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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7837060 | Portable sanitary dispenser assembly A standalone portable dispenser assembly for sanitary items includes a base portion that provides resistance to the dispenser assembly against being tipped from an upright condition, an extension portion extending upwardly from the base portion, an upper cover porti... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7424960 | Chip dispenser A chip dispenser for dispensing a plurality of poker chips has a base with upper and lower surfaces and an outer wall through which extend a plurality of slides. Extending upward of the base is a plurality of tubular members for retaining chips. The thickness of eac... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7264140 | System and method for dispensing pharmaceutical samples A system and method for dispensing pharmaceutical samples is provided. The system comprises a dispenser base, a lid, and a dispensing portion. The dispensing portion further comprises a window, finger cutouts, and a front section of a spring plate. The front section... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7185605 | Multi-tier collapsible feeder A multi-tier feeder which is comprised of a plurality of mesh feeder bodies stacked one upon the other in a collapsible fashion and which include even feed baffle plates positioned therein in a vertically spaced-apart relationship. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7128237 | 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... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7100795 | Adjustable rear spacer wall assembly for a vending machine A vending machine includes an adjustable channel assembly for varying the depth of a product stack area within the vending machine. Preferably two adjustable channel assemblies are mounted to a column wall to support a rear spacer wall that defines a back portion of... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6742674 | Snack dispenser A snack dispenser consists of a series of tiers stacked to resemble a wedding cake. Each tier includes a trough divided into slots. A snack may be placed into each slot. The front of each slot is transparent. The troughs or trays are mounted on a rotatable carousel.... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6536625 | Machine for vending products one at a time from lower ends of circular row of columns A machine and method for vending products perform the operational steps of storing a multiplicity of products in a plurality of vertical columns thereof that are organized in a circular row wherein the products in each vertical column are disposed one abo... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6427866 | Can food dispenser A vertically stored can dispenser having the capability to retain multiple size food cans and provide easy access to the various size can channels. The dispenser can be attached to a lazy susan rotary base or attached to a slide-out cabinet dispenser devi... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6401973 | Installation for packaging a product in containers closed with a stopper and dynamic storage device for stoppers usable therein An installation for the packaging of a product in containers closed with a stopper, including in particular a filling machine (1), a stopping machine (3) and, upstream of this, a device (6) for the dynamic storage of stoppers suitable to drive the stopper... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6302777 | Coin holder A coin holding apparatus includes a disk shaped casing and a locking ring. The casing defines three coin wells, each having upper and lower openings thereby having storage for six different coins in a compact casing. The locking ring rotates on the casing... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6234346 | Snack dispenser A snack dispenser consists of a series of tiers stacked to resemble a wedding cake. Each tier includes a trough divided into slots. A snack may be placed into each slot. The front of each slot is transparent. The troughs or trays are mounted on a rotatabl... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6086175 | Altar with vertically movable boxes An altar includes a cabinet body and a platform, which is located in front of the cabinet body and which has a flat top surface. The cabinet body has an interior chamber and several columns of compartments, each of which is open to the interior chamber an... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6026984 | Display carousel A device for displaying and dispensing articles above a horizontal surface includes a turntable for engaging the surface and supporting the device. A base is held above the turntable for rotation about a central vertical axis. A top is held above the base... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6021918 | Programmable dispenser for medication A central motor-driven disk is formed with a row of open-bottomed pill-receiving virtually contiguous tubes about its border. The disk is surrounded by a first and second ring also having rows of pill-receiving open-bottomed tubes, the tubes come in to re... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6012602 | Drug storage/discharge apparatus A drug storage/discharge apparatus which makes it possible to easily clean its drug discharge paths and to visually check if the guide paths have been cleaned sufficiently, and which does not require high dimensional and assembling accuracy for component ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5988431 | Disk vending machine A vending machine system is disclosed for vending computer storage media and specifically a computer floppy disk. The vending machine includes a housing having a disk carousel therein. The disk carousel holds a plurality of disks in a vertical position. U... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5868476 | Self-serve food product dispenser A compact self-service bagel dispenser which provides customers with a selection of a plurality of different groups of bagels, and a plurality of different bagels within each group, within a small dispensing area. To provide convenient access to different... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5860562 | Package dispenser A dispenser is provided for dispensing packaged goods such as tea bags, coffee and the like. The dispenser has a base having a horizontal platform portion and a plurality of vertical, upstanding walls wherein each three walls form a vertical compartment h... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5667096 | Drug storing apparatus for automatic drug dispensing machines A drug storing apparatus for an automatic drug dispensing machine includes a frame provided with a multiplicity of inclined supports arranged one on top of the other or in rows for supporting a multiplicity of drug cases, and the supports may also be conf... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5590809 | Method of controlling inventory carousel in vending machine A food vending machine contains a motor-driven inventory carousel which rotates to position food items at a desired index position. A control unit, for example a computer, reduces the power delivered to the inventory carousel as the desired index position... | 01/07/1997 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5443680 | Mosaic tile maker An apparatus for automatically creating a simulated mosaic controllably discharges tile pieces onto plate material and secures the tile pieces in place such that the plates with the tile pieces are freestanding permitting the plates themselves to be an or... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5397019 | Vending assembly A vending assembly for vending at least one paper from at least one publisher includes a mounting frame forming an architectural landscape form providing a plurality of spaced mounting locations. The assembly also includes a plurality of vending boxes eac... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5219094 | Automatic dispenser, particularly for audio/video products An automatic dispenser for the sale/exchange of video cassettes/compact ds and similar. The products are housed on a rotary drum inside respective peripheral radial compartments arranged side by side in two concentric rings of the same diameter and occup... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5213233 | Vending assembly The present invention is a vending assembly for vending at least one paper from at least one publisher. The assembly includes a mounting frame providing a plurality of spaced mounting locations. The assembly also includes a plurality of vending boxes each... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5092734 | Filter feeder A filter feeder for automatically feeding filters one by one to casting molds traveling in a mold transfer line includes a rotatably arranged table and a plurality of cartridges vertically arranged on the table. Each of the cartridges accommodates a plura... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4807757 | Pill dispenser providing sequential dispensing means and automatic incremental dispensing control The invention relates to a pill dispensing device, and in particular to a device for dispensing birth control pills. The invention includes a multi-sided housing having a plurality of chambers disposed therein. Each chamber houses a plurality of pills whi... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4638923 | Gravity feeding pill medicine dispenser A gravity feeding pill dispenser is provided and consists of a device for dispensing pills from each aperture of a plurality of apertures on a caddy disc that is rotatably mounted to a shaft on a weighted base plate.... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4632274 | Beverage dispenser A novel cup dispenser, dispensing apparatus, beverage dispenser and components therefor, and a novel process for dispensing comestibles incorporating water (for example, a beverage or soup).... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4456148 | Movable selection carrier Vending apparatus for dispensing discrete articles stacked one above the other such as a stack of pre-filled cups with dry ingredients for mixing with water to make a beverage. The apparatus includes stationary support rings for supporting a plurality of ... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4215799 | Disc dispenser A dispenser for antibiotic sensitivity discs which automatically and simultaneously dispenses a plurality of discs onto a flat surface, for example a layer of agar gel in a petri dish. The dispenser comprises a removable magazine unit which carries the re... | 08/05/1980 |
