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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7661552 | Interfolded dispensing panel By interfolding or interleaving at least a portion of the dispensing panel of a dispenser with the first sheet in a stack of sheet material such that a leading edge of the first sheet is exposed, it is no longer necessary to reach into the dispenser to dispense the ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7367470 | Multi-posture folded towel dispenser A free-standing dispenser for inter-folded towels capable of being placed in a wide variety of postures having an opening which facilitates one handed dispensing. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7275655 | Center pull tissue dispenser and related mechanism A center pull tissue dispenser having an openable enclosure, and a base member located within the enclosure to support a coreless roll of towel material. The end face of the roll is placed on the same base member, and an opening in a wall of the openable enclosure d... | 10/02/2007 |
| 6315155 | Folded paper towel dispenser The device for dispensing multi-fold paper towels has a housing for holding a generally vertical stack of the paper towels and including a lower portion through which individual towels can be dispensed from the stack. The lower portion includes an elongat... | 11/13/2001 |
| 5826870 | Divider sheet for stacked products and method of supplying planar articles A planar article or sheet, such as a divider sheet for stacked products, and the method of supplying substantially planar articles from a supply magazine to an article transfer device, which then transfers the article to a desired location for further pro... | 10/27/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5131562 | Dispenser for soft drink lids and the like A dispenser for dispensing lids for soft drinks or the like from a stack held in an upright container having a discharge opening. An abutment shoulder is attached to the inside of the upright container near its discharge opening. The lowermost lid in the ... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5054647 | Aseptic orthodontic dispenser A dispenser for dispensing orthodontic O-rings comprises a main body portion having at least one storage and delivery chamber for holding a plurality of O-rings lying in a single plane and an outlet for allowing dispensing of O-rings. The main body is des... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4981235 | Unitary coupon dispenser A dispenser for sequentially dispensing one sheet at a time from a stack of sheets. A housing encloses a drive and a lift roller, and each roller has a longitudinal axis arranged in parallel aligned relationship respective to one another and spaced from t... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4839953 | Magnetic disk cartridge assembly system A magnetic disk cartridge is provided with a dust shutter which is slidably mounted on a casing to open and close a magnetic head access opening in the casing . A V-shaped shutter spring for urging the dust shutter toward the closing position is inserted ... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4518301 | Orbital feeder Apparatus for feeding flat folded cartons from a stationary magazine to a continuously moving conveyor. The magazine has a choke at its discharge end formed from parallel guides which are spaced apart a distance less than the distance between the two fold... | 05/21/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4324345 | Dispenser for automatically dispensing permanent wave tissue sheets This invention relates to dispensers, primarily the dispensing of permanent wave tissue sheets and other flexible sheet members. It is the object of this invention to provide an improved and simple automatic sheet dispenser capable of dispensing individual fla... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4301917 | Means for holding flexible sheets A holder is provided for microfiche or other types of flexible sheets. The holder comprises a generally rectangular body having first and second major walls supported in substantially parallel relation to define a cavity therebetween in the body. A slot i... | 11/24/1981 |
