Class 221/296 - Dispensing plural articles

Subclass of Class 221 - Article dispensing
Definition: Devices in which the means interposable and removable from
No. of patents: 30
Last issue date: 10/31/2006

Number	Title	Issue Date
7128240	Pill dispenser A pill dispenser for use with a conventional pill bottle includes a hollow housing having an upper end with an internally threaded collar thereon for coupling the housing with the externally threaded neck of a conventional pill bottle. A tubular passageway extends f...	10/31/2006
7048183	RFID rag and method of user verification An identification tag (100) facilitates use of a secure computer system (300). The tag (100) is adapted to be worn on a user's wrist and includes an identification and registration circuit (102) that includes an identification component (...	05/23/2006
7032741	Conveyor system having a speed control chute A package sorting conveyor apparatus comprising: a conveying track; a conveyor chute downstream from said conveying track; a speed control device for controlling the speed of packages in said chute; and at least one unloading station downstream from said conveyor ch...	04/25/2006
7025258	Ball bearing actuation mechanism A ball bearing actuation mechanism includes a circular gauge wheel rotatably mounted in an interior chamber of a housing below an inlet passage and adjacent to outlet and overflow discharge openings of the housing and a curved retainer wall mounted to the housing in...	04/11/2006
7021492	Pill and capsule counter and dispenser A device for rapidly counting and dispensing pills and capsules in blister packs or cards is provided. A movable plate with apertures, a sizing guide and a template fit inside a housing. The sizing guide has apertures corresponding to a particular size of pill or ca...	04/04/2006
6655902	Apparatus for stacking elongated members An apparatus for transferring rows of side-by-side elongated members from a conveyor to a stacking platform to form bundles. A plurality of parallel stacker arms are displaceable in a direction parallel to the conveying of the elongated members, between a...	12/02/2003
6513679	Drug storage and dispensing apparatus A device to automatically dispense solid medicinal units, such as pills, capsules, or the like, based upon patient needs. The medicinal units are stored in long, thin tubes. Each tube stores, in single-line, vertical fashion, a series of units of the same...	02/04/2003
6419441	Lamination dispenser and method of dispensing laminations A lamination dispenser is provided for dispensing a predetermined stack of laminations from a string of laminations. Each lamination has an outer edge with a first area of the outer edge opposing a second area of the outer edge. A third area of the outer ...	07/16/2002
6379105	Automatic lumber unloading and feeding apparatus The present invention provides a lumber unloading and feeding method and apparatus that can reliably separate individual boards from a stacked unit and feed the individual boards into other automatic machinery. One embodiment comprises a first load suppor...	04/30/2002
6199740	Pneumatic fastener inserter and hopper for same A pneumatic fastener inserter and hopper for the same is disclosed for use in inserting fasteners into material being secured. The hopper comprises a rotatable drum which tumbles the fasteners therein into position so that the shanks thereof protrude outw...	03/13/2001
5735433	Apparatus for dispensing sliced bread A bread dispensing apparatus has a rigid hollow body (10) in which bread slices can be placed, an upper inlet (11), a lower outlet (14) which is associated with a pull down dispenser. When the dispenser is pulled down, bread can be removed from the body. ...	04/07/1998
5560515	Cigarette weight control Apparatus for regularly weighing groups of cigarettes comprises a suction drum arrangement (4,6) for picking up a predetermined number of cigarettes from a multi-layer flow of cigarettes (2) on a conveyor (3) and for feeding the cigarettes as a row (25) o...	10/01/1996
5548941	Method of feeding groups of tobacco items, in particular cigarettes, to a continuous packing machine A method of feeding a continuous packing machine with groups of tobacco items, in particular cigarettes, composed of at least one layer of items, whereby a continuously-moving conveyor with pockets for respective groups is supplied successively with the g...	08/27/1996
5529208	Jar ticket dispensing apparatus and method The present invention includes a jar ticket dispensing apparatus and method for dispensing jar tickets in response to an operator input. The invention includes an enclosed drum for containing the tickets. A support means supports the drum for rotation the...	06/25/1996
5480087	Fastener feeding apparatus A fastener feeding apparatus which is adapted for concurrently feeding a plurality of fasteners to respective driving machines, and wherein the fasteners are fed from a vibratory hopper along a single delivery chute to a slide assembly. Upon movement of t...	01/02/1996
5195651	Ball feeder for replenishing evaporator feed Vapor source material such as uranium, which is to be dropped into a melt in an evaporator, is made into many balls of identical diameters and placed inside a container. An elongated sloping pipe is connected to the container and leads to the evaporator s...	03/23/1993
5102009	Small-article feed machine An apparatus of this invention has a parts feeder unit, and this parts feeder unit has a plurality of parts feed countries. Guide pipe paths are respectively connected to these parts feed ports. Aligning units are arranged midway along these guide pipe pa...	04/07/1992
5009330	Golf ball vending machine A machine that vends a predetermined number of golf balls when activated by a coin or token-operated slide mechanism. A large plurality of golf balls are placed in a hopper and the balls are fed from the hopper, one at a time, into an elongate pipe that d...	04/23/1991
4460108	Apparatus for feeding electric circuit elements Apparatus for feeding electric circuit elements includes a plurality of containers or stockers for electric circuit elements, a transfer member connected to a respective stocker for transferring the circuit elements, and a shutter assembly disposed across...	07/17/1984
4451324	Apparatus for placing chip type circuit elements on a board An apparatus for locating chip type circuit elements on a printed circuit board includes an accommodating assembly for temporarily storing said circuit elements supplied from hoppers, a movable shutter placed under the accommodating assembly, and which su...	05/29/1984
4396336	Apparatus for feeding lifts of limp sheets A sheet magazine supports a stack of limp flexible sheets. The magazine has a bottom with a slot formed therethrough and spaced opposite first and second ends with an end feed gateway at the first end. A mechanical sheet separating and segregating device ...	08/02/1983
4393981	Apparatus for supplying a predetermined number of piston rings to a work station Apparatus for supplying a predetermined number of piston rings to a work station including a vertically movable slide plate interposed between a charge-side chute and a discharge-side chute. Both the chutes have inclined grooves formed on side surfaces th...	07/19/1983
4262818	Coin dispensing apparatus including guide tube and cams for retaining coins in the guide tube A coin dispensing apparatus adapted to dispense a selected number of coins includes a guide tube to receive a plurality of coins and a number of cams to engage several of the coins in the tube to selectively retain a particular coin within the tube to the...	04/21/1981
4226252	Electro-mechanical winnings distribution assembly for slot machines An electro-mechanical winnings distribution assembly for a slot machine in which a release coin operates a microswitch to produce a pulse which is fed to an electromagnet to pivot a winnings distribution lever against the action of a spring from a positio...	10/07/1980
4167091	Chute filling device for filter cigarette casings A chute filling device for handling cigarette filter tubes has a funnel and a chute divided by partitions, as well as a discharge opening and a pushing arm, wherein the partitions are loosely suspended with play in slots in a swing frame, the partitions b...	09/11/1979
4122933	Feeder transfer chute A feeder transfer chute lying in a vertical plane is adapted to convey elongated ammunition cartridges by gravity, each cartridge having a projectile at a first end and an extractor groove at a second end. The chute includes parallel spaced apart ribs whi...	10/31/1978
4119243	Article dispensing device A dispensing device for use with a guide or shaft for dispensed objects. The guide consists of a fixed guide wall and an adjustable wall, the distance between walls being adjustable according to the width of the dispensed objects by means of an adjustable...	10/10/1978
3982662	Article escapement mechanism for case packing machines An escapement mechanism for successively releasing rectangular groups of articles from an upright stack. The articles are of the type having reduced top ends and enlarged bottom ends. The articles are held within an upright hopper that guides the stack gr...	09/28/1976
3970218	Cap selecting and feeding mechanism Caps loaded into the hopper of a machine are gravitationally fed at a controlled feed rate and are distributed into a plurality of guide channels. Movement of each cap through a guide channel is momentarily interruped to obtain a desired spaced relationsh...	07/20/1976

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Class 221/296 - Dispensing plural articles