| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 221277000 |
Rotary
| 40 |
| 221279000 |
Follower
| 27 |
| 221258000 |
Motor-operated
| 20 |
| 221268000 |
Reciprocating (including oscillating)
| 19 |
| 221224000 |
Plural or combined with manipulating means
| 18 |
| 221210000 |
Article adhering or gripping type
| 15 |
| 221221000 |
Multiple, simultaneously acting and circumposed (e.g., cup dispensers)
| 12 |
| 221263000 |
Having movable segregating chamber (i.e., trap chamber)
| 9 |
| 221251000 |
With separate holdback means
| 7 |
| 221278000 |
Fluid pressure
| 6 |
| 221255000 |
Article retained by discharge assistant for manual removal | 4 |
| 20080230556 | COMBINATION CONTAINER AND INTEGRAL ATTACHMENT DEVICE - An apparatus for storing and dispensing small objects comprises a housing, an interior volume formed in the housing adapted to hold at least one of the small objects, an access port in the housing providing access to the interior volume, and a dispenser closure operatively connected to the housing and movable from a first position closing access to the access port to a second position adapted to provide dispensing of one of the objects from the interior volume through the access port. An openable and closeable attachment loop is integrally formed as part of the housing, the attachment loop adapted to be selectively attached to a holding device to secure the housing to the holding device. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20100276440 | LOTTERY TICKET MACHINE ABLE TO PREVENT TICKETS FROM BEING ILLEGALLY DRAWN OUT - A lottery ticket machine able to prevent tickets from being illegally drawn out includes a machine base provided with a driving device, two press rollers with pressed streaks on the wheel surface and a control device. One of the two press rollers is provided with a shaft extending out of the machine base for fixing the control device that contains a rotary gear with engage holes, a bushing and a control wheel bored with bushing hole to be fitted with the bushing and disposed with engage teeth and projecting members to be respectively engaged with the engage holes of the rotary gear. An outer cover covered on the control device is provided inside with engage teeth to correspondingly engage with the engage teeth of the control wheel, and a spring has opposite ends respectively pushing against the control wheel and the inner wall of the bushing cover. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20130098939 | CARTRIDGE AND METERING DEVICE FOR FLUID-TESTING STRIPS - A cartridge for holding and ejecting fluid test strips and a test-strip metering device for use with such a cartridge. The cartridge holds the test strips in a sheet-like configuration. The metering device is able to extract test strips from the cartridge in response to an actuation of a single user-interface element. The metering device may test the fluids as each is extracted. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20140299622 | NEEDLE STORAGE MAGAZINE - A needle storage magazine for storing and dispensing a plurality of needle assemblies is presented, the needle storage magazine has:
| 10-09-2014 |
| 221247000 |
Ejector with relatively movable outlet closure | 4 |
| 20150076170 | METHOD FOR DEVELOPING A TABLET DISPENSER, AND A TABLET DISPENSER - The invention relates firstly to a method for constructing a tablet dispenser, and also a tablet dispenser ( | 03-19-2015 |
| 20090127278 | Ejection device - An ejection device ( | 05-21-2009 |
| 20140076920 | DIRECTIONAL OBJECT DISPENSER - A device for dispensing directional objects is comprised of: a case for housing the objects in a horizontal direction; a shutter covering the case and capable of leaving a window; a pivot pivotally supporting the case to allow the case to swing around the pivot; a conveyor including a plurality of slots respectively holding the objects in the horizontal direction and being disposed to receive the objects dropped through the window into the slots; a guide including a bottom end and a slit opened upward to receive the objects dropped from the conveyor and gravitationally feed the objects toward the bottom; and a dropper coupled with the bottom end of the guide, where the objects are dispensed with the tip ends thereof directed downward. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20110127288 | PRODUCT VENDING MACHINE - A product vending machine, wherein products are arranged on at least one tray, and are fed by a conveyor device to a release outlet controlled by a release device for allowing only one product at a time to be fed off the tray by the conveyor device; the release device having a retainer, and being movable between a closed position, in which the release device holds the products on the tray and the retainer blocks the outlet at least partly, and an open release position, in which the retainer extends in front of the outlet and at least partly outwards of the tray to intercept the released product and control, in a given manner, the way in which the product drops off the tray. | 06-02-2011 |
| 221241000 |
With size adjusting means | 3 |
| 20090008406 | ADJUSTABLE PUSHER TRAY - An adjustable pusher tray mountable on a top of a shelf for holding objects thereon. The tray includes a platform adapted to be mounted on the top of the shelf; and at least one pushing device adapted to be mounted on the platform for pushing the objects towards a front of the tray. Each pushing device has a longitudinal plate adapted to be mounted on the platform, a pusher tab slidably mounted on the longitudinal plate, and a coiled spring having one end mounted on the pusher tab and another end mounted on the longitudinal plate for biasing the pusher tab against the objects positioned between the pusher tab and the front of the tray. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090045215 | PRODUCT POSITIONING MECHANISM FOR A VENDING MACHINE - A positioning mechanism for a vending machine is provided to properly align product containers for vending purposes. The vending machine includes a cabinet that establishes a product storage zone, a product delivery zone and a dispensing chamber. Arranged within the product storage zone are a plurality of shelves which include dividers that separate the shelves into a plurality of product queues. Each product queue includes an dispensing mechanism that releases a selected product from the product queue for delivery to the dispensing chamber. In addition, each product queue includes a positioning mechanism to align products in the product queue. The positioning mechanism includes a support member secured to the divider and a spacer bar pivotally secured to the support member. The spacer bar automatically adjusts to a width of a product container placed in the product queue in order to assure proper alignment of the product for dispensing. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20140305963 | SMART CAP SYSTEM - A medicine container cap for use with a bottle containing a plurality of pills includes a casing having a pill dispensing opening. A pill dispensing track assembly is removably coupled to the casing and includes a pill ramp for delivering pills to the pill dispensing opening and an insert that includes a pill dispenser slot that receives pills from the pill ramp and is open to the pill dispensing opening. The insert is detachably from the pill ramp and is insertable through an opening in the casing for being attached to the pill ramp. The pill ramp includes an adjustable member that modifies a characteristic of the pill ramp based on at least one characteristic of the insert that is selected, inserted through the opening in the casing and coupled to the pill ramp. | 10-16-2014 |
| 221267000 |
Segregation by ejection through resilient-type outlet | 3 |
| 20090127279 | RIVET INJECTOR SYSTEM FOR AN AUTOMATIC RIVETING MACHINE - The rivet injector system includes a set of grasping spring-loaded rivet fingers which are mounted on a rivet ram portion of an automatic riveting machine. The rivet injector assembly receives a rivet from a feed tube into a chamber in the assembly. A stopper pin and a moveable forward end stop within the chamber are operated to hold the rivet axially, the rivet being supported on a rivet pad in the chamber. A tower portion of the injector assembly is slidably mounted to raise the rivet, forcing it between the spring-loaded rivet fingers, which firmly grasp the rivet. The forward end stop and the stopper pin are then retracted and the tower portion lowered, leaving the rivet grasped by the rivet fingers, permitting the rivet to be moved forwardly into a hole in the workpiece. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100084423 | Dental flosser dispenser apparatus - A dispenser includes a base and a storage sleeve which contains a quantity of dental flossers. The dental flossers are maintained without any mutual entanglement. The base includes a dispenser slot, an operating arm and an operating button. Pressing the operating button causes the operating arm to engage a single dental flosser and push the single dental flosser through the dispensing slot. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20140034666 | Container Dispenser - A container dispenser includes structure to support a nested stack of containers. The dispenser includes a crossbar at the lower end of the structure and a pair of spaced apart upright posts to which a retention wire clip may be removably mounted. The wire clip is designed to engage the exterior side wall or lip of the outermost cup of the nested stack, and in effect, hold the outermost container against the cross bar. This not only keeps the outermost container from falling away from the dispenser but also retains the nested stack in the dispenser. The retention wire clip is preferably formed of spring steel. | 02-06-2014 |
| 221253000 |
Endless belt carried | 3 |
| 20080302815 | FORK BASED TRANSPORT STORAGE SYSTEM FOR PHARMACEUTICAL UNIT OF USE DISPENSER - A medicament storage and dispensing system ( | 12-11-2008 |
| 20110079605 | ARTICLE ADVANCING DEVICE AND ARTICLE ARRANGEMENT SHELF - Provided are an article advancing device and an article arrangement shelf, wherein the article advancing device has a flexible sheet on which articles can be arranged at a condition where the sheet is extended, a roller to which one end of the sheet is fixed and which winds the sheet in the reverse extension direction, a drive means which rotates the roller in the winding direction of the sheet, and a wall member with which the articles in the first row of the articles arranged on the sheet come into contact. When the articles are arranged on the sheet, the article advancing device stops the winding operation of the sheet by the drive means by the contact of the articles in the first row with the wall member. The article advancing device has a simple article advancing function which employs a horizontally extending shelf basically having no incline and which does not require energy, such as electric power, and can be used regardless of the packaging state of the articles. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20140217115 | AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE - An automatic vending machine includes a cabinet, a supporting tray secured to the cabinet, a number of transporting devices, and a number of driving devices. Each transporting device comprises a securing member secured to the supporting tray and a transporting belt secured to the securing member. A number of separating panels is located on the transporting belt. An accommodating space is defined between every two adjacent separating panels. Each driving device comprises an engaging post engaged with the transporting belt. The transporting belt is moveable by the engaging post to dispense a product received in the accommodating space. | 08-07-2014 |
| 221259000 |
Surface contact only (i.e., friction) | 3 |
| 20080197143 | EJECTING ROLLER ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER - The present invention relates to an ejecting roller assembly for use in an automatic document feeder to adaptively adjust the nip force between the follower roller and the driving roller in response to input and output of the paper sheet, there effectively preventing the paper sheet from getting jammed. The ejecting roller assembly includes a swing lever, a follower roller, a friction-generating element and a driving roller. The swing lever is coupled to the follower roller for adaptively adjusting the nip force. The friction-generating element is arranged between the swing lever and the follower roller for facilitating increasing the friction force between the swing lever and the follower roller. The driving roller is used for controlling input and output of the paper sheet. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20090120953 | DEVICE FOR THE PACKAGING AND DISPENSING OF SOLID SHAPED BODIES, ESPECIALLY ORAL TABLETS OR AND CAPSULES - The invention relates to a device for the packaging and dispensing of solid shaped bodies, especially oral tablets or/and capsules, which device has a container sealed with a cap suitable for storing shaped bodies, a dispensing opening, and tools forwarding the shaped bodies from the inside of the container to the dispensing opening. The container ( | 05-14-2009 |
| 20140027466 | TEST STRIP ANALYZING APPARATUS HAVING WHEEL EJECTOR - Disclosed herein is a test strip analyzing apparatus having a wheel ejector. The test strip analyzing apparatus having a wheel ejector includes a body, a measurement unit, and an ejector. The measurement unit is disposed on one side of the body. The ejector is disposed in the measurement unit, and selectively inserts and discharges a test strip. Furthermore, the ejector includes a wheel that is rotatably mounted in the measurement unit so that a part of the wheel is exposed outside a top portion of the measurement unit and that selectively inserts and discharges the test strip using frictional force. | 01-30-2014 |
| 221262000 |
Compound motion | 2 |
| 20120006844 | BUSINESS CARD CASE - A business card case includes a storage case, a fixing part, a lifting part, a guiding part and a discharging button. The storage case comprises a discharging opening for discharging a card, which stores cards in its interior and comprises a lower case and an upper case vertically detachable from each other. The fixing part fixes the lower case and the upper case while both the cases overlap each other. The lifting part provided on the lower case lifts up cards stored in the lower case toward the upper case. The guiding part attached to one of sides of the storage case bends at least of the ones at the top of the cards stored in the lower case. The discharging button slidably provided toward the discharging opening on the upper case includes a locking portion for locking the cards at the top. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20130213996 | The Turn Up - The unique technology displayed in The Turn Up container assembly is the linear movement of contents inside of a container, when they are in liquid form. By rotating the container the contents are moved proportionately from the bottom to the open top end, enabling easier access to them. This movement is uniquely provided by the gradual decompression of an initially compressed conical compression spring. The gradual uncompressing of the spring is used to provide controlled linear movement of a platform, which is what the contents rest upon inside the container. By pushing up on this platform while its edges are in contact with the inside walls of the container, a watertight seal above and below the platform is maintained, enabling the use of liquid based products inside the container. The spring is initially contained between two flat surfaces, the bottom of the container, and a snap on bottom section of the assembly. The bottom of the container has a small cutout in it, enabling the spring to be exposed into the container, below the platform. The lower end of the spring is fixed within the bottom housing forcing the upper end of the spring to rotate when the bottom housing is rotated. This rotation of the spring gradually decompresses it therefore releasing its potential energy and in turn moving the contents up. | 08-22-2013 |
| 221246000 |
Segregation by sliding movement of cover relative to container | 2 |
| 20100237092 | Partition Plate For Use In V-Measure Of Medicine Packing Device - There is provided a partition plate for use in a V-shaped measure of a medicine packing device, which allows a medicine remaining in the V-shaped measure to be easily cleaned and is smoothly reciprocated in the V-shaped measure. The partition plate | 09-23-2010 |
| 20120012608 | DISPENSER UNIT FOR COUNTERMEASURES - A dispenser unit for countermeasures. A magazine for the countermeasures is removably arranged on the dispenser unit. A dispensing nozzle dispenses the countermeasures out of the magazine. A movable seal is arranged within the magazine. The seal in a first position covers the dispensing nozzle and in a second position opens the dispensing nozzle, such that the countermeasures may be dispensed through the dispensing nozzle when the seal is in the second position. | 01-19-2012 |
| 221260000 |
Deformable discharging element | 2 |
| 20110108566 | Golf Ball Dispenser - A golf ball dispenser is disclosed comprising a cavity for storing a plurality of golf balls. The dispenser comprises an exit opening through which the balls are dispensed and an ejection lever for ejecting a golf ball through the exit opening when activated. The dispenser and lever are configured so that as the lever is moved towards the exit opening so as to dispense a first ball the lever clamps the next ball to be dispensed within the dispenser so as to prevent the next ball from moving towards the exit opening. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20130186909 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PICKING UP, HOLDING AND DISPENSING OBJECTS - An apparatus for picking up, holding and dispensing objects is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a storage device, a holding device, a retaining device, a tension device and an ejection device that enables picking up, holding and dispensing of a plurality of objects. The apparatus provides for an improved method of picking up, holding and dispensing objects over previous methods which required significant dexterity and substantial periods of time. The apparatus can be used to pick up, hold and dispense a variety of objects, including, but not limited to crystals, nuts, confectionary pieces, pills, jewelry, and electronic components. | 07-25-2013 |
| 221209000 |
Cooperating with movably mounted supply container | 2 |
| 20100084422 | Sport Nutritional Supplement Dispenser - A nutritional supplement dispenser for attachment to a bicycle frame or to a runner's belt has a hollow case with an openable top for placing tablets in the case and an inclined bottom tending to urge tablets forward under the influence of gravity. A dispenser located at a low point of the case dispenses a single tablet into an athlete's hand when manually depressed. VELCRO® brand fastener-equipped straps attach the case to the top tube and down tube of a bicycle or to a belt worn by a runner. Magnetically biased and spring biased dispensing mechanisms are described. A push-button dispensing mechanism is described. Bicycle-frame-conforming aerodynamic wings and a holster are described. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20120111883 | GUM DISPENSER FOR DISPENSING GUM BY VERTICAL LIFTING - The present invention relates to a gum dispenser for automatically dispensing gum by the vertical lifting of a gum case. Particularly, the present invention provides a container that has a self-sealing means, accurately dispenses a piece of gum one by one, prevents the generation of container defects, and provides ease of operation and molding. Currently, in the above operation structure, an inner case receiving gum therein is fitted in a lifting shaft of an outer case to be lifted or lowered so that a piece of gum is pushed up to an upper end of the lifting shaft, and then the gum is exposed to a dispensing hole perforated in a lid, which is coupled with the inner case, one by one for a user to enjoy. The above structure, however, has a disadvantage in that if two pieces of gum are lifted to the upper end of the lifting shaft and the lifting shaft is exposed to the perforated hole of the lid, then the lifting shaft and the dispensing hole correspond to each other 1:1 so that the two pieces of gum pop out, which makes the gum difficult to catch. In addition, if the lifting shaft is molded integrally with the outer case, the lifting shaft is likely to be twisted or bent due to the thickness thereof in the cooling procedure during the molding thereof so that it is difficult to achieve a precisely standing structure. Furthermore, if the inner case is repetitively lifted or lowered in the outer case, an outer force may be applied in the lifting motion according to a vacuum state, so that smooth operation becomes impossible and longer molding time is required in the molding. In addition, in the state that the lid is sealingly coupled with the outer case and the inner case for the sealing of the container during storage or delivery thereof, a perforated lid for implementing the dispensing hole may be pressed by the lifting shaft and the container may burst. If the perforated lid is formed to be thick in order to prevent the bursting, a pulling portion to be pulled for cutting the perforated lid is likely to be cut, and implementation of the dispensing hole may fail. As a result, the present invention is aimed at resolving the above problems. | 05-10-2012 |
| 221261000 |
Ejector cooperating with article direction changing deflector | 1 |
| 20110108567 | DISPENSER HAVING INTERNAL SPRING ACTUATION - A dispenser is disclosed for dispensing a single object at a time, such as a tablet or the like. The dispenser includes a reservoir to contain tablets and an opening in the reservoir sized to pass the tablets. A chute is defined by a wall adjacent to the opening in the reservoir, and defines a dispensing path. The movable dispensing guide has a retracted position that does not prevent the advance of tablets along the dispensing path, and an advanced position that intersects the dispensing path between the first and second tablets in the dispensing path. When advanced, the movable dispensing guide allows the first tablet in line to be dispensed from the path, and prevents the second tablet in line from advancing. The actuator is operable to move the movable dispensing guide from its retracted position to its advanced position. | 05-12-2011 |
| 221254000 |
Movable through hopper to separate and elevate articles | 1 |
| 20130248555 | APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING ELONGATED ARTICLES - An beverage vending apparatus for dispensing elongated articles such as straws, comprising: a container for holding the elongated articles; a hopper ( | 09-26-2013 |
| 221245000 |
With return stroke inhibitor (i.e., full-stroke mechanism) | 1 |
| 20120024885 | Sled driven queued item dispenser - A machine particularly adapted for dispensing light items packaged in pliable pouches or packets having a machine graspable crowned carrier. The items are propelled in a queue through a tubular cartridge along a track having a ratcheting mechanism to be individually dispensed. A motorized reciprocation bolt engages the mechanism at the back of the cartridge. Multiple cartridges can be grouped together in an expandable array using an interlocking bar and T system to form a removable magazine. Each cartridge can be selectively addressed and activated by its dedicated motorized bolt. In a preferred embodiment of the ratcheting mechanism, the heads of the package carriers are held within a C-shaped track and propelled by the alternating back-and forth motion of a crenelated drive rack successively pushing a sled at the rear of the package queue. A self-engaging brake impedes backward movements of the sled and packages during a return stroke of the drive rack. A coupler is provided for conveniently transferring a batch of products temporarily mounted on a storage and transportation rail directly onto the ratcheting mechanism from the back of a vending machine. | 02-02-2012 |
| 221244000 |
Self-compensating for decreasing supply | 1 |
| 20110042406 | MAGAZINE FOR SPOT WELDING CHIP - A magazine for spot welding electrodes that stores mini chips and can feed the mini chips one by one. A mini chip storage portion and a cap chip storage portion slidably aligning and storing a plurality of mini chips and a plurality of cap chips are formed such that the mini chip storage portion and cap chip storage portion communicate with each other at one of their ends, where they open to the outside to serve as a supply port. When an arm is inserted into the supply port, a cap chip is mounted to the arm, as well as the cap chip presses the mini chip so that the mini chip is also mounted to the chip base. When the mounting operation is complete, a push-out member pushes the mini chips and cap chips so that the mini chips and cap chips are automatically fed to the supply port. | 02-24-2011 |
