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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7819283 | Strip ejection system A strip ejection system for holding and ejecting a strip is provided. The system includes a body and a strip movement section. The strip moving section includes all elements of the system that are involved with moving the strip, including a pressing element for pres... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7556177 | Slide ejector mechanism suitable for use in a laboratory instrument A slide ejector mechanism for automatically removing a slide from a slide stack is set forth. The slide ejector mechanism comprises an ejector blade adapted to engage a longitudinal edge of the slide and an ejector drive. The ejector drive is connected to rotate the... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7270080 | Animal treat dispensing assembly and method An animal treat dispensing assembly includes a base and a housing attached to and extending upwardly from the top side of the base. The housing has a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. The housing has an open upper end defining a fill... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264139 | Sensor dispensing device A sensor dispensing device (1) comprises a cartridge (2) having an outer casing (11) and a plurality of sensors (6) arranged one upon another in a stack. The cartridge has a first dispensing end (13) and a second opposing end (1... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7216776 | Child-resistant pill dispenser A child-resistant dispenser for dispensing items, including a chassis (12) having a reservoir (40) for holding items (16) and a conveyor (14) including a conveyor pocket (18) for receiving an item (16a). The conveyor ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 6843020 | Fertilizer spike and method and apparatus for inserting same into soil A fertilizer spike is insertable into soil utilizing a tool having prongs. The fertilizer spike comprises a fertilizer body comprised of fertilizer material having a base end with an outer surface that converges toward a tip end, in which at least two channels are f... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6508380 | Dispenser for the dispensing elements in strips A dispenser (1) for dispensing strip elements (4), having a supply chamber (3) for accommodating a strip-element stack (St), and having a discharging pusher (14) with a nose (16) for interacting with a first strip element (4') of the strip-element stack (... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6505754 | Apparatus for automated key retrieval and deposit An apparatus for automated key retrieval and deposit includes a housing and a key storage rack assembly positioned within the housing. The automated key retrieval and deposit apparatus also includes a key holder for holding a key to be retrieved positione... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6280314 | Coin dispensing device A cam groove in a shuttling mechanism for shuttling a slide piece is formed into a generally S-shape, in order to provide a long shuttling distance of the slide piece which dispenses one by one coins stacked and stored in a coin tube, without sizable desi... | 08/28/2001 |
| 5584805 | Animal pill-dispenser gun Embodiments of a pill-dispensing gun for animals are disclosed, each embodiment having an improved, crack- and break-resistant handle. The handle comprises an outer member or sleeve and a core extending through the interior of the outer member and up into... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5439136 | Merchandise push-out device for vending machines A merchandise push-out device for a vending machine, which pushes forward the lowermost piece of merchandise in a merchandise stocker in which merchandise is stacked vertically and supports the remaining pieces of stacked merchandise in a substantially ho... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5378630 | Test strip automatic supply device and analytical instrument using the same A test strip automatic supply device has: a cylindrical container 11 provided with a slit 15 which is formed in a side wall thereof so as to contain an elongate test strip; a container-supporting table having, in an upper portion thereof, a semi-cylindric... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5318194 | Overhead pack dispensing apparatus An overhead pack dispensing apparatus includes a plurality of trays holding an extensive inventory of packs in an array of altitudinal stacks of packs with the lowermost pack of each stack in a field of lateral rows and longitudinal columns, the apparatus... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5097983 | Supply device used in a semiconductor assembly apparatus A workpiece supply device used in semiconductor assembly machines such as wire bonding device, pellet bonding device, etc. including an elevator section having an elevator table that is raised and lowered and carries a magazine accommodated therein plate-... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4848593 | Granule dispensing apparatus, particularly designed for a tube of homoepathic drugs, and method for the utilization thereof Dispenser for pills or sweets contained in a tube closed by a lid. When not in use, a chimney prevents the pills from falling out of a hopper disposed within the body of the tube. When the lid is pushed in, a boss displaces the chimney towards the axial c... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4836413 | Method and apparatus for dispensing boxed goods A method for dispensing boxed goods by horizontally ejecting the bottommost box from a vertical stack of boxes. A pusher is engaged with the vertical wall of the bottommost box at about its vertical center and is used to push the bottommost box horizontal... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4792057 | Method and apparatus for dispensing flat discs An apparatus for dispensing single ones of flat chips or discs from a multi-chip receptacle, and/or depositing them onto a surface at selected locations, is disclosed, as may be desireable, for example, when playing a game of bingo. In one preferred embod... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4292115 | Cartridge film unloading and splicing system The system dispenses, unloads and discharges film cartridges while unloaded film strips are cut, identified, spliced end-to-end and wound into a roll--all automatically. The system alternatively provides semi-automatic or manual handling of individual car... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4232811 | Apparatus for dispensing and inserting sticks A plurality of hopper stored sticks suitable for mounting food products or the like thereon are individually delivered through a passageway to a feed station in a horizontal position. A rotatable wheel segment provided with a stick receiving slot therein ... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4071165 | Paper dispenser having a frictional discharge assistant A paper dispenser which provides a receptacle for holding a supply of paper or memo sheets and having an overlying retainer hingedly mounted on the receptacle with a depending member pivotally mounted on the retainer adapted to engage a topmost sheet on t... | 01/31/1978 |
| 3994420 | Tablet dispensing mechanism A vertical stack of tablets is disposed in a tubular container extending upwardly from an opening in the top wall of a housing. The tablets are dropped one-by-one in front of a reciprocable pusher, which is driven by a rotary impeller and is effective to ... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3933255 | Case magazine and feed apparatus A case magazine and case stripper part of a case opening, loader sealer machine, including longitudinal case slide rails for supporting a vertical stack of unopened, horizontal, flat folded cases, pusher assemblies mounted on a carriage that is longitudin... | 01/20/1976 |
