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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7784644 | Tandem gate release mechanism for a vending machine A vending machine includes first and second integrated dispensing systems mounted at front portions of adjacent product shelf dividers establishing at least first, second and third product queues. Each of the first and second dispensing systems includes first and se... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7427003 | Disk feeder and unstacker The disk feeder removes disks from the bottom of a stack of disks by pushing them one at a time with a ram traveling back and forth under a tower holding the stack of disks. The tower has a gap at the base for allowing one disk at a time to be pushed out by the ram.... | 09/23/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7172116 | Automatic dispensing machine of cards and card like goods Dispensing more than one card or card like good is prevented to prevent issuing a duplicate with an automatic dispensing machine of card or card like good having a table which supports the piled up card or card like good. A sucking device is located over the table a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7063234 | Meter strip dispenser assembly The present invention is directed to diagnostic kits that house and deliver a carrier for an analyte, such as a test strip carrying an blood glucose analyte used by persons afflicted with diabetes in order to determine their blood glucose levels. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6644503 | Single publication vending device A publication vending device for vending a single publication per vend cycle. The single publication vending device includes a forward transport assembly located within a housing and connected to a carriage for reciprocating movement with the carriage. A ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6571988 | Article release mechanism for a vending machine A release mechanism for a vending machine includes a frame for supporting a plurality of hinged plates which are movable between article retention and dispensing positions. As the release mechanism is moved to the dispensing position, a sub-plate member o... | 06/03/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6253669 | Host dispenser The disclosed invention provides a Host dispenser, which substantially eliminates the possibility of spreading unwanted germs amongst the members of a church congregation. The disclosed apparatus allows a single Host to be dispensed to a person. The Host ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6244463 | Candy dispenser with single-user-action dispensing mechanism A candy dispenser in the form of a toy spacecraft having a single user action dispensing mechanism is provided. The candy dispenser may include an internal cavity to store candies. The internal cavity may be provided in the form of a cockpit for the space... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5964374 | Method of supplying drug ampules to an ampule feeders of ampule dispenser A method of supplying ampules, stored in a container, to any of a plurality of feeders of an ampule dispenser which has run out or is short of ampules in stock. The ampules are supplied only after confirming that the ampules in the storage container are t... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5857588 | Apparatus for dispensing tickets, cards and the like from a stack An apparatus for dispensing articles from a stack, the apparatus being particularly useful in dispensing articles having a leading edge, a trailing edge and a sensitive top or bottom surface. The apparatus for dispensing such articles includes a base, a f... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5671865 | Coffee filter dispenser A coffee filter dispenser to dispense individual coffee filters of the cup type from a stack, comprising a housing having a bottom wall, side walls, a rear wall and an open front wall, dimensioned to receive a stack of cup type coffee filters therein faci... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5482183 | Heater and dispenser for vials A device for heating and manually dispensing small vials or carpules. The device includes a generally rectangular housing having a top wall with a lid. The lid provides access to the interior of the housing. The interior of the housing includes a vial fee... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5476190 | Dispensing/vending machine and method with lockable, portable dispensing chutes A vending machine for dispensing relatively flat, thin articles, and particularly for dispensing valuable articles such as debit cards and tickets. The articles to be dispensed are stored in removable chutes. Lockable covers are provided for the chutes so... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5460295 | Candy dispensing system A candy dispensing system is provided comprising a housing in which is defined a chamber for receiving a plurality of candies. The chamber has a dispensing opening and an arm for urging candies in the chamber so that one candy is always located adjacent t... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5452821 | Vending machine dispensing apparatus A vending machine with a frame in which there are numerous pivoting shelves, each shelf having a tang which extends through a hole in the frame, each tang having a tab positioned to frictionally interact with a side of the hole to keep the shelf in a gene... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5439345 | Automatic distributor of stacked packages An automatic distributor of stacked packages includes two lines of stacking means counterfaced and spaced apart from each other, having their respective outlets counterfaced and leading to the inside of the distributor, and two lines of delivery means ope... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5381925 | Stirrer/straw dispenser A dispenser for containing and dispensing elongated articles such as coffee stirrers, straws and the like is provided and presents an inclined wall therein including upper and lower end portions against and downwardly along which articles to be dispensed ... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5370496 | Discharge unit A discharge unit for sequentially discharging a lowermost piece of a stack of said pieces superposed in a shaft. The pieces in the stack have the same dimension as the inner cross section of the shaft and the shaft has a lower end wherefrom the lowermost ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5339984 | Fastener attaching apparatus having multiple sources of fastener hardware First and second complementary articles of hardware are fed to a single attaching station by first and second reciprocating feed-in fingers, respectively. Different types of first articles are selected during initial retraction of the first feed-in finger... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5335822 | Apparatus for dispensing tickets from a stack An apparatus for dispensing tickets from a stack includes a base. A frame for enclosing a stack of tickets is fixedly mounted on the base. A partition wall whose position can be changed to accommodate tickets of different sizes is removably mounted in the... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5318196 | Coffee stirrer dispenser A dispenser for containing and dispensing elongated articles such as coffee stirrers is provided and presents an inclined wall therein including upper and lower end portions against and downwardly along which articles to be dispensed rest and may move by ... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5269439 | Dispenser lock Unauthorized removal of packages from coin-operated vending apparatus is prevented by a gravity operated lock which prevents removal of the ejector from the column of packages in the dispenser. The lock can only be removed from the locking position by mov... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5244116 | Cosmetic sample dispenser with replaceable magazines A cosmetic sample dispenser having plural replaceable magazines supported on a common base. Each of the magazines is positioned within a recess in the base and maintained in operative position by a latch against an ejector spring. The individual magazines... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5195653 | Slide mounter with improved slide mount advance An improved slide mount advance mechanism advances a slide mount to an insertion station of a slide mounting apparatus, where the slide mount receives a film transparency to form a photographic slide. The mechanism includes a slide ejector designed to con... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5131565 | Tongue depressor dispenser A tongue depressor dispenser having a support base to which an upper cover detachably mounts. A dispenser assembly mounts to the support base. The dispenser assembly includes an ejector assembly that is movable to dispense a single tongue depressor at a t... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5115941 | Newspaper vending machines A newspaper vending machine has a newspaper holder with a dispensing housing that holds the newspaper in the holder. When the door of the vending machine is opened, the dispensing housing is mechanically moved from its closed position to an open position ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5048720 | Tablet dispenser A hand-held tablet dispenser provides a housing having first and second vertically oriented chambers defined by bottom and side walls and a panel separating the chambers. Each of the chambers has an opening at the top. The first chamber includes a magazin... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4865223 | Device for organizing disk implements and dispensing single sheets of paper A device for organizing desk implements and for dispensing single sheets of paper. By repeatedly depressing and releasing a pressing bar mounted on a casing containing a stack of paper, one sheet at a time is advanced gradually from a slit in the casing. ... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4718808 | Delivery device of piled corrugated fiberboard boxes A delivery device of piled corrugated fiberboard boxes is provided, which comprises a hopper for holding therein corrugated fiberboard boxes in a piled mode, a front sheet receiver and a rear sheet receiver held at a position higher than is the front shee... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4711369 | Tab dispensing and attaching apparatus First and second separately actuatable triggers are mounted to a housing which carries a hollow needle through which a fastener is dispensed. The needle is mounted to the housing for movement between original and extended positions. The article to be tagg... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4702392 | Vending machine A vending machine for vending flat packages is disclosed which includes vend assemblies which are reciprocal from a rearward position to a forward, vend position. The vending machine is equipped with a rotary coin accepting assembly including a handle, a ... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4619376 | Bingo chip dispenser Chip dispensing apparatus for dispensing bingo chips with a chip transfer slide which is reciprocally moveable between a chip receiving position to receive the lowermost chip from a stack of chips received in an elongate upstanding tube and a laterally re... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4527711 | Vending machine for edge engaging and dispensing single article An article dispensing machine, such as a newspaper vending machine, operable in response to insertion of an appropriate coin, or plurality of coins, has a mechanism which edge engages and dispenses one uppermost article, such as a newspaper, to the purcha... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4497265 | Seeding implement A seeding implement which includes a cylindrical container having a bottom with a centrally located opening therein. A metering plate is located beneath said container, preferably defining a plurality of different sized orifices that are locatable beneath... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4438867 | Electrical component dispensing tool A manually-operable tool for holding a magazine containing a plurality of stacked, individual electrical components and selectively dispensing the components from the tool in predetermined orientation for loading on a printed circuit board, or the like. T... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4436222 | Apparatus for dispensing containers An apparatus for dispensing containers, in particular disposable cups, from a stack. The apparatus has two jaw assemblies, each having a catch member and a lever member pivotable about horizontal axes between a first rest position in which the stack of co... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4416407 | Dispensing of fasteners with a pivoted and disengageable feed mechanism Dispensing of fasteners by a device which receives an assemblage of the fasteners and is able to expel them individually through, for example, a slotted hollow needle. The dispensed fasteners can be used generally in the attachment of items to one another... | 11/22/1983 |
