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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6978536 | Spring-wire clip applicator and method, and spring wire clips useful therewith An applicator for applying, to a plurality of sheets, spring-wire clips made of bent spring-wire having first and second end sections joined together by an elastically-deformable wire juncture section. The applicator includes a holder for holding a plurality of the ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6412654 | Vending machine A vending machine for vending articles such as cassettes or boxes is disclosed which has a touch screen (18) for receiving user input commands, a key pad (26) and credit card or coin payment devices (22, 24). A control system (FIGS. 11 to 13 and 23) contr... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6267370 | Inclining slide for card dispensing device A card dispensing device has a mechanism for preventing double feeding of cards. The double feed preventing mechanism can be card attitude correction rollers, which adjoin the leading edges of the cards within the card dispensing unit and thickness screws... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6264060 | Auxiliary article dispenser for vending machines An auxiliary dispenser for a merchandise vending machine of the type comprising a cabinet, a delivery bin at the front of the cabinet, near the bottom, and means in the cabinet above the bin for dispensing merchandise to the bin, the dispenser adapted to ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5356033 | Beverage dispensing method and apparatus A beverage can dispensing method and apparatus for use in a refrigerator comprising three angularly disposed shelves, two said shelves being angularly disposed from front to rear to enable cans to roll from front to rear. A third shelf angularly disposed ... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5105980 | Automatic deck washer transfer apparatus An apparatus for transferring a deck washer from a storage magazine containing a stack of deck washers to a deck for installation. The transfer is accomplished by a reciprocating trolley which retrieves a washer from the stack and whose reciprocation urge... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5104000 | Permanent wave end paper dispenser A permanent wave end paper dispenser allows a beauty operator to dispense permanent wave end papers from a housing in a one at a time manner, utilizing only one hand. The dispenser includes a rectangular housing with an inclined ramp disposed adjacent a p... | 04/14/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4962867 | Auxiliary article dispenser for vending machines An auxiliary dispenser for a merchandise vending machine of the type comprising a cabinet, a delivery bin at the front of the cabinet, near the bottom, and a merchandise dispensing apparatus in the cabinet above the bin for dispensing merchandise to the b... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4942980 | Vending machine For a vending machine for dispensing parallelepiped products, which are arranged in horizontal product stacks, a dispensing device is provided, which separates the first product package to be dispensed by tipping the package away from the product stack, w... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4673104 | Molded clip reorienter and applicator A device for applying molded plastic clips to unattached containers to form multiple container packages which includes a container alignment device for aligning the unattached containers for application of the clips by generating uniform forces between th... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4375856 | Apparatus for inserting and extracting flexible flat objects into and out from a magazine A guide unit (9) for the flat objects, the unit includes a plurality of guide paths (12,15,16) and movable along one side of a magazine for holding flexible flat objects transversely to the one side in locations spaced along the one side of the magazine, ... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4305691 | Tray feeder A machine for feeding individual flexible trays from an inclined nested stack to a conveyor or other appropriate surface below the stack. Vacuum heads are mounted to arms that pivot about a horizontal axis spaced from an upper transverse edge of an inclin... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4214673 | Cup-shaped coffee filter dispenser A holder for a stack of fluted, cup-shaped coffee filter papers having a cover including a reciprocable, single paper dispenser arm secured in the cover, and a filter contact on the dispenser arm.... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4182231 | Frozen patty feeder A frozen patty feeder for a group of individual patties and especially for use with a broiler having a horizontal conveyor run advancing in a predetermined direction includes a first upstanding wall extending transversely of the direction of conveyor adva... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4171752 | Vending machine locking apparatus An improved locking system for a vending machine of the type comprising a plurality of vertical magazines each consisting of an endless belt having a plurality of spaced trays thereon. A receiving tray mounted below each of the belts has a lock lever asso... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4171066 | Automatic vending machine capable of heating vended goods An automatic vending machine which selectively delivers a cold stored canned food such as canned coffee, juice, soup and so on as it is or canned food after being heated by an induction heating coil.... | 10/16/1979 |
| 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 |
| 3970195 | Crochet needle storage and dispensing device A light weight, portable device for removably storing a number of needles of various transverse cross section but of substantially the same length, which needles have crochet hooks defined on first ends thereof, and the device capable of being used to sel... | 07/20/1976 |
