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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7258247 | Automated condiment dispensing system An automated system for dispensing condiment packets includes a magazine for storing a stack of condiment packets and a dispenser for metering out those condiment packets. Multiple magazines and dispensers can be combined in a single condiment delivery assembly, the... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7182218 | Pill dispenser The present invention is a pill dispenser and organizer to provide easy access and clear organization of various pills to be consumed daily. The dispenser can hold pills in 12 compartments (4 rows of 3 columns each) or 28 compartments (4 rows of 7 columns each). In ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7128239 | Apparatus and method for vending products having various dimensions A method and apparatus for vending products, and particularly beverage containers, of varied sizes, shapes and configurations. The products to be vended are aligned in selectable ordered queues within a vending machine that can include a transparent front panel. A c... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6966455 | Apparatus and method for vending products having various dimensions An improved method and apparatus for vending products, and particularly beverage containers, of varied sizes, shapes and configurations are disclosed. The products to be vended are aligned in selectable ordered queues within a vending machine that can include a tran... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6814257 | Delivery device for cassettes and/or specimen slides for histological preparations in a printing system A delivery device (5) for cassettes and/or specimen slides for histological preparations in a printing system (11) is described. The cassettes and/or specimen slides are in each case arranged one above another in stack magazines (6), a control d... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6405674 | Cabinet for feed products An automated cabinet for feed products comprises a closable cabinet having two compartments, wherein one expansive compartment contains a plurality of animal feed supporting shelves which pivot downward sequentially from one hinged end at timed intervals ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6241237 | Automatic document feeding method and apparatus and duplexing document scanning device using same A method and apparatus for picking the top or the bottom sheet, as desired from a stack of sheets of documents to be scanned using opposed rollers or other members which apply differing amounts of frictional force to opposite faces of the sheet to be pick... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6076670 | Tooth brush tray with canopy A product display dispenser in which products are loaded in a tray and brought forward by a spring pusher to the dispensing position one-by-one as the forwardmost product is lifted from the dispenser. A canopy overlies the products and prevents the upward... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5791516 | Apparatus and method for dispensing items from a vending machine A dispensing apparatus and method for vending machines includes in one embodiment vertical vending from one or more columns. Each column is defined by two walls. A triggering mechanism at the bottom of the column is actuated by the rotation of a rod from ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5732852 | Vending machine A vending machine (10) is comprised of a platform assembly (110) encased by a transparent envelope (150) and supported by a anti-pilfering base (80) received within a housing (20). The platform assembly (110) includes a plurality of platforms (142) dispos... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5100019 | Feed assembly A pair of superposed inclined feed tracks have slots along their upper and lower walls respectively. Elongate gates with inturned tips are disposed along the tracks and pivoted intermediate their ends on pins. A yoke having an axis intermediate the two pi... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4991740 | Vending machine This vending machine includes a housing frame (12) subdivided into vertical columns (1-8) adapted to receive cylindrical articles (C). Elongate, rotatable support members (60) are provided below each column for supporting the column of articles, which ten... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4782979 | Apparatus for dispensing a succession of conical objects A device for dispensing conical objects to form a stream of generally horizontal side-by-side conical objects with alternate conical objects having one orientation and intervening conical objects having the reversed orientation. The stacks having a first ... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4584744 | Apparatus for assembling and forming parts An assembly machine is disclosed in which a slug of one metal is inserted and staked in a cup formed of another metal. During the staking operation, the shape of the slug and the cup is altered by forming loads thereon. Cups are fed to an assembly positio... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4469242 | Delivery mechanism for a vending machine A vending apparatus is disclosed which is adjustable for delivering products of different sizes and shapes and which is particularly suited for easy field conversion or changeover for a desired product delivery. The vending apparatus includes a plurality ... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4429807 | Adjustable dispensing mechanism for vending machine A helical carrier mechanism for dispensing bottles and cans from a vending machine has adjustable and removable carriers, to permit facile conversion, preferably between two- and three-deep alternative modes of operation. The mechanism may employ cam memb... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4426016 | Convertible dispensing mechanism for vending machine A helical carrier mechanism for dispensing bottles and cans from a vending machine has at least one carrier which can be rendered inoperative and non-interfering, such as by removal, to permit facile conversion between two- and three-deep alternative mode... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4335832 | Cross link mechanism for staggered stack vending machine An apparatus for dispensing articles such as cans from adjacent staggered stacks thereof in a bin with the adjacent stacks having two corresponding columns of cans, a releasable support member for each column movable from an article support to an article ... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4033477 | Dispensing apparatus having product access door sequential control mechanism A product dispensing machine of the type having conveyor means for moving successive product carriers, each divided into a plurality of separate product carrying compartments, into registry with a product dispensing zone, including separately shiftable ac... | 07/05/1977 |
