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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7178697 | Agitator assisted bulk product dispenser A dispenser having an agitator for bulk product. The dispenser comprises a housing, a handle pivotally connected to the housing, a door connected to the handle and adapted to pivot between a closed position and an open position to selectively dispense the bulk produ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6655555 | Paint dispensing system A paint dispensing system including a container having a moveable piston contained therein wherein a paint containing area is defined between the piston and a portion of the container. A dispenser extends through an opening formed in the piston and by mov... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6588593 | Fluid container with timepiece A fluid container having a timepiece incorporated into or attached to the body of the container for holding liquids in the container and displaying various time functions from the timepiece. The fluid container can be of a variety of styles, shapes and si... | 07/08/2003 |
| 5353959 | Apparatus for dispensing powdered or granular seasoning materials A system and apparatus for producing seasoned food products where seasoning is performed at individual packaging lines. The product is conveyed from the preparation area to a packaging area in an unseasoned condition. Upon reaching the packaging lines, wh... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5284109 | Feeding device having mechanism for releasing feed at pre-arranged intervals A feeding device includes a casing with a bottom and a container above the bottom. The bottom has a first opening extending therethrough while the container has an outlet adjacent to the bottom which lies on a straight line drawn across the first opening ... | 02/08/1994 |
| 4856681 | Dispenser for granular and powdered dry materials A dispenser for granulated materials and powdered materials is disclosed having a hopper contained within a base mounting which dispenses material to a receiving cup. A manually operated sliding plate valve starts and stops the flow of material into the c... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4632280 | Ice dispensing mechanism An ice cube storage bin located beneath an automatic ice maker of a domestic refrigerator contains a pair of elongated ice dispensing rams that reciprocate along parallel lines, one of the rams moving toward the front of the bin, as the other moves toward... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4619379 | Bulk food dispenser A container for dispensing food includes a hopper having an inlet at its top and an outlet at its bottom, a gate slidably mounted on the hopper for opening and closing the outlet, and an actuator handle pivotally mounted on the hopper and engageable with ... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4583662 | Metering mechanism for a roller mill An improved roller mill construction. Material to be milled or ground is fed through a discharge opening in a hopper to a pair of cooperating rolls that are mounted within a housing. The discharge opening is enclosed by a sliding gate which is biased to t... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4353485 | Apparatus for conveying particulate material by spring expansion and contraction Apparatus is disclosed for moving particulate material such as alumina toward an outlet to a container while minimizing dispersion of dust into the atmosphere. The apparatus includes at least one coil spring which is disposed generally horizontally in the... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4314653 | Multiple automatic metering device A multiple automatic metering device particularly suitable for metering and admixing paints and able to meter exact quantities of various base colors so as to be able to obtain an extremely wide range of shades. The device comprises a series of units cons... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4176767 | Dog food dispenser A bin with a hopper bottom is provided for storing and dispensing dog food, including a sliding gate located at the bottom of the hopper for regulating flow of dog food from the bin. The gate includes a solid center section which prohibits flow of dog foo... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4113150 | Dispenser for ground coffee and other powdered products In a dispenser for powdered products, the bottom wall of the storage container comprises a stationary outlet spout forming a measuring chamber and cooperating with a horizontally displaceable valve member having upper and lower walls to obstruct the upper... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4070059 | Grain trailer A low profile material carrier which, in a preferred embodiment, comprises a grain trailer with a low rear opening for dumping. Most of the load, approximately 80%, dumps through the opening under the influence of gravity. The remaining portion of the loa... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4017005 | Corrugated discharge control device for a dispenser A dispenser is provided to supply fine particulate to xerographic machines utilizing a reciprocal force to drive the dispensing means and anti-caking arms extending inside the cartridge to reciprocate through the body of particulate. A dispensing means is... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3968906 | Ram for ice dispensing device An ice piece dispenser comprising a storage container having a longitudinally extending trough in its bottom wall with an ice dispensing closure means at the front end of the trough. A motor driven ram is positioned in the trough for combined reciprocatin... | 07/13/1976 |
