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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7416095 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine deposit accepting system and method An automated banking machine includes a mechanism for accepting deposited items. Deposited items may be provided to the machine in envelopes which are first passed to a user from an envelope storage area (132) in the machine through a transport (124) a... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7395946 | Tablet cassette A tablet cassette in which a tablet is not discharged during a mounting or dismounting operation of the tablet cassette. The tablet cassette (1) incorporates a rotor (6) having pocket portions (7) for holding tablets (T). When the tablet cassett... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7337918 | Test strip dispenser A strip dispenser has a strip magazine, a magazine spring, a strip vial component, and a cover. The strip magazine has a magazine open end and an outer magazine casing surrounding the strip magazine adjacent the open end for a predefined distance along the strip mag... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7306398 | Highway marker transfer vehicle A wheeled vehicle, preferably a trailer, carries highway markers in a storage frame that is horizontally rotated to selectively align each of a plurality of parallel, circularly spaced, slide bearings, each configured to confine a linear array of highway markers aga... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7143719 | Pet treat dispenser assembly with clicker An improved pet treat dispenser assembly is provided with a canister for holding pet treats, a dispenser slidably mounted in the canister for dispensing treats, and a clicker on the canister to attract a pet's attention following desired behavior. The canister inclu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6908022 | Washer feeding and positioning attachment for fastener driver A pneumatically operated washer feeding attachment for use with a fastener driver of the type having a driver stroke axis and an exit barrel. A delivery channel has an acceleration chamber at one end for receiving washers one at a time from a magazine, and a retenti... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902163 | Games and associated device and methods A word game includes displaying a first and a second letter from which players form an answer word. A winner is determined when an answer word conforming to an established rule set is submitted. A game-piece dispenser includes a base having two depressions in a top ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6769570 | Medication dosage container A medicine container comprises an upstanding body having an open mouth and a hollow interior bounded by a sidewall and a separator secured in the body and defining upper and lower compartments, the upper compartment opening into the body open mouth, the lower compar... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6394307 | Detachable railing system A railing system for a trailer or recreational vehicle that includes a handrail that is attachable to the wall structure of the vehicle adjacent to the entranceway to provide a stable support for individuals while entering and leaving. The handrail assemb... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6299019 | Hollow handle earplug dispenser An earplug dispenser is provided, which is of simple construction and which is easily operated by a person to dispense one or two earplugs with minimal possibility of the earplug bouncing off the person's hand and onto a dirty floor. The earplug dispenser... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6286711 | Feeder for electronic chip components An electronic chip component feeder is provided to prevent continued supply of electronic chip components for mounting which have surface discolorization, deteriorated electrode solderability, or cracks or chips produced by chip collisions. The electronic... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6241120 | Wall mounted earplug dispenser with ratchet An earplug dispenser for manual operation by a user includes a bottle member to receive a plurality of earplugs. A dispensing mechanism is located at an open end of the bottle member so that when the bottle member is turned upside down, the dispensing mec... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6237804 | Pill dispensing apparatus A pill dispensing apparatus for delivering pills, comprising a housing formed to cooperate with a container. An agitator having a passageway formed therethrough and being in slidable engagement with the housing. The agitator is configured to move the pill... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6129608 | Candy dispensing character A candy dispensing character is provided with a candy dispensing body, a hollow candy reservoir disposed in the candy dispensing body and sized to hold a plurality of candy pieces, a movable candy dispensing bin attached to the candy dispensing body and b... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5976006 | Motion bank A motorized coin bank for sorting and storing coins of varying diameters comprising a coin receiver hopper for receiving unsorted coins; a plurality of coin storage containers for storing sorted coins; a straight ramped coin path located between the coin ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5954229 | Wall mounted earplug dispenser An earplug dispenser for manual operation by a user includes a bottle member to receive a plurality of earplugs. A dispensing mechanism is located at an open end of the bottle member so that when the bottle member is turned upside down, the dispensing mec... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5908189 | Paper stack height control Height barriers (15a, 15b) on the bottom of the feed arm frame (5) are located a distance above the bottom of paper drawer (1) of a printer (13). the drawer is pulled out to load paper, and then pushed in. If the paper stack (25) is high enough to encount... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5876764 | Automatic cotton candy machine A machine includes a stick hopper for dispensing sticks one by one and a device for transferring each stick to a chuck between whose jaws the stick is held while protruding into a basin containing a sugar sprayhead. The chuck is driven rotationally, as is... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5529208 | Jar ticket dispensing apparatus and method The present invention includes a jar ticket dispensing apparatus and method for dispensing jar tickets in response to an operator input. The invention includes an enclosed drum for containing the tickets. A support means supports the drum for rotation the... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5503299 | Inertial parts feeding apparatus and method An inertial parts feeding apparatus and method for dispensing parts, such as microchips, onto a moving belt. The feeding apparatus has a housing supporting an elongated tube accommodating the microchips. A guide mounted on the housing aligns the tube with... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5388722 | Stick-shaped object dispenser A stick dispenser for containing sticks, such as spare leads for mechanical pencils or toothsticks comprises an outer case member (1) having an open rear end, and a front wall provided with a first outlet hole (3) through which the sticks are fed out one ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5388723 | Random member dispenser A device for randomly dispensing one of a plurality of discrete random members. The device includes a housing having a cavity within which the random members may be contained. The housing is supported by a pair of supporting actuators which cooperate to o... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5322185 | Earplug dispenser system An apparatus is described which can receive a large number of earplugs from a box and dispense one or two of them at a time to a worker. The apparatus includes a wheel (22, FIG. 1) which is rotatable on a frame (12) and which has holes (24) that move in a... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5285925 | Rapid release box A container is described which can hold multiple small articles such as earplugs, and which can be inserted into a dispenser where the contents can be readily released. The container includes a box (30, FIG. 3 ) whose bottom wall includes a pair of flaps ... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5280845 | Earplug dispenser An apparatus is described which can receive a large number of earplugs from a box and dispense one or two of them at a time to a worker, which avoids touching of the earplugs by any other person. The apparatus includes a wheel (22, FIG. 1 ) which is rotat... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5263596 | Medication dispenser station sub-assembly A sub-assembly for use in a medication dispenser station for controller actuated dispensing of pharmaceutical items in single quantities from locked storage and allowing rapid reloading of more items all under extreme security and heightened accountabilit... | 11/23/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5190187 | Device for the dispensing of springs Device for the dispensing of springs in at least one unit, comprising a sng-feed device of the type with a flexible tube, within which the springs are arranged behind one another, in contact and coaxially with a flexible tube, and a tubular dispensing bo... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5078299 | Apparatus for the periodic and controlled dispensing of tablets such as chlorine pellets Apparatus for dispensing chlorine pellets and the like into a well or other liquid container. The apparatus comprises a hollow cylindrical body having a grooved passageway therein and further having an end plate with a gate opening therein communicating w... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5056684 | Roofing washer-dispensing machine A roofing washer-dispensing machine having improved features is disclosed. A novel magazine comprises a substantially box-like container with a substantially open face, for housing a stack of circular roofing washers having inserts, and a substantially ri... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4932559 | Dispenser for fungible goods A dispenser for fungible articles such as pharmaceutical tablets in which an elongated trough is vibrated at a downwardly oriented horizontal angle to dispense articles is single file alignment. An optical detector is mounted adjacent to the trough discha... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4869394 | Article counting device Multiple small-article receiving cassettes are provided for removably mounting on the upper surface of an inclined support. A drum housed within each cassette is rotated by connection with the drive shaft of a motor projecting through the support. The dis... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4852771 | Parts supply hopper A parts supply hopper operatively associated with a parts feeder for supplying the latter with a predetermined amount of articles, includes a generally cup-shaped container held in an angular position and rotatably at least through an angle of 180 degrees... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4846345 | Cassette storing a plurality of electronic component chips including means for securing the cassette to a hopper A plurality of electronic component chips (108) are stored in a space (109) defined in the interior of a case (111). The case is provided with an outlet (110) which communicates with the space for discharging the electronic component chips stored in the s... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4826041 | Toothpick dispenser with non-jam dispensing grooves and box travel limit stop A toothpick dispenser with an elevated base having opposite end mount pedestals that rest on a supporting surface with the elevated base mounting a toothpick box that is slideable back and forth between opposite end limited positions. One position is esta... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4750640 | Sanitary napkin home dispenser A home sanitary napkin dispenser is provided that can be mounted to a vertical flat surface out of the way in an inconspicuous place. The dispenser allows for easy access to one sanitary napkin at a time when the dispenser is activated by a person needing... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4735341 | Feeder for electrical component supply tapes In a preferred embodiment, the supply tape is stepped to present each pocket at a pick-up area for removal of a component. Each pocket is opened in turn during the indexing step that positions it at the pick-up area, and a shutter is moved over the pick-u... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4729493 | Powered seed spacer A powered seed dispenser for uniformly distributing seeds along the ground which includes a handle carrying a powered driven motor and a pivotally mounted seed distributor which is engaged and driven by the powered driven motor, the seed distributor being... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4673103 | Apparatus for placing point supports on a metal cutting table A dispenser unit for use with a cutting machine for cutting metal parts from metal workpieces. The cutting machine has a main beam movable in a first direction which carries at least one cutting torch which is movable along the beam in a second direction ... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4661103 | Multiple implant injector An improved magazine type implant injector having a slotted barrel element slidably mounting an integral magazine element and cannula. The barrel element mounts an obturator which projects into the magazine element to serially advance elongated implants t... | 04/28/1987 |
