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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7159410 | Thermal barrier for a refrigerated compartment in a vending machine A vending machine apparatus comprising a housing defining an internal cavity and an article storage compartment positioned inside the cavity. The article storage compartment has a cooling unit associated therewith for cooling the article storage compartment. The art... | 01/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7118009 | Displaceable barrier A vending machine apparatus comprising a housing defining an internal cavity and an article storage compartment positioned inside the cavity. The article storage compartment may have a cooling unit associated therewith for cooling the article storage compartment. Th... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6971545 | Portable beverage/cup dispenser A rectangularly shaped rigid structure having a front panel including an opening therein, a top panel, a rear, bottom, left and right side panels. Also included is an interior panel that cooperates with the interior surfaces of the top, bottom, left and right side p... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6913263 | Target holding device A target holding device is disclosed. Preferred embodiments of the invention includes one or more of the following features. First, an automatic reloading feature of the invention allows a first replacement target stored in a target storage region of the device to s... | 07/05/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6347722 | Pacifier dispenser An apparatus comprising a dispenser having a flanged tubular container removably engaged in a bracket. The container has an interior space for holding pacifiers and a flexible gasket at the bottom of the container to retain the pacifies in the container. ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6189734 | Merchandise dispensing device A gravity feed merchandise dispensing device comprises at least one plastic track capable of supporting in tandem a row of similar bottles of the type having an annular neck flange, and has a lead bottle support basket suspended at the front end of the tr... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5586687 | Gravity feed bottle dispensing device having a track-blocking gate mechanism A bottle dispenser has a gate mechanism to maintain the foremost one of the track-supported bottles substantially vertical. The dispenser includes an elongate track which defines a longitudinally extending pathway, a support assembly for the track, and a ... | 12/24/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5131564 | Dispenser apparatus for disposable razors The apparatus stores and dispenses a plurality of disposable razors, the dispenser being affixable to a bathroom wall. The razors are initially loaded into the dispenser apparatus and retained therein by a pair of opposed support members, the support memb... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5014878 | Flexible cup dispensing apparatus A cup dispenser for accommodating conically shaped cups of different diameters includes a discharge unit having multiple diaphragms. An outer diaphragm has a series of inwardly extending circumferentially spaced flat fingers for gripping the outer surface... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4925058 | Cup dispenser The cup dispenser is disposed of an opening or openings 1b formed on one side face of the casing 1 of the dispenser and a receiving container 4 attached to each opening 1b provided with a cup pusher 41 connected to a coil spring 42. The opening 1b is atta... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4863168 | Spacers for use as string protectors for tennis, squach and badminton rackets, and device for inserting these parts A dispenser for the insertion of spacers between the strings of tennis, squash and badminton rackets includes a body having a delivery groove formed therein. The delivery groove is adapted to receive an interconnected strip of spacers and dispense the spa... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4721237 | Portable cooler for a number of beverage cans A portable cooler which may be carried in back-pack style is adapted to store and automatically dispense a number of cans of beverage. The cooler is comprised of a box-like chamber having self-supporting thermally insulative material on its exterior surfa... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4708261 | Packaging clip dispenser A clip dispenser for dispensing resilient, generally U-shaped plastic clips. The clips are useful in holding closed the folded over ends of a paperboard container for a foodstuff, such as a portable liquid. The dispenser is in the general form of a vertic... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4079858 | Dispensing means and method with adjustable release means A nested cone holder and dispenser making use of an adjustable cone release mechanism for safely dispensing different selected sizes of fragile products such as ice cream cones, cups and the like. The device employs an elongate flexible container for hold... | 03/21/1978 |
