Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6857455 | Continuous strip bag feeder and loader with integrated printer assembly A continuous strip bag feeder and loader that includes an integrated printer assembly for printing information on each individual bag of the continuous strip. The printer assembly is mounted to a support frame and receives a continuous strip of bags from a feed asse... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6688346 | Continuous strip bag feeder and loader with integrated printer assembly A continuous strip bag feeder and loader that includes an integrated printer assembly for printing information on each individual bag of the continuous strip. The printer assembly is mounted to a support frame and receives a continuous strip of bags from ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6648025 | Beverage dispense Apparatus for dispensing beverage, such as beer, which forms a head, comprises a rotatable table on which a drinking vessel is supported, and a nozzle which is arranged to direct a stream of beverage against the side of the vessel as it rotates. This prov... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6397904 | Cup type automatic vending machine A link (20) is moved to a perpendicular (upper) direction based on a driving force F and a pin (22) provided on a link (16A) is moved along a guide groove (23) to a position shown in FIG. 5. Since the link (16A) is pivotally connected to a supporting unit... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6347650 | Device and method for dispensing particulate material The resin dispenser comprises a support frame, a probe with an adjustable loading volume mounted on the support frame and connected to a vacuum source, a hopper for containing a resin slurry, a holder for retaining one or more containers to be loaded at a... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6135169 | Automatic cupped drinks dispenser The dispenser comprises a plurality of delivery stations (20a-20b, 30) for the constituent substances of the drink, a delivery station (40) for empty cups, a location (10) for release of the drink to the user, and an automatic control unit which automatic... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5971038 | Process and device for checking the tablet parameters A process for checking the tablet parameters weight, height and hardness by weighing and measurement, and to a device for carrying out the process as an individual device and preferably as a rotary tabletting press for permanently complying with preset ta... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5855233 | Pulverulent substance dispensing device for capsule filling machines The dispensing device comprises a powder feeding container (1), an intermittently rotating body (7) provided with a circular channel (6) which receives the powder from the container (1) and is provided in its base with groups (X) of holes (9, 9A) alternat... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5799713 | Apparatus for storing separating and filling coffee filters An apparatus for storing both coffee and nested stacks of cup-shaped coffee filters, and then automatically filling individual filters with selected amounts of coffee. Through a series of gears, an electric motor rotates an elastic projection against the ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5573048 | Liquid filling device and method Filling apparatus and method of operation are provided for rapid, selectively controlled filling of flexible, plastic, webbed containers with a liquid. The apparatus includes a cutter which separates the lead container from the web whereupon a shuttle del... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5400837 | Multi-station filling apparatus and process for filling bulk containers A multi-station filling apparatus and process for filling bulk containers while simultaneously enabling the deployment and staging of at least one empty container while at least one other container is being filled. The apparatus includes a container filli... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5341858 | Apparatus and process for transferring products Articles are transferred by an apparatus having a hollowed frame lacking a continuous peripheral wall in which a guide is positioned for slidably containing an open-topped bowl. A hopper connected with a holding plate is positioned within the frame to rec... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5308593 | Preparation device for photographic liquid to be applied The present invention relates to a device for preparing a photographic liquid which is to be applied in the manufacture of a photographic photosensitive material wherein multiple layers of photographic liquids are applied simultaneously. The present inven... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5121595 | Balloon inflating machine A gas operated balloon inflating machine for inflating balloons of the kind having a body and a filling neck terminated in a beaded edge. The apparatus includes a gas operated releasable clamping device to secure the beaded edge of the balloon between a s... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5016428 | Inflating apparatus and method Inflating apparatus and method disclosed has a base preferably mounted on the side of a gas-filled tank and located approximately at or below waist level. A balloon is mounted on a mounting sleeve on the base. The balloon is mounted so that an end section... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4809881 | Bin dispensing machine A machine which supports a stack of bins adapted to store small objects prior to shipment. The machine includes an elevator which acts in conjunction with the bin retainers and a programmable controller to remove one bin from the stack and lower it into a... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4807780 | Vending machine for beverage A vending machine for dispensing cups comprising a rotatable turret magazine for supporting a plurality of upright columns of cups. A pair of part-circular guide surfaces engage the bottom surface of the lowermost cup in each column, the guide surfaces ri... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4478261 | Apparatus for filling artificial insemination straws with semen Small, compact and portable semen straw filling devices are hand operated by a single person. A single turn of the handle advances a straw for filling and renders the straw removable by a handheld syringe with which an operator may guide the straw into an... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4399845 | Dispensing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for dispensing plastic material from an extruder into a container; "plastic material" being a material sufficiently viscous to enable dispensation by severing, for example ice-cream, grease, margine or the like. The plastic material... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4172480 | Product feed apparatus A product feed apparatus for transferring a plurality of products such as cookies from a single holder to a corresponding plurality of transversely spaced apart conveyor lines. The apparatus includes a shuttle guide extending across the conveyor lines and... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4088161 | Balloon vending machine A balloon vending machine to accommodate inside a number of non-inflated balloons in advance and to offer the inflated balloons one by one upon demand. The non-inflated balloons are arranged inside in such a manner so that each balloon neck fitting with t... | 05/09/1978 |
