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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7147127 | Pill dispenser A pill dispenser includes a base formed to include several pill-receiving compartments and a cover formed to include an opening. The cover is mounted for rotation on the base to allow a user to align the cover opening with a selected one of the pill-receiving compar... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7104417 | Pill dispensing apparatus and system Apparatus for dispensing pills packaged in a pack comprising a base and a top rotatably mounted on the base and defining a housing for the pill pack, a plunger mounted in the housing operable between inner and outer limit positions and having means for discharging o... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6850815 | Programmed loading of dispenser with supply of dispensable objects Dispensable objects are loaded into a portable case for transport to a dispensing site by connecting a reload controller with a case to be reloaded. Latchable and unlatchable object retainers arrayed in the case are relatched, and the reload controller is activated ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 5988428 | Vending machine for cans with dispensing rod A vending machine for vending a plurality of cans includes a storage means for storing plurality of cans to be vended, an article dispensing rod which is both pivotable and moveable in a vertical direction to control the movement of cans from the storage ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 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 |
| 4576272 | Counter-top or wall-mounted vending machine A coin-operated vending machine for bottles or cans of a moderate capacity, including a plurality of side-by-side storage chutes for feeding bottles or cans to openings in the front wall of the vending machine, a cradle in each of the openings forming a r... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4555044 | Tamper-proof pill dispenser A tamper-proof pill dispenser consisting of a circular base, a circular cover, a retaining member and two pawl springs, with pills being housed into a plurality of pill seating depressions located into the top surface of the base, and the cover having a d... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4331260 | Slide mounter with slide separator/out-of-slide inhibitor A slide mounter includes a magazine for holding a stack of slide frames. A slide ejector pushes the lowermost slide within the magazine out of the magazine and into a slide track, where the slide frame is opened to permit insertion of a film transparency.... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4189044 | Coat hanger vending machine A clothes hanger vending machine comprising a box-like cabinet, a horizontal clothes hanger supporting rod within the cabinet with a free end spaced from a wall in the cabinet a distance sufficient to permit the downward movement of the hook portion of on... | 02/19/1980 |
