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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7857161 | Random access and random load dispensing unit The present invention provides a random access and random load dispensing unit including a housing, at least one support located in the housing and defining a first axis, a plurality of platforms movable along the support along the first axis, a plurality of bins su... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7441388 | Automated device for packaging food An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7364052 | Unit for feeding cigarettes to a packer machine A unit for feeding cigarettes to a packer machine is equipped with a hopper containing a mass of cigarettes and a device serving to compensate the depletion of the mass as groups of cigarettes are removed from the hopper and directed into a plurality of boxes carrie... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356980 | Automated method for packaging food An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349858 | Method of dispensing and tracking the giving of medical items to patients A method of tracking and dispensing the dispense of medical items for use by patients associated with a health care institution, includes storing in a data store in connection with a computer, data representative of patients and medical items prescribed for the pati... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7289880 | Micro-processor programmable and selectable vending options and control A vending machine employing an electronic control unit which may be easily programmed initially with predefined angles of a cradle corresponding to existing products or vended items. The control unit has the option of setting custom vending angles with a new, previo... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289879 | Pill dispensing system A pill dispensing system includes a shelving unit in array form that holds a number of bulk containers, each holding a bulk amount of a pill to be dispensed. A computer controlled robot removes a selected bulk container and places it on a counter that also dispenses... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7260447 | Parenteral products automation system (PPAS) An integrated, automated system concerning pharmaceutical products is provided. The system comprises an input queue, a dispensing apparatus comprising a robot device and a number of stations from which the robot device works, and an inspection station. A computer in... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7234911 | Method and machine for separating profiled elements A method and machine separates profiled elements from a plurality of profiled elements. The machine includes a structure having opposed first and second ends and opposed sides, the structure receiving profiled elements extending between the first and second ends. A ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234609 | Article dispensing system and method for same An article dispensing machine and article transport storage unit are shown that permit articles slated for inventory to be delivered in secure manner from a centralized inventory supply center to an article dispensing machine forming part of an article distribution ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228200 | Apparatus, system and methods for dispensing products Products are dispensed from a dispensing apparatus in which products marked with transaction information are received in a chain of bins. In response to control information synthesized from transaction information on the products in the bins and a dispense request, ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226271 | Apparatus and method for feeding plates The present invention is directed to a plate feeder and a method of supplying plates. The plate feeder supplies plates on an as-needed basis and includes a holding structure for holding a plate. A proximity sensor detects whether a plate is held by the holding struc... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210598 | Authomated pill-dispensing apparatus An under-counter portable automatic pill-dispensing apparatus includes a double array of storage units for storing pills in bulk, a retriever between the two arrays for retrieving selected storage units, and a pill-dispensing module for unloading pills into a vial. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7185476 | Automated solid pharmaceutical product packaging machine A fully automated pharmaceutical product packaging machine is capable of selectively depositing one or more different solid pharmaceutical products into an individual cavity for each of a plurality of individual patient product package cavities. The system employs a... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7172116 | Automatic dispensing machine of cards and card like goods Dispensing more than one card or card like good is prevented to prevent issuing a duplicate with an automatic dispensing machine of card or card like good having a table which supports the piled up card or card like good. A sucking device is located over the table a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7104394 | Conveying apparatus with piezoelectric driver A conveying apparatus comprises an elongated conveying bed which includes a proximal end and a distal end. A support structure for the conveying bed accommodates vibratory motion of a portion of the conveying bed extending from the proximal end a substantial distanc... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7048183 | RFID rag and method of user verification An identification tag (100) facilitates use of a secure computer system (300). The tag (100) is adapted to be worn on a user's wrist and includes an identification and registration circuit (102) that includes an identification component (... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7013026 | Method and apparatus of automated optical container code recognition with positional identification for a transfer container crane A method and system providing a transfer container crane with container code recognition of a container identified by a container code to a container inventory management system is disclosed. The system and method are capable of performing these tasks without the us... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004306 | Conveying apparatus with piezoelectric driver A conveying apparatus comprises an elongated conveying bed which includes a proximal end and a distal end. A support structure for the conveying bed accommodates vibratory motion of a portion of the conveying bed extending from the proximal end a substantial distanc... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6971541 | System and method for dispensing prescriptions An automated method for dispensing pharmaceuticals particularly tablets and capsules, and other small discrete objects, includes: receiving prescription information, selecting a container, labeling the container, dispensing the tablets or capsules into the labeled c... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6957483 | Self-diagnosing pierce nut installation apparatus A self-diagnosing pierce nut installation apparatus including an installation head attached to an upper die member of a die press having a reciprocating plunger driving a pierce nut against a panel, piercing a slug from the panel upon closing of the press and a rod ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6945427 | Self-learning depth logic for multi-depth vendor control The disclosed invention is a dispensing apparatus and method for dispensing product from a vending machine. The invention employs a product vend detector to sense when products are dispensed. A controller compares the occurrences of products actually dispensed to th... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6748991 | Feeder for surface mounting device A feeder for the surface mounting device is disclosed. The feeder includes a feeding unit being installed at one side of a main frame, having a plurality of armature coils and a circular permanent magnetic unit facing the plurality of armature coils to generate a ro... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6742671 | Integrated automated drug dispenser method and apparatus A system is provided for automatically dispensing prescriptions according to a patient's order. The system includes at least one line of machines that can automatically fill a patient's prescription order with countable oral solid medication under the control of an ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6732884 | Bulk medication dispenser and monitoring device A medication dispensing system comprising an on-site medication dispensing unit and a central monitoring facility. The on-site medication dispensing unit holds bulk amounts of medication in a plurality of separate receptacles from which it selects a desired medicati... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6466830 | Apparatus and method for producing electronic messages in a vending terminal An interactive internet photo terminal for composing an electronic self-image photo message utilizing a "live" image background of the terminal's location. The photo terminal includes a cash and credit receiving device, video camera and message compositio... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6370841 | Automated method for dispensing bulk medications with a machine-readable code An improved automated method for dispensing bulk medications with machine-readable code. The method includes dispensing oral solid and liquid unit-of-use medications in unit dosage amounts. The medications are dispensed with machine-readable information w... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6354783 | Medication-handling system for use in loading medication carts The system includes a medication-receiving assembly which collects medications automatically dispensed from storage assemblies therefor and a transport assembly for moving the collected medications to a loading assembly, wherein the loading assembly is ar... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6230927 | Automatic drug dispenser Automatic drug dispenser for automatically dispensing at least one prepacked drug. The dispenser comprises at least one cartridge which, in use, is filled with prepacked drugs, wherein the drugs are each provided with a drug identification code and the ca... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6112502 | Restocking method for medical item dispensing system A system for monitoring and dispensing medical items which are dispensed for administration to patients includes a data terminal (76, 338, 538) which is connected through a network (82, 328, 536) to at least one computer (84, 324, 532) having a processor ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5964374 | Method of supplying drug ampules to an ampule feeders of ampule dispenser A method of supplying ampules, stored in a container, to any of a plurality of feeders of an ampule dispenser which has run out or is short of ampules in stock. The ampules are supplied only after confirming that the ampules in the storage container are t... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5852911 | Tablet dispenser A tablet dispenser having a control unit which can eliminate the possibility of erroneously putting tablets in a wrong tablet storage space. The tablet dispenser has a tablet storage unit and a packing unit. Tablets designated by drug information are drop... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5722466 | Cable tie installation tool An automatic cable tie installation tool that conveys the cable tie by pressurized air includes a pressure differential sensing mechanism constructed so as to identify blockages in the transfer tube to prevent subsequent propulsion of the next cable tie i... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5449090 | Label dispenser The invention provides a label dispenser for separating adhesive backed labels from their backing paper and method of operating the same. The label dispenser comprises a base, and a body attached to a top surface of the base and having a motor housing por... | 09/12/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5195236 | Weight-inserting mechanism for brake disc rotor-balancing machine For machine used to balance disk brake rotors having radial walls defining tapered recesses by inserting tapered weights into selected recesses, a magazine holds a stack comprised of a controlled number of the weights and permits the weights to exit indiv... | 03/23/1993 |
| 4840290 | Bulk loaded coin dispensing machine A coin exchanging machine has a coin case disposed at the bottom of a casing for accommodating a plurality of coin bundles, a coin pushing mechanism for pushing laterally a row of coin bundles piled up in the coin case, and a coin transferring mechanism f... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4775274 | Ring-shaped member supplying apparatus A ring-shaped member supplying apparatus including a storage section for storing a large number of flexible ring-shaped members stacked in layers and supporting the ring-shaped members so that the lowermost one of the stacked ring-shaped members is held b... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4722058 | Control system for a vending machine using article freshness data A control system for a vending machine having a plurality of article storage bins mounted on a circulatory moving member includes discriminating devices associated respectively with the article storage bins for identifying the kinds of the articles stored... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4602711 | Apparatus for feeding cylindrical workpieces to a workplace A device for feeding cylindrical components such as diodes, resistors or capacitors includes a buffer container for receiving components from a storage container, a horizontal exit track at the bottom of the buffer container, a delivery container for rece... | 07/29/1986 |
