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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325700 | Dispenser apparatus and packaging to inhibit propagation of hand-borne pathogens An apparatus for the sanitary dispensing of small stirring straws comprising a dispensing apparatus for dispensing rod-shaped objects comprising a hopper assembly comprised of a hopper bin, and a cylindrical cavity formed beneath said hopper bin; disposed within sai... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7287720 | Paper towel dispenser An apparatus and method for dispensing a single paper towel from a continuous paper towel roll includes a housing having a housing back and a front cover connectable thereto for opening and closing the housing. A dispensing opening is positioned along a periphery of... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7234610 | Automatic napkin dispenser An automatic napkin dispenser includes a housing having a rotatable feed roller with protrusions on an outer surface thereof for engaging a topmost napkin on a stack of napkins, and displacing the topmost napkin between a pair of counterrotating nip rollers that dis... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7172091 | Mop dispenser A flat mop dispenser having a container comprising a holding pan and at least one roller proximate the pan. The roller is positioned proximate to a stack of flat mops in the pan and the roller rotates to engage a flat mop and dispense the flat mop out of the dispens... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7086644 | Media cartridge for a low power printer A media cartridge for a printer has a connector for connecting to the printer and a media storage volume in which sheets of media are stored. A manually operated slider ejects one sheet at a time through an outlet to an input slot of the printer. The printer then dr... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6789694 | Napkin dispenser A napkin dispenser is designed with a flat base to rest on a horizontal surface. A substantially perpendicular flat front plate is mounted on the base, and a stack of napkins, resting on their edges on the base, is biased toward engagement with the front plate. The ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6089401 | Braking arrangement for dispensers of continuous material A braking arrangement for dispensers of continuous material particulary paper dispensers includes a first gearwheel arranged for rotation about a first axis, and second gearwheel arranged for rotation about a second axis. The second gearwheel is arranged ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5630581 | Apparatus for dispensing lightweight sheet-style articles from a stacked supply of articles An apparatus for dispensing individual thin sheet-like articles from a supply stack of articles includes a supply magazine, and a base closing off the supply magazine. The base includes a dispensing assembly which includes a reciprocatably driven roller u... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5577634 | Paper towel dispenser for dispensing towelling from inside diameter of roll A dispenser for dispensing sheets of paper towelling from a tubular roll of paper towelling that has perforated lines across it at spaced-apart intervals dividing the towelling into joined together sheets. The dispenser has a base on which one end of the ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5388724 | Coffee filter storage and dispensing canister A coffee filter storage and dispensing canister includes a container body having an interior compartment storing an inverted stack of coffee filters and one end with a dispensing opening for dispensing coffee filters therefrom, a cover removably fitted on... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5335817 | Paper filter dispenser An improved sealed dispenser for sequentially dispensing filters utilizing a band tangentially contacting a portion of the periphery of a wheel thereby providing a frictionalized surface. Filters may be added to the top of the dispenser in a prepackaged s... | 08/09/1994 |
| 4981235 | Unitary coupon dispenser A dispenser for sequentially dispensing one sheet at a time from a stack of sheets. A housing encloses a drive and a lift roller, and each roller has a longitudinal axis arranged in parallel aligned relationship respective to one another and spaced from t... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4781305 | Single sheet paper dispenser A single sheet paper dispenser having a tray to hold a stack of paper and a drive assembly which operates as the top sheet of the stack is manually withdrawn to move another single sheet of paper into a feed position whereby it is partly projecting throug... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4732255 | Dispensing apparatus A dispensing apparatus 10 for elongate flat articles such as newspapers is described. The mechanism uses a rachet or pawl mechanism 36 or 36a to control a roller 23 or 23a rotatably mounted on a shaft 24 or 51 for dispensing the articles with the shaft an... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4662536 | Paper filter dispenser A dispenser for sequentially dispensing filters has a band that passes in contact with a friction wheel. The band has relatively low frictional characteristics downstream from the wheel and where it contacts the wheel. The band has relatively high frictio... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4324345 | Dispenser for automatically dispensing permanent wave tissue sheets This invention relates to dispensers, primarily the dispensing of permanent wave tissue sheets and other flexible sheet members. It is the object of this invention to provide an improved and simple automatic sheet dispenser capable of dispensing individual fla... | 04/13/1982 |
