Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4699371 | Sheet feeder A sheet feeder includes a supply tray from which the paper sheets are individually withdrawn from the bottom of the stack. The stack supporting bottom of the tray is inclined relative to a horizontal plane, its angle of inclination being adjustable. The i... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4695954 | Modular medication dispensing system and apparatus utilizing portable memory device A system, apparatus and method for dispsensing medications prescribed by a doctor or other medical personnel. A portable memory device (such as a magnetic card) is used to store data representing prescription information. Prescription information is encod... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4674651 | Pill dispenser An apparatus for dispensing pills wherein a rotating annular element includes a number of compartments for receiving pills. When a compartment is above an opening in the base, the pills fall into a chute and are dispensed. A pin is associated with each co... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4655350 | Reversed end ejector system A reversed can end ejector system is provided for detecting and ejecting a can end in reverse orientation with respect to a moving stack of otherwise similarly aligned and nested can ends. This system comprises an optical detection apparatus including a l... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4655368 | Autoteller exchangeable banknote cassette system An autoteller accepts on a ramp exchangeable banknote cassettes which can only be opened at the predetermined angle of the ramp when a key assembly on the ramp is presented to a lock. The cassettes may only have the key assembly presented to the lock when... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4653009 | Stamp dispenser A stamp dispensing apparatus receives and transmits serial data between itself and a central computer. The data from the computer includes stamp dispensing commands as well as supervisory commands in a predetermined serial data format. The stamp dispensin... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4652317 | Hand held labeler having an optical reader A hand held labeler having an optical reader attached thereto whereby an encoded article may be scanned to provide information to the labeler. The information may be used to set the print head of the labeler.... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4636963 | Control system for an automatic vending machine A control system for an automatic vending machine is adapted to set operating parameters such as the selling prices of various commodities. The system includes a microprocessor, associated memory, push-button switches, displays and a control program. For ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4603792 | Ticket issuing machine with product dispenser A ticket dispensing machine includes a stack support, posts and guide and the lowest ticket from the stack is moved by a striker plate actuated by a solenoid towards a pair of rollers the lower one being driven by motor which takes up the dispensing actio... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4600094 | Automatic vending machine with rotational dispensing function Identical products are stored in a plurality of columns. Dispensing product numbers of the respective columns are calculated in accordance with the numbers of products stored in the respective columns. The calculated dispensing product numbers are set in ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4584047 | Hand-held labeler having improved web position sensing and print head control A hand-held labeler, particularly a labeler employing a thermographic print head, utilizes improved control circuitry for accurately sensing the position of the web and controlling the operation of the print head in order accurately to control the positio... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4578138 | Hand-held labeler having adjustable web positioning system A web positioning system, particularly usable for use in a hand-held labeler employing a thermographic print head, utilizes a circular indexing member having a plurality of position defining indices for providing indications representative of the position... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4506800 | Machine for vending articles such as newspapers, magazines and the like A machine for vending flat articles, such as newspapers, magazines and the like comprises an enclosed cabinet having a merchandise storage magazine with an inclined bottom wall and an inclined outlet chute substantially aligned with the magazine bottom wa... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4412292 | System for the remote monitoring of vending machines A system for the remote monitoring of vending machines and for automatically communicating conditions at the vending machines to a central computer complex is described. Each vending machine is provided with a microprocessor which monitors and stores data... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4342384 | Medal reminant slot machine games Coin ruminant slot machine games comprising a plurality of slot machines, back feeders, blockaders and a belt conveyer, the slot machines being respectively coupled with the back feeders, the back feeders being respectively coupled with the blockaders, th... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4221376 | Document cartridge and mounting apparatus A portable cartridge and mounting apparatus includes, within the cartridge, a document separator, a stack follower, a double document restraint, and a three position lock and latch mechanism for selectively locking the cartridge cover and the issue slot. ... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4094129 | Counting and filling apparatus for tablets, dragees or similar elements A counting and filling apparatus for tablets, dragees, or similar elements comprises a plurality of counting bars arranged parallel and closely adjacent each other and each formed with a plurality of cutouts therethrough, spaced from each other in the lon... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4094439 | Article apportioning apparatus having a rotatable drum An apparatus for handling a multiplicity of like bodies such as pills or tablets has a drum rotatable in a housing about a horizontal axis and formed with a multiplicity of throughgoing holes constituting body-receiving pockets. A pair of axially spaced e... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4039785 | Computer controlled article handling system An article handling system including means for moving articles from one position to another and including computer means for controlling a plurality of functions of said article handling means including unalterable memory devices for controlling some of t... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4025758 | Automatic money-issuing apparatus An automatic money-issuing system adapted to automatically issue bank notes and a necessary amount of money of predetermined denominations with the aid of a tape information input or a manual input, which comprises a device adapted to indicate an amount o... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4010868 | Apparatus for the automatic issuance and return of keys A plurality of keys are movably suspended on a support in successive orientation one behind the other. The leading key engages a dispensing device which normally prevents the discharge of the keys from the support but which is actuable on command to selec... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3999681 | Rotary cash drawer operating mechanism Mechanism for operating a rotary cash drawer provided in an automatic banking unit. The cash drawer is movable between "home", "open", and "dump" positions for receiving paper money at the "home" position to be delivered at the "open" position, for accept... | 12/28/1976 |
