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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7428978 | Sheet material dispenser A dispenser and system for dispensing sheet material is provided. The dispenser includes a housing including a container and a lid. The container and lid cooperate to provide an inner surface formed to include an internal compartment configured to hold sheet materia... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7422127 | Lid dispenser A dispensing apparatus for dispensing a lid from a stack of lids each having a lid periphery includes a load platform having a main floor on which to place a stack of lids, the main floor sloping downward from an apex in a rearward direction, the load platform havin... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7337919 | Beverage lid dispenser The current invention is a lid dispensing device and method of use comprising a base unit, a lid holder operatively connected to the base unit, a blade operatively mounted to the base which moves between a first position and a second position, the blade supporting a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7234610 | Automatic napkin dispenser An automatic napkin dispenser includes a housing having a rotatable feed roller with protrusions on an outer surface thereof for engaging a topmost napkin on a stack of napkins, and displacing the topmost napkin between a pair of counterrotating nip rollers that dis... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7172091 | Mop dispenser A flat mop dispenser having a container comprising a holding pan and at least one roller proximate the pan. The roller is positioned proximate to a stack of flat mops in the pan and the roller rotates to engage a flat mop and dispense the flat mop out of the dispens... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7036682 | Destacking device for ice-cream cones A destacking device for rolled cone-like structures with or without sleeves, and in particular for ice-cream wafer cones, has at least one gripper for the cones, with the jaws of the gripper that come into contact with the cones being made of an elastic material tha... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6994206 | Apparatus for feeding rolls of cut products to a wrapper An apparatus for advancing cut products from a saw to a wrapper includes a plurality of product supports for supporting multiple rows of cut products. A first or buffer portion of the apparatus includes an entry portion of the product supports and includes a first c... | 02/07/2006 |
| 5826745 | Stocker for flat healds There is disclosed a stocker for flat healds according to the present invention is a flat heald stocker for stocking a lot of flat healds in order to selectively discharge an arbitrary flat heald A out of the many flat healds A juxtaposed, in which the fl... | 10/27/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5630581 | Apparatus for dispensing lightweight sheet-style articles from a stacked supply of articles An apparatus for dispensing individual thin sheet-like articles from a supply stack of articles includes a supply magazine, and a base closing off the supply magazine. The base includes a dispensing assembly which includes a reciprocatably driven roller u... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5097984 | Coffee Filter dispenser A coffee filter dispensing and storage device which is compact, and inexpensive to manufacture. The device comprises a housing having a hollow interior in which a stack of coffee filters are located, and a cover pivotally mounted thereon. The cover includ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5067627 | Coffee filter dispenser A first embodiment of a coffee filter dispenser has a housing in which a stack of coffee filters to be dispensed are received. A plurality of resilient grippers are axially movable between a retracted and an extended position. A crank arm is connected to ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5038969 | Lid dispenser The normal practice in serve yourself coffee outlets, such as cafeteria-style restaurants and some convenience stores, is to provide loose lids in a cardboard box. A common result is that lids are knocked on the floor and spread around so that different s... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4802606 | Newspaper dispenser A newspaper dispenser includes a housing with an upwardly biased platform therein for supporting a stack of newspapers. A scoop assembly which dispenses a single newspaper at a time, is mounted in the housing and includes a pusher arm and a scoop connecte... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4796779 | Combined filter housing and extractor A combined filter housing for storing a plurality of flattened conically-shaped filters therein and a combination cover and extractor for the stored filters includes an extractor mechanism disposed within the cover having semi-adhesive resilient members d... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4739902 | Container for storing and dispensing paper articles A container (10) for storing and dispensing a stack of paper articles (30) is provided with a bottom wall (12), at least one side wall (14) and a top wall (22). The top wall has a struck out hinged pivotable portion (32) which is pivotable into and out of... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4674935 | Feeder mechanism Mechanism for feeding a container cover out of a hopper and on to a conveyor for subsequent application to a filled container includes a pivotally mounted oscillatable support arranged to move toward and away from the hopper, suction means rotatably mount... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4513878 | Carton feeding apparatus An apparatus for feeding cartons in succession from a stack of cartons carried in an elongated chute onto a receiving chute. The apparatus includes a support member which has a plurality of picker fingers carried thereon. The support member is moved from ... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4496074 | Newspaper vending machine A vending machine for newspapers and magazines has the capability of dispensing one newspaper at a time to a customer following insertion by the customer of proper coins into a conventional coin mechanism. The insertion of the coins releases a normally lo... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4121726 | Apparatus for dispensing paper articles An apparatus for dispensing cup-shaped paper coffee filters from the top of a nested stack of such filters includes a box for storing and retaining the stack, a lever connected by a hinge to the lid of the box, apparatus for moving the lever to engage the... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4011965 | Envelope-vending machine A coin-controlled manually operated envelope-vending machine having a vertical supply compartment whereby the lowermost envelope of the supply is available to a yieldable vending member having a horizontal reciprocal movement for engagement with a portion... | 03/15/1977 |
