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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7287669 | Article transfer device An article transfer device which transfers articles using hanger rods each of which includes helical ridges or helical grooves, wherein the article transfer device can ensure the sufficient number of articles to be suspended even when a depth of a housing is narrowe... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7222749 | Clear door vending machine Vending machine product is moved by an “X-Y mechanism” having two stationary electronically controlled drive “motors,” which drive tension elements that position horizontally and vertically sliding components. A separation and selection system uses a “rota... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7121427 | Fork based transport storage system for pharmaceutical unit of use dispenser A medicament storage and dispensing system (10) operable for storing and dispensing products (12) such as pre-packaged pharmaceutical boxes and/or bottles and broadly includes a cabinet (14); a plurality of product shelves (16) mounted wi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6929179 | Automated fee collection and parking ticket dispensing machine An automated fee collection and ticket dispensing machine is disclosed that is capable of operating under a variety of operating modes. The machine permits users to purchase a variety of passes. The disclosed machine includes printers to produce receipts or passes f... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6575454 | High capacity document sheet processor A high capacity document sheet processor combines significant speed and efficiency enhancing improvements in existing approaches to stack feeding particularly in the stack loading, feeding and singulating functions with novel operational arrangements adap... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6199722 | Article providing apparatus capable of being installed in a smaller site In an article providing apparatus, a storage rack (11) has at a front face thereof a loading portion for loading articles into the storage rack. A conveying robot (12) is movable right and left along a rear face of the storage rack. Responsive to a comman... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6170701 | Pack holder for postcards and envelopes Disclosed is an paper feeding device or a pack holder capable of preventing noise or a misfeeding when printing envelopes or postcards. The pack holder can be adjusted to feed standard size paper or postcards and envelopes. A sliding plate is used when fe... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5472116 | Apparatus for selecting and dispensing a service against payment Apparatus for dispensing a service against payment. Values of at least a first set of parameters are displayed for determining the service, and a single control member is adapted, firstly, to allow selection of the desired value for the parameter and, sec... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5337876 | Counter-top vending machine A vending machine has an outer housing with a hollow interior and a manual retrieval opening. At least one tray is removably supported by the housing inside the interior thereof. The tray has a plurality of storage bins, each bin being dimensioned for rec... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5097982 | Programmed medication dispenser apparatus Medication dispenser apparatus comprises a plurality of containers for holding different kinds of medications; an injector for selectively injecting medications from their responsive containers; a dispensing station for receiving the ejected medications; ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5096090 | Automatic distribution machine An automatic distribution machine includes a plurality of bin modules, each bin module being adapted to dispense packages onto a conveyor belt or the like. The bin modules are removable and interchangeable, thereby facilitating replacement if one fails. A... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4823984 | Container storage and dispensing apparatus and vending machine for dispensing refrigerated, unrefrigerated and/or heated foods A container storage and dispensing apparatus. The apparatus includes a housing for enclosing a storage and dispensing area, the housing having an access door for inserting the containers and having a first and a second exit door for dispensing the contain... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4349126 | Substrate dispensing apparatus Dispensing apparatus for dispensing articles such as thin substrates includes horizontally disposed shelves one above the other. Each shelf is divided into a plurality of lanes. Each lane includes at least one endless belt for moving a stack of upright su... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4017004 | Paper money dispensing apparatus Paper money such as bank notes of various denominations are dispensed by an apparatus having bank note storing cases including spaces which are adapted to store in a packed state sheets of the bank notes classified in accordance with the denominations, a ... | 04/12/1977 |
