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"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7975875 | Mechanical gas bottle dispensing machine An entirely mechanical gas bottle dispensing machine that allows to either only dispense by gravity a filled bottle upon insertion of a first token or dispense a filled bottle with return of an empty bottle upon insertion of a second token. ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7211096 | Lancet dispenser A system suitable for collecting a body fluid, in particular blood from a body region of a person to be examined which comprises a lancing device which is suitable for holding a lancet, a lancet magazine for storing two or several lancets which has a transport devic... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7104400 | Medical syringe container A medical syringe container comprising a housing, an outlet through which a new syringe can be removed from the housing, an inlet through which a syringe can be replaced into the housing, and holding means to prevent a second syringe from being removed from the hous... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7058412 | Combined advertising and entertainment system network A wireless remote unit is operable to demodulate signals received over a plurality of different bands, such as the FM broadcast band, and one or more higher frequency bands. The various bands have different channels and the selection of the band and the channel is a... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6935634 | Steam turbine packing spring A packing spring for a steam turbine comprising a flat, elongated spring body of specified length, width and thickness dimensions; a flange at one end of the main spring body; and at least one bend in the main spring body, located substantially midway along the leng... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6874654 | Apparatus for exchanging bobbins An apparatus for dispensing a fully threaded bobbin to an operator upon the depositing of an empty bobbin into the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a housing defining a storage compartment for storing the bobbins. The housing has a first opening for depositing the... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6865444 | Container and method for dispensing transdermal dosage forms The present invention provides a two compartment device (10), and method of use, for the disposal of used transdermal dosage forms (26) and the dispensing of unused transdermal dosage forms (28). The first compartment (12) has a dosage fo... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6761194 | Inert gas dispenser for propane tanks A system for dispensing a plurality of pressurized tanks. The system includes a plurality of compartments each having a door that is releasably opened by a fluid operated lock connected to a pressurized line. The pressurized line is connected via a fluid operated co... | 07/13/2004 |
| 5829630 | Propane cylinder vending machine A vending machine for valved cylinders of propane gas is provided which includes a cabinet, a U-shaped roller conveyor and a support rail. The cabinet has return and dispensing openings sized to allow empty cylinders to be returned to the cabinet in an up... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5590811 | Crayon organizer Embodiments of a crayon organizer are disclosed which may be used to store, organize, and dispense crayons, chalks, or similar articles. The crayon organizer has a cylindrical cover with an open slot through which one crayon, chalk, or similar article may... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5505334 | Trash container liner dispensing system A storage rod for temporarily supporting liners for a container is mounted by one end of the rod to the bottom side of a wall having a slot for passing the liners through the wall from the bottom side to the top side of the wall. The attachment to the wal... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5402872 | Environmental protective amusement and vending method and apparatus A method and apparatus for providing for the destruction of used beverage containers while at the same time providing slot machine simulating amusement wherein a slot machine resembling apparatus receives the used beverage container and by activation of s... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5234162 | Air freshener device cartridge An air freshener device (10) having a cartridge (14) and a cartridge housing (16) is disclosed. The housing (16) has a sealed first cavity (18) and a sealed second cavity (20) having a first fragrance (22) and a second fragrance (24), respectively. First ... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5176237 | Unattended card exchange unit An unattended card exchange unit which is powered by a battery and is actuated when a card is inserted into it via a lower passage and contact a micro-switch therein. When the unit is actuated, a motor inside there drives a driving wheel which in turn dri... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5129546 | Storage container for button-shaped batteries Storage container for button-shaped batteries with a minimum of one channel, which is dimensioned to fit the cross section of the battery and which has an entrance and an exit opening, a slide, which is located inside the channel and which is secured agai... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5050798 | Static air freshener device and cartridge An air freshener device (10) is disclosed. The air freshener device (10) includes a cartridge (12) having a housing (16). The housing (16) has a sealed first cavity (26) and a sealed second cavity (28). First fragrance (60) is located within the first cav... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4884212 | Apparatus and method for using unique charge cards dispensed from a vending machine A dispensing machine is accessed repeatedly by a card issued by the machine. The machine comprises storage bins for holding and dispensing a plurality of products. A memory unit is included for storing information including representations of credit infor... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4790120 | Method of and mailer for delivery of replacement units and return of replaced units A method and apparatus for the delivery of replacement units, particularly suited for the delivery of replacement electronic components such as Programmable Read-Only Memories (PROM's) mounted on printed circuit boards. The apparatus includes a box-like h... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4598810 | Apparatus and method for vending and accepting return of re-usable articles A vending unit includes a plurality of cubicles each holding a TV film, dispensed in response to the manipulation by an identified patron. The patron has an identification code number, which upon being entered as information into the vending unit, energiz... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4592377 | Coin escalator A coin handling apparatus for receiving coins at one end of a coin transport channel, feeding the coins through the channel in single edge-to-edge file and discharging the coins through an outlet slot at the outlet end of the channel is disclosed. A secur... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4415092 | Holder for uniformly shaped articles An open-ended holder for releasably supporting a number of uniformly shaped elongated articles. The holder will release one article as another is pushed into its place. One article can be used to directly push another from its individual holding chamber w... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4412631 | Carousel card dispenser A dispenser for the controlled one at a time dispensing of a magnetic card to an operator who inserts the card into a magnetic card reader for entry of an active number in an "Electronic Point of Sale" advertising medium reaching a predetermined captive a... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4371070 | Key deposit return machine A deposit for a key is returned after the key is deposited in the machine where an element on the key unlocks the coin control mechanism.... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4193511 | Apparatus for manual manipulation of articles Apparatus which assists in the manual manipulation of articles intended especially for use in delivery of articles such as newspapers from the interior of an automobile to a stationary open receptacle for such articles. The apparatus includes two open-end... | 03/18/1980 |
| 3941244 | Magazine for razor blade cartridges A magazine for razor blade cartridges in which the cartridges embody a plurality of blades permanently secured in a plastic body, the magazine including a main housing into which is insertable a spring clip preloaded with a stack of the cartridges, the ho... | 03/02/1976 |
