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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7552843 | Cartridge with a wheel for sealing the opening A dispensing mechanism is adapted to eject a test sensor from a cartridge opening formed in a cartridge containing test sensors. The dispensing mechanism comprises a gear rack, a gear, and a wheel. The gear rack includes a first portion and a second portion located ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7404500 | Pill dispensing device A pill dispensing cap for a bottle has an inner sleeve with a divider panel and a first base panel rotatable within an outer sleeve having a second base panel. First and second window openings are defined in the first and second base panels. A plate moveable across ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7300054 | Sheet conveying apparatus, image forming apparatus and image reading apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet along a sheet path, has a skew detecting unit for detecting the skew of the sheet being conveyed, a skew correcting unit rotatable in a direction to correct the skew of the sheet in a state nipping the sheet in its s... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7237773 | System for feeding and transporting documents A system for feeding and transporting documents includes a feeder stage and a transport stage. The hopper assembly includes a hopper floor that carries the document stack and a flag that provides a force to move the documents along the hopper floor toward the feeder... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234610 | Automatic napkin dispenser An automatic napkin dispenser includes a housing having a rotatable feed roller with protrusions on an outer surface thereof for engaging a topmost napkin on a stack of napkins, and displacing the topmost napkin between a pair of counterrotating nip rollers that dis... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7204391 | One at a time pill dispenser A one-at-a-time pill container and dispenser having a mechanism that allows for dispensing pills. Said pills are stored safely inside the device until dispensed preferably by actuating a plunger mechanism that operates by engagement to a helical cut or thread in a t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195238 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet using a sheet conveying unit arranged along a sheet conveying path has a skew detecting unit for detecting skew of the sheet conveyed along the sheet conveying path with respect to a sheet conveying direction, a skew... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7063234 | Meter strip dispenser assembly The present invention is directed to diagnostic kits that house and deliver a carrier for an analyte, such as a test strip carrying an blood glucose analyte used by persons afflicted with diabetes in order to determine their blood glucose levels. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7004111 | Treat dispenser An animal reward dispensing apparatus for attaching to an animal trainer's forearm, the apparatus having a dispensing tube defined about a longitudinal axis, the dispensing tube having at least a first and second attaching straps for attaching the dispensing tube to... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6902083 | Method for dispensing medical items A dispenser (10) for dispensing medical items (68, 70, 72) includes dispenser modules (28, 30) movably mounted thereon. The dispenser modules are selectively operative to dispense medical items therefrom into a path (54) which is connecte... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6796455 | Blade dispenser assembly A blade dispenser assembly includes a housing and an integrally formed shuttle mechanism which functions to dispense one blade at a time from the bottom of a stack of blades held within the housing. The shuttle mechanism is configured to engage a bottommost blade in... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6634521 | Sheet registration and deskewing system with independent drives and steering An apparatus for calibrating a sheet registering and deskewing device, comprising a plurality of sensors, located along a paper path, to sense a position of a sheet in the paper path at a first position and a second position, and to generate a signal indi... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6598761 | Blade holder and dispenser A blade holder includes a housing detachably secured onto a base plate. The base plate includes a panel engaged into a notch of the housing, and includes a slot communicating with the notch of the housing. The housing includes a channel for slidably recei... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6394306 | Medication dispenser for dispensing flat dosage forms A dispenser for storing/dispensing pharmaceutical dosages that are provided in a stamp-like (flat) dosage form. In some embodiments, the present dispenser includes a housing for retaining a plurality of stacked, individual "stamp-like" pharmaceutical dosa... | 05/28/2002 |
| 5901404 | Brush and container assembly Brushes held in a container includes a plurality of brushes, and a container storing the brushes in its interior. A spring for pushing up brushes to let one of them positioned in an upper end of the interior half pushed out of an outlet. Each brush has br... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5150818 | Literature dispensing apparatus A display apparatus is disclosed herein for storing a quantity of literature sheets or brochures in an ordered stack so that the uppermost piece of literature is visually displayed. Means are provided for advancing the stack of literature within a housing... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5100018 | Probe cover dispenser A storage chamber large enough to store a predetermined number of probe covers is formed into a dispenser body. A spring biases the probe covers toward one end of the chamber at which is located a slide. The slide has an indentation used to retrieve a sin... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5012952 | Lid and cup dispenser having an elongated yieldable tension element secured by a transversely adjustable anchoring block disposed astride the dispensing opening A group of flanged lids or cups of substantially identical construction and arranged in nested relation in a container are dispensed from an open end of the container by an elongated yieldable tension element disposed astride the open end of the container... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4850512 | Blade holder and automatic dispenser A holder and dispenser for knife blades which includes a sliding partition biased toward a discharge opening by rubber bands in a double loop configuration. The double looped configuration orients the rubber bands which loop around the back of the holder,... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4826042 | Blade holder and automatic dispenser The present invention includes a holder for blades having a dispensing opening through which a single blade can be slideably ejected by either a sliding ejector or manual manipulation through a thumb slot. The blades within the holder are aligned by a fre... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4589575 | Hygienic dispenser for wafers A hygienic dispenser for hard candies and medicaments in wafer form, each package of which is constituted by a stack of such wafers protectively sealed in an inner foil wrapper to create a roll that is surrounded by a removable outer sleeve. The dispenser... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4269326 | Dispensing compartment, in particular for refrigerating units A dispensing compartment which is in particular provided for refrigeration units has a substantially horizontal stand surface for a plurality of identical or similarly formed articles and is provided with guide walls or strips at the sides projecting beyo... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4140243 | Apparatus for vending newspapers, magazines and the like A machine for vending newspapers, magazines and the like including a housing having a dispensing opening and a dispensing gate in the opening, a tray for supporting a stack of papers and tray elevating mechanism for urging the tray upwardly until the top ... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4120423 | Cigarette dispenser A cigarette dispenser comprising a casing having a plurality of dispensing means each movable to dispense a cigarette through a dispensing opening, slide means operable to actuate said dispensing means, and cam means associated with said slide means where... | 10/17/1978 |
