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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100292 | Integrated column wall for a vending machine A vending machine includes a plurality of column walls that collectively define an associated plurality of stack areas for storing product containers. The column wall includes various, vertically spaced and fore-to-aft extending stiffeners embossed into the column w... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7988015 | Adjustable storage rack for a vending machine A vending machine includes at least one width-adjustable storage rack, the storage rack having a fixed wall and a movable wall connected to the fixed wall by at least one connecting link; and an adjustment mechanism constructed and adapted to position the movable wa... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7735683 | Smart tray for dispensing medicaments The invention relates to a method and system that utilizes one or more containers (e.g., cassettes or trays), which hold one or more types of medicaments, the containers being configured for automatic and accurate dispensing of the medicaments. In one embodiment, a ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7575129 | Vial supply apparatus A vial supply apparatus comprises: a vial supply part having a plurality of storage portions which store vials having different heights according to size, each storage portion comprising a rotatable endless member disposed at a predetermined interval from a partitio... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7513391 | Article retrieval equipment Article retrieval equipment (1) having a portion used by customers arranged at the front of a device body and a portion used by sales persons arranged at the rear of the device body and particularly suitable for use while the sales persons and customers are p... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7404501 | Product positioning mechanism for a vending machine A positioning mechanism for a vending machine is provided to properly align product containers for vending purposes. The vending machine includes a cabinet that establishes a product storage zone, a product delivery zone and a dispensing chamber. Arranged within the... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7325701 | Dispenser for cup-shaped articles with improved clamp-ring securement feature A dispenser for cup-shaped articles comprises a body defining a storage region for receiving an associated stack of cups or other cup-shaped articles. The body comprises an open end that communicates with the storage region. A resilient diaphragm restricts the open ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7299943 | Automatic dispensing tip supply apparatus An automatic dispensing tip supply apparatus includes a tip storing box whose bottom has a tapered surface having a tip collecting position in a lowermost part thereof to collect a plurality of inserted dispensing tips in one spot, a tip individually-sending mechani... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7270599 | Coin outlet unit A coin outlet unit is disclosed to include a casing having a coin outlet, and an adjustment structure for adjusting the size of the coin outlet. The adjustment structure positioning spaces arranged in a line perpendicular to the extending direction of the coin outle... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7246719 | Adjustable storage rack for a vending machine A vending machine includes at least one width-adjustable storage rack, the storage rack having a fixed wall and a movable wall connected to the fixed wall by at least one connecting link; and an adjustment mechanism constructed and adapted to position the movable wa... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234611 | Article separating and dispensing device The present invention relates to a more robust article dispensing apparatus that is relatively simple in construction and usage for dispensing articles in a clean and protective environment. More specifically, the apparatus accepts, separates, and dispenses articles... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232041 | Battery dispenser and refill A battery dispenser and a refill for a battery dispenser are provided. In one embodiment the battery dispenser includes a housing that has an opening, a landing, and a push element capable of advancing batteries from inside the housing to the landing external to the... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228988 | Medicine supply apparatus A medicine supply apparatus to discharge a medicine into packing paper having a nozzle for discharging a medicine from a tablet case and a shutter rotatably provided in the nozzle for opening/closing a medicine drop path. The shutter includes a first rotatable shutt... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7207447 | Modular storage and dispensing assembly A modular storage and dispensing assembly for storing and selectively dispensing objects, such as cans, includes a plurality of panels and a connector assembly for connecting adjacently disposed panels such that a chute is formed between each of the adjacently dispo... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7168263 | Portable beverage cooler and dispenser A stable portable beverage dispensing cooler includes a spring loaded dispensing unit for beverages with freezer packs between the rows of beverages for maintaining the beverages in a chilled environment. The portable cooler includes a lower drawer for storage and a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7134460 | Method and apparatus for placing tablets into pockets of thermoformed bottom foil A method and an apparatus (1) serve to place tablets (2) into pockets (3) of thermoformed bottom foil (4). The tablets (2) are accumulated as they are located in their flat position. The tablets (2) are rotated in an erectin... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134571 | Absorbent sheet products dispenser having interchangeable face plates A napkin dispenser has a container body for holding a stack of napkins, and a pair of interchangeable face plates each connectable to the container body. One of the face plates has a first elongated dispensing opening exposing a bottom region of the napkin stack, fo... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7100795 | Adjustable rear spacer wall assembly for a vending machine A vending machine includes an adjustable channel assembly for varying the depth of a product stack area within the vending machine. Preferably two adjustable channel assemblies are mounted to a column wall to support a rear spacer wall that defines a back portion of... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093737 | Container and cartridge for dispensing paper products The present invention provides a container for dispensing individual paper products that includes a housing, a cover hingedly or removably attached to the housing wherein the cover defines a dispensing opening, a means for elevating paper products, and a plunger dis... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090092 | Clothes hamper A clothes hamper includes a container having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The peripheral wall has an upper edge defining an opening extending into the container. A plurality of guides is attached ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086558 | Tool vending machine and method therefore A tool vending machine which permits human access to only a single size compartment of a plurality of different sized compartments at a time so that the user is only able to extract a tool that is contained within that single compartment and does not permit access t... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7032776 | Vending machine bucket drive control The disclosed invention is a dispensing apparatus and method for dispensing product from a vending machine. The invention employs a motor for bi-directionally rotating a dispenser bucket between two bumpers which physically obstruct and limit the rotational travel, ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024882 | Cooler with ordered refilling An ice chest or cooler having a vertically oriented chute to receive beverage containers such that when the cooler is being refilled the beverage containers are directed through an opening in the bottom of the chute, into the bottom of the main compartment containin... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6975922 | Secured dispensing cabinet and methods A device for dispensing items comprises a cabinet having an interior for storing items. A dispenser frame is coupled to the cabinet and is configured to be accessed, such as by pulling the dispenser frame from the cabinet. The dispenser frame includes a plurality of... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966454 | Dispenser for cup-shaped articles and adjustable retainer for same A dispenser for cup-shaped articles includes a housing defining a storage portion adapted to receive an associated stack of nested cup-shaped articles. The housing includes an open end that communicates with the storage portion. A cup retainer mounting base is locat... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6945427 | Self-learning depth logic for multi-depth vendor control The disclosed invention is a dispensing apparatus and method for dispensing product from a vending machine. The invention employs a product vend detector to sense when products are dispensed. A controller compares the occurrences of products actually dispensed to th... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6851294 | Clip disk assembly for carrying candle wick eyelets A clip disk assembly according to the invention includes an adapter hub which attaches to the motor of an existing crimping machine and a plurality of clip disks, each being removably attachable to the adapter hub. Each clip disk is provided with a different sized p... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6824009 | Merchandise self-facing system with interlocking pushers A self-facing merchandise pusher system for use in retail stores. Numerous products in a retail store are merchandised on shelves and a biased pusher is used to urge products toward the front edge of the shelf. The width of the pusher corresponds generally to the wi... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6755323 | Apparatus for dispensing articles An adjustable frame for dispensing stackable items. The adjustable frame includes a first panel having a first edge, a first-panel-dispensing-end, and a first major surface. The major surface is configured to guide stacked items prior to dispensing. A second panel h... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6550638 | Cup-supplying apparatus Disclosed is a cup-supplying apparatus for supplying tapered cylindrical cups stored in a stack, which comprises cup dispensers each supplying lowest cup from cups stored in a stack; a unit generating a force for cup-supplying; force-transmitting members ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6505756 | Delivery device for small parts and transportation channel In a delivery device small parts (15) in the nature of studs, bushes, pins and suchlike are conducted by means of a perpendicularly displaceable strut (6) into a transportation channel (11) from a sloping collection area (1). The strut (6) slides along a ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6457610 | Silo for storing and controlled supply of empty light containers, and method for using such silo A silo bin is adapted for receiving lightweight articles such as empty bottles. The floor of each chamber has a selectively operable shutter or aperture allowing the lightweight articles to be released into the next lowest bin such that the articles are n... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6439426 | Device for feeding tablets and the like, in a packaging machine In a device for feeding tablets to a blister band moving in a packaging machine, a vibrating container, containing a mass of tablets, features a bottom wall having channels for feeding the tablets. The channels communicate with relative slots made in the ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6431398 | Dispensing mean for vending machine A vending machine includes a plurality of vending channels defined by parallel upright walls spaced across an upper part of the vending machine. Each wall of the vending machine defining the vending channels ends at a common lower height with escape openi... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6427866 | Can food dispenser A vertically stored can dispenser having the capability to retain multiple size food cans and provide easy access to the various size can channels. The dispenser can be attached to a lazy susan rotary base or attached to a slide-out cabinet dispenser devi... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6409045 | Vending machine for bottles A vending machine for vending a plurality of bottles each of which are supported in an upright position only at a top portion of each of the bottles include a planar dispensing rack having a plurality of elongated slots therein for storing and dispensing ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6328180 | Apparatus and method for vending products An improved method and apparatus for vending products, and particularly beverage containers, of varied sizes, shapes and configurations without dropping or subjecting the vended product to damaging impact forces are disclosed. The products to be vended ar... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6264060 | Auxiliary article dispenser for vending machines An auxiliary dispenser for a merchandise vending machine of the type comprising a cabinet, a delivery bin at the front of the cabinet, near the bottom, and means in the cabinet above the bin for dispensing merchandise to the bin, the dispenser adapted to ... | 07/24/2001 |
