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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431285 | Vibratory sheet jogger for jogging and aligning sheets of paper including checks The present invention is a vibratory sheet jogger which is used to jog and separate sheets of paper such as bank checks so that the sheets of paper and/or bank checks can be aligned. To achieve this result, a vertically jogging motion of a sheet tray is generated fr... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7299943 | Automatic dispensing tip supply apparatus An automatic dispensing tip supply apparatus includes a tip storing box whose bottom has a tapered surface having a tip collecting position in a lowermost part thereof to collect a plurality of inserted dispensing tips in one spot, a tip individually-sending mechani... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7147130 | Single dose pill dispensing system A single pill dispensing system for a bottle/vial of the type for dispensing a medication pill, where the bottle/vial has a circular body and receives a circular cap. To facilitate the dispensing of a single pill, an insert, slidably received in the circular body an... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7004350 | Dispenser for toothpicks and tablets A toothpick and tablet dispenser has two housing halves force-fitted together and guide walls in at least one of the halves to guide toothpicks and tablets to different outlets to dispense a single toothpick or tablet at a time. A gate at each outlet provides manual... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6966453 | Apparatus and method for regulating the delivery of bulk tablets to a tablet transport system This invention relates to an apparatus and method for regulating the delivery rate of bulk tablets to a tablet transportation system. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6685053 | Apparatus for removal of ice from a storage bin An apparatus for storing ice in a container and dispensing ice from the container is provided in the form of a storage bin, having ice agitating apparatus for engaging ice to loosen the same and to keep ice particles from adhering together in a common mas... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6564923 | Separating device A separating device for connection to a rotating magazine. The separating device transports rivets (3) via a conveyor duct (6) formed by three limiting faces. The first limiting face is a base plate (5), the second limiting face is a right-hand guide segm... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6386816 | Printed matter transport device A printed matter transport device. Printed matter is gripped by a gripping mechanism of a chain and made to travel along a guide rail, to improve the durability of the guide rail and chain, to prevent misalignment, falling out and damage when an external ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6318592 | Component carrying device A component carrying device has a simple constitution, and is capable of lining up components and carrying them in one direction with high reliability. The device comprises a guide groove for lining up components into one line and guiding them; a carrying... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6206235 | Candy dispenser A candy dispenser includes a container defining a chamber adapted to hold a plurality of pieces of candy in a random fashion. The container has sides, a top, and a bottom which define the chamber. A dispensing tube extends along one side of the container.... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5803339 | Process and apparatus for forming ball bumps A process of forming ball bumps for electrical connection to an integrated circuit, the process comprising the steps of: applying a vibration at a small amplitude to a vessel containing small balls of an electroconductive material to cause the small balls... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5609270 | Dried biological reagent pill dispenser with vibrating mechanism A dispenser include a housing with an inlet through which reagent pills are received from a vial. Within the housing is a dispensing tube that forms a pill passageway which has a first portion of relatively large cross section adjacent the inlet and a fun... | 03/11/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5078298 | Parts feeding apparatus A parts feeding apparatus is disclosed for use in feeding a supply of garment appliance parts such as buttons, hooks, slide fastener component parts and the like from parts reservoirs or parts feeders through a plurality of feed chutes onto a parts applyi... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5009330 | Golf ball vending machine A machine that vends a predetermined number of golf balls when activated by a coin or token-operated slide mechanism. A large plurality of golf balls are placed in a hopper and the balls are fed from the hopper, one at a time, into an elongate pipe that d... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4809880 | Dispenser for fungible goods A parts dispenser apparatus for fungible parts such as seeds, powder, manufactured parts and the like. A feed hopper is positioned to feed parts to the area of a downwardly inclined trough which is pivoted at a fixed end and driven at the discharge end wi... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4744492 | Dispenser for tablets, capsules and the like There is provided a dispenser with a casing for tablets, capsules and the like, with a drop-out opening closed by a slide for dispensing one tablet at a time, the opening being disposed at the end of a tablet feed duct designed to hold a plurality of tabl... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4588069 | Apparatus for singling assembly parts An apparatus for singling entangled assembly parts comprises a storage drum for receiving the assembly parts at random, two loosening devices for moving clusters of the entangled parts relative to a wall of the storage container, the loosening devices hav... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4473180 | Automatic feeding apparatus A stick hopper box has a floor and dividers mounted on the floor defining vertical guide channels for stacks of single rows of wieners. A plunger assembly includes individual plungers for expelling the lowermost wiener from the several guide channels into... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4266690 | Welding electrode dispenser A dispenser for welding electrodes is disclosed. The dispenser comprises a tubular casing having a first internal elongate tubular cavity for storage of a plurality of the welding electrodes for dispensing one at a time therefrom. A top end closure has an... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4251011 | Machines for handling seeds A machine for picking up seeds from a mass of seeds and depositing the seeds individually comprises a row of suction heads each having a suction duct terminating in an orifice and a container for holding the mass of seeds. The row of heads are pivotally m... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4153179 | Method and apparatus for separating wires A method and an apparatus useful for a group of wires, such as a telecommunication cable including a multiplicity of cores, as when the wires are individually tested for continuity or defective contact. The group of wires are pressed against the outer per... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4046285 | Method and apparatus for producing single flows of grains A method of diverting from a supply of grains a plurality of parallel intermittent single flows of grains, especially for sowing one seed in each one of a number of plant growing pots. The method comprises the steps of causing the grains of the supply to ... | 09/06/1977 |
