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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7021887 | Singulator for stacked work pieces An apparatus and associated method for singulating a first work piece from a plurality of stacked work pieces, the plurality of stacked work pieces comprising a second work piece adjacent the first work piece. A stripping member is engageable against the second work... | 04/04/2006 |
| 5549217 | Device for withdrawing spherical products of the same dimensions, such as granules A dispenser for dispensing granules from a container having a circular mouth, includes a body having first and second cylindrical components joined together by an axial spindle, a cylindrical roundel including a radial slit which is adapted to clip onto t... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5390821 | Method and apparatus for dispensing rollable articles Method and apparatus are disclosed for dispensing rollable articles from a package, container or the like. The apparatus includes a retainer for placement over an opening in a package to prevent rollable articles contained in the package from rolling en m... | 02/21/1995 |
| 4792057 | Method and apparatus for dispensing flat discs An apparatus for dispensing single ones of flat chips or discs from a multi-chip receptacle, and/or depositing them onto a surface at selected locations, is disclosed, as may be desireable, for example, when playing a game of bingo. In one preferred embod... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4784291 | Dispenser for small uniformly shaped articles A dispenser for articles such as pills or capsules is operative with a reciprocating motion for dispensing individual articles. The dispenser includes a base portion and a slide member on the base portion which is reciprocally movable with respect to the ... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4706842 | Apparatus for dispensing elongated cylindrical objects such as pencils Apparatus is disclosed for dispensing elongated cylindrical objects, such as pencils, and includes a housing, a hopper enclosed within the housing, actuating structure extending through a wall of the housing and engaging the hopper, a slide plate operativ... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4619375 | Sheet dispenser The distributor comprises a carriage (2) intended to contain a stack of sheets. This carriage (2) is mounted to slide between two stop positions on a support plate (7) thanks to ball bearings (6). The support plate (7) exhibits a slightly elevated rear po... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4489853 | Pill dispensing device A pill dispensing device comprising a case supportable on a wrist, in which a cartridge for dispensing pills is positioned, the pills are arranged to be delivered one at a time from the cartridge through openings in a pill container, a housing and a prote... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4300703 | Distributor for pseudo-spherical objects Apparatus shown in FIG. 1a for distributing and placing pseudo-spherical objects i.e. cherries, nuts, pralines on i.e. cakes, sweets, ice creams, comprising a hopper (1) adapted to co-operate with an element imparting an oscillating movement thereto, the ... | 11/17/1981 |
