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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7451892 | Vending machine system and method for encouraging the purchase of profitable items This invention relates generally to systems and methods for delivering products-on-demand to individuals and, more particularly, to delivery via vending machines. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the method of the instant invention is initiated when a cust... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7431176 | Dispensing machine to store and dispense elongated containers vertically A dispensing machine for elongated containers has a plurality of clusters arranged within a housing. The clusters each have an actuator and comprise four tubes that are bound together with an interstice along a central axis of the cluster. The actuator is mounted in... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7124912 | Feeder tube for filling containers with pills A pill delivery and packing apparatus having a feeder tube for delivering pills is provided. The feeder tube has a helical delivery chute that extends between an inlet side and an exit side of the tube. The delivery chute has a helical inner contour and a rectangula... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7086562 | Methods and apparatus for retaining a tray stack having a plurality of trays for carrying microelectronic devices Devices and methods for holding a tray stack having a plurality of trays configured to carry and store microelectronic devices. Several devices in accordance with the present invention are particularly applicable to carrying a stack of JEDEC trays that have been loa... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7066708 | Methods and apparatus for retaining a tray stack having a plurality of trays for carrying microelectric devices Devices and methods for holding a tray stack having a plurality of trays configured to carry and store microelectronic devices. Several devices in accordance with the present invention are particularly applicable to carrying a stack of JEDEC trays that have been loa... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6974050 | System and method for dispensing prescriptions An automated method for dispensing pharmaceuticals particularly tablets and capsules, and other small discrete objects, includes: receiving prescription information, selecting a container, labeling the container, dispensing the tablets or capsules into the labeled c... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6805260 | Device and method for feeding sheets to a sheet-processing machine, especially a printing press A device for feeding sheets to a sheet-processing machine includes a feeding table. Front lays are disposed at a front end of the feeding table, as viewed in a sheet-conveying direction. A first guide device is disposed immediately upstream from the front lays, as v... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6789696 | Multi-connected ampoules dispensing apparatus The present invention provides a multi-connected ampoules dispensing apparatus which is compact and have a high operation reliability. The dispensing portion 3 comprises a pair of rotors 8a, 8b each of which has a substantially C s... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6488174 | Dispenser A container dispenser having a lid and a case housing is disclosed. The dispenser includes an outlet at a bottom portion of the case housing and communicating with a vertical passage, a wing rotating within the case housing and dropping articles into the ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6478185 | Tablet vessel feed apparatus The present invention provides a tablet vessel feed apparatus comprising a stock container for storing a plurality of tablet vessels, a vessel takeout section for taking out the tablet vessels from the stock container, and a conveyor for conveying the tab... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6352174 | Carton dispensing machine A dispensing machine is used to dispense rectangularly shaped containers including milk cartons and the like, preferably of a size ranging from approximately one-half liter to approximately two liters or even larger. The machine can be used to dispense va... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6203249 | Particulate objects conveying apparatus for conveying particles of a predetermined size A particulate object conveying device is provided, and the conveying device includes a stagnating portion. A rotor has an outer circumference having a plurality of grooves formed equidistantly about the outer circumference, the grooves being of a size and... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6149031 | Beverage dispensing machine and method of operation thereof A dispensing machine is used to disperse plastic water bottles and the like, preferably of a size ranging from approximately one liter to approximately two liters or even larger. The machine can be used to dispense other products in containers as long as ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5931340 | Dispenser incorporating storage and retriever module A dispenser is provided comprising a housing, a plurality of storage trays, a retriever module, a user interface, and a controller in communication with the user interface. The controller is operative to cause the retriever module to move towards a select... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5549217 | Device for withdrawing spherical products of the same dimensions, such as granules A dispenser for dispensing granules from a container having a circular mouth, includes a body having first and second cylindrical components joined together by an axial spindle, a cylindrical roundel including a radial slit which is adapted to clip onto t... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5366111 | Device for feeding supporting member of construction panel A supporting member feeding device utilized for manufacturing a construction panel of three dimensional structure, has gears whose teeth partially extend into an interior of an inclined wall of a hopper containing supporting members and rotating in an opp... | 11/22/1994 |
| 4997405 | Coin payout system A coin payout system for a currency validator is presented. The system includes a bulk coin hopper having a pair of rotating discs at the bottom thereof. The discs each have a hole passing therethrough, with the holes of the two discs being in periodic re... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4902263 | Coin lifting device A rotating disk is rotated about an upright axis to feed coins placed thereon toward a rotating body. The rotating body is formed with a spiral groove in which the periphery of each coin is inserted and a guide barrel is disposed in such a manner as to ma... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4609131 | Seed dispensing device A seed dispensing apparatus includes an upper grain flute housing which mounts a grain flute type seed dispensing system, as well as a lower seed plate housing which mounts a seed plate type dispensing system. Both the flute type dispensing system and the... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4492300 | Resilient-feed ball injector for microballistic printer Apparatus for feeding balls one by one from a cylindrical reservoir in which a rotary saw blade disposed at the bottom of the reservoir is driven to move balls resiliently fed to the intertooth recesses of the blade into the entrance of a passage out of w... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4324347 | Seed drill apparatus A speed drill apparatus has a seed storage box SB with seed inlet manifold 2 to convey seeds to a rotatable collector wheel 5 having a number of peripheral seed receiving cavities 6. The seeds are ejected singly, assisted by a blade edge 11 running in a g... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4270670 | Device for the high speed feeding of rod-like articles The device for the high speed feeding of cigarette filter rods from a magazine, through a vertical chute, to a rotary pick-up drum arranged at the bottom end of the vertical chute, comprises an endless suction belt which defines one side wall of the verti... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4174029 | Device for supplying linear materials Linear objects are removed from a processing drum, one at a time and are deposited to form groups or bundles of said objects in the slots of a transfer drum. Then the groups or bundles of said objects are pushed out of the slots in the transfer drum for f... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4077539 | Wire advancing mechanism A plurality of lengths of wires in a hopper are fed to a drum having spaced slots which receive the wires and advance them to a station at which a terminal is attached to the end. Difficulty is experienced when moving a length of wire from the group in th... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4057137 | Method and apparatus for feeding articles onto a moving conveyor A high capacity device for reliably sorting pieces of fruit from a bulk supply into individual cups for processing. The fruit is received in bulk in a hopper, a side of which is open to a center hub of a connected pair of feed wheels revolving coaxially i... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4051772 | Machine for dispensing heated sausage from a cold storage compartment A coin-operated machine for dispensing heated sausage from a cold storage compartment where the sausages are kept in a frozen condition. Two superposed rollers being rotated step by step in synchronism about a horizontal axes in a vertical portion of a ch... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4019651 | Seed planter with a suction pickup mechanism A seed pickup mechanism for a vacuum wheel type seed planter including provision for arranging the seeds into a relatively thin stable seedbed which is suitably carried through a seed pickup chamber at a spaced distance below the vacuum wheel. The stable ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3982661 | Seed planter for individual seeds An improved seed planter; improvements in planting devices adapted to plant individual seeds one by one, at spaced intervals in a prepared furrow; improved mechanism for individually receiving seeds one by one each in a moving receptacle, retaining each s... | 09/28/1976 |
