| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 221119000 | Rotatably mounted or endless belt carried source assembly | 10 |
| 20080277409 | Capsule Dispensing Apparatus - The present invention refers to an apparatus for dispensing capsules, preferably single-use, disposable capsules ( | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090145919 | Vending System - A vending system for efficiently providing a mechanized structure to vend containers. The vending system generally includes an enclosure including at least one door, wherein an inside of the enclosure is accessed via manipulating the door. A conveyor assembly is positioned within the enclosure, wherein the conveyor assembly includes a plurality of compartments to secure a plurality of containers. A drive assembly is mechanically attached between the door and the conveyor assembly, wherein the drive assembly selectively moves the conveyor assembly along a traveling path upon manipulating the at least one door to allow a customer to access a full container within the enclosure. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20120104017 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING PRESCRIPTIONS - An automated method for dispensing pharmaceuticals particularly tablets and capsules, and other small discrete objects, includes: receiving prescription information, selecting a container, labeling the container, dispensing the tablets or capsules into the labeled container, applying a closure to the filled, labeled container, and offloading the container to a designated location. Preferably, the tablets are dispensed with high speed dispensing bins that employ forced air to agitate and singulate the tablets. The other functions within the system are typically carried out at stations designed to offer speed, flexibility and precision to the dispensing operation. | 05-03-2012 |
| 221120000 | Axially spaced sets of peripherally arranged sources | 3 |
| 20080223870 | Unitary extractor system of products for vending machines - Unitary extractor system of products for vending machines, which products are to be found stored in compartments of the different trays, the extractor system comprising a timing belt mounted in the open central part of the base of each compartment, to which belt, with its teeth provided with respective holes, are joined a diversity of separator pieces for the products, in such a way that the traction belt ( | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090045212 | VENTING MACHINE WITH ADJUSTABLE MERCHANDISE RECEIVING HOLES - A vending machine with adjustable merchandise receiving hole comprises a body; a tank and a rotary disk; a stop plate being installed between the tank and the rotary disk; the stop plate having a notch corresponding to and above the output hole of the tank; a lifting unit being formed by a base and a lifting seat; the base being locked to a bottom of the tank; the base being installed with a buckle; a spring being installed between the buckle and the base; the lifting seat having at least one supporting rod; the supporting rod being formed with a recess for buckling with the buckle; an upper end of the supporting rod extending into the tank to be pivoted to a bottom of the stop plate; at least one reduced hole seat capable of being installed upon the receiving hole of the rotary disk. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20120241464 | SELF-SERVE KIOSK WITH ROTATABLE CONTAINER CAROUSEL - A dispenser of containers. A carousel is rotatably mounted to a main frame about a vertical axis of rotation and has a plurality of container compartments arranged around the axis and along the length of the axis. A driver mounted to the main frame rotates the carousel around the axis in a single direction and a lock limits rotation of the carousel in any direction when engaged. | 09-27-2012 |
| 221121000 | Relative to common outlet | 4 |
| 20100032446 | AUTOMATIC PRODUCT VENDING MACHINE - The present invention relates to an automatic product dispenser, i.e. vending machine featuring improved product delivery ability. The vending machine according to the present invention comprises at least one tray ( | 02-11-2010 |
| 20140332551 | HOCKEY EQUIPMENT VENDING MACHINES - Vending machines designed specifically for the sale and provision of large and potentially unusually shaped items, such as sporting goods, including an electronic system for the selection and sale of the vended items. In some examples, the vending machine includes multiple product storage areas designed for holding and vending varied goods such as hockey sticks, hockey stick blades, and related accessories, with each area separate and made accessible by the electronic system as appropriate based upon the purchased products selected by a user. | 11-13-2014 |
| 221122000 | With means assuring alignment of source and outlet | 2 |
| 20090173747 | BEAD CRAFT SYSTEM - The invention is directed to a bead craft system for making a bead craft. The bead craft system may be used with beads that are wettable and subsequently dryable to adhere to one another. In one aspect, the bead craft system may include a bead storage and dispensing device including a bead storage chamber having a bead storage chamber wall defining a chamber outlet aperture and a bead outlet conduit external to the bead storage chamber wall. The bead outlet conduit has an inlet. The bead storage chamber wall is movable between an unaligned position wherein the chamber outlet aperture is unaligned with the inlet of the bead outlet conduit to prevent the release of beads from the bead storage chamber, and an aligned position wherein the chamber outlet aperture is aligned with the inlet of the bead outlet conduit to permit the release of at least one bead from the bead storage chamber. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20140183209 | AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE - An automatic vending machine includes a cabinet and a dispensing mechanism. The cabinet includes a top plate, two side plates, and a blocking plate. The two side plates are located on the top plate, and the blocking plate is located between the two side plates and parallel to the top plate and defines an opening. The dispensing mechanism is hanging on the top plate and comprises placing passages configured to receive products. One of the placing passages is staggered with the opening, and is rotatable relative to the blocking plate to align the opening, for the product to drop out of corresponding placing passage through the opening by gravity. | 07-03-2014 |
