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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7380581 | Tape feeder and tape feeding and recovering modules therefor Provided are tape feeding and recovering modules for a tape feeder, and a tape feeder including the tape feeding module and the recovering module. The tape feeding module feeds a tape storing a plurality of electronic components in a predetermined pitch by driving a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7320413 | Self-closing dispensing container A disposable container for holding and dispensing one oral care, candy and/or medicinal strip at a time, without the need to open the package or to insert one's dirty fingers into the package, thereby eliminating the contamination of the remaining strips, and allowi... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7296963 | Multi-row passive component carrier tape A carrier tape for a tape and reel machine includes at least one edge having a plurality of sprocket openings therein. The carrier tape also includes a first row of aperture cavities and a second row of aperture cavities. Electrical components are contained in the f... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7249688 | Automatic apparatus for storing and dispensing packaged medication and other small elements The system includes a bin hopper which temporarily stores a plurality of small elements, such as medications. The elements are moved out of the bin and singulated into a one-by-one sequence by a series of singulating conveyors. The resulting sequence of elements is ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7219665 | Delivery device A delivery device, e.g. an inhaler, comprises a rotatable metering member adapted to dispense a measured amount of material, a material delivery passage and a material delivery orifice and at least one actuator member adapted to move the metering member form a mater... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7159720 | Container having a rotatable ring A generally cylindrical container comprised of three parts including a top shell, a bottom shell, and a rotatable ring. The top and bottom shells are affixed to each other and hold the ring captive in a race formed by the outer sidewalls and annular retaining edges ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7131478 | Component supply system An apparatus for supplying a component carrier in the form of a tape is provided. The component carrier has a number of cavities formed on one surface thereof for containing components. A pair of spaced first and second guide plates that function to guide one surfac... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7104417 | Pill dispensing apparatus and system Apparatus for dispensing pills packaged in a pack comprising a base and a top rotatably mounted on the base and defining a housing for the pill pack, a plunger mounted in the housing operable between inner and outer limit positions and having means for discharging o... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100792 | Automatic apparatus for storing and dispensing packaged medication and other small elements The system includes a bin hopper which temporarily stores a plurality of small elements, such as medications. The elements are moved out of the bin and singulated into a one-by-one sequence by a series of singulating conveyors. The resulting sequence of elements is ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6991110 | Package for storing sensor crystals and related method of use A package for retaining at least one crystal for use with vacuum deposition processing apparatus includes a tray portion having at least one vertically disposed supporting slot sized for retaining a crystal and a cover portion overlaying the tray portion. The cover ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6964350 | Handkerchief dispensing apparatus A handkerchief dispensing apparatus for containing and dispensing handkerchiefs for a user. The handkerchief dispensing apparatus includes a housing comprising a base wall and a perimeter wall. The perimeter wall and the base wall define a receiving space of the hou... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6948541 | System for handling components at a component mounting machine System for handling components in connection with circuit board assembly in a component mounting machine. The system comprises a number of component tapes provided on component tape reels, and a number of tape guides arranged for receiving component tapes of a given... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6926797 | Electronic part feeder In an electronic component feeding apparatus for feeding components with use of a taping component, a brushless motor is used as a drive motor in a tape sending mechanism that transports the taping component so as to improve productivity in an electronic component m... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910514 | Part feeder An apparatus 101 for supplying a component carrier in the form of a tape is provided. The component carrier 102 has a number of cavities 116 formed on one surface thereof for containing components 115. A pair of spaced first and second gu... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6814256 | Cartridge based small item restricted access dispenser system A system for accessing small items that are stored in a secure manner for controlled access thereto by access mode or access code, which system is based upon a series of modules having a plurality of storage cartridges therein, which modules are disposed in a box an... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6773542 | System for handling components at a component mounting machine System for handling components in connection with circuit board assembly in a component mounting machine. The system comprises a number of component tapes provided on component tape reels, and a number of tape guides arranged for receiving component tapes of a given... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6705376 | Device for supplying electronic components to a pick-up position The invention relates to an apparatus for supplying electronic components to a pick-up position, for example for automatically picking up and mounting said components on a printed circuit board by means of a mounting device, at least two supply carriers (8... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6699355 | Method and means for exposing components in a component carrier tape A method and means for exposing components (13) positioned in sequence in a carrier tape (7) and covered by a cover tape (8), in order to release and lift the cover tape from the carrier tape and expose the components in a picking position (12) for subseq... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6652706 | Tape feeder with improved cover tape disposition path and drive The present invention is a method and apparatus for supplying components, via a carrier tape having a cover tape thereon and a plurality of pockets retaining components therein, for retrieval by an automated insertion machine, including a carrier tape ree... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6497845 | Storage container for analytical devices A storage container for holding analytical devices, the storage container being made of a rigid material and containing separate chambers in each of which at most one analytical device can be accommodated, wherein the chambers are in a regular geometric a... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6475436 | Method and device for removing consumable analytic products from a storage container A method and a device for removing an analytic consumable product, in particular a test element, from a storage container having chambers which are sealed by foils from which the consumable product is pushed out by means of a plunger (7) can be optimized ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6415950 | Distribution installation for packets The invention concerns a distribution installation for packets with an operating device (1) and compartments (4) located beside and/or above one another in which the packets (3) to be selected can be arranged, in which transport means (9) controlled by th... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6340094 | Premium supply apparatus and lock mechanism of hook for premium supply apparatus A lock mechanism for a hook in which a premium suspended in a hook can be taken out at a predetermined drop position within a casing is provided. The mechanism comprises a base member (40), a hook (10) fixed to the base body (40), and a lock portion (20) ... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6321817 | Electronic component supply device In an electronic component supply device electronic components are accommodated within cavities formed in a carrier tape of which surface is covered with a top tape. A peeling portion for peeling off the top tape from the carrier tape includes a peel-away... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6318437 | Tape feeder for component part mounter A tape feeder for a part mounter including a guide frame into which first through third guide portions and a stripper are incorporated, a driving motor installed on the rear surface of the guide frame, first through third gears for transmitting the power ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6315157 | Grid skill amusement game or dispensing device A coin operated device for the distribution of items includes a target array of tubular members containing items. A ram attached to and extending from a support member. The support member providing for movement of the ram within a plane. The ram is employ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6269860 | Top-cover-tape feeding apparatus and top-cover-tape treating apparatus An apparatus for feeding a top cover tape peeled from an electric-component tape which additionally includes a carrier tape having pockets which accommodate electric components, respectively, and whose respective upper openings are closed with the top cov... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6202890 | Parts feeder A parts feeder is provided which may be employed in feeding electronic parts such as chip components to a mounting device for mounting them on a printed circuit board, for example. The parts feeder is designed to lift up parts supplied from an inlet to a ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6202728 | Electric-component feeder An electric-component feeder for feeding a carrier tape carrying electric components at a predetermined component-carry pitch, at a tape-feed pitch equal to a quotient obtained by dividing the component-carry pitch by an integral number, and thereby suppl... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6082428 | Part supplying device The present invention is intended to feed components stably and speedily in a component feed apparatus whereby components stored in the form of a taped component, while being transferred along a component feed guide, are sequentially supplied to a predete... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6026885 | Electronic component feeder An electronic component feeder is provided for feeding electronic components in their stable position into an electronic component mounting apparatus and allowing the taking up of a top tape with high stability thus increasing the speed of component mount... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5854074 | Dispensing instrument for fluid monitoring sensors A sensor dispensing instrument is adapted to receive a generally circular sensor pack containing a plurality of blood glucose sensors. Each of the sensors are disposed in sensor cavities, each of which is in fluid communication with a corresponding desicc... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5762754 | Electronic-component supplying cartridge and electronic-component supplying and picking-up apparatus An electronic-component supplying cartridge is provided which includes a movable and an immovable jumping-out-preventing member and is free from jumping of electronic components out of electronic-component accommodating pockets, changing of posture of the... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5720924 | Storage system for test elements The system has several test elements, each of which is individually sealed to be impermeable to water vapor. The system storing test elements facilitates removal of test elements and protects the test elements contained in it against effects from the outs... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5630986 | Dispensing instrument for fluid monitoring sensors A sensor dispensing instrument is adapted to receive a generally circular sensor pack containing a plurality of blood glucose sensors. Each of the sensors are disposed in sensor cavities, each of which is in fluid communication with a corresponding desicc... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5558340 | Game machine A game machine includes a housing; a grip mechanism including two hands for gripping articles mounted on a rear wall of the housing; a drive mechanism for moving the grip mechanism vertically and/or horizontally, and depthwise in the housing; a control me... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5531859 | Electronic component feeder An electronic component feeder is provided for transferring a succession of electronic components borne by a carrier tape toward a pickup position one by one, the carrier tape having a backing strip and a protective cover strip adhesively secured to the b... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5523816 | Film cartridge magazine A magazine for containing a plurality of film cartridges and a method of using same. The magazine comprising at least one storage disk having a plurality of sleeves defining passages at both ends for retaining at least one of the film cartridges between t... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5510266 | Method and apparatus of handling multiple sensors in a glucose monitoring instrument system A sensor dispensing instrument includes a sensor magazine that contains a plurality of blood glucose sensors disposed in sensor slots. Each of the sensor slots is in fluid communication with a desiccant cavity in which desiccant material is disposed. The ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5419802 | Electronic component supplying apparatus An apparatus capable of supplying electronic components successively to a loading position of an electronic component mounting machine at a high speed and in a stable manner is disclosed, in which a dancing guide is operatively connected with a feeding un... | 05/30/1995 |
