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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7186087 | Method and apparatus for a dispensing system with a dual direction paddlewheel A dual rotation paddlewheel includes tangs that are equally effective in either direction of rotation. The paddlewheel includes tangs disposed around an outer periphery of a body. The dual rotation paddlewheel includes a primary face for use in a first direction and... | 03/06/2007 |
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| 5984147 | Rotary dispensing pump A rotary pump that may be used in manual or automatic dispensing systems to dispense material such as epoxy or solder paste, and the like. The rotary pump has a feed screw shaft with fins disposed in a mixing chamber that mixes the epoxy or solder paste. ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5829646 | Ice dispenser and combination ice and beverage dispenser An apparatus for dispensing ice includes a bin and a shroud that contains a recess for housing a wheel. The shroud mounts to a front wall of the bin and includes a chute that communicates exterior to the bin. The shroud further includes a curved plate tha... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5603435 | Repainting gun A hand-held repointing gun has an inclined feed chamber, which receives the material to be applied, and a driven feed screw which conveys the material from the chamber to an applicator nozzle. The discharge end of the nozzle defines an axis which is orien... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5469992 | Multi-compartmented device for dispensing exact quantities of dry material A device for dispensing an exact, selected quantity of loose dry material, with this device comprising a multi-compartmented member rotatable about a substantially vertically-disposed axis toward and away from a reference location. The compartments of thi... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5265773 | Paste feeding apparatus The paste feeding apparatus is equipped, within a cylindrical container having a paste feeding opening at its lower end, with a spiral pump composed of a vertical mantle tube having a paste inlet and a paste outlet, which are spacedly formed at lower and ... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5213450 | Appliance for the dispensing of bulk material An appliance for dispensing of bulk material includes a circular-cylindrical stationary cellular housing with individual chambers of a cross-section in the form of a segment of a circle, which are closed in an upper and lower region by respective upper an... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5160068 | Automatic dispensing feeder having a linear activator and a flexible skimmer Automatic dispensing apparatus for accurately dispensing preselected amounts of material. The apparatus includes a paddle wheel assembly having multiple compartments for holding selected amounts of material to be dispensed. The apparatus further includes ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5104007 | Ice and beverage dispensing apparatus An ice handling and beverage dispenser includes an agitator assembly mounted within a downwardly sloping ice storage bin, the assembly including a rotor connected to an agitator with the agitator comprising a frame to sweep the ice and the rotor having a ... | 04/14/1992 |
| 4930685 | Ice dispensing apparatus and method An ice dispensing bin has an inward and rearward sloped front wall and a downward and forward sloped semi-cylindrical bottom wall. The rear wall and side walls and an upper portion of the front wall are generally vertical. A paddle wheel is positioned in ... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4921086 | Device and method for uniformly distributing materials on a circular surface The device comprises an inclined rotating chute with adjustable angle of inclination, having an elongated flat sliding surface with a rectilinear longitudinal side provided with a retaining edge, the opposite longitudinal side being the pouring side and h... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4861216 | Feeding device for feeding pulverous or granular material from a container to a material consuming apparatus A container (10) comprising a trough (23) is filled with pulverous or granular material, for example a neutralizing agent for sulphuric acid. At the place where the container (10) is used, for example on a waste gas cleaning apparatus, a subassembly (27')... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4796440 | Ice cream maker An ice cream preparation apparatus having a cold storage container with a hole through its bottom in which a supporting member is disposed. A rotating screw in the hole through the supporting member moves material through that hole and out the bottom of t... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4618304 | Silo hopper for silage unloaders An upright silo has a U-shaped central discharge opening in the floor and a cavity below the floor in vertical alignment with the opening. A hopper in the cavity has an upright wall terminating at an upper edge and a smooth, inclined slip ramp contiguous ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4609151 | Material spreader having multiple compartments and mixer Apparatus for spreading dry or granular materials such as lawn seed and/or lawn treatment chemicals that includes a support frame 18 rollingly supported by a pair of wheels 14 and a hopper 12 attached to the support frame that defines four substantially i... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4560092 | Variable quantity dispensing device for granular material A device for dispensing a selectively variable measured quantity of granular material from a container includes a cup-shaped first member and a hollow cylindrical dispensing member having a sidewall disposed concentrically within the first member. The dis... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4423830 | Apparatus for storing and dispensing particulate ice Dispenser apparatus for particulate ice and/or ice cooled beverage has an ice bin with upright walls about a substantially vertical axis, a bottom canted rearwardly, a transverse ice discharge chute coplanar with the bin bottom and having a width continua... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4386719 | Constant feed apparatus A constant feed apparatus in which a straight tubular housing into which a material is fed has provided therein at least one rotary arm which rotates in the proximity of the bottom surface of the tubular housing, and at least one discharging port is provi... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4376600 | Rotating material feed for apparatus for pneumatic conveying of loose materials The apparatus of this invention feeds coarse-grained, lumpy dry materials from a hopper (1) to an outlet chamber (19) into which materials are blown. It has two rotors (5, 15) that rotate in unison about a common vertical axis and have circumferentially a... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4322017 | Dispensing device A dispensing device is provided herein for dispensing a selected amount of material from a container. The device includes a central disc which rotates to deliver a desired amount of material according to a pre-set adjustment. Total emptying of the contain... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4193522 | Dispensing machine mixing device and housing therefor A dispensing machine mixing device has a base fastenable to the chassis of a dispensing machine, a bearing in the base, a shaft rotatably mounted in the bearing, a shaft seal on the front of the base, a mixing impeller on the front of the shaft and to the... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4179048 | Seed spreader A hand held seed dispenser has a generally cylindrical shaped receptacle portion having a bottom wall in which is formed an outlet opening. An agitator blade is mounted within the receptacle and connected to a closure plate which is pivotably mounted belo... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4174054 | Volumetric feeder for metering particulate material Highly accurate metering of particulate material is achieved by employing a rotatably mounted agitator to initially move the material radially outward to the periphery of a horizontally-disposed, stationary, circular, flat support plate, from which it fal... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4167248 | Device for disentangling and spreading short steel fibers A device for disentangling and spreading short steel fibers used for the reinforcement or crack prevention of concrete or mortar employed for civil engineering works, building constructions or the like. The device comprises a hopper for storing short stee... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4146334 | Paint mixing and dispensing apparatus The pneumatically operated apparatus includes a transparent, calibrated paint container to facilitate measuring of the required proportions of color and solvents. A vertically displaceable and rotatable member extends through and seals an opening in the b... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4126250 | Apparatus for dispensing granular material An apparatus for dispensing granular material having a tendency to form lumps, comprising a container at the bottom of which an outlet opening is provided, one or more wings being provided at the bottom and being movable in such a way that the lower surfa... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4034898 | Bulk bin delivery and metering apparatus Apparatus for positively encouraging a flow of feed from a bulk storage bin to a receiver or conveyor and for supporting the weight of feed in the bin is disclosed. A rotating disk mounted in the plane of the bin exhaust forms apertures with the bin sides... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3981417 | System for aerating and fluidizing particulate material A mass of particulate material stored in a hopper is bottom unloaded and passed through several stages of aeration and fluidization to condition the material and place it in a relatively uncompacted state. The material is conditioned with a minimum of vib... | 09/21/1976 |
