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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7559437 | Merchandise dispenser with coil actuation A theft-deterring merchandise dispensing apparatus has a chassis configured to provide limited access to an interior space housing merchandise in a secure manner. A knob is secured to a front panel of the chassis. The knob is secured to one end of an elongate wire c... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7464833 | Holding device for sport stacking cups The present invention discloses an improved holding device which allows for retaining, storing and transporting cups used in sport stacking. The invention allows a user to quickly and conveniently store and transport a stack of sport stacking cups using only one han... | 12/16/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7418774 | Method of using an automatic rivet loading module An automatic rivet loading module which includes a pusher mechanism, a gripper mechanism, a mandrel receptacle, mechanisms for moving mandrels in the mandrel receptacle, and a tool activation device. The gripper mechanism receives a rivet, and a mandrel is moved thr... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7377402 | Article transfer device An article transfer device which transfers articles using hanger rods each of which includes helical ridges or helical grooves, wherein the article transfer device can ensure a sufficient number of articles to be suspended without increasing depth of the housing. In... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7344051 | Marker holder and dispensing device A flexible marker holding and dispensing device. An elongate shaft includes a proximal end and a distal end extending away from the proximal end. A handle is connected to the proximal end of the elongate shaft. A trigger component protrudes from the elongate shaft a... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337903 | Single edge razor blade holder A razor blade holder includes a slotted housing for removably retaining a razor blade therewithin. The housing accommodates at least one magnet. The housing is used conjointly with a keeper having a magnet affixed thereto. The housing and keeper, in use, sandwich a ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337919 | Beverage lid dispenser The current invention is a lid dispensing device and method of use comprising a base unit, a lid holder operatively connected to the base unit, a blade operatively mounted to the base which moves between a first position and a second position, the blade supporting a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7287669 | Article transfer device An article transfer device which transfers articles using hanger rods each of which includes helical ridges or helical grooves, wherein the article transfer device can ensure the sufficient number of articles to be suspended even when a depth of a housing is narrowe... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7093714 | Removable holding member for stacked roofing washers A roofing washers assembly includes a plurality of stacked roofing washers and a positioning roofing washer is located at an end of the stacked roofing washers. An elongate holding member has a removable end piece connected to a first end thereof and the end piece e... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6502719 | Washer supply device for power nailers A washer supply device includes a retaining tube connected to a side of a power nailer and a slot is defined longitudinally through the retaining tube. A pile of washers are received in the retaining tube. A washer supply device is connected between a low... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6357624 | Lid dispenser A lid dispenser for storing and dispensing plastic drink lids. The dispenser has an elongated body within which the lids are stacked upside down and a dispensing slot in a sidewall facing a user. A gravity biased finger rides in a vertical trackway in a s... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6293424 | Dispenser for pull tab tickets and other articles and a pull tab ticket and article therefor A device for dispensing pull tab tickets, lottery tickets and other articles and the articles to be dispensed thereby are set forth. The device includes one or more carousels removably retaining magazines containing tickets to be dispensed. The carousels ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6267264 | Cassette and method for storing and dispensing objects arranged in a stack A cassette for storing and dispensing objects arranged in a stack, such as end disks, has a base plate, a plurality of standoffs attached to the base plate, and a stripper plate having a removed concentric section attached to ends of the standoffs. A hub ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6250501 | Method of storing and dispensing thin, flimsy objects A method for storing and dispensing thin, flimsy objects such as end disks that form the ends of light-tight packages for photosensitive materials. The thin, flimsy objects are loaded onto a hub member and supported by a biased pusher plate that urges the... | 06/26/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6056152 | Apparatus for dispensing refrigerating elements and said refrigerating elements A piece of apparatus for dispensing refrigerating elements enabling consumers to make sure that the cold chain is not broken when buying fresh and frozen food. The apparatus (101) for dispensing refrigerating elements (11) comprises a housing (102) in whi... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5944220 | Sanitized lid dispenser A lid dispenser for round plastic lids of the type normally used on plastic take-out cups for coffee, soft drinks, and the like in convenience stores is in the form of a sanitized tubular container. The lids are stored inside a protective housing. A cap t... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5865341 | Ferrule applicator and method A method of dispensing ferrules onto a work surface without requiring bend motion of the workman. The method utilizes a dispenser which is loaded from the top using a stack of nested ferrules on a retainer which is easily removable to free the ferrules in... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5785205 | Dispenser for dispensing bag holders Dispensing member (200) having a guide rail (202) for dispensing an individual bag holder from a nested stack. Dispensing member (200) having a plurality of curves (208, 210, and 207) which cause a spreading or fanning out enabling bag holders (40) to be ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5628428 | Automated feeder system and apparatus A feeder system for sequentially supplying a plurality of cuvettes or other objects to a conveyor track. The system includes a cassette, an escapement, and an actuator. The cassette retains the objects/cuvettes in at least one substantially vertical stack... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5433340 | Vending device A device for vending articles includes a stack of separator panels, each of which supports a product package, positioned in a storage bin. The bin has separator panel support tabs extending into the bottom thereof, and a pivot plate containing a panel-dis... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5265759 | Arrangement for the accommodation and sales display of razor blade units of wet razors packaged in dispensers An arrangement for the accommodation and sales display of essentially rectangular articles, preferably razor blade units, of wet razors, packed in dispensers. The arrangement comprises a sales dispensing unit for individually dispensing the articles. The ... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5222627 | Candy holding dispensing device This invention relates to novelties and in particular to a hand-held, candy holding/dispensing device designed to hold multiple pieces of candy in a housing. The self-contained candies are loaded in the housing at the factory and can be replaced by the co... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5172829 | Automated key dispenser The present invention provides an automated key dispenser system that permits keys to be randomly loaded and stored on individual keyholders in horizontal and vertical arrays, as well as in a number of planes, while dispensing keys to a single accessible ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5167327 | Shipping, storing and loading system for fastener collars A method and apparatus for loading fastener collars of the lockbolt variety into a tubular magazine associated with a fastener collar-feeding apparatus. Collars are stacked on an elongated flexible mandrel, after which the mandrel-collar assembly is inser... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5163580 | Package of stacked roofing washers and related methods In a package designed to be readily loaded into a magazine, stacked roofing washers are collated by means of an elongate, flexible, polymeric strap extending through central apertures of the washers. Near each end of the strap, the strap is formed with a ... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5161303 | Captive nut insertion tool An insertion tool to be interfaced with a turret-type punch press, or the like, to insert fasteners, such as captive or clinch nuts, into holes in a sheet metal workpiece. The tool includes a canister assembly having a plurality of guide rods on which the... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5139167 | Blade dispenser A safety blade magazine for storing, transporting and dispensing individually a large number of single edge safety blades. The magazine is essentially an elongated rectangular box having an opening or slot at the base of one wall and a thumb shaped recess... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5123273 | Hog ring clamping device The present invention relates to a hog ring clamping device such as a C ring clamping device. In the hog ring clamping device of the invention, a knock pin is mounted to a movable member of a jaw driving unit, a pivotable member is mounted to a hog ring c... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5086921 | Storing element for ring travellers for spinning or twisting machines An elongate, flexible storing or magazine element serves to receive at its outside ring travellers to be used in spinning or twisting machines. The storing element comprises a profiled strip composed of a retaining member and a back or spine member. The r... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5035322 | Rod magazine for electrical or electronic components A rod magazine for electrical and/or electronic components, more particularly for air coils, comprising a rod-shaped holder comprising a magazine chamber of U-shaped cross-section and a component support needle cantilevered from the holder at one needle e... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5016766 | Anti-contamination orthodontic device dispenser The invented anti-contamination orthodontic device dispenser includes a container for housing orthodontic devices, an aperture in the container through with the devices are dispensed, and a guide structure which directs the devices to the aperture for dis... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4995531 | Ring dispenser A ring dispenser comprising a rotating rod having an acme thread along one portion thereof and a helical coil spring at a dispensing end thereof feeds individual rings to a ring transfer device located at the dispensing end of the rod. The rod is rotated ... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4927054 | Apparatus for singularizing garment hangers Apparatus for singularizing garment hangers in a plant wherein the hooks of garment hangers are slidable along a downwardly sloping ramp has a stop with a tooth extending upwardly from an intermediate portion of the ramp. The tooth has a substantially ver... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4715489 | Disk operated plastic bag dispenser A disk operated mechanism having two pivotable members spaced apart by an amount less than the diameter of the disk. A lever extends from one pivotable member. Co-operable stops on each pivotable member restrict pivoting of the members when the lever is m... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4600118 | Ferrule dispenser This invention relates to the dispensing of ceramic ferrules individually from a dispenser which is loaded from a disposable cartridge containing the ferrules. The dispenser has a longtitudinally slidable nose cone with different internal diameters, the s... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4581481 | Guard ring for long-distance transmission lines A guard ring for long distance transmission cables for preventing wet snow from accumulating on the cables. The guard ring consists of two half collars of a hard elastic plastic material integrally joined by a hinge strap at one end and having interlockin... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4541226 | Packaging method and apparatus Flexible packaging bags are sequentially air-opened one at a time at a packaging station and filled with an article to be packaged while resting on top of a packaging table, which is removable so as to expose an area beneath the table in which a stacked a... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4530445 | Paper clip holder A holder for a multiplicity of paper clips is arranged in an aligned stack disclosed herein having an elongated, hollow housing closed at a dispensing end with a stop defining a partial opening for passing the uppermost clip of the stack. The housing disp... | 07/23/1985 |
