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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347007 | Low pressure high capacity dryer for resins and other granular and powdery materials A vacuum dryer and method for drying granular or powdery material including at least one canister for holding said material being movable among a series of locations including material heating and vacuum drying locations, means for moving said canister among said lo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334701 | Article storage magazine for an article handling device An article handling apparatus having an article storage area (215) includes a movable storage structure (219). The movable storage structure (219) has a bin segment guidance structure to form a plurality of axially aligned article storage column... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7234247 | Low pressure dryer A low pressure dryer for granular or powdery material includes a plurality of canisters rotatable about a common vertical axis serially among material heating, vacuum drying and material inventory discharge positions; pneumatic piston-cylinder means for rotating the... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7150375 | Apparatus and method for storing slides in an angular arrangement An apparatus and method for storing slides in an angular, offset or fanning arrangement. The apparatus includes a base member and two support members. At least one of the base member, the first support member, and the second support member is arranged at an angle. W... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7128997 | Method and system for dispensing pelletized fuel for use with a fuel cell Representative embodiments provide for a fuel activation device including a fuel storage chamber configured to store a plurality of fuel pellets arranged as a stack. A fuel dispensing device is configured to transport a fuel pellet to a fuel activation chamber. A sp... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7066689 | Vacuum loading system Apparatus for providing granular material to a loading hopper preparatory to processing includes a receptacle receiving material prior to processing thereof by machinery supplied by the hopper with a top including a first valve for selectably connecting the receptac... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6902163 | Games and associated device and methods A word game includes displaying a first and a second letter from which players form an answer word. A winner is determined when an answer word conforming to an established rule set is submitted. A game-piece dispenser includes a base having two depressions in a top ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6431538 | Apparatus for removing sheets, one-by-one, from the top of a stack of sheets An apparatus for removing sheets, one-by-one, from the top of a stack utilizing a suction conveyor means disposed above the stack and provided with side-blowing means having first blowing nozzles which blow a first air flow directly against the side of th... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6170700 | Leaflet dispensing apparatus A leaflet dispensing apparatus having a main structural body on which is mounted a carousel including a plurality of magazine for storing leaflets and an intermediate chute for transferring the leaflets from the carousel to a dispensing wheel. The dispens... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6068159 | Dispensing machine for booklets or brochures A machine for dispensing publications one by one having (a) housing defining an enclosed interior; (b) having an exit opening for dispensing the publications; (c) a platform for receiving a stack of the publications, the platform being supported within th... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6006947 | Injection drug dispensing system An injection drug dispensing system which can quickly dispense injection drug includes a control unit and an injection drug dispenser of the type that requires drugs to be stored in order. The dispenser has a plurality of storage units each including a pl... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5569353 | Labelling machine and apparatus for the automatic loading of the main magazine of a labelling machine, and a supply magazine which can be used in such an apparatus A labelling machine has an apparatus for the automatic loading of the main magazine of a labelling machine with a label stack including of a number of individual labels. The label stack can be inserted from a supply magazine by means of a feed device into... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5397016 | Merchandizer for cigarette packages and the like A package merchandiser providing for front and rear stacks of packages resting on a common sloping surface, with a rotating gate positioned between the two stacks to prevent the rear stack to slide to the position of the front stack while packages remain ... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5339983 | Dual pawl spool feeder A dual pawl, feed mechanism for feeding a strip of fasteners into an installation apparatus. The mechanism includes first and second pawls which are connected together and reciprocate in horizontal synchronism. The dual pawls enable a second strip of fast... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5044517 | Automatic vending machine having cup dispenser with auxiliary cup loading rack and control circuit therefor The invention is directed to a cup dispenser having an auxiliary cup loading rack for an automatic vending machine. A control circuit enables selective feeding of different drink cup types from said auxiliary loading rack. The disclosed invention is capab... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4949526 | Lid dispenser for an automated drinkmaker system An automatic lid dispensing and applicator arrangement for an automated drinkmaker machine. The lidding arrangement automatically separates lids from a stack of lids and applies the separated lids onto cups. A large supply of lids is maintained in a rotat... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4662624 | Apparatus for maintaining a sufficient stock of blanks for a packaging machine To maintain a sufficient stock of blanks (10) in packaging machines, especially for hinge-lid packs to receive cigarettes, there is a magazine (11) with a plurality of magazine shafts (13, 14, 15), from which a stock of blanks (16) is extracted successive... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4653665 | Connector cassette and feed system Electrical connectors are slidably received in side-by-side serial array in elongated, hollow tubular cassettes. The cassettes are shaped to receive the connectors only in a single orientation, and protect terminals which partly extend from the connector ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4618073 | Cup dispensing apparatus A cup dispenser for housing a plurality of stacks of nested cups in side-by-side relationship and including a dispensing device to sequentially dispense cups from one of the stacks in a dispensing column. A pair of helical feed coils are provided to advan... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4564123 | Magazine driving device in paper tube releasing apparatus A paper tube supply apparatus to an automatic winder. A paper tube releasing apparatus comprises a paper tube releasing section, a paper tube stock section, and a magazine driver section. The magazine driving device of the present invention includes a pap... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4558802 | Carousel type dispenser A cap dispenser includes a carousel cap magazine holding a number of cap stacks and a cap delivery assembly for dispensing individual caps on demand. A drive assembly actuates the cap delivery assembly to dispense a cap and indexes the magazine when a low... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4278185 | Double ten cigarette dispenser A cigarette dispenser for placement on top of an automobile dashboard, and including a frame in which a cigarette case is slidable; the case containing two rows of cigarettes, one above the other, and each row containing ten cigarettes; the case having tw... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4187969 | Fixed stapler head An apparatus in which a stack of sheets is brought into contact with the clamping surface of a fixed stapler head. After the stack is secured against the clamping surface, a staple is driven therethrough.... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4000709 | Carousel can end feed unit An improved carousel-type can end infeed unit is provided. Can end stacks are supported within carrier members and are indexed to a position adjacent a transfer station for ejectment into a processing unit intake. The carrier members are attached to upper... | 01/04/1977 |
