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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7857165 | Dispensing unit for measuring articles A measuring instrument (A) includes: a storage (1) which has an insertion port (10) for insertion of measuring articles (S) and is capable of storing the measuring articles stacked in a direction of the insertion; and movable members (2A, 2 | 12/28/2010 |
| 7316700 | Self optimizing lancing device with adaptation means to temporal variations in cutaneous properties A lancing device, an embodiment of which controls the advancement and retraction of a lancet by monitoring the position of the lancet in conjunction with a lancet controller which incorporates a feedback loop for modulating the lancet driver to follow a predetermine... | 01/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7128238 | Apparatus for dispensing flat items A vending machine for dispensing flat items includes a housing having a removable collection pan with a pan bag, a door with display windows, a coin slide mechanism extending through the door and a folder slide mounted on the inside of the door. The folder slide rel... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7063234 | Meter strip dispenser assembly The present invention is directed to diagnostic kits that house and deliver a carrier for an analyte, such as a test strip carrying an blood glucose analyte used by persons afflicted with diabetes in order to determine their blood glucose levels. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7014197 | Cassette-based money storage and transportation system and apparatus A coin bag storage apparatus including a bag storage cassette tower having a compartment sized to store a plurality of bags, one on top of the next, and a spring-mounted platen located within the storage compartment for receiving each of the bags and progressively l... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6585133 | Land marking device A land marking device is disclosed. The land marking device is capable of physically marking a point on the ground for the air.... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6523718 | Golf ball dispensing apparatus A ball housing and dispensing apparatus comprises a housing container capable of housing a plurality of golf balls and a ball dispenser having a gate member to allow a golfer to selectively control the dispensation of a single golf ball at a time, without... | 02/25/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6244463 | Candy dispenser with single-user-action dispensing mechanism A candy dispenser in the form of a toy spacecraft having a single user action dispensing mechanism is provided. The candy dispenser may include an internal cavity to store candies. The internal cavity may be provided in the form of a cockpit for the space... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6129242 | Golf ball dispensing apparatus A ball dispensing apparatus comprises a container capable of housing a plurality of golf balls and a ball dispenser having a gate member to allow a golfer to selectively control the dispensation of a single golf ball at a time, without requiring the golfe... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5964373 | Dispenser apparatus Dispensing apparatus for dispensing individual articles (50) at a dispensing station (A) from a line of the articles stored one-behind-another on a trackway (10) comprises a conveyor belt (16) on which the articles rest. Belt (16) is connected at one end ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5927516 | Concealed sack holder and bag dispenser A bag and sack storage dispenser comprising a housing that is secured to a mounting surface, preferably on the interior of a kitchen cabinet door. The housing comprises an integral frame that supports sacks or bags or other planar items during storage. Th... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5785206 | Dispenser for candies or the like The body of a dispenser includes a compartment (C) configured to receive a stack of pellets (P). A dispensing slot (S) is located at one end of the compartment (C). A spring biases the pellets (P) toward the slot (S). A lever (50) has a rest position in w... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5673815 | Material dispenser A material dispenser includes a first panel for supporting pieces of material, and a second panel appended to the first panel. The second panel is formed to include a material-dispensing aperture to permit a piece of material to pass through the second pa... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5671865 | Coffee filter dispenser A coffee filter dispenser to dispense individual coffee filters of the cup type from a stack, comprising a housing having a bottom wall, side walls, a rear wall and an open front wall, dimensioned to receive a stack of cup type coffee filters therein faci... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5482183 | Heater and dispenser for vials A device for heating and manually dispensing small vials or carpules. The device includes a generally rectangular housing having a top wall with a lid. The lid provides access to the interior of the housing. The interior of the housing includes a vial fee... | 01/09/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5421481 | Self-biasing system A self-biasing system for articles has an article support, a frame for controlling the movement of the support and a biasing structure capable of moving the support. The system can be a self-leveling article dispenser with the frame including elongate cha... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5392951 | Drawer operating system A mechanical system opens a selected drawer in a multiple-drawer cabinet. The drawers are arranged in rows and columns. A selected drawer is unlatched by moving a rod which has protruding fingers, only one of which is positioned to engage a latch in a col... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5323920 | 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... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5314298 | Automatic lead frame feeding device for a TO-220 semiconductor manufacturing apparatus This invention relates to an automatic lead frame feeding device for a TO-220 semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, which automatically feeds lead frames to die bonding and wire bonding processes for manufacturing TO-220 semiconductor packages, and has a... | 05/24/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5215212 | Container for magnetic tape cassettes A container for magnetic tape cassettes has a housing having a plurality of receiving compartments for magnetic tape cassettes, a plurality of base plates separating the compartments from one another, a lockable slider member ejectable under a spring acti... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5152775 | Automatic lancet device and method of using the same An automatic lancet apparatus stores a plurality of sterile lancet needles which are loaded one at a time into an injecting position. After use of a needle, the apparatus ejects the used needle prior to loading a fresh needle. The needles include a cover ... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5044860 | Analysis of organic material This invention relates to apparatus for quantitatively analyzing a gaseous mixture for its components. A predetermined volume of a gaseous mixture of combustion products component is collected in a gas mixer up to a preselected pressure. A portion of the ... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5029727 | Tooth-pick dispenser A tooth-pick dispenser includes a housing having a top formed with a first opening for filling tooth-picks into a tooth-pick chamber and an elongated delivery opening, a floor-like member serving as a bottom of the tooth-pick chamber and supported in the ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5012936 | Merchandiser assembly A merchandiser assembly is provided for storing and displaying products in a shelf-like manner. The merchandiser assembly greatly facilitates stock rotation, is self-facing, and automatically maiintains an organized and properly positioned stock of produc... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4907707 | Merchandiser assembly A merchandiser assembly is provided for storing and displaying products in a shelf-like manner. The merchandiser assembly greatly facilitates stock rotation, is self-facing, and automatically maintains an organized and properly positioned stock of product... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4858783 | Dispensers Dispensers for nested items such as cups or lids. Dispensers according to the present invention contain face plates which are easily removed so that the dispensers and their surrounding areas can be easily cleaned. One embodiment of dispensers according t... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4848593 | Granule dispensing apparatus, particularly designed for a tube of homoepathic drugs, and method for the utilization thereof Dispenser for pills or sweets contained in a tube closed by a lid. When not in use, a chimney prevents the pills from falling out of a hopper disposed within the body of the tube. When the lid is pushed in, a boss displaces the chimney towards the axial c... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4742937 | Separating and releasing device for single elements for single elements particularly cups From a pile or stack of cups, which is available in a magazine, the lowermost one is released with the aid of a slide (4) in such a way, that simultaneously retaining elements (7, 16) are slid away from and separating and releasing elements (5) are slid i... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4526292 | Chest for storing, heating and dispensing articles A chest for storing, warming and dispensing ampules of medicants such as novocaine. In addition, provision is made for storing the hypodermic needles and the hypodermic syringes separately from the ampules of medicants so that the hypodermic syringes, the... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4474308 | Tablet ejector A tablet or pill ejector is disclosed consisting of at least three detachably secured sections in the general shape of a pen. The front end of the device is provided with a hole communicating with axially aligned bores formed longitudinally in the section... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4265369 | Tape cartridge dispenser A cartridge dispenser is disclosed herein for storing a pre-recorded program tape cartridge which includes a box-like construction having a side opening defining an entrance into an internal storage compartment for slidably receiving the cartridge. A yiel... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4133452 | Salmon egg dispenser An upstanding tubular body is provided defining a longitudinal passage extending therethrough. A closure is removable supported from the upper end of the body and encloses the upper end of the passage. A generally horizontal tubular head is carried by the... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4074829 | Vending machine having ejector assist member A vending machine apparatus of a type which can be manually actuated once a sufficient amount of money is inserted therein to thereby dispense a selected item is provided with an ejector assist mechanism and a mechanism for preventing the item being dispe... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4042146 | Map vending machine A machine for vending folded paper items, such as maps, including a housing having forward amd rear walls, at least one channel-shaped chute supported within said housing, the chute being adapted to contain the folded paper items to be vended, a sliding e... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3938701 | Toothpick dispenser An apparatus for dispensing toothpicks or the like comprises a receptacle having a lower surface that slopes downwardly from the rear wall of the receptacle toward the front wall and is spaced slightly from the front wall to define a discharge opening thr... | 02/17/1976 |
