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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900797 | Lid separator and dispensing device A beverage container lid separator and dispenser is provided which allows individual beverage container lids to be dispensed in a neat and sanitary manner. The invention generally includes a vessel and an actuator, wherein a stack of lids is maintained in the vessel... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7549557 | Device for separating objects Disclosed is a device for separating objects from a quantity of objects located in a receptacle. In order to keep the constructional and technical effort of said device low while allowing for great tolerance regarding the dimensions or diameters of the objects, a pi... | 06/23/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7210598 | Authomated pill-dispensing apparatus An under-counter portable automatic pill-dispensing apparatus includes a double array of storage units for storing pills in bulk, a retriever between the two arrays for retrieving selected storage units, and a pill-dispensing module for unloading pills into a vial. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7178691 | Toilet paper storage and dispenser container A toilet paper storage and dispenser container in which to store and manually dispense rolls of toilet paper. The container comprises a convex container front in the form of a slidable face plate and a removable lid, an access door in which to extract a roll and a f... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175045 | Article-dispensing or vending machine The present invention provides an article-dispensing machine or a vending machine, which includes a main body, one or more tracks for holding articles, one or more selection elements for selecting at least one article and one or more dispenser-controlling assemblies... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7021887 | Singulator for stacked work pieces An apparatus and associated method for singulating a first work piece from a plurality of stacked work pieces, the plurality of stacked work pieces comprising a second work piece adjacent the first work piece. A stripping member is engageable against the second work... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6966455 | Apparatus and method for vending products having various dimensions An improved method and apparatus for vending products, and particularly beverage containers, of varied sizes, shapes and configurations are disclosed. The products to be vended are aligned in selectable ordered queues within a vending machine that can include a tran... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6928790 | Medication filling apparatus A medication filling apparatus for filling a predetermined container with medications, such as tablets, provide improved assemblability and maintainability, and permits safe and reliable filling operations, while maintaining a compact size. The medication filling ap... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6925698 | Method of feeding and installing self-attaching nuts A self-attaching fastener installation head and feed mechanism including a spring-biased L-shaped feed pawl which feeds a first nut in the feed passage adjacent the plunger passage on the upstroke of the die press. The feed pawl is pivotally supported on a slide bra... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6789996 | Medicine feed apparatus A support member (7) is positioned at a lower part of a storage container (3). The support member (7) supports a second medicine container (10, 16, 17) placed on the lowermost medicine container so that the lowermost medicine container fa... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6651841 | Machine for dispensing stacked articles The present invention is a machine for dispensing articles, such as a vending machine, wherein the bottom article in a stack of articles is dispensed. To solve the problem of frictional resistance and excessive weight on the bottom article as it is being ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6638003 | Apparatus for taking out PTP tablet sheets A tablet sheet removing apparatus in which tablet sheets (S) are contained in a stacked state within a tablet sheet containing portion (1). Among the tablet sheets (S), at least two tablet sheets (S1, S2), forming the discharge side, are supported separat... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6631827 | Fastener feed and installation head A self-attaching fastener installation head and feed mechanism including a spring-biased L-shaped feed pawl which feeds a first nut in the feed passage adjacent the plunger passage on the upstroke of the die press. The feed pawl is pivotally supported on ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6495182 | Loader for conveyorized cooking apparatus A loader for a conveyorized cooking apparatus having a transverse partition spaced from an endless loading belt. The loader may include several longitudinal partitions defining a plurality of dispensing stations for loading hamburger patties and like food... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6440007 | Game apparatus having a spherical object drop mechanism A game apparatus has a mechanism allowing to drop spherical objects one by one on the desired positions on the ground. The spherical object drop mechanism includes a housing for storing a plurality of spherical objects to allow vertical movements of the s... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6435370 | Medication package ejection mechanism The ejection mechanism includes an elongated housing for storing medication packages of uniform configuration. An eject member moves between two positions, including a first, rest position and a second, eject position. An actuator moves the eject member b... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6422417 | Cigarette vending machine and vending machine dispenser A cigarette package vending machine for selectively dispensing cigarette packages on actuation by a user includes at least one cigarette package storage and dispensing container. The container includes a storage region for storing a plurality of cigarette... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6345728 | Component feeding method and apparatus A rotary device has thereinside a driving device as a driving source for rotating a rotary block and opening and closing a shutter, and also includes a rod for transmitting a driving force to the rotary block and the shutter, a lever and a shaft for direc... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6321936 | Device for releasing stacked products in a vending machine A device in a vending machine for releasing products arranged in a stack made up of horizontal rows each including a plurality of products includes a containing structure (1, 2, 3, 4) inside which there are positioned the members (5, 6, 7) for selecting a... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6247611 | Flat packet vending machine with removable cartridge A vending apparatus for containing and releasing generally box-shaped or flat articles is disclosed. The articles are vertically stacked in a pre-packaged cartridge that removably mounts on top of a fixed housing. The main housing collects coins to accoun... | 06/19/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6176363 | Coin elevating device A coin elevating device for elevating a stream of coins from a coin collecting reservoir to a delivery location. The device includes a coin elevating channel which has an elongated base plate with two sidewall plates extending therefrom which are spaced a... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6168046 | Vitamin and pill dispensing device A vitamin and pill dispensing device including a housing having an upper portion, a lower portion, and an intermediate portion therebetween. The upper portion has an open upper end, a closed lower end, a front face, a rear face, and a pair of opposed side... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6152323 | Liquid container dispensing apparatus A liquid container dispensing apparatus having a storage unit, a storage rack including tiered shelves and separated compartments with the shelves terminating short of the back wall of the storage unit and being inclined downwardly from the front to the r... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6098841 | Commodity takeout mechanism of automatic vending machine To securely take out only a commodity at an end of a commodity string stored in a commodity route, a commodity takeout unit of an automatic vending machine is provided with a pair of arms movable between the work position protruding into the commodity rou... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5857587 | Automatic fastener supplier An automatic fastener supplier includes a frame having a receiving section for receiving fasteners. A track is removably and partially mounted in the receiving section. The track includes a gap defined therein for receiving shanks of the fasteners and an ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5755551 | Object discharge mechanism An object discharge mechanism for discharging a bottommost object from a stack of objects includes a bottom platform on which the bottommost object of the stack of objects rests. The platform has a longitudinal slot running along the object discharge dire... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5702030 | Rotational arm-type contact feeding system A feeding system for feeding blank contacts to a crimping device for crimping the contacts onto ends of lead wires. The contact feed system includes a bowl, and a scoop for removing contacts from the bowl. The scoop is preferably mounted on the end of a r... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5671787 | Accumulation system and method A system for sequentially establishing batches of predetermined numbers of items is disclosed. The system includes a feeder for continuously dispensing items serially and one at a time. A counter counts items as they are dispensed by the feeder and emits ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5511690 | Automated feeder system and apparatus A feeder system for sequentially supplying a plurality of cuvettes or other objects to a conveyor track. The system includes a cassette, an escapement, and an actuator. The cassette retains the objects/cuvettes in at least one substantially vertical stack... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5439135 | Golf tee dispensing device A golf tee dispensing device capable of individually releasing one of a number of standard sized golf tees from a plurality of tees stored and retained within the dispensing device. The device includes a tube for the ordered retention of the golf tees and... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5388724 | Coffee filter storage and dispensing canister A coffee filter storage and dispensing canister includes a container body having an interior compartment storing an inverted stack of coffee filters and one end with a dispensing opening for dispensing coffee filters therefrom, a cover removably fitted on... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5377866 | Multiple-roll toilet paper dispenser rack A new and improved multiple-roll toilet paper dispenser rack for storing a plurality of rolls of toilet paper within the unused space of a bathroom cabinet and dispensing the rolls one at a time through an opening in the cabinet, the multiple-roll toilet ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5372279 | Parts-supply control apparatus A part-supply apparatus provisionally holds each part delivered from a parts-passage in a temporary holding chamber having an outlet aperture before delivering the released parts to a predetermined point from the outlet aperture by means of forward moveme... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5165837 | Apparatus for feeding articles from tube magazines Component feeder for feeding comonents (8) from a tube magazine (2) comprises a pusher (44) on the end of a flexible steel tape (48) which extends from a tape housing (52). A filled tube (2) is supported on retractable pins (30, 30') in alignment with the... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5097757 | Machine for extracting juice from citrus fruit, particularly oranges A machine for extracting juice from citrus fruit, in particular oranges, includes an inclined chute conveying the fruits to be squeezed against a step, a spoon that raises the fruit resting on the step, and two squeezing plates below the step. The plates ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5071033 | Tablet dispenser A dispenser for edible tablets having a cylindrical case and a spring biased plunger therein for urging a stack of tablets within the case upwardly. Detents formed around the open end of the case hold the tablets in the spring biased arrangement. A closur... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5067873 | Method of separating a component from a row of components and apparatus for carrying out the method A row of components on a supply track are displaced by gravity to a separation station. A stop stops the row with one component at a presentation position. A separation mechanism separates the remainder of the row from the component at the presentation po... | 11/26/1991 |
