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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7926680 | Carton with internal clip retainer for dispensing clips of a stacked sheet material A dispenser for dispensing a clip of stack sheets of a web material includes a carton body defined by a bottom, sidewalls, and a lid. The carton body defines an internal volume for receipt of a clip of stacked sheets of a web material. The lid includes a dispensing ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7802696 | Spent gum wrapper dispenser and method of using same The invention is a portable device designed to hold and dispense wafers used in the containment and disposal of spent chewing gum. The device is small and can be sized to fit in a person's pocket. The wafers are stacked, loaded, and housed in a chamber. When loading... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7665628 | Tissue box cover A tissue box cover with an integral tissue lifting device is provided. The tissue box includes a bottom portion having a base and four side members defining an opening for receiving a tissue box. The base has a lifting device. The lifting device includes a plurality... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7568593 | High capacity napkin dispenser A large capacity napkin dispenser for in counter mounting includes: (a) an elongate housing having a generally rectangular cross-section for receiving a stack of napkins; (b) a faceplate with a dispensing aperture, the faceplate being hinged to the housing so as to ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7367470 | Multi-posture folded towel dispenser A free-standing dispenser for inter-folded towels capable of being placed in a wide variety of postures having an opening which facilitates one handed dispensing. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353968 | Pop-up rubber band dispenser A dispenser for dispensing rubber bands is disclosed, the dispenser comprising a lower container and an upper container. The lower container is open at a top end thereof and comprises at least one side wall and one bottom wall. The bottom wall has an upward facing i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347335 | Pusher assembly, merchandise dispenser and method of dispensing merchandise A spring-driven pusher assembly of a merchandise dispenser in which the spring is carried entirely on the pusher assembly behind the articles being dispensed to thereby eliminate any interference problems with RF signals or the like used for purposes of determining ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341166 | Gravity-feed napkin dispenser with internal blocking assembly A gravity-feed dispenser includes an internal blocker assembly to prevent folded sheet from falling away from the dispensing aperture. A preferred embodiment includes a spring biased blocker arm which cooperates with a spring biased guide plate to maintain the napki... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7275657 | Bag dispenser A container for individually dispensing plastic bags provided in a stack. The container is formed from a blank that is cut and formed with appropriate fold lines, such that when assembled, the container includes a bottom wall, spaced, opposing sidewalls, and spaced,... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270247 | Storage cartridge for biosensors A storage cartridge for dispensing biosensors used in the determination of an analyte in body fluid comprises a hollow body for housing a stack of biosensors having an open top, a flexible conveying member disposed over the open top of the body, the flexible conveyi... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7237773 | System for feeding and transporting documents A system for feeding and transporting documents includes a feeder stage and a transport stage. The hopper assembly includes a hopper floor that carries the document stack and a flag that provides a force to move the documents along the hopper floor toward the feeder... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7178689 | Table top folded sheet dispenser A dispenser includes a body having four side walls, a base and an opening in a top of the body. The base has end walls extending substantially parallel to the side walls so that the dispenser is substantially double walled. A lid is hingedly connected near the top o... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168773 | Drawer expander A drawer expander that includes a plurality of trays that are stacked on top of each other. Spring-biased arms connect the trays together so that the trays will open when the drawer is opened and close when the drawer is closed. One form of the drawer expander can b... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7147129 | Personal effects dispenser A dispenser dispenses personal effects such as, panty liners, condoms, wet wipes, tampons, etc., for use by occupants of a particular establishment (home, prison, office, hospital etc.). The personal effects dispenser has a first housing that holds the tampons and t... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7124911 | Container and cartridge for dispensing paper products The present invention provides a container for dispensing individual paper products that includes a housing, a cover hingedly or removably attached to the housing wherein the cover defines a dispensing opening, a means for elevating paper products, and a plunger dis... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118008 | Label tag dispenser A label tag dispenser has a base, a cassette mount for placing a paster cassette and two semi-shells symmetrical with each other. The cassette has an outer periphery and at least one groove is defined in the outer periphery. Each semi-shell has an open end, an inner... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7093737 | Container and cartridge for dispensing paper products The present invention provides a container for dispensing individual paper products that includes a housing, a cover hingedly or removably attached to the housing wherein the cover defines a dispensing opening, a means for elevating paper products, and a plunger dis... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7073876 | Exchangeable components for color customizing of appliances An appliance, such as a refrigerator, is provided with a door handle with colored caps for covering the door handle fasteners. The caps are exchangeable with other caps having different colors, as chosen by the consumer. The refrigerator also includes storage bucket... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063233 | Method of folding gloves and dispenser therefor A method of interfolding gloves including superposing finger portion of second glove adjacent finger portion of first glove, with second glove finger portion being disposed parallel and in a direction opposite the first glove finger portion, in a superjacent opposin... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063209 | Memo block base and container with magnetic suspension device A memo block base and container is composed by a memo block base and a container. The memo block base is provided with at least one magnetic article in the bottom, the container is provided with at least one magnetic article in the inner bottom, and the upward pole ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055234 | Method of manufacturing blow-molded cup dispenser A cup dispenser includes a blow-molded plastic storage tube and a blow-molded plastic cup pushing member or follower positioned within the tube. The pushing member is optionally spring-biased toward an open first end of the tube away from a closed, second end of the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048143 | Container and cartridge for dispensing paper products The present invention provides a container for dispensing individual paper products that includes a housing having side walls defining an interior area for receiving a plurality of paper products, wherein one of the side walls defines a slot. The housing further inc... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7032775 | Tape dispenser/applicator device A tape dispenser/applicator device for dispensing and applying tape to packages. The tape dispenser/applicator device includes a housing member having side walls and open top and bottom ends; and also includes a tape cartridge being removably disposed in the housing... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028860 | Inter-folded sheet dispenser with replaceable cartridge A dispenser for inter-folded sheet includes a replaceable cartridge. In preferred embodiments, the replaceable cartridge includes a generally planar rectangular core having a stack of inter-folded food service sheets wrapped around the core in a U-shape and retained... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021529 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine deposit accepting system and method An automated banking machine includes a mechanism for accepting deposited items. Deposited items may be provided to the machine in envelopes which are first passed to a user from an envelope storage area (132) in the machine through a transport (124) a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011231 | Side-access front assemblies for cup dispenser, and cup dispensers with same A cup-dispensing apparatus and system is disclosed that utilizes a front piece that comprises a side-access port into which is reversibly inserted a cup-dispensing insert. This front piece/cup-dispensing insert assembly may be manufactured separately from or integra... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7000802 | Dispensing box A dispensing box, and more particularly a device for holding a stack of individual sheets of flexible paper (e.g., coupons, recipes, rebates) or individual product samples for in-store advertising and promotion. The dispensing box has a resilient insert which pushes... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6931968 | Drive for automated assembly A member for being joined to a mating member is provided. The member includes a number of drive sections that are engagable by a driver having corresponding driver sections. The rotation of the driver causes the member to be joined to the mating member. Each drive s... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929147 | Modular dispenser A modular dispenser of sheet products including an open-ended case (10), a front panel (20), and a rear panel (30) is characterized in that the open-ended case is fitted with first longitudinal ribs (11, 12) by which the front and rear pa... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6915923 | Coupon dispenser An improved coupon dispenser is disclosed comprising a rigid housing assembly that includes a front cover and a mating rear housing section engaged together to provide a storage chamber for a stack of folded coupon sheets. The front cover is provided with a rounded ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6902083 | Method for dispensing medical items A dispenser (10) for dispensing medical items (68, 70, 72) includes dispenser modules (28, 30) movably mounted thereon. The dispenser modules are selectively operative to dispense medical items therefrom into a path (54) which is connecte... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6824007 | Curl limiting napkin dispenser A curl reducing adapter kit for a napkin dispenser used for dispensing interfolded napkins including an enclosure with a dispensing wall defining a dispensing slot and a slidably mounted, biased pressure carriage adapted to advance a stack of napkins in the enclosur... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6799695 | Sanitary napkin dispensing device A dispensing device is provided for sanitary napkins of various shapes and sizes. The device is conveniently and efficiently packaged for optimal placement and utility within the private facilities of a home. The device includes a hinged lid allowing ready placement... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6585129 | Napkin dispenser for interfolded napkins with baffled dispensing aperture A napkin dispenser for dispensing a stack of interfolded napkins includes an enclosure with a top, bottom, sidewalls, a back wall and a dispensing wall provided with a dispensing aperture spanning along its major axis at least the transverse dimension of ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6550636 | Sheet dispenser A sheet article dispenser includes a housing and a double-acting spring designed to urge a stack of sheet articles toward an access opening in the housing to allow only the outermost sheet to be removed one at a time. The double-acting spring includes a t... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6514585 | Tape strip pads and dispenser and method of dispensing individual tape strips A W-stacked pads of tape strips dispensable at a low peel angle, comprising a plurality of superimposed tape strips longitudinally reversed so as to align the first end of each tape strip with the second end of an immediately overlaying and an immediately... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6131764 | Wall mounted coffee filter dispenser A wall mounted closed container for storing and dispensing single coffee filters one at a time from a stacked nest of basket type coffee filters. The container has top and a bottom hinged cover plates to provide access to the container. The top cover plat... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6062421 | Glove dispensing device A glove dispensing device comprising a cabinet which is designed to be permanently affixed to a wall for dispensing gloves from the glove boxes stored within the cabinet. The cabinet of the glove dispensing device includes a housing and a cover swingably ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5992683 | Clip lift for sheet dispensing system This invention relates to a sheet dispensing system which includes a clip lift member. The clip lift member of the present invention is positioned beneath the stack of sheets placed in the carton. The clip lift is comprised of an elastic member which is p... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5954226 | Envelope dispensing apparatus for an ATM Apparatus for dispensing flat rectangular envelopes includes a rectangular cartridge container shaped to receive the envelopes in a stack with an open mouth and a movable rear wall pushed by a spring to present the stack at the open mouth. A first cover p... | 09/21/1999 |
