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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7353970 | Food and beverage article dispenser A food and beverage article dispenser is provided which is adapted to be surface mounted. The apparatus is adapted to dispense disposable or nondisposable cups and plates. The apparatus includes a paper towel roll holder, a storage drawer, and a fold-away utensil or... | 04/08/2008 |
| 6228636 | Incubator An incubator includes (a) a housing, (b) a sample shelf holding at least one plate accommodating a sample, (c) a controller maintaining an environment inside of the housing at a given condition, (d) a first opening provided on the housing, (e) a first doo... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5941415 | Cup dispenser The article dispensing apparatus includes an elongated barrel and a dispenser body received on the lower end of the elongated barrel for retaining and dispensing stacked articles. The dispenser body may be used to accommodate cups of a range of different ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5884803 | Dispenser for disposable cups The invention provides a cup dispenser for sequentially dispensing a stacked column of disposable cups, including a mounting plate provided with means for attaching the dispenser to a vertical surface, a cup-retaining and dispensing body attachable theret... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5839605 | Cup dispenser A cup dispenser is disclosed including a housing having an open end and a closed end defining a cup receiving cavity, a cup support reciprocally positioned within the cup receiving cavity for supporting at least one cup received in the cup receiving cavit... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5501365 | Package and system for dispensing preformed nurser sacs There is provided a system for dispensing a plurality of nurser liners one at a time. The system includes a dispenser having a bottom wall with an edge that defines a flap, and a plurality of nurser liners stacked in a nesting arrangement. The flap is ada... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5038970 | Dispensing device A dispensing device for dispensing a supply of cups. The dispensing device includes a magazine which is adapted to house the supply of cups and also includes a dispensing assembly having a passageway associated with the magazine. Resilient members are sup... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5012952 | Lid and cup dispenser having an elongated yieldable tension element secured by a transversely adjustable anchoring block disposed astride the dispensing opening A group of flanged lids or cups of substantially identical construction and arranged in nested relation in a container are dispensed from an open end of the container by an elongated yieldable tension element disposed astride the open end of the container... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4899906 | Automatic dispenser, particularly for packages of food products The dispenser contains a rotary magazine comprising a plurality of radial sectors, each containing plates of food stacked on the top of each other. The configuration of the plates allows the bottom of one plate not to rest on the food contained in the und... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4858783 | Dispensers Dispensers for nested items such as cups or lids. Dispensers according to the present invention contain face plates which are easily removed so that the dispensers and their surrounding areas can be easily cleaned. One embodiment of dispensers according t... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4842149 | Pitcher dispenser A rack for holding and dispensing pitchers includes a base on which a cluster of a plurality of vertical tubes is rotatably mounted. The tubes are longitudinally slotted and have enlarged openings at the bottom through which the lowermost pitcher may be r... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4840291 | Container dispensing system The container dispenser comprises a body member, a collar and a container biasing spring for initially receiving a column of nested containers and continuously exerting a biasing force on the containers, such that the last container of the column is dispo... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4541526 | Folded carton beverage accessories dispenser A dispenser for beverage accessories such as cups, napkins, individual packages of coffee, tea, sugar and creamers etc., and stirrers have been provided and may be connected to a bag in the box type beverage server to make a neat, attractive display which... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4319696 | Article holder and dispenser An article holder and dispenser including a vertically extending elongate hollow container especially suitable for storing and dispensing a stack of nested articles such as ice-cream cones, cups and the like is disclosed herein along with a particular art... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4243153 | Bowl and lid dispenser A dispenser assembly for disposable plastic bowls is disclosed which includes a rectangular housing, open at the top, and a housing cover disposed thereover and defining a circular opening in the top. A slotted, flat, rectangular article supporting plate ... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4169542 | Dispenser for cup holders A dispenser for cup holders for flexible cup liners, in which the cup holders are stacked one on top of the other in a tube having a slot in the side thereof for receiving the handles of the stacked cup holders and the slot having an inlet slot portion fo... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4116508 | Portable bathroom cabinet A generally rectangular cabinet having a pair of outwardly swinging doors. The center interior is designed to form a paper cup dispenser, the cups exiting at the center bottom. With proper shelving, hooks and clips the interior will hold toothbrushes, too... | 09/26/1978 |
| 3930698 | Plate holder and dispenser A paper plate dispenser houses a stack of plates and is provided with specially formed openings in its bottom and side walls to enable one or more of the plates to be removed easily. Brush-like retainers are supported on the inside of the dispenser housin... | 01/06/1976 |
