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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7604146 | Apparatus and method for dispensing elongated items This invention generally relates to an apparatus and a method for singularly dispensing elongated items. Specifically, this invention may include an elongated body forming a channel and a baffle to separate at least one elongated item from a plurality of elongated i... | 10/20/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7243817 | Solid objects dispensers A tablet dispenser for dispensing individual solid objects comprising a lower housing, an upper housing with an elastomeric cover that covers at least a portion of a trigger mechanism, a elastomeric cover of at least a portion of the lower housing and a dispenser me... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7100797 | One dose at-a-time pill dispenser and container having same A device for dispensing pills one at a time or one dose at a time includes a unit chamber fittable within/integral with the rim of a bottle. The unit chamber includes a plurality of radial projections which project inwardly to define discrete pill holding areas. The... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7036681 | Article retrieving container An article retrieving container in which a novel container for storing articles such as confectionery allowing the articles to be retrieved one by one merely by a cover opening operation is provided, including a container body (3) and a cover body (5) ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7004350 | Dispenser for toothpicks and tablets A toothpick and tablet dispenser has two housing halves force-fitted together and guide walls in at least one of the halves to guide toothpicks and tablets to different outlets to dispense a single toothpick or tablet at a time. A gate at each outlet provides manual... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6866185 | Dispenser carton with tilt platform A carton with a dispenser at one end of the carton which has a tilt platform that is formed in the bottom panel of the carton at the opposite end of the carton to facilitate the rolling of containers contained in the carton toward the dispenser when the dispenser is... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6860403 | Single pill dispenser A pill dispenser for a bottle (and corresponding method of dispensing a pill) comprising a cap with an interior chamber and a hole through a top of the cap and communicating with the interior chamber, which cap is rotatable when engaged with a corresponding bottle, ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6769570 | Medication dosage container A medicine container comprises an upstanding body having an open mouth and a hollow interior bounded by a sidewall and a separator secured in the body and defining upper and lower compartments, the upper compartment opening into the body open mouth, the lower compar... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6302295 | Prescription cap with transparent daily dosage compartment The invention is a replacement cap applied to pill medication bottles having a transparent hollow storage compartment on the top of such lid, into which a daily dosage of the medicine is placed, enabling the user to visually determine whether the daily do... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6267265 | Pill dispenser A pill dispenser to dispense a pill received from a pill container engaged therebelow. The pill dispenser comprises a cavity, said cavity having an exposed end and shaped to form a conical surface therein. The conical shape of the dispenser cavity, advant... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6119894 | Pill dispenser with pivoting conical transferor A pill dispensing cap assembly to dispense a pill or the like received from a pill container engaged therebelow. The assembly comprises two components, namely a pill transferor to dispense one pill and a base. A cavity in said pill transferor is provided,... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6089402 | Puzzle candy dispenser A puzzle candy dispenser 10 which includes a spherical inner body 12 having a plurality of grooves 14 provided on its outer surface and sized to allow a ball-shaped confection 16 to roll therein. The grooves 14 form a maze between an entry aperture 18 and... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6070759 | Container with dispensing feature in overcap A container having a single unit dispensing feature built into the container cap is provided. The dispensing feature is an opening of sufficient dimensions to allow the controlled release of product. An optional incline located in the cap guides product t... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5947329 | Medicine dispenser The present invention is a medicine dispenser with sealed caps to prevent access of the contents to children. The medicine dispenser provides a challenge for children to gain access to the contents, while allowing relatively easy access to adults. The med... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5788488 | Dental reamer stop dispenser An apparatus is provided for dispensing washers for controlling a depth a penetration of a reamer during root canals. The apparatus has a body including a recess for storing a number of washers to be positioned on the reamer. The body also has a washer ac... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5529209 | Easy load elevating hopper An easy load elevating hopper for a bottle capping machine having a stationary dispensing hopper is provided and contains a mechanism that includes a chain and two sprocket assembly for raising a bin from a lowered charging position, to an elevated discha... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5361937 | Articulated gravity feed module An articulated gravity feed module includes a curved chute for holding items for sale, the chute having a curved bottom wall with a radius of curvature decreasing from a rear portion to a front portion, and side walls connected with the bottom wall; a mou... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5265776 | Manually operable dispensing cap A manually operable dispensing cap for use with granulated and powdered material containers such as powdered milk jars, coffee cans and the like is disclosed. The cap has a slider contained within a railing mounted on a main body and which dispenses mater... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5232130 | Shaker puzzle A device is disclosed for dispensing food particles at a controlled rate in which a container is used having an aperture located on one side of the container. A tube is attached to the aperture such that food can pass through the tube, then through the ap... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5203472 | Timer controlled cigarette dispenser A cigarette dispenser useful for aiding a person to stop smoking utilizes a movable belt for the controlled dispensing of cigarettes. The belt has openings therein which sequentially expose the open ends of cartridge compartments containing cigarettes to ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5100021 | Pipette dispenser package A combined dispenser tray and package is provided for pipettes. The tray is elongated with a stepped front wall which provides a dispensing position for sequentially dispensing individual pipettes, as required. The front wall includes a built-in curved wa... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4869392 | Medication dispenser and method of dispensing medication A medication dispenser includes a container having a main compartment, a selection compartment, and an exit compartment whereby a pill or the like is dispensed from the container by passage from the main compartment, through the selection compartment, and... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4844295 | Tablet dispenser A tablet dispenser is set forth comprising a cap to "snap on" an associated tablet container wherein said cap includes a spring-biased plunger positioned normally in a retracted position communicating with a conduit aligned with the plunger wherein an ope... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4723690 | Metering dispenser With a metering dispenser (1) for compactates with a compactate store (3) and a metering disk (4) arranged pivotably around an axis (A) with respect to the store, containing several chambers (27) for accommodating individual compactates, in order to perfo... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4723531 | B-b loading device A b-b loading device which in a first preferred embodiment is characterized by a tubular-shaped loader having an internal cavity, a loading slot located near one end of the loader and a loading head characterized by a nozzle and nozzle bore at the opposit... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4648529 | Dispensing apparatus for storing, draining and dispensing beads An apparatus and process for storing beads in a liquid medium and for draining and dispensing said beads essentially in the absence of said liquid medium is described. In one embodiment, the apparatus is designed so that the liquid medium in which the bea... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4613057 | Closure A closure for dispensing pills, capsules and the like includes a one-way valve member with a valved passage for opening to permit dispensing from the container when the container is in an active dispensing orientation, and for closing to prevent access to... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4564125 | BB Loader An improved BB loader has a trough formed within a lateral extension of a tubular housing, so that a predetermined quantity of BB's may be quickly loaded into the trough from the reservoir in the housing. Thereafter, substantially the entire predetermined... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4557690 | Accessory for use in dentistry An accessory for use in pricking depth-indicating washers on to dental reamers comprises a body constituting a receptacle. The washers which are located in the receptacle are brought into a free space of the body within which they are juxtaposed. They suc... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4530447 | Dispenser A dispenser is provided for dispensing one or more items, such as pills from a container. The dispensing member is located at or near the top of the container and has an aperture. When the container is closed by a cover and inverted, an item such as a pil... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4523694 | Dispensing cap A dispensing cap for medication containers and the like enabling a single dosage of such medication to be dispensed from the container in response to each cycle of movement of an external movable component forming a portion of the cap. The cap includes a ... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4522313 | Article dispenser An article dispenser discloses a vessel for storing at least one of the articles. Such dispenser has a sphere pivotally suspended from the vessel for rotation in only one direction about a singular first axis that is offset from a second axis and which se... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4502612 | Dispensing container A dispensing container for dispensing articles one at a time. The dispensing container includes a hollow body for storing articles. A delivery throat forming a continuous depending extension of the body has a cross section proximate the cross section of t... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4460106 | Pill dispenser A pill dispenser mechanism is provided in which a multilayered compartment is releasably attachable to a receptacle for pills in such a way that pills may be selectively advanced into one compartment, then by selective advancement of one of the compartmen... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4454962 | Insertable dispenser An insertable dispenser for pill bottles having a rigid annular body member with an aperture for the passage of pills. Flexible lip members extend outwardly around the periphery of the body member to allow for a snug friction fit of the body member in a p... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4282990 | Dispenser for granular material A dispenser for granular material includes a casing having an outlet for holding the material, a cap rockably mounted on top of the casing, and a spring for biasing the cap in a clockwise direction. The cap is formed with a groove into which a predetermin... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4271979 | Toothpick dispensing device A device for transforming a toothpick container of the type that includes a cylindrical receptacle in which the toothpicks are marketed and that has external threads on the open end portion that are removably engaged by an internally threaded cap into a d... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4197965 | Toothpick dispenser A lightweight, portable, compact, elongate dispenser capable of holding a number of toothpicks in a confined space in a clean and sanitary condition, with the dispenser when it is slowly rotated on its longitudinal axis causing one of the toothpicks to be... | 04/15/1980 |
