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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438201 | Apparatus for detecting of dropping tablets in automatic medicine packaging machine An apparatus for precisely, detecting a tablet dropped in a last hopper so that packaging speed of tablets is increased and operation of a shutter and a sealer is precisely performed, is disclosed. The automatic medicine packaging machine includes a last hopper prov... | 10/21/2008 |
| 6672476 | Shot shell primer dispenser A housing has two side walls extend upwardly from a floor to define a channel extending between a primer inlet and a primer outlet. A lanyard clip is fastened to the side walls adjacent the primer inlet, compressing the clip releases it, allowing primers ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6527140 | Tablet dispenser A tablet dispenser comprises an upwardly-open body portion (2), a plurality of flexible, circumferentially spaced tabs (4) around the upper end thereof to extend upwardly therefrom whereby gaps (6) are defined between adjacent tabs (4), an apertured lid p... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6116840 | Component supply apparatus A component supply apparatus includes a rectangular cross-sectional component passage which can house a plurality of chip components in a longitudinal direction, and at a first side surface of the tip of this component passage a rectangular-shaped compone... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5480280 | Method and apparatus for dispensing pallets Apparatus for dispensing pallets from a stack supported in a downstacker frame is made up of a pair of laterally spaced conveyor belts extending beneath the frame, a lift mechanism which can be lifted and lowered between the conveyor belts both for suppor... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5067702 | Dispenser for dispensing sheets of an alternating first and second kind from a stack An apparatus for successively removing stacked sheets, such as stimulable phosphor sheets used in electron microscopy, from a housing. The stack consists of alternate layers of a first kind and a second kind of sheets. Each sheet of the first kind has a f... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4714419 | Candy dispensing apparatus A system for producing confectionary products, especially lollipops, is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of molds mounted on a conveyor belt assembly. A dispensing means adapted for injecting a predetermined quantity of fluid into each of the mo... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4385712 | Automatically and semiautomatically unjamming nail selection device, designed particularly for machines riveting footwear heel seats onto corresponding heels An automatically and semiautomatically unjamming nail selection device, designed particularly for machines riveting footwear heel seats onto corresponding heels. The device has a nail tank or magazine coupled with a rotary chamber equipped with units desi... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4080903 | Process and apparatus for laying ties for a railway track The invention is a method of and apparatus for continuously laying sleepers at permanent positions at predetermined intervals on a bed of ballast for a railway track, by means of a vehicle travelling along the track, which method comprises feeding each sl... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4078994 | Apparatus for separating entangled parts A method and apparatus for separating entangled parts includes a receptacle container mounted for reciprocating movement in a vertical direction and having a grid structure at the bottom thereof for supporting and separating component parts which are enta... | 03/14/1978 |