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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7243817 | Solid objects dispensers A tablet dispenser for dispensing individual solid objects comprising a lower housing, an upper housing with an elastomeric cover that covers at least a portion of a trigger mechanism, a elastomeric cover of at least a portion of the lower housing and a dispenser me... | 07/17/2007 |
| 6948634 | Solid dosage form dispenser A dispenser for dispensing solid dosing forms which include a storage compartment and a releasing portion at the bottom of the storage compartment. The releasing portion is adapted to receive a releasing device which dispenses a single solid dosage form while provid... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6918509 | Toy and pogo dispenser A dispenser for dispensing candy or other small objects, the dispenser having a rotatable hopper, having a hopper cavity therein, a tubular structure, having a storage portion for storing objects above the rotating hopper, a storage portion opening, a base portion, ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6332558 | Chip feeder and chip feeding system A chip feeder for feeding chips stored in bulk in a case thereof, one by one, from a chip-supply portion thereof, the chip feeder including a partition plate which parts an inner space of the case into a plurality of rooms, the partition plate having an o... | 12/25/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6112944 | Ferrule delivery system A ferrule delivery system for placing a ferrule in a desired position on a flat surface quickly and with ease is disclosed. The system includes an elongated shaft having a tapered end and a delivery end, ferrules loaded on the outer circumference of the s... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5904466 | Storage device for card-shaped data carriers A storage device for card-shaped data carriers has at least one storage unit with a magazine support and a magazine mounted on the magazine support. The storage unit has a support bottom on which data carriers are stacked and has an upper end with a dispe... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5752620 | Medication dispenser A pill dispenser is provided, comprising a container constructed to hold a plurality of pills, the container including an upper portion and a lower portion; an inclined baffle disposed within the container separating the upper portion from the lower porti... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5405047 | Dispenser for pills or tablets A dispenser for dispensing tablets one at a time from an unarranged stock of tablets in the dispenser. The dispenser comprises a first reservoir part axially displaceable in a second reservoir part against the force of a spring (4). A trough shaped part (... | 04/11/1995 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5385267 | Portable dispenser for generally spherical confectioneries A portable dispenser for spherical confectioneries such as gumballs has a clear tubular reservoir that is movable with respect to a base. Within a substantially hollow interior of the base, a pivoting ramp is mounted to receive a single gumball and convey... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5190185 | Medication transport and dispensing magazine The present device is a magazine (10) which includes housing defining a medication storage area. An access door (22) is provided in the housing to gain access to stock the storage area with unit dose medication containers (34). The housing defines an open... | 03/02/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5099999 | Pill safety dispenser An easy to use pill safety dispenser having few parts and which are easily manipulated even by persons with digital disabilities such as arthritis and paralysis. The dispenser consists of a axially arranged cylindrical pill container having a pill dispens... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5060821 | Label dispenser for postage meter machine A label dispenser (10) includes a storage container (13) for labels (11). A withdrawal roller (15) is in contact with the labels (11) and is supported together with a gear-wheel pinion (17) and a free-wheeling bearing (19) at the storage container (13). T... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5052584 | Childproof pill dispenser A pill dispenser having two cylindrical main components that fit into one another, an inner concentric wall and an outer concentric wall displaceable relative to one another in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the pill dispenser. The outer concentric... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5009535 | Combination writing implement and toothpick dispenser A toothpick dispenser and pen combination combined in an elongated tubular two-piece telescoping housing having a first housing member and a second housing member. The first housing member is structured for storing and dispensing toothpicks, with the oppo... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4854478 | Tablet dispenser An overall cylindrically shaped tablet dispenser that operates by exerting an external vertical force which compresses, through a sliding action, an upper portion toward a lower portion thereby causing a mechanism to issue a tablet. This tablet dispenser ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4767023 | Dispenser for tablets A dispenser for tablets is disclosed which protects against inadvertent dispensing, e.g., by children. The dispenser includes a housing forming a tablet storage compartment, a movable slide and an operating key for the slide mounted adjacent a wall of the... | 08/30/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4667849 | Cotton-tipped swab dispenser A dispenser for dispensing a cotton-tipped swab in an upright, vertical position, is comprised of a stationary base having an upright chamber concentric about an axis. A container for holding a plurality of swabs in a generally upright position is telesco... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4648531 | Dispenser for bag closures A dispenser for closures ejects an end-most closure contained in a pivotably mounted housing for closing a bag. The closures are formed with a hole and a cut leading from one side to the hole. In one embodiment, the dispenser is wall mounted such that a w... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4522314 | Toothpick dispenser A toothpick dispenser for vertically dispensing a toothpick includes a stationary base having an upright cylindrical housing, and a cylindrical body for containing toothpicks which is telescopically received within the housing for vertical sliding movemen... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4457451 | Apparatus for feeding electric circuit elements An apparatus for feeding electric circuit elements has a hopper for accommodating a supply of such elements, a capture tube or pipe extending substantially vertically through a bore in the bottom of the hopper which is movable relative to the tube in the ... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4416172 | Apparatus for automatically feeding screws to a screwing mechanism Apparatus automatically feeds screws to a screw-in tool of a screwing mechanism, especially a rapid constructional screwing mechanism. To simplify the feed of screws, a feed channel is provided which is arranged to provide relative movement between it and... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4312461 | Newspaper vending machine A machine for vending single copies of newspapers comprises a magazine compartment housing a downwardly and forwardly inclined newspaper support platform, a driving arrangement for lowering the platform to the base of the machine preparatory to loading ne... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4257432 | Metering device for flaked and granular solids A metering device for granular and flaky materials is provided, comprising a bowl cavity member defining an upwardly facing metering cavity with an upper rim, an outlet passage extending from the metering cavity, and a hopper member movably mounted on the... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4230236 | Tablet dispenser This invention relates to a container for generally cylindrical tablets which can be used to repeatedly dispense the tablets in pre-determined quantities. The dispenser comprises an outer case and a slidably mounted inner part which together define a cont... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4058209 | Paper-clip dispenser A paper-clip dispenser has an upwardly open receptacle with a hole in its bottom through which a stem carrying a magnet passes. When the receptacle is lifted, the stem falls under its own weight or with the aid of a spring to bring the magnet of its upper... | 11/15/1977 |
| 3982660 | Tooth pick holder A toothpick holder comprising a toothpick container capable of containing many toothpicks, a cover member mounted on this container, a toothpick ejecting unit fixed upright to the center of a support base so that the container and cover member are vertica... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3970195 | Crochet needle storage and dispensing device A light weight, portable device for removably storing a number of needles of various transverse cross section but of substantially the same length, which needles have crochet hooks defined on first ends thereof, and the device capable of being used to sel... | 07/20/1976 |
