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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146778 | Ball feeding device A ball feeding device includes a mounting seat with a driving device. The driving device includes a driving shaft defining an axis of rotation. A discharge hole is provided in a top plate of the mounting seat. An annular guiding wall is formed on the top plate and s... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7793796 | Hair accessories storage and dispensing device A device for storing and dispensing hair accessories having a cylinder with a plurality of compartments formed by the cylinder and elongated, curved elements attached to the cylinder. The curved element extend beyond the bottom of the cylinder and sit on a base with... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7410077 | Storage container and dispenser for rolled web products A container is disclosed for storage and dispensing of web roll products such as gift wrap. The container includes an elongated housing. A cylindrical barrel assembly is rotatably supported within the housing, and includes a plurality of roll storage cavities each h... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7383965 | Blood-collection tube preparation device In the blood-sampling-tube preparation device according to the present invention, the each blood-sampling-tube containing section is provided with a number of compartments along a periphery thereof, in which the blood-sampling-tubes are contained one by one in a lay... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7344050 | Transport means for a product distribution installation A distribution installation for products (11) arranged in compartments (10, 10′) with transport means (13) for transferring the products (11) from said compartments (10, 10′) to a dispensing hatch (5). Said transport mea... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7246554 | Baking oven charging arrangement and baking system comprising such charging arrangement and baking oven A charging arrangement for a baking oven (8) is provided with a supply arrangement (9) for dough pieces (4) and a lifting and delivery device (34) for the dough pieces (4). The supply arrangement (9) is provided with a charg... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7232041 | Battery dispenser and refill A battery dispenser and a refill for a battery dispenser are provided. In one embodiment the battery dispenser includes a housing that has an opening, a landing, and a push element capable of advancing batteries from inside the housing to the landing external to the... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7182219 | Vending machine for dispensing items in small packages A coin-operated vending machine includes a magazine which stores small boxes or packages of items one on top of the next in columns or stacks arranged in a circumferential row thereof and a dispensing mechanism operable to effectively dispenses such small boxes or p... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7131554 | Tablet feeder A tablet feed having a drive transmission composed of a drive gear 7 that is interlocked with the rotating shaft of a motor 6, a driven gear 13 that is interlocked with a rotor 9, and an intermediate gear 14 made up of a first gear section 15 that gears with the dri... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7118007 | Automated Meds dispenser system An automated Meds dispenser system including a staging station for systematic loading of Meds into vials and an automated Meds dispenser for receiving and for subsequent distribution of Meds containing vials at multiple times over a period of multiple days. User fri... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6941855 | Extraction device with built-in capsule loading system The invention relates to a device for feeding capsules containing a substance to be extracted in an extraction system under pressure for the preparation of a drink. The device includes a supply of capsules arranged in several series, and a mechanism for individually... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6712688 | Coin changer A series of staggered, overlapping coin carousels with coin stalls that receive coins, drive motors that operate to rotate the carousels and position the coin stalls so that the coins can be transferred between the carousels, and coin transfer mechanisms with gates ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6592116 | Apparatus for handling blanks, in particular revenue stamps for cigarette packs Apparatus for supplying and transferring blanks, in particular revenue stamps, to (cigarette) packs a supply of blanks being stored in at least one upright magazine shaft from which the blanks are removed individually on the underside. In order to increas... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6520374 | Curvy slide delivery chute in a machine for vending products A curvy slide delivery chute for use in a machine for vending products includes an elongated body having a central hole formed therein, a pair of recessed channels formed in the body and provided in a wavy longitudinal configuration in the body on opposit... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6427865 | Automatic pill dispenser A device and method for dispensing pills or vitamins is disclosed which includes a rotatable chamber within a housing. The chamber contains multiple slots for storing the pills or vitamins, and the housing has at least one dispensing hole so that pills wi... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6068158 | Pill distributor An automatic medication distributor including a hopper of general cylindrical shape, having boxes open transversally near the periphery of the hopper; a fixed base adapted to be associated to the hopper and provided, transversally and at a predetermined l... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5908428 | Stitching devices for heart valve replacement surgery There are provided surgical suturing apparatus or stitching devices particularly suited for use in suturing artificial heart valves to heart tissue during heart valve replacement surgery. The disclosed apparatus include a stationary jaw oriented at a pred... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5662281 | Medical waste disposal device An apparatus for destroying medical waste material is provided including a transportable container member, a processor having rotatably driven roller members for breaking the medical waste materials into smaller particles, a removable receptacle for conta... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5577633 | Feeding nuts to a nut runner A nut feeding method and apparatus for an automatic assembly machine includes a carrousel for carrying a large supply of nuts on vertical feed rods hanging from a rotating head from which the nuts can be fed to a nut runner. A shaft projects on an axis of... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5551596 | Parts feeding apparatus for selectively feeding parts of different types A parts feeding apparatus includes a plurality of cassettes respectively holding therein rows of parts of different types and removably attached to a plurality of parts supply openings arranged at predetermined angular intervals along the peripheral edge ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5522310 | Apparatus for heating and dispensing food A completely automatic, fully self-contained vending machine of standard size which may be operated so that a packaged (boxed) dough-based food product such as a pizza can be withdrawn from a freezer for storing the food product, and delivered to a microw... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5503300 | Vending machine including refrigeration and oven compartments A vending machine includes a refrigeration compartment, an oven compartment, structure for transferring a food product from the refrigeration compartment to the oven compartment, and structure for transferring the food product from the oven compartment to... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5478345 | Mechanism for endoscopic suturing device A loading unit is disclosed for supplying multiple surgical needles or surgical incision members and associated lengths of suture material for positioning the needle or surgical incision member within the jaws of a surgical suturing apparatus. The loading... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5445641 | Storage and dispensing device for osteosynthetic fixation elements The device for dispensing of bone screws (1) comprises a drum device (3) that can be rotated around its axis (2), with several holes (4) serving as storage chambers for bone screws (1) or other osteosynthesis fixation elements, arranged peripherally and p... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5441165 | Autonomous controlled drug dispensing system A stand-alone drug dispensing system suitable for a nursing station at a health care facility is described. A microprocessor controlled secure system makes it particularly suitable for dispensing narcotics and other controlled substances. The system compr... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5261564 | Drum-type vending machine A drum-type vending machine for vending articles, particularly snack-size candy, comprises a housing, a rotary drum mounted within the housing for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the drum, the drum including a plurality of vertical bins for holding ... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5253782 | Article dispensing apparatus An article dispensing apparatus which comprises a frame having a protective housing mounted thereon and a rotatable turret having a plurality of vertical channels circumferentially arranged about the axis of the turret, each channel holding a stack of art... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5242080 | Apparatus for temporarily storing articles and for a new delivering same The invention relates to an apparatus for forming a buffer store of articles, including stackable or restable articles such as cups, plate-or disc-shaped objects, or covers. The apparatus includes supply means for feeding the articles, at least one storag... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5222625 | Parts feeding and loading apparatus A parts loading apparatus comprising a turret structure having one or more passages therethrough for receiving and holding a row of parts to be fed therefrom one at a time, the plurality of such passages being arranged at angularly spaced locations around... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5207899 | Rotating bacterial tablet dispenser for an underground wastewater denitrification system Bacteria in tablet form is introduced into a home sewage treatment system. The system uses ground temperature to promote bacteria activity to aid in sewage denitrification. The tablets are periodically dispensed with a power-driven dispenser that periodic... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5176285 | Pill dispensing apparatus An automatic pill dispensing apparatus is provided having a plurality of cartridges mounted on a common rotatable shaft within a housing. Each cartridge has a plurality of compartments disposed about its periphery for containing medication to be dispensed... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5172828 | Cup dispenser A cup dispenser for dispensing cups from a stack of nested cups each of which has a rim wherein the stack being dispensed is held up in dispensing position in a dispensing opening, the lowermost cup of the stack being released to drop down and the next cu... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5161303 | Captive nut insertion tool An insertion tool to be interfaced with a turret-type punch press, or the like, to insert fasteners, such as captive or clinch nuts, into holes in a sheet metal workpiece. The tool includes a canister assembly having a plurality of guide rods on which the... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5152422 | Medication dispenser A dispenser for dispensing predetermined pills in sequential order has a base with a cylindrical housing removably mounted on the base and has a pill container dispenser opening in the cylindrical housing. A pill container magazine is rotatably mounted in... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5080257 | Apparatus for automatically dispensing cones and the like, destined to contain ice cream An apparatus for automatically dispensing cones and the like, contained in piled-up condition and in upside-down position inside a plurality of container tubes. A carrousel revolves stepwise over a plane above which the cones rest and slide. A pair of sta... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4978032 | Method and apparatus for dispensing cups and vending machines for beverages An apparatus is described for dispensing the bottom cup from a selected stack of cups utilizing a rotatable carriage for supporting a plurality of stacks of cups arranged along the rotary path of the carriage. As the carriage rotates a stack is selected f... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4883161 | Apparatus for the form-stabilizing storage of packs A (drying) turret (27) is used for the form-stablizing storage of cuboid packs with folding tabs connected by means of glue spots, and a plurality of pivotably mounted storage pockets (29), each intended for receiving a multiplicity of packs (20), is arra... | 11/28/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4656007 | Programmable automatic means for the deposition in a precise position of a minute, precise quantity of liquid on an analytical support Programmable automatic means for the depositing in a precise position on an analytical support of a precise, minute liquid quantity. It comprises a main support provided with displacement means, a piston syringe mounted on the main support, a distributor ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4412631 | Carousel card dispenser A dispenser for the controlled one at a time dispensing of a magnetic card to an operator who inserts the card into a magnetic card reader for entry of an active number in an "Electronic Point of Sale" advertising medium reaching a predetermined captive a... | 11/01/1983 |
