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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6095053 | Bulk spike loading system A bulk loader conveys rigid, stick-like articles in bulk. The bulk loader has a bin for holding a plurality of the articles and a trough connected to a bin having an entrance portion for receiving the articles from the bin and a discharge portion for disc... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5254032 | Coin feeding device A coin sorting device comprises a hopper (4) for holding a supply of coins. Within the hopper (4), a coin feeding disc (2) is provided for feeding the coin to a coin outlet (26). A coin transporting piece carrier (5) is rotated in synchronism with the coi... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5234127 | Pneumatic automatic fastener feeder An automatic fastener feeder is disclosed utilizing a rotating drum in combination with a pivoting track arrangement. Racheting apparatus is utilized to rotate the drum at intervals of time, which is initiated by an operator-generated demand for a single ... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5232399 | Devices for the separation of coins, token and the like Coins corresponding to a payment, thrown into a hopper, fall on a recessed disk and each lodge in one of the recesses. If two coins are superposed in one recess, the upper coin is deflected outwardly by a slot and then raised by the inclined bottom of thi... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5066261 | Coin hopper assembly A coin hopper is provided with a rotary pin wheel for feeding coins to a pay out mechanism. A wiper member is mounted adjacent the rotary pin wheel slightly removed from the position at which the rotary pin wheel feeds coins to the pay out mechanism. The ... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5066262 | Coin dispensing apparatus A coin dispensing apparatus comprises a hopper mounted on a supporting plate inclined to the horizontal for holding a supply of coins, and a rotary disc rotatably supported on the supporting plate within the hopper, the rotary disc has at the central port... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5017176 | Coin hopper and dispenser A bulk coin hopper and dispenser is provided with a pair of rotating discs at the bottom thereof. A baffle shields the discs from the weight of the coins within the hopper, while a flexible flap is maintained adjacent to the discs to urge coins into coin ... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4832229 | Dispenser A dispenser is disclosed for dispensing strips which contain medicine and can be divided into individual sections as they are dispensed. The dispenser includes a housing having a storage space for strips and a discharge passageway through which strips are... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4548220 | Device for checking metal pieces, more particularly coins A device for sorting and checking metal pieces such as coins, comprising: a first sloping rotary disk for operation as a separation disk, onto which coins are to be thrown in mixed types and random orientations and which is provided at its periphery with ... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4479424 | Juicer for separating pulp and juice from fruit A juicer for separating pulp and juice from fruit. The juicer comprises an indexing assembly for accepting fruit from a conveyor system and urging the fruit past a cutter to halve the fruit. The cut halves are arranged in opposition to a pair of reamers w... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4360034 | Coin sorter-counter A coin sorter-counter comprising a stack of plates mounted for rotation about an axis inclined to the horizontal with a housing therearound having coin openings therein, coin pockets arranged around each plate for catching coins, a resilient wheel for eac... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4316553 | Automatic lottery ticket vending machine Improvements in automatic lottery ticket vending machines adapted upon lottery ticket purchase to dispense one or a definite number of tickets at a time from an externally inaccessible portion of the interior of the vending machine. For the purpose of fac... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4304247 | Differential speed coin sorter By utilizing first and second spaced, joined, co-axial disks with coin-receiving peripheral openings, such disks being separated from each other in the region of said peripheral openings by a fixed ring member having an opening therethrough to permit the ... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4275751 | Coin sorter with expanded capability A coin sorter has the capability to sort an additional size of coin by means of an exit chute which extends through a side of a coin hopper. A rotating pickup plate having notches for coins along its periphery rotates in an inclined plane within the hoppe... | 06/30/1981 |
