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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7147126 | Cup assembly A cup for reducing or eliminating spillage or shake-out is provided. The cup has a cap and a spill and shake-out inhibiting element. The spill and shake-out inhibiting element is a dispensing tunnel, which provides for the formation of a pressure differential betwee... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143719 | Pet treat dispenser assembly with clicker An improved pet treat dispenser assembly is provided with a canister for holding pet treats, a dispenser slidably mounted in the canister for dispensing treats, and a clicker on the canister to attract a pet's attention following desired behavior. The canister inclu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7014640 | Bone graft delivery device and method of use A dispensing device for granule bone graft of varying and/or irregular shape is characterized by a body defining a handle/hopper portion, a dispensing portion, and a feed system. The subject device permits reloading or refilling of bone graft at the time of use of t... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6293434 | Apparatus for dispensing of bulk product A bulk vending apparatus for dispensing a user-determined amount of product includes a rack unit having a plurality of support structures capable of extending out from the rack unit, a plurality of dispensing units each containing a product for dispensing... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6062438 | Apparatus for dispensing of bulk product A bulk vending apparatus for dispensing a user-determined amount of product stored in bulk includes a storage portion for storing loose product and a removable dispensing barrel located within the bottom of the storage portion. The dispensing barrel inclu... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5607085 | Tamper proof vending mahcine with interchangeable product compartments A coin-operated multi-product vending machine which may vend products such as small candies, gumballs, peanuts, cashews, M & M's and the like has one or more stand-alone, interchangeable product compartments which may easily be filled with product and ins... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5551604 | Modular sticky food dispenser A relatively hygienic dispenser is provided for dispensing particulate matter such as bulk foods, gum drops or even hardware such as nuts and bolts. A dispenser mechanism is attached to a storage bin or receptacle. The material, typically food or sticky c... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5338025 | Ball collection and distribution apparatus for multiple baseball pitching units An apparatus for use in collecting and distributing the balls of pitching machines includes a collection box having a plurality of outlet openings, and an agitator supported for rotation within the box. The agitator includes a radially extending, generall... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5314095 | Device for the metering of granular or powdered products The material to be metered fills the cylinder 1 when it is in front of the admission orifice 31, whereupon the cylinder 1 moves opposite the delivery orifice 32 where the piston 2 describes a movement towards top dead center in order to eject said materia... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5259531 | Device for storing and dispensing pills A hollow vertical cylinder has a closed vertical side wall and closed upper and lower ends. The cylinder has an upper region for receiving pills and a lower region from which pills are dispensed. A portion of the upper region is removable. The lower regio... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5106239 | Precision powder hopper A precision powder hopper comprises a canister for storing particulate material and a rotatable carrier wheel that accurately meters small amounts of the material to a powder out port. The carrier wheel has slots therethourgh that receive definite quantit... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5082101 | Coin operated vending machine A vending machine operated by a coin which allows a vendee one of several choices, by providing a plurality of modules each containing a different item to be vended in a single housing. The housing is supported on a turntable which allows the vendee to ro... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4978322 | Coin wiper for escalator hopper A coin dispensing machine (10) of the type having a rotating pinwheel (22) is provided with a coin wiper (30) to substantially prevent coil jams. The wiper includes a resilient member (35) affixed to a stiffening member (40). The wiper is attached to the ... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4964535 | Dispensing apparatus A dispensing apparatus, especially intended for particulate pet food, comprising a hopper having a metering chamber thereunder. The metering chamber has a tumbler rotatable by a motor and controlled by a control means. The tumbler has a longitudinal cavit... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4793511 | Seed meter having seed disk aperture cleaning wiper and brush arrangement In a seed meter in which individual seeds from a seed mass within a first chamber on a first side of a seed disk rotatably mounted within a housing are transported by at least one circumferential row of apertures within the seed disk to a separate seed di... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4650090 | Manual sowing apparatus for fine and coarse seed In a manual sowing apparatus a cell wheel 132 is provided which is drivable by a wheel disk 116 directly or via a reduction gear and which conveys the grain seeds from a receiving chamber via pockets disposed in the wheel to a discharge station. A plurali... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4277002 | Ice dispensing mechanism An ice dispensing mechanism for use with an ice dispensing machine having an ice storage area and a transfer path for communicating ice from the storage area to the dispensing mechanism; the dispensing mechanism includes first and second enclosures which ... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4240569 | Carpet cleaning powder dispenser A carpet cleaning machine for uniformly spreading a powder onto a surface, working the powder into the surface and subsequently removing the powder and dirt is disclosed. The cleaning machine includes a powder dispenser attachable to a vacuum cleaner. The... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4137854 | Planting apparatus including spring for vibration of pickup spokes A planting apparatus is shown having a drive wheel for turning a drive belt connected to an axis extending through a hopper. Inside the hopper, a pickup wheel having individual spokes extending radially outward is rotated by the axis. Each spoke there has... | 02/06/1979 |
