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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7172070 | Wire-coil packaging drum with improved bottom assembly A game machine (2, 200) which includes a playing field (6, 301) traversed by objects, such as balls (320). The playing field can have plural drop zones (381–383) which can be selected by the player using deflectors (108–110) th... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6398093 | Cutting device for dental floss A device for severing and restraining dental floss that has a blade with a restraining side and a cutting side, which can be formed by slanting the blade or otherwise providing a narrow pinching portion on one side of the blade to restrain the floss.... | 06/04/2002 |
| 5222683 | Wire dispensing apparatus A wire dispensing apparatus which comprises a housing adapted to receive a spool or coil of electrical wire. In one embodiment, the wire dispensing apparatus comprises a housing which is provided with a cylindrically-shaped container sized to receive spoo... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5156311 | Dental floss dispenser A dental floss dispenser comprising a molded unitary plastic housing composed of three main sections connected by two hinges which permits the dispenser to be easily opened and dental floss contained therein to be replaced by the user. A front section of ... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5062580 | Spool with resilient tab for storing and dispensing filamentary material A spool stores and dispenses filamentary material. The spool includes a back plate, a front plate and an outer hub around which the filamentary material is wound. The outer hub connects the back plate to the front plate. The back plate includes a pocket w... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4998685 | Container for holding spools of thin line A container for dispensing thin line, such as tippet material used for fishing, includes a housing having a flat end wall and a cylindrical peripheral wall which together define a cavity for holding several spools of the line. The lines pass from their re... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4925073 | Dental floss holder A dental floss holder is in the form of a box with a drawer in it. The bottom of the drawer includes a hub which is spring biased to push a bobbin mounted thereon toward an opposite side of the box. The bias is such that the bobbin drags with a predetermi... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4909457 | Yarn containing and dispensing device and method of use of the same This device relates to a yarn containing and dispensing device adapted for dispensing axially-winding and peripheral-winding skeins of yarn. This device includes a container having mating longitudinal top and bottom members with end members at each end. W... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4706843 | Dispensing chain of loop lengths of dental floss or the like and method of forming same For sequentially dispensing individual closed loops of a narrow, easily tied, flexible material, such as dental floss, a chain having such closed loops as respective links thereof is made up by pressing a loop length of the flexible material into substant... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4353511 | Roll-paper setting mechanism A facsimile device or an electrophotographic copying machine includes a paper feeding section for supplying a copy paper derived from a roll-paper to an image forming section. A housing of the facsimile device or the electrophotographic copying machine in... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4306687 | Cardboard container for dispensing roll of sheet material Cardboard container for dispensing a roll of sheet material consisting of a box with a slotted top through which is dispensed material fed from a supply roll contained in the box. The container is constructed of a single sheet of paperboard folded and slo... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4190214 | Package construction for coilable material and method of packaging and dispensing same A package construction for coilable material and method of packaging and dispensing such coilable material are provided wherein the package construction comprises a reel for coiling the coilable material thereon and a pallet-type support means for the ree... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4168778 | Dispensing package A box containing a roll of material such as a rope of tubular plastic netting, the roll having a passage extending through it axially. Each end of the box has a triangular aperture through it. When the roll rests on a first side of the box the apertures l... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4141519 | Thread storage and dispensing system A spool of thread, such as dental floss, is housed in a holder, preferably made of plastic. The thread or floss is wound on a bobbin having a hollow, cylindrical hub area. A clutch for controlling the bobbin rotation comprises a split post having an enlar... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4053094 | Cartridge containing continuous wire coil and portable device for cutting successive lengths from the wire and driving the same A fastener cartridge of the throw-away type including a housing enclosing an elongated continuous wire wound in coil formation on a spool and mounting the spool for rotation about its axis in response to an outward pull on a free end portion of the strand... | 10/11/1977 |
| 3949947 | Paper dispensing device A dispensing device for a paper web adapted to be carried in a pocket, purse or the like for holding a supply of paper and enabling a desired quantity of such paper to be readily dispensed. The paper may be that type used for rolling your own cigarette, c... | 04/13/1976 |
