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 |
| 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 |
| 7017777 | Automated vending machine An automated vending machine is adapted to vend vacation-related goods. The vending machine is constructed as an enlarged reproduction of a conventional traffic control signal. The vending machine includes a rectangular enclosure in which is housed a storage and ven... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6845880 | Dispensing container for symmetrical articles A container for holding and dispensing articles such as beverage cans and bottles wherein a first set of said articles are laid horizontally in a row over a slanted floor, and are retained therein by a vertically movable plate resting upon said row. A barrier projec... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6352174 | Carton dispensing machine A dispensing machine is used to dispense rectangularly shaped containers including milk cartons and the like, preferably of a size ranging from approximately one-half liter to approximately two liters or even larger. The machine can be used to dispense va... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6176392 | 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 als... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6149031 | Beverage dispensing machine and method of operation thereof A dispensing machine is used to disperse plastic water bottles and the like, preferably of a size ranging from approximately one liter to approximately two liters or even larger. The machine can be used to dispense other products in containers as long as ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5415318 | Continuous fastener feed system A staple feed system utilizing an inclined staple feed ramp for axial loading of staples into a staple gun under the influence of gravity. The inclined feed ramp includes an inclined upper linear portion, an upwardly curving arcuate central portion, and a... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5402911 | Reconfigurable article dispenser A multi-station article dispensing apparatus for use in a "merchandiser" game of skill or chance has a plurality of delivery/display stations juxtaposed along an axle. Each station includes a cradle wheel rotating freely about the axle and loaded from a g... | 04/04/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5351854 | Package dispensing device An apparatus for dispensing uniformly sized packages is disclosed. The apparatus includes a storage portion having consecutive slots for storing uniformly sized packages vertically within each slot. The packages fall from the slots into a dispensing porti... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5344007 | Resealable package comprising a container and wet absorbent sheet material with interposed liquid barrier layer The invention is a resealable package comprising a liquid and gas impermeable container with a resealable opening and a stack of wetted fibrous absorbent materials and particularly wet fibrous sheet material having interposed between the sheets of wetted ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5080256 | Slant shelf magazine for automatic vending machines A slant-shelf magazine for an automatic, coin controlled, vending machine adapted to dispense cylindrical articles, such as canned or bottled beverages, which are stored and gravitationally fed from plural, parallel, horizontally inclined superposed stora... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4600120 | Magazine for dispensing cartridges into an automated analyzer A magazine is disclosed for dispensing generally cylindrical and elongated articles in a pre-determined order. The magazine comprises a series of shelves with a reciprocating ratcheting plate arranged perpendicular to the shelves. The ratching plate has s... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4540107 | Firewood storing and dispensing apparatus A firewood log storing and dispensing apparatus including a furniture-type cabinet housing having an upright log storage compartment in which logs are vertically stacked, a log delivery opening at the lower end of the compartment of a predetermined size a... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4508238 | Newspaper vending machine A single copy newspaper vending machine which dispenses one newspaper copy each time proper coins are deposited. Newspapers are stacked on a tray which is urged upwardly toward a ski device that rides on the newspaper stack. The ski device can be pulled f... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4401235 | Reciprocating drawer type package vending machine for dispensing vertical banks of packages The invention concerns a vending machine, e.g. of the coin-freed type, having a package-dispensing drawer (11) reciprocatable between a locked, retracted position and an open, extended dispensing position. The drawer length and the machine casing or frame... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4344445 | Apparatus for directly linking one or more cigarette making machines to one or more cigarette packing machines Disclosed herein is an apparatus for directly linking one or more cigarette making machines to one or more cigarette packing machines. A provision is made for one or more variable volume storage units for compensating production imbalances between the mac... | 08/17/1982 |
