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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7472803 | Systems and methods for dispensing objects An automated dispensing assembly includes a base, and a shuttle mounted in the base and movable under automated control between a loading position and a dispensing position. The shuttle includes a cavity configured to carry an object, such as cover. The depth of the... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7320413 | Self-closing dispensing container A disposable container for holding and dispensing one oral care, candy and/or medicinal strip at a time, without the need to open the package or to insert one's dirty fingers into the package, thereby eliminating the contamination of the remaining strips, and allowi... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7147130 | Single dose pill dispensing system A single pill dispensing system for a bottle/vial of the type for dispensing a medication pill, where the bottle/vial has a circular body and receives a circular cap. To facilitate the dispensing of a single pill, an insert, slidably received in the circular body an... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140293 | Single row twine box A twine box is provided for an agricultural baler. The twine box permits ready access to twine balls housed therein because all twine balls are located on a single row or tier. The twine balls are not compartmentalized and thus relocation of twine balls within twine... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7118550 | Side-delivery suppository dispenser A dispenser for delivering a suppository within a body cavity. The dispenser has two main components: a barrel and a plunger. The barrel includes a head, a foot, and a body having a length and extending between the head and the foot. The barrel further defines an ax... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7090109 | Staple gun apparatus for attaching tab The invention comprises a staple gun with highly compact accessory apparatus for attaching a planar tab or label to a fixing surface. The accessory has a housing and a positioning and indexing assembly associated with the housing which is operable to feed and hold a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6959821 | Display detecting apparatus for display module and detecting arrangement method therefor A display detecting apparatus for detecting display modules having a display surface, includes a base, at least one flat panel generally horizontally fixed on the base; and a plurality of frames fixed on the flat panel for carrying the display modules, wherein at le... | 11/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6834731 | Staple gun apparatus for attaching tab The invention comprises a staple gun with highly compact accessory apparatus for attaching a planar tab or label to a fixing surface. The accessory has a housing and a positioning and indexing assembly associated with the housing which is operable to feed and hold a... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6135315 | Method for dispensing individual copies of a printed publication from a stack A method for converting a multiple access newspaper vending machine into a single vend machine is described. The vending machine will have a cavity with a rack assembly for holding a stack of newspapers and a pivoting door for closing the cavity. The conv... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5897025 | Tablet dispenser A container for dispensing tablets in which the dispensing opening and/or a dispensing passage upstream of the dispensing opening is constricted such that a tablet is releasably retained with part of the tablet projecting outside of the dispensing opening... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5647505 | Vending apparatus and system for automated dispensing of disks A vending apparatus and system for storing and automatically dispensing magnetic or optical disks. A user interface means allows a user to enter a dispensing request corresponding to the selection of a desired disk and includes means for receiving user id... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5549217 | Device for withdrawing spherical products of the same dimensions, such as granules A dispenser for dispensing granules from a container having a circular mouth, includes a body having first and second cylindrical components joined together by an axial spindle, a cylindrical roundel including a radial slit which is adapted to clip onto t... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5456382 | Blister display package The present invention is an apparatus and method of manufacture for a blister-type display package which includes a vacuum-formed dispenser housing, and a vacuum-formed dispenser door mounted on the rear of the housing. The housing includes a cavity to ho... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5445297 | Roofing washer-dispenser In a machine for dispensing stackable roofing washers individually and for driving fasteners through such washers, a shuttle is actuatable to displace a lowermost washer of one from a stack, either a small, circular or large, square washer. A gate is bias... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5431301 | Hopper type supply device for rod members A hopper type supply device includes a rod hopper for storing a large number of filter rods. A grooved hopper drum rotatably disposed directly under the rod hopper is provided for closing the discharging port of the rod hopper. A roller is rotatably dispo... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5265760 | Individual film packet dispenser and tray dispenser A tray and dispenser for holding and dispensing individual film packets from a stack of film packets provided in a tray. The tray comprises a bottom wall, an first end wall, a second end wall, and two substantially parallel side walls. The side and end wa... | 11/30/1993 |
| 4826042 | Blade holder and automatic dispenser The present invention includes a holder for blades having a dispensing opening through which a single blade can be slideably ejected by either a sliding ejector or manual manipulation through a thumb slot. The blades within the holder are aligned by a fre... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4718573 | Dispenser for elongated articles A dispenser for elongated articles that is especially adapted for convenient assembly. The dispenser has a generally rectangular storage bin having an inner chamber and an article discharge slot that extends substantially from side to side across the fron... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4586633 | Vending machine storage rack assembly This dispensing machine rack assembly is formed from a pair of complementary, individually molded rack portions interconnected in face-to-face relation to define a plurality of generally vertical container-receiving compartments. Each rack portion include... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4388039 | Tube feeding device A tube feeding device, particularly for use in a bending machine, comprises two units spaced from one another at a predetermined distance to form a tube magazine therebetween. A carriage with a recess to receive one individual tube is positioned at the bo... | 06/14/1983 |
| 3972407 | Transfer mechanism for round parts A transfer mechanism for transferring a round part such as a drill from a first station to a second station with intermediate accumulating storage wherein a horizontally reciprocating slide has a pair of horizontally displaced transverse V-shaped grooves.... | 08/03/1976 |
