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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6929158 | Dispenser for delivering an adjustable volume of flowable dry material A dispenser for granular material having a container for storing the material. The container is connected to a dispensing assembly having a chamber in removable communication with the container. The volume of the chamber is controlled by an insert that is installed ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6068162 | Adjustable soap dispenser This invention relates to an improved liquid soap dispenser of the type ones which are commonly located in public washrooms and the like. These kind of soap dispensers include a frame, a manually operable pump mounted on the frame and a reservoir operativ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5870906 | Automatic dispensing device The present invention relates to gravity based dispensers for washing machines that incorporate at least one storage reservoir and at least one dispersement chamber, wherein the dispersement chamber is adjusted by a user to regulate the amount of a liquid... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5855300 | Device for dispensing a predetermined amount of solids A dispensing device for dispensing a predetermined amount of solid materials in powder or granular form allows a predetermined quantity, say for example a spoonful of sugar, to be dispensed into a coffee cup. The dispensing device allows measured quantiti... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5769278 | Adjustable measured dose dropper A measured dose dropper includes an adjustable extension fitted within a hollow barrel in an end opposite that of the opening of the barrel. The adjustable extension includes gradation marks which correspond to the volume within the hollow barrel as adjus... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5377727 | Apparatus for measuring out and filling particulate or granular material An apparatus for measuring out and filling a particulate or granular material comprises an intermittently drivable container conveyor extending through a filling station for a plurality of containers as arranged in a feed direction to be fed to and stoppe... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5341961 | Coffee dispenser with agitator A coffee dispenser particularly constructed to measure and dispense finely ground powdered coffee by providing an agitator for the lower portion of the hopper including an agitator portion moving through the discharge opening of the hopper to positively p... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5123572 | Coffee grinder dump cylinder An adjustable measuring apparatus for repeatably measuring a selected volume. The adjustable measuring apparatus includes a hollow sleeve having two sleeve apertures formed through opposed spaced apart surfaces of said sleeve. A first sleeve aperture form... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4971229 | Piston adjusting device for flowable material dispenser An adjustable dose dispenser having a measuring chamber of constant cross-section defined in a housing wherein an end of the chamber is selectively placed in communication with a reservoir containing flowable material to fill the chamber and with a passag... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4890535 | Apparatus and method for measuring and dispensing powder An ammunition powder measuring and dispensing apparatus in which a charging chamber rotates and translates in a helical course within a housing between inlet and outlet ports. The powder is gravity loaded and discharged from the chamber from a hopper abov... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4781308 | Product feeding device A product feeding device suitable for use with a combination weighing machine having a plurality of weighing hopper. The device comprises a central vibrating dispersion table for dispersing product fed to the center of the table outwardly toward the perip... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4721233 | Powder feeding apparatus A powder feeding apparatus comprising a powder storage receptacle for defining a space to hold a powder and a metering chamber disposed beneath the holding space for receiving the powder flowing from the holding space. The powder is metered in the meterin... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4696414 | Discharge assembly A dispensing valve provided in a chemical dispenser for dispensing predetermined amounts of chemical into a lavatory cistern is disclosed. The dispensing valve seals an opening in and dispenses liquid from the dispenser, the valve having a chamber movable... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4640448 | Volume adjustment device for powder filling apparatus Apparatus is disclosed for dispensing materials into containers in precise amounts, which includes an adjustment mechanism for precisely controlling the volume of material dispensed. The dispensing apparatus comprises a dispensing wheel having a plurality... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4502611 | Amalgam dispensing device A device for storing and dispensing mercury and tablets comprising: (a) a housing having a main discharge port; (b) a normally closed mercury reservoir extending from the housing, the reservoir including a discharge port; (c) a tablet container extending from the h... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4360126 | Rotary dental amalgam dispenser A trigger actuated rotary dental amalgam dispenser is provided with a material distribution shell within which a transport carriage is rotated in a concave depression under the control of a trigger actuator. The shell is constructed with liquid conduit ch... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4307759 | Batch material blender and method therefor A measuring and transferring device for automatically metering predetermined and variable quantities of virgin plastic material, reprocessed plastic material and color concentrate to an extrusion machine. This masterbatch material blender incorporates a r... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4289258 | Safety charge measuring device for cartridge loading machines A sliding charge receiver is slidably positioned under a powder feed hopper for receiving a charge from the hopper and delivering it to a feed chute. The sliding member has a hole to receive a powder charge from the hopper. The hole is adjustable in size ... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4256058 | Automatic aquatic food dispenser For automatically feeding aquatic animals in an aquarium tank, a cup attached to a rotating arm scoops granular food from a storage bin and releases the food to a discharge chute. The food falls under gravity onto the water surface in the tank. The capaci... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4199081 | Apparatus for dispensing mercury and dental alloy Apparatus for dispensing metered amounts of mercury and silver alloy, for the production of dental amalgam, is disclosed. The apparatus can dispense the silver alloy in either tablet or powder form and is provided with a stirring member in the silver allo... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4168019 | Ground coffee dispenser A coffee dispenser having a storage hopper and an adjustable slide and trap door batch dispenser mechanism which can be easily and quickly cleaned and which is particularly adapted to permit adjustment of the size of the batch being dispensed.... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4151933 | Powder measure device A powder measure device which includes a drum having two apertures and a metering piston assembly wherein the metering piston includes means for changing the diameter of the operative end of the metering piston. Thereby, only a single metering piston asse... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4149658 | Portable dispensing device A hopper has an elongated nozzle projecting from the bottom thereof and a manually operable metering assembly having discs which form first and second loading areas operates reciprocally through the hopper in an arrangement such that in one movement there... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4060109 | Filling quantity regulating system in container filling apparatus In a container filling apparatus having a plurality of revolving charging cylinders and respective pistons by which a fluid material supplied into the cylinders with their pistons at the limit end of their intake strokes is subsequently pushed out of the ... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4044924 | Adjustable progressive distributor valve An adjustable progressive distributor valve for the intermittent metered distribution of lubricant to a plurality of branch lines by means of several free valve plungers reciprocating inside the main bores of several adjoining valve segments, the effectiv... | 08/30/1977 |
