending machine for large flat objects such as collapsed boxes or garment containers. A cabinet is provided containing a plurality of flat objects in an upright orientation. A control box attached to the cabinet receives bills or coins as payment for an object con... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6814258 | Electric component feeder An electronic-component feeder including a component conveying device which conveys an electronic component to a component-take aperture where an end surface of the component is engaged with a positioning surface of a stopper member and accordingly the component is ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6805259 | Medication dispenser A medication tablet dispenser has an upright casing providing a tower which is subdivided by horizontal partitions into eight compartments which individually contain removable holders each containing a charge of tablets to be dispensed. The holders have framing port... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6786360 | Dispenser A dispenser is disclosed that is particularly suitable for dispensing packaged items such as bandages or membrane filters. The dispenser is provided with a magazine for holding the items, with a distribution assembly for exposure and distribution of the items, an ej... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6742675 | Electronic component feeding apparatus An electronic component feeding apparatus comprises a feeding rotor having a recess for forming a parallel space with a plane orthogonal to the rotation axis. By oscillating a feeding rotor within a predetermined angular range, the apparatus takes the electronic com... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6705819 | Feeder for chip components A feeder for chip components is provided wherein the chip components can be supplied with high stability even in high-speed operation by operating a conveying member at a lower speed than that of a chip mounter and operating the conveying member even when the chip m... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6685052 | Feeding apparatus for chip component A feed lever is lowered, correspondingly to the load input of a chip mounter. A rotary drum is intermittently moved through a conversion mechanism, intermittently in one direction. Chip components placed in a component accommodation chamber are aligned an... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6619467 | Component feeder apparatus and method A feeder for feeding electronic chip components includes a hopper having a discharge opening at its bottom and having and an aligning path forming member for agitating electronic chip components. The aligning path forming member agitates the electronic ch... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6523715 | Hot food vending machines A mechanism for removing selected food containers from a carousel situated in the refrigerated food storage compartment of an automatic hot food vending machine consisting of a rotatable selector plate which forms the bottom of the carousel and food conta... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6513678 | Product carry-out apparatus for vending machine Disclosed is a product carry-out apparatus for a vending machine, adapted for carrying a product, which has been delivered downward from a product housing within a vending machine body at the time of selling, in a diagonally upward and forward direction a... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6499627 | Automatic vending machine To provide an automatic vending machine capable of preventing, at the time of carrying out a commodity from a commodity column to a commodity receptor, the commodity from falling down due to a change in posture of the commodity, and mitigating falling sho... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6412654 | Vending machine A vending machine for vending articles such as cassettes or boxes is disclosed which has a touch screen (18) for receiving user input commands, a key pad (26) and credit card or coin payment devices (22, 24). A control system (FIGS. 11 to 13 and 23) contr... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6405895 | Arranging and supplying apparatus An apparatus for arranging and supplying a plurality of objects, the apparatus including a chute which includes at least one end portion extending in a direction inclined with respect to a horizontal plane, and which causes the objects arranged in an arra... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6290095 | Chip component take-in apparatus A chip component take-in apparatus takes in and guides downward prismatic chip components stored in a bulk state in a storage chamber one by one in a predetermined direction. When a first take-in member and a second take-in member are relatively moved up ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6264061 | Electronic component supply apparatus A supply apparatus for prism-shaped chip components has two relatively movable taking-in members. When the members move relative to each other, flat surfaces thereof contact each other and a parallel space is formed between the upper portions of the two t... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6199720 | Vending machine A vending machine is provided with a cabinet having a plurality of inclined, vertically spaced shelves. The shelves are able to selectively feed a beverage container to an elevator which is located adjacent an interior, right side wall of the cabinet of v... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6073800 | Chip component feeding apparatus and attracting plate for use in same A chip component feeding apparatus translates chip components in alignment along a passage and feeds the foremost chip component to a predetermined take-out position. The foremost chip component is separated from the remaining translated chip components. ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6062423 | Chip component take-in apparatus A chip component take-in apparatus takes in and guides downward prismatic chip components stored in a bulk state in a storage chamber one by one in a predetermined direction. When a first take-in member and a second take-in member are relatively moved up ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6035519 | System and method for orienting a threaded insert A system for ensuring correct orientation of a threaded insert being inserted into a threaded bore of an aluminum workpiece such as an engine block. The system comprises a threaded insert supply, a feeder for transporting inserts dispensed from the insert... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5934505 | Apparatus for feeding chip components and cartridge type chip component container An apparatus for feeding chip components includes a component container for containing many chip components in bulk, a first component reservoir for storing the chip components in bulk. The component container is attached to the first component reservoir.... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5899357 | Ampule dispenser An ampule dispenser for dispensing ampules from an ampule container in which a plurality of ampules are stored in a disorderly manner. It has a stocker for stocking ampules discharged from the ampule container. The stocker has a bottom wall sloping downwa... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5758798 | Parts orientor and method An improved machine and method for properly orienting two or more sets of parts having different lengths. An escapement mechanism and a length adjusting rod are employed in conjunction with a reciprocating shuttle block. The shuttle block houses a single ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5755357 | Compact medication delivery systems A single, traveling actuator services multiple medication dispensing carousels to selectively dispense medication. The traveling actuator carries a tray that receives the dispensed medication. The tray flips to discharge the medication for patient use. Th... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5730317 | Structure of chip component feeder A chip component feeder is provided which includes a chip component storage box, a pick-up slider, a first feeding unit, and a second feeding unit. The pick-up slider slides to enter an outlet of the chip component storage box for picking up chip componen... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5722470 | Bead dispensing device and methods The invention provides methods and apparatus for transporting articles held within a liquid medium from one location to another. Apparatus according to the invention comprise a hopper having a top end, a bottom end, and at least one side wall extending th... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5702030 | Rotational arm-type contact feeding system A feeding system for feeding blank contacts to a crimping device for crimping the contacts onto ends of lead wires. The contact feed system includes a bowl, and a scoop for removing contacts from the bowl. The scoop is preferably mounted on the end of a r... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5667355 | Device for decollating cards from a stack of cards The present invention pertains to the problem of decollating the lowest card 3 of a stack 2 of cards guided in a shaft 1 without giving rise to a considerable friction between the card surfaces. This problem, which arises especially in the case of plastic... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5411170 | System for metered feeding of cylindrical bodies from a stock to a processing machine System for metered feeding of cylindrical bodies from a stock to a processing machine. This involves, starting from the stock, first aligning the cylindrical bodies and then feeding them in a metered manner to a transfer device in order to move the cylind... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5363987 | Newspaper vending unit A vending machine is designed to dispense multiple copies of a publication one at a time. The machine includes a storage member adapted to temporarily store multiple copies of a publication in a face-to-face orientation, a suction assembly formed of at le... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5305853 | Lubricant stick applicator An apparatus for applying anti-frictional compound such as stick lubricant to a surface to be lubricated, for example a selected area of a railroad car wheel, includes a magazine for retaining a plurality of sticks or rods of the compound; a mechanism for... | 04/26/1994 |
