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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061560 | Passive device for staging and dispensing objects A passive chute assembly includes: a chute configured to receive objects to be dispensed, the chute having an outlet; and a passive dispensing unit attached to the chute outlet. The passive dispensing unit has a staging portion, wherein objects are captured prior to... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7712629 | Device for movement of articles A device for moving articles between positions at time intervals. The device includes at least two gates disposed sequentially in the direction of travel of the article which can controllably be opened and closed. Upstream of each gate there is formed a temporary ho... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7337919 | Beverage lid dispenser The current invention is a lid dispensing device and method of use comprising a base unit, a lid holder operatively connected to the base unit, a blade operatively mounted to the base which moves between a first position and a second position, the blade supporting a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7222749 | Clear door vending machine Vending machine product is moved by an “X-Y mechanism” having two stationary electronically controlled drive “motors,” which drive tension elements that position horizontally and vertically sliding components. A separation and selection system uses a “rota... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7066351 | Sanitized dispensing mechanism A sanitized dispensing mechanism mounted to a vending machine includes a receptacle, a barrier and an actuating device. The receptacle has an interior chamber and a rear opening behind the interior chamber through which an item discharged from an exterior opening of... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6499624 | Plurality of interconnected candy machines A plurality of different operative candy dispensers which can be interconnected as one device through which candy pieces are dispensed from a first candy dispenser and which are dispensed in order through each of the interconnected candy dispensers. Each ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 5865342 | Medication filling apparatus A medication filling apparatus is equipped with a tablet case for holding medications and a dispensing drum which lets the medications fall through an outlet from the tablet case as it rotates, thereby dispensing the medications; it is further equipped wi... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5607352 | Coin dispensing apparatus A coin dispensing apparatus able to dispense coins until and including the last coin left in the apparatus that satisfies the need for downsizing. The coin dispensing apparatus has a coin dispensing disc in the form of a rotary disc supported for rotation... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5464119 | Automatic machine for dispensing an ice-cream portion An automatic machine for dispensing an ice cream portion comprises, in combination, a dispenser (10) for dispensing cones (18) or the like in an inverted position, and a seat (20) arranged to receive the cone (18) in an upright position and to convey it t... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5411170 | System for metered feeding of cylindrical bodies from a stock to a processing machine System for metered feeding of cylindrical bodies from a stock to a processing machine. This involves, starting from the stock, first aligning the cylindrical bodies and then feeding them in a metered manner to a transfer device in order to move the cylind... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5014876 | Fastener feed assembly A fastener driving apparatus is disclosed which comprises a vibrating feed hopper, a fastener feed assembly for receiving the fasteners from the hopper and serially delivering the fasteners to a discharge tube which leads to an automatic screwdriver. The ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4998644 | Toothpick dispenser A toothpick dispenser utilizes a sliding tray which holds one toothpick which it receives from an overlying hopper and then slides out into an accessible position in which a pivotal toothpick gripper in the form of a woodpecker, in the preferred embodimen... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4958746 | Tooth-pick dispenser A tooth-pick dispenser includes a housing a perforated top and a vertical side wall having an opening, a tooth-pick pickup device simulating a seagull and for oscillating movement supported on a top of the housing for supplying a tooth-pick, a drawer reci... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4860922 | Automatic dispenser for cylindrical commodities, in particular packets of coin The dispenser includes a bin which is adjustable for width, and a release mechanism attached to the bin externally of its outlet. The mechanism comprises a sliding shutter and a baffle, vertically disposed and breasted in mutual contact. The shutter is pr... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4651880 | Calibrating distributor of cylindrical members A calibrating distributor of cylindrical members incorporating a cylindrical member supply station, a drum for transferring the members between the supply and a distribution station, the drum having equidistant cavities, each of which receive one of the m... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4449872 | Broaching machine A fully automatic machine tool for simultaneously broaching parallel slots on a plurality of workpieces mounted on a rotatable table in which the table is indexed between a plurality of broaching operations to revolve the workpieces and hence to effect ro... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4274551 | Dispensing apparatus having continuously driven conveyor An apparatus for dispensing articles, particularly, but not necessarily, packaged food articles which are warmed within the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a storage zone, a dispensing zone and a conveyor for conveying articles between the storage zone... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4224845 | Apparatus for automatically opening and closing a bar stockguide tube for a multispindle automatic lathe The disclosed apparatus features a plurality of identical guide tubes which are mutually parallel and mounted on a loading drum which rotates with a spindle drum of the lathe into a loading position for the guide tubes. Each tube consists of a feed channe... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4099324 | Mechanism for feeding and inserting pins into circuit board A mechanism for sequentially feeding pins includes a collet having a longitudinal bore for feeding pins from one end to a second end, the second end holding the pins in position. The second end of the collet has at least one longitudinal slot contained th... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4042145 | Sensitivity disc dispenser with tamper mechanism A sensitivity disc dispenser including a dispensing structure for housing a plurality of discs containing cartridges and including structure for simultaneously dispensing a disc from each cartridge through each one of a selected number of discharge ports ... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3966086 | Dispenser The dispenser has any suitable number of side-by-side bins, each with a sloping floor for guiding and directing pills toward an opening in the bottom of the bin. Mounted under each bin, a sliding drawer receives pills while the drawer is in a closed posit... | 06/29/1976 |
