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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7451893 | Ferrule dispenser and ferrule package therefor This invention relates to a ferrule dispenser for dispensing stud welding ferrules and to a package of ferrules for use with the dispenser. The dispenser comprises a rod that supports a spring loaded cam system. The cam system moves relative to the rod and includes ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7243817 | Solid objects dispensers A tablet dispenser for dispensing individual solid objects comprising a lower housing, an upper housing with an elastomeric cover that covers at least a portion of a trigger mechanism, a elastomeric cover of at least a portion of the lower housing and a dispenser me... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7232025 | Electromagnetic conveyor stop A conveyor stop assembly for stopping objects traveling along a conveying path includes a magnetically attractable stop member pivotally mounted for movement out of the conveying path when contacted by an object traveling along the conveying path and an electromagne... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228988 | Medicine supply apparatus A medicine supply apparatus to discharge a medicine into packing paper having a nozzle for discharging a medicine from a tablet case and a shutter rotatably provided in the nozzle for opening/closing a medicine drop path. The shutter includes a first rotatable shutt... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7213724 | Table tennis ball delivery device A table tennis ball delivery device adapted to be secured to or adjacent the side of a table tennis table for directing a ball to a player upon the activation of a switch by the player. The device includes a chamber for carrying a supply of table tennis balls, a bal... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7147130 | Single dose pill dispensing system A single pill dispensing system for a bottle/vial of the type for dispensing a medication pill, where the bottle/vial has a circular body and receives a circular cap. To facilitate the dispensing of a single pill, an insert, slidably received in the circular body an... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7104421 | Golf ball teeing device A golf ball teeing device comprising, a platform having an upper surface, an opening in the platform, a tee for a golf ball the tee being arranged for reciprocal movement with respect to the opening between a lower position where the top of the tee is at a level bel... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7089654 | Ball given quantity supply apparatus and method and apparatus for assembling ball screw apparatus There are provided with a ball given quantity supply apparatus for supplying a given quantity of balls to an apparatus using a given quantity of balls such as a bearing, a ball screw and a linear guide, and a method and apparatus for assembling a ball screw apparatu... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7065868 | Methods for installing a circuit device A method is provided for installing circuit components, such as memory devices, in a support, such as a socket. The device to be installed is supported in a holder or shell. The holder is positioned over a support region in the receiving socket. A manual actuator is... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066340 | Neck-hanging cooler door shelf device A shelf device for an inside surface of a cooler door has a bottle neck-hanging device and a display panel. The bottle neck-hanging device has a sidewall with at least two slotted openings therein. The display panel is adjacent the sidewall and has slotted openings ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059495 | Single periodical dispensing device A periodical dispensing device combines a camming mechanism and an article engaging blade to separate a single article from a horizontal stack. When actuated, the separated article is released through a dispensing chute. The stacked articles are dispensed through a ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7040855 | Blank support device A device for handling blanks, comprises a blank pallet-receiving portion to be positioned downstream of a blank forming machine. The blank pallet-receiving portion defines a plane substantially parallel with a blank-receiving surface on a pallet positioned on the bl... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032776 | Vending machine bucket drive control The disclosed invention is a dispensing apparatus and method for dispensing product from a vending machine. The invention employs a motor for bi-directionally rotating a dispenser bucket between two bumpers which physically obstruct and limit the rotational travel, ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7007821 | Method of delivering pills through a feeder tube A pill delivery and packing apparatus having a feeder tube for delivering pills is provided. The feeder tube has a helical delivery chute that extends between an inlet side and an exit side of the tube. The delivery chute has a helical inner contour and a rectangula... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6971546 | Dispenser of single-use portions of preparations for beverages, particularly coffee or the like A dispenser of single-use portions of preparations for beverages, comprising a structure that supports at least one storage assembly for single-use portions provided with a discharge outlet for the discharge of the portions, at least one distribution assembly for th... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6968975 | Selectively cascadeable storage management apparatus, method, and system A selectively cascadeable storage unit allows a variable number of containers to be stored and dispensed in a first-in, first-out manner. The storage unit includes a receiving area, a storage track, a dispensing area, and a selectively engageable stop. The storage t... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966455 | Apparatus and method for vending products having various dimensions An improved method and apparatus for vending products, and particularly beverage containers, of varied sizes, shapes and configurations are disclosed. The products to be vended are aligned in selectable ordered queues within a vending machine that can include a tran... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6945427 | Self-learning depth logic for multi-depth vendor control The disclosed invention is a dispensing apparatus and method for dispensing product from a vending machine. The invention employs a product vend detector to sense when products are dispensed. A controller compares the occurrences of products actually dispensed to th... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6918509 | Toy and pogo dispenser A dispenser for dispensing candy or other small objects, the dispenser having a rotatable hopper, having a hopper cavity therein, a tubular structure, having a storage portion for storing objects above the rotating hopper, a storage portion opening, a base portion, ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6881380 | Cup handling subsystem for an automated clinical chemistry analyzer system The present invention relates to a cup handling subsystem for an automated clinical chemistry analyzer system which includes a nestable sample cup for holding sample mixtures, a cup dispenser mechanism for holding and dispensing a supply of the cups into a sample sh... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6824010 | Selective actuating apparatus A selective actuating apparatus involves a barrel 17 rotated due to rotation of a driving motor 2, a revolving shaft 3A supporting rotatably the barrel 17, and a barrel 16 rotated as a result of transmitting torque in the case wher... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6807792 | Spout singulator for closure feed system A closure feed system for use on an associated form, fill and seal packaging machine for feeding and singulating closures from a closure storage region to a closure applicator. The feed system includes a chute for conveying the closures from the storage region to th... | 10/26/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6474503 | Cup lid dispenser This apparatus and method for dispensing lids, such as plastic cup lids for drinking cups, one-by-one from a nesting stack of lids disposed slidable inside a vertically oriented elongated housing, such stack being initially supported from underneath the b... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6409045 | Vending machine for bottles A vending machine for vending a plurality of bottles each of which are supported in an upright position only at a top portion of each of the bottles include a planar dispensing rack having a plurality of elongated slots therein for storing and dispensing ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6371715 | Automated tube to tube transfer of a predetermined number of IC packages for various types of IC packages A predetermined number of IC (integrated circuit) packages are transferred from a first IC package tube to a second IC package tube. A chosen IC package track has dimensions that fit to dimensions of each of the IC packages. The first IC package tube is p... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6360901 | Bottle neck-hanging display device adaptable for different neck sizes A merchandising device is useful to display flanged bottles. The device includes an elongate track for supporting a row of flanged bottles such that the bottles in the row are suspended by their neck flanges for movement along the track and are removable ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6260734 | Device for distributing parts singly and a device for storing these parts A device for dispensing single components, in particular rivets of different shapes and sizes, wherein the rivets are conveyed to a riveting station one by one in a given direction along a path; the rivets are moved along and within an elastic sheath (11)... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6254332 | Nut feeder for feeding nuts for resistance welding The present invention discloses a nut feeder for the feeding of nuts for resistance welding. A stopper 12 is provided which is so energized as to enter into the inside of a chute 7 from a lower-end lateral side of the chute 7. A lowermost nut 5 in the chu... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6199720 | Vending machine A vending machine is provided with a cabinet having a plurality of inclined, vertically spaced shelves. The shelves are able to selectively feed a beverage container to an elevator which is located adjacent an interior, right side wall of the cabinet of v... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6116463 | High-speed semiconductor sluice assembly and method for passing a semiconductor chip therethrough A high-speed sluice assembly and method for transporting semiconductor devices includes a slide along which the semiconductor devices are transported and two independently controlled stoppers which control the transport of the semiconductor devices along ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6117391 | Cup handling subsystem for an automated clinical chemistry analyzer system The present invention relates to a cup handling subsystem for an automated clinical chemistry analyzer system which includes a nestable sample cup for holding sample mixtures, a cup dispenser mechanism for holding and dispensing a supply of the cups into ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6112944 | Ferrule delivery system A ferrule delivery system for placing a ferrule in a desired position on a flat surface quickly and with ease is disclosed. The system includes an elongated shaft having a tapered end and a delivery end, ferrules loaded on the outer circumference of the s... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6073801 | Dispensing device for vending apparatus The present invention is directed to a dispensing device for a vending apparatus which includes a shaft, having articles for dispensing, a pump, a first tube provided substantially near the bottom end of the shaft and connected to the pump for repeated in... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6065637 | Connector supply method and device In a connector supply apparatus, a plurality of connectors are successively shifted along a shifting passage of a rail member, and a desired number of preceding connectors are separated from the succeeding connectors by the rise/fall of a pair of stoppers... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5957043 | Fruit feeder for squeezer machines A fruit feeder for vending machines includes a container for fruit storage, a fruit elevator and a horizontal fruit conveyor. The elevator is composed of two vertical endless chains between which are mounted horizontal vanes and which elevate and eject th... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5947303 | Display and dispensing system for bottles A consumer display and dispensing rack having a front and a back, and a container rail inclined downwardly and forwardly from the back to the front for supporting a series of bottles thereon is disclosed. The rail provides a spaced apart pair of support f... | 09/07/1999 |
