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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900798 | Disposable cup dispenser A disposable cup dispenser designed to be mounted on an existing wall-mounted cup holder. The cup dispenser is comprised of a hollow tube and gasket ring wherein the gasket ring is attached to the bottom of the hollow tube and serves as the means of mounting the dis... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7481331 | Dispensing container for a blister pack of medications A wall mounted vertical, gravity fed dispensing container for use with a blister pack includes a pair of perforated sheets defining a holder portion for receiving and supporting the blister pack while holding the blister pack parallel to the wall. The holder portion... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7413101 | Dispensing package A paperboard carton for receiving articles in two or more layers separated by a divider pad is provided. The divider pad is secured relative to an end panel arrangement at one end of the carton. The carton has a top panel, a base panel and a pair of opposite sides. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7287666 | Device for packaging and dispensing stacked items, in particular cosmetics on a medium A device for packaging and dispensing stacked items may include, a box including: a first portion, in particular a cover; and a second portion, in particular a drawer, that is movab... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7273158 | Golf ball dispensing and retrieving system A golf ball dispensing and retrieving system for efficiently assisting a golfer in practicing putting. The golf ball dispensing and retrieving system includes an elongated tube having a lower opening, a clamp extending from a side of the tube for removably attaching... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7163124 | Paper wipe cleaning system A customizable disposable paper wipe system in which the wipes are sold to the consumer in a dry state to permit the consumer to prepare customized pre-moistened wipes. In one embodiment, the dry wipes are provided to the consumer with a dispenser for dispensing the... | 01/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7014065 | Dispenser for series-connected tickets An improved dispenser for displaying and dispensing lottery tickets utilizes a dispensing slot with tension arms to provide tension to tickets of varying thicknesses. The dispensing slot is cut into a door at an end of a box-like structure, which holds the tickets. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011231 | Side-access front assemblies for cup dispenser, and cup dispensers with same A cup-dispensing apparatus and system is disclosed that utilizes a front piece that comprises a side-access port into which is reversibly inserted a cup-dispensing insert. This front piece/cup-dispensing insert assembly may be manufactured separately from or integra... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6868984 | Method of dispensing a face mask A stack of face masks is disclosed. The stack is formed from a plurality of shaped face masks having an inside surface and an outside surface. The inside surface includes a periphery with an adhesive material disposed on at least a portion thereof. The masks are pos... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6772908 | Blow-molded cup dispenser and method of manufacturing same A cup dispenser includes a blow-molded plastic storage tube and a blow-molded plastic cup pushing member or follower positioned within the tube. The pushing member is optionally spring-biased toward an open first end of the tube away from a closed, second end of the... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6715636 | Vending machine for dispensing cans & bottles with stop member An improved vending machine having a plurality of vertically inclined racks therein for dispensing products is disclosed. Each rack within such vending machine has an open end and closed end, wherein the open end thereof is provided with a mechanical stop or gate ha... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6592004 | Flexible orifice for wet wipes dispenser The invention relates to a flexible orifice for pop-up style dispensing with a wet wipes dispenser. The orifice includes a flexible, rubber-like sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface. A continuous slit extends across the top and bottom surfaces ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6523717 | Apparatus for dispensing a porous carrier The invention relates to an apparatus for dispensing or releasing a porous carrier wherein the apparatus comprises: a supply chamber for the porous carrier; and ejection means for causing the carrier to move gradually outside the supply chamber. According... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6427868 | Dispenser for disposable cups The invention provides a cup dispenser for sequentially dispensing individual, disposable, rimmed cups having diameters varying from each other by several centimeters, from a stacked column thereof, comprising a cup-retaining and dispensing body provided ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6398072 | Cup dispenser In order to offer a cup dispenser which does not require to change cylinders to meet with different cup sizes and allows to change cup sizes easily by adjusting a stopper means in accordance with various sizes of cups to be stored, and the cup dispenser i... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6325243 | Device for dispensing cups A device for dispensing cups includes a sleeve for receiving a plurality of cups. The sleeve has a first end, a second end and a generally hollow interior. A dispensing member is coupled to the sleeve, adjacent to the first end of the sleeve. The dispensi... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6264062 | Solder preforms with predisposed flux for plumbing applications A solder preform with predisposed flux to be located adjacent to a gap formed between multiple solderable surfaces such that upon heating, the flux wicks into and prepares the solderable surfaces prior to the solder melting and wicking into the freshly pr... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6199723 | Apparatus for holding a cup in a cup dispenser A flexible diaphragm for covering the discharge end of a cup dispenser that stores a plurality of cups in a nested stack. The diaphragm includes an inner continuous edge defining a central discharge opening through which the bottom of the outermost cup in... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6032799 | Electronic article surveillance label cartridge and system A cartridge for electronic article surveillance labels comprising a housing shaped to hold a plurality of electronic article surveillance labels in a stack such that the electronic article surveillance labels can be removed individually from a first side ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6003726 | Hand-held feeder for headed fasteners A hand-held feeder for fasteners having a head and a shank comprises a handle configured to contain fasteners and a channel extending from the handle, the channel having a free end and a support slit extending from the free end toward the handle. The supp... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5950864 | Musket cap in-line capper Flanged musket percussion caps are stored and dispensed from a portable hand held capper which has a linear channel defined in a housing formed of sheet material. The housing has a through channel which has a floor which is parallel to two partial top wal... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5826746 | Backpack dispensing system for packaged goods A backpack carried on the back of a vendor for transporting and dispensing packaged goods, such as food products or other merchandise. The backpack has a back wall, front wall, opposed side walls, a top closure, and a bottom wall defining a generally rect... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5775538 | Golf tee shaker A cylindrical golf tee carrier and dispenser which permits carrying a quantity of tees without accidental loss, while providing for easy removal of tees, one at a time, through an elastomeric dispensing end, and an attaching member mounted thereto for att... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5772090 | Golf ball carrier Disclosed is a golf ball carrier for conveniently carrying and protecting a plurality of golf balls. A sleeve of padded material, open at both ends, has an elastic band at each end to retain the balls. A ball can be extracted by squeezing the sleeve above... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5729949 | Slab on grade chair A chair for supporting and spacing reinforcement bars having a hollow-conical body for stackability, a planar base for support, an aperture allowing concrete to flow into and around the chair, and notches in the upper surface of the chair to retain the ba... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5709316 | Cup dispenser The dispenser is adapted to dispense different size cups, such as portion cups, and includes a housing for storing a plurality of cups in a nested stack and a flexible diaphragm covering the discharge end of the housing. The diaphragm includes a web secti... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5706979 | Tube cap and hanger A flexible cap adapted to enclose a tube having an open end and used for storing items consists of an enclosure having an opening at one end, a closed end, and side walls and enclosing a space. A pair of aligned apertures through the side walls form with ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5582326 | Drinking-water service system for athletes A drinking-water service system for supplying individual cylindrical containers of drinking water to athletes. A storage and dispensing unit for storing the containers for semi-automatically sequentially dispensing individually the drinking water containe... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5554077 | Ball dispenser A ball dispenser is formed by a cylindrical housing or tube with a piston slidable therein and biased to a dispensing end of the tube. A cap is connected by a bridging member the tube and projects over the axial center line of the cylinder and is formed w... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5529490 | Medical tool dispenser system A presenting/dispensing system for chain-interconnected, cut-separable orthodontic/medical devices, organized into groups having a pre-selected number of patient-usable units, including a container constructed for housing such devices, and presenting/disp... | 06/25/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5409133 | Razor blade dispenser An apparatus for storing a plurality of razor blades and for dispensing the razor blades is disclosed. The dispenser includes a housing having side and end walls which define a cavity for storing and dispensing razor blades. The open top of the dispenser ... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5335810 | Air actuated flow control/load breaker/gas seal unit A control apparatus is provided for use in an article handling system having a conduit through which articles such as can ends in a facewise nested condition are conveyed from a first location to a second location. The control apparatus comprises a housin... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5301833 | Liquid dispenser with cup holder A liquid dispenser for storing and dispensing liquids is disclosed. In one aspect the dispenser is a bottle such as that used for storing soft drinks, detergents and the like. The bottle is provided with a cup holder which includes an annular recess exten... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5285927 | Container/dispenser for used plastic sacks A container/dispenser for used plastic shopping bags which comprises a walled vessel having an open top and an open bottom to which is secured a converging lower section formed of flexible walls with an internal friction surface terminating in a small ope... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5222628 | Anchoring assembly for cup dispensing diaphragm An apparatus for storing a supply of cups or containers comprises a housing for maintaining the containers in a stacked, telescopically interfitted relationship. An open lower end of the housing has a resilient diaphragm extending there across with a lowe... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5219198 | Handling device and process for fasteners A device and process for handling headed fasteners to facilitate insertion into a workpiece opening includes a hollow tube and telescoping plunger arrangement, the tube containing the fastener or fasteners which are extended one at a time through a tube s... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5201869 | Dispenser for cups and cup-like articles An apparatus for storing a supply of cup-shaped containers in a stacked, telescopically interfitted relationship comprises a tubular housing with a resilient diaphragm across the lower end. The diaphragm has a center opening through which the lowermost co... | 04/13/1993 |
