| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 221001000 |
PROCESSES
| 403 |
| 221033000 |
CONCURRENT SEPARATION AND DISTORTION OF FLEXIBLE ARTICLE (E.G., NAPKIN HOLDERS)
| 273 |
| 221208000 |
WITH DISCHARGE ASSISTANT
| 208 |
| 221092000 |
PLURAL SOURCES, STACKS OR COMPARTMENTS
| 142 |
| 221002000 |
WITH RECORDER, REGISTER, INDICATOR, SIGNAL OR EXHIBITOR
| 103 |
| 221009000 |
AUTOMATIC CONTROL
| 62 |
| 221069000 |
CELLULAR MAGAZINE TYPE
| 59 |
| 221282000 |
WITH CASING OR SUPPORT
| 42 |
| 221030000 |
WITH CUTTER OR PUNCH
| 33 |
| 221154000 |
WITH LOCK, LATCH, OR SEAL FOR CONTAINER AND/OR SUPPORT
| 30 |
| 221303000 |
WITH DISPENSING-TYPE OUTLET
| 26 |
| 221135000 |
WITH ARTICLE TREATMENT
| 26 |
| 221199000 |
COMBINED OR CONVERTIBLE
| 21 |
| 221155000 |
WITH TRANSPARENT INSPECTING OR VIEWING MEANS
| 19 |
| 221191000 |
DISPENSER DELIVERING TO STATIONARY ARTICLE SUPPORT FOR MANUAL REMOVAL
| 18 |
| 221197000 |
WITH SUPPLY CARTRIDGE OR CONTAINER REMOVABLE FROM ENCLOSING CASING
| 18 |
| 221026000 |
WITH ARTICLE TEARING OR DEFORMING SUPPLY RETAINING MEANS
| 12 |
| 221025000 |
PROGRESSIVELY DESTROYED CELLULAR MAGAZINE-TYPE SUPPLY SOURCE
| 12 |
| 221200000 |
WITH MEANS TO AGITATE, VIBRATE OR JAR ARTICLES IN SUPPLY CONTAINER
| 11 |
| 221289000 |
MECHANICAL RELEASE OR SEPARATION OF ARTICLES
| 10 |
| 221151000 |
WITH MEANS FOR BLOCKING OR DISABLING EJECTOR OR RELEASER
| 9 |
| 221015000 |
WITH TIMING OR DELAY MECHANISM
| 9 |
| 221186000 |
SUPPLY CONTAINER MOVABLY MOUNTED FOR DISPENSING
| 8 |
| 221185000 |
AMBULANT OR BODY SUPPORTED
| 7 |
| 221022000 |
SUBSEQUENT ARTICLE SEPARATING MEANS ACTUATED BY ARTICLE REMOVAL
| 6 |
| 221064000 |
WITH FLEXIBLE SUPPLY CONTAINER WALLS
| 6 |
| 221174000 |
SUPPLY FEED MEANS TO DISPENSING HOPPER
| 6 |
| 221175000 |
WITH STACK FORMING MEANS | 4 |
| 20100025424 | Automatic screw feeder - An automatic screw feeder serves to automatically align a plurality screws laying in disarray and feed the aligned screws one by one to a power screwdriver so as to avoid screw clogging. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20090140002 | Passive Device for Staging and Dispensing Objects - A passive chute assembly includes: a chute configured to receive objects to be dispensed, the chute having an outlet; and a passive dispensing unit attached to the chute outlet. The passive dispensing unit has a staging portion, wherein objects are captured prior to dispensing. The staging portion is movable between a staging position, in which objects may be captured within the staging portion, and a dispensing position, in which the objects may be fed gravimetrically into a receptacle positioned below the dispensing unit. The staging portion includes an adaptive opening that, when the staging portion moves to the dispensing position, opens adaptively corresponding to a diameter of the receptacle. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20130292404 | CAPSULE LOADING DEVICE FOR FEEDING A CAPSULES DISPENSING MACHINE - Device for facilitating the loading of capsules into a machine for dispensing capsules or for preparing drinks based on these capsules comprising: a detachable tube, containing stacked capsules furnished with an opening for the capsules to pass through the tube, means of aligning the tube allowing the tube to be aligned through a capsule receiving zone for the capsules to descend by gravity into this zone. The alignment means comprise means for retaining the capsules in their stack when the tube is moved with its opening oriented downwards, in the direction of the position in which the tube is aligned with the reception zone. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20160159555 | CONTENT RECEIVING DEVICE, OPENING/CLOSING MECHANISM, AND CONTAINER MECHANISM COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a content receiving device, an opening/closing mechanism, and a container mechanism comprising the same, the content receiving device comprising: a housing which opens to both sides applied to a container body; and an operating mechanism for controlling passage of content provided on the housing to move and guide contents, wherein the operating mechanism has an opening formed to communicate with a storage portion of the container body such that contents of the storage portion are moved. The present invention not only secures a content passage space, but also adjusts the passage space and a receiving space, thereby limiting reception of contents; passage of the demand amount of contents is stably induced within a predetermined range; and contents are prevented from remaining more than is needed, together with interlocked limitation of the content receiving space, such that the amount of received contents is adjusted. | 06-09-2016 |
| 221288000 |
TILTABLE CONTAINER WITH TRAP | 4 |
| 20080217355 | Small item dispenser - A dispenser for dispensing small items such as pieces of candy is disclosed herein. The dispenser includes a base and a cover rotatably coupled to the base, the base and the cover defining a main cavity thereinbetween. The dispenser includes a pocket within the base that can be separated from the main cavity by rotatable movement of the cover. The cover includes a divider for at least substantially blocking off the pocket from the main cavity when the cover moves from a closed position to an open position such that small items cannot enter the pocket. When the cover is in the closed position, a small item can enter the pocket but cannot be accessed from outside the small item dispenser, and, when the cover is in the open position, the pocket can be accessed from outside the small item dispenser without small items being able to enter the pocket from the main cavity. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090014463 | Dispensing package and fitment - A dispensing package includes a container having a cylindrical neck finish with an open end and at least one internal bead spaced from the open end. A dispensing fitment has a conical inner portion and an outer portion with spaced external beads received by snap fit over the internal bead so that the dispensing fitment is spaced from the open end of the neck finish. The dispensing fitment preferably has an annular V-shaped cross section opening toward the open end of the neck finish, with an outer leg forming the outer portion of the fitment and an inner leg forming the inner portion of the fitment. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20110155757 | PACKAGES AND INSERTS THEREOF WITH GUIDE WALL FOR DISPENSING MEDICINAL UNITS - The present invention provides packages for holding medicinal units and dispensing a single medicinal unit at one | 06-30-2011 |
| 20140110424 | SPIRAL PILL DISPENSER FOR MEDICINE BOTTLES AND CONTAINERS - A pill dispenser that aids in the dispensing of pills from a medicine bottle or container having a top opening and an inside wall in which a raised spiral coil is included on the inside wall of the container where the coil terminates next to the top opening, the raised spiral coil forming a substantially spiral ridge and a substantially spiral trough into which pills are guided when tipping the bottle or container to discharge one or more pills. | 04-24-2014 |
| 221156000 |
WITH ORIENTING | 3 |
| 20160167866 | DRUG FEEDER | 06-16-2016 |
| 20090014461 | Pharmaceutical Product Cassette, Pharmaceutical Product Dispensing Apparatus And Pharmaceutical Product Dispensing System - A sliding surface having a gentle slope for carrying pharmaceutical products such as infusion bottles ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090108018 | Automated Dispenser for Radiopharmaceuticals - An automated dispenser for radiopharmaceuticals is mainly for a platform to have a moving mechanism being able to move three-dimensionally back and forth, a syringe holder and a bottle holder. The syringe holder is for holding a plural number of syringes. The bottle holder has a reverse drug bottle. The moving mechanism has a syringe clamp rotatable around a horizontal axis and a syringe driving mechanism. The syringe clamp is activated to hold a syringe and move it to where the syringe needle is inserted to the drug bottle. The syringe driving mechanism and the syringe clamp are simultaneously associated with the syringe for drug-withdrawing action. | 04-30-2009 |
| 221068000 |
PLURAL DISPENSING STACKS FORMED FROM SINGLE SOURCE | 3 |
| 20090206103 | Dispenser - A device in an automatic facility for storing golf balls and, dispensing a number of golf balls, includes a magazine with a number of mutually laterally disposed and substantially parallel golf ball paths, in which the golf balls rest and which slope down towards a discharge chute leading to a delivery point, the golf ball paths discharging at a cradle which is in the form of a rail with a first shank which is provided with stub shafts and extends substantially at right angles to the golf ball paths, and a second shank which extends substantially in the same direction as the golf ball paths, the stub shafts being disposed at the ends of the rail and being journal led at the ends of the rail in order for the rail to be switchable between a reception position and a delivery position. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20110011880 | Blister Pack Dispensing Machine - The invention relates to a machine for dispensing blister packs that are used to supply tablets, comprising: a storage enclosure ( | 01-20-2011 |
| 20130221020 | Product Dispensing System with Staged Container Opening - A product dispensing system including a dispenser frame having a front end longitudinally opposed from a rear end, the dispenser frame including a first support deck extending at least partially between the front end and the rear end along a longitudinal axis, the first support deck defining a guide channel having an entrance passage extending along a passage axis, wherein the passage axis is generally parallel with the longitudinal axis, and a second support deck positioned below the first support deck, the second support deck extending at least partially between the front end and the rear end, and defining a product display area proximate the front end, and a catch element connected to the dispenser frame proximate the guide channel, wherein the entrance passage is at least partially defined by the catch element. | 08-29-2013 |
| 221024000 |
SIMULATIONS | 3 |
| 20100012676 | DISPENSER ASSEMBLY - A dispenser ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100025418 | VENDING MACHINE WITH VIDEO DISPLAY - Methods and apparatus are disclosed relating to the provision of a video display device within an article vending machine, such video display being used to provide one or more of an “entertainment”, “advertising” and/or an “interactive product selection” enhancement to the vending machine. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20130206786 | Confectioneries Dispenser - A confectioneries dispenser including a magazine for carrying a number of the confectioneries for dispensing and a head mounted for movement from a closed position to a dispensing position dispensing the outermost of the confectioneries from the magazine. For returning the head from the dispensing position to the closed position a spring is integrally formed as part of the magazine. To carry spherical confectioneries the magazine is integrally molded with a partially cylindrical enclosure of greater than one hundred and eighty degrees having a semi-cylindrical portion with a pair of straight tangential edge extensions, and a wedge shaped track inside of each extension. An outer case which receives a lower portion of the magazine has an upper projection corresponding and cooperating with a projection on a lower part of the head to simulate the lower and upper parts of a character's mouth. | 08-15-2013 |
| 221066000 |
ARTICLE DELIVERY DEPENDENT UPON INSERTION OF REPLACEMENT ARTICLE | 2 |
| 20090084810 | Mechanical gas bottle dispensing machine - An entirely mechanical gas bottle dispensing machine that allows to either only dispense by gravity a filled bottle upon insertion of a first token or dispense a filled bottle with return of an empty bottle upon insertion of a second token. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20140246452 | MERCHANDISER - The present application provides a merchandiser. The merchandiser may include an ambient compartment with at least one ambient product therein, a temperature controlled compartment with at least one temperature controlled product therein, and a vending module in communication with the temperature controlled compartment such that the vending module dispenses a temperature controlled product in response to an ambient product being placed in the vending module. | 09-04-2014 |
| 221281000 |
WITH SEPARATE INLET FOR REPLENISHMENT OR ACCESS | 2 |
| 20090212066 | PRODUCT DISPENSER ASSEMBLY AND CARTRIDGE FOR HOLDING PRODUCT - A product holding, displaying and dispensing assembly includes a dispenser housing having a feed channel and a dispensing location together with a pre-packed, shipping cartridge holding a plurality of product units. The cartridge is inserted and held within the dispenser housing as the product units move within the cartridge to the dispensing location where a consumer can access and remove one or more product units. Unlike more conventional dispensers, the assembly of the present invention is configured so that the pre-packed cartridge is loaded into and remains within the housing as the product units are dispensed and advance forward within the dispenser. After insertion, the cartridge is locked in place by an arrangement of the feed track when one or more cans remain in the cartridge, but can be removed easily when the cartridge is empty. A forward facing surface also provides an additional advertising medium. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100230432 | FORWARD LEANING STORAGE AND DISPENSING BOX - A forward leaning, hinged-lid storage and dispensing box is described, suitable for use with flat, stacked articles such as index or playing cards, dry stiff articles and pads such as cleaning or burnishing pads, or the like. Minimally the box of the present invention comprises in combination; a back panel; side panels; a bottom panel; a front panel; a top panel; and, a lid hinged to the front panel that forms at least a portion of both the front and top panels of the closed box, and wherein the lid drops and opens forward on at least one hinged connection, and wherein the front panel is angled forward from vertical at least a few degrees. In this way, stacked flat articles loaded into the box will necessarily lean against and parallel to the inside surface of the front wall, ready for easy reach and removal one-at-a-time by the consumer. | 09-16-2010 |
| 221287000 |
WITH REMOVABLE CONTAINER ENCLOSING SUPPLY | 2 |
| 20130277387 | Cotton Pad Dispenser And A Method For Its Production - The cotton pad dispenser ( | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140305965 | PRODUCT BOX ASSEMBLY IN VENDING MACHINE - A product box assembly includes two sliding rails, and the product box is slidably mounted between the two sliding rails. Each sliding rail defines a guiding slot and a sliding slot communicating with the guiding slot. Each sliding rail includes a blocking portion located in the guiding slot. The product box includes a sliding post. The sliding post is slidable in the sliding rails. The product box is slanted relative to a horizontal plane due to gravity when restocking products in the product box. The sliding posts are latched in the guiding slots by the blocking portions when in the slanted state. | 10-16-2014 |
| 221312000 |
MISCELLANEOUS (E.G., INTERIOR ARTICLE GUIDING MEANS) | 1 |
| 20090188937 | TABLET DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS FOR AUXILIARY TRAYS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The tablet distribution apparatus includes an apparatus body having a pass-through channel through which an auxiliary tray is inserted into the pass-through channel, a distribution board mounted at the top of the apparatus body such that the distribution board vertically communicates with the pass-through channel, the distribution board having distribution through-holes of the same size and number as tablet receiving grooves of the auxiliary tray, each distribution through-hole being provided at the inside thereof with a lamp mounted therein, a display window mounted at the top of the apparatus body, and a control unit mounted at the apparatus body for selectively lighting the lamps depending upon the number of medicine packs to be prepared by patients according to the information of preparation inputted to a server computer. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090188937 | TABLET DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS FOR AUXILIARY TRAYS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The tablet distribution apparatus includes an apparatus body having a pass-through channel through which an auxiliary tray is inserted into the pass-through channel, a distribution board mounted at the top of the apparatus body such that the distribution board vertically communicates with the pass-through channel, the distribution board having distribution through-holes of the same size and number as tablet receiving grooves of the auxiliary tray, each distribution through-hole being provided at the inside thereof with a lamp mounted therein, a display window mounted at the top of the apparatus body, and a control unit mounted at the apparatus body for selectively lighting the lamps depending upon the number of medicine packs to be prepared by patients according to the information of preparation inputted to a server computer. | 07-30-2009 |
| 221065000 |
WITH COLLAPSIBLE OR TELESCOPING SUPPLY CONTAINER WALLS | 1 |
| 20130175288 | Method For Providing A Tablet Supply Channel For A Unit For Releasing Tablets, A Tablet Releasing Unit, And Use Of A Slot Miller For Providing The Tablet Supply Channel For The Tablet Releasing Unit - A method is described for providing a tablet supply channel in a support ( | 07-11-2013 |
| 221311000 |
WITH DEFLECTOR FOR PARTIALLY SEPARATING ARTICLE | 1 |
| 20110163113 | DISPENSER FOR ROUND AND RECTANGULAR CANS - A theft deterrent dispensing unit particularly for use with cans includes a conveyor section that leads to a dispensing head. The dispensing head pivots downwardly allowing the leading can to be grasped. As the dispensing head pivots downwardly, rear tabs of the dispensing head pivots upwardly, preventing the next adjacent can from moving immediately into the dispensing head until the dispensing head rotates back to a closed position. The tabs also act to center smaller cans as they move down the dispenser. Further, when the dispensing head is pivoted to an open position, a barrier is pulled down from the top of the shroud, preventing an individual from reaching in and grabbing the next adjacent can. The dispensing head includes recessed guide members which are raised when smaller round cans are dispensed, centering the cans in the front of the dispenser. | 07-07-2011 |
| 221206000 |
WITH QUANTITY PRESELECTION MEANS | 1 |
| 20110011883 | Single pill distributing cap for use on pill bottles - A single pill distributing cap has a movable part and a fixed part The fixed part is releasably attached onto a bottle and the movable part is rotationally attached to the fixed part. The fixed part consists in a pill sorting chamber, and an exit chamber. The pill sorting chamber allows only one pill at a time to egress from the pill sorting chamber by way of a pill sorting chamber hole. Once a pill is out of the pill sorting chamber, upon continued rotation of the movable part, it aligns itself with the exit chamber. Once thus aligned, the pill drops into the exit chamber. | 01-20-2011 |
| 221027000 |
CAPTIVE ARTICLE TYPE | 1 |
| 20090108016 | SECURE MEDICATION TRANSPORT AND ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM - A portable medication dispensing system is described. In some embodiments, the system includes a portable medication tote comprising a securable compartment configured to hold medication, and a controller, responsive to access information, configured to assign a patient to the securable compartment such that medications for the patient are authorized for placement into the securable compartment. The controller is also configured to selectively permit a user access to the medications for the patient in the securable compartment when the access information indicates the user has access to the securable compartment, and restrict access to retrieval of the medications for the patient in the securable compartment when the access information indicates the user does not have access to the securable compartment. The system also includes an information output module configured to output usage information regarding access to the securable compartment. | 04-30-2009 |
| 221017000 |
WITH EMPTY SUPPLY SOURCE RESPONSIVE MEANS | 1 |
| 20220135337 | CONVEYING DEVICE OF PRODUCTS FOR AUTOMATIC DISPENSERS - A product conveying device ( | 05-05-2022 |
