| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 221289000 | MECHANICAL RELEASE OR SEPARATION OF ARTICLES | 10 |
| 20080264968 | Delivery Element for Delivery a Plurality of Unsorted Products to a Subsequent Apparatus - The invention concerns a delivery element for delivering a plurality of unsorted products to a subsequent apparatus, in particular an apparatus for separating the products, including a rotatably driveable turntable with which is associated a guide element arranged eccentrically to the turntables, which is distinguished by the fact that the guide element comprises a side wall which runs approximately parallel to a radially peripheral side wall extending perpendicularly from the turntable, both the turntable and the guide element being driven optionally in the same or opposite directions. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090090739 | GRAVITY-FED STORAGE AND DISPENSING UNIT - A gravity-fed storage and dispensing unit featuring two sidewalls having opposed ledges which form a plurality of separated rearwardly-directed paths, a receiving bin area, and a forwardly-directed path for products to be stored and dispensed. Products placed on a loading area on the front side of the dispensing unit are pulled by gravity down the rearwardly-directed path, into a product receiving bin, and then travel together along the forwardly directed path in two rows. The products from the different rearwardly-directed paths are interspersed in the product receiving bin area. The sidewalls of the dispensing unit have bosses which receive divider rods of varying lengths so that the width of the paths can be adjusted. Multiple units may be attached to each other in an adjacent relationship. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20120199604 | Bar Soap Holder and Dispenser - A bar soap holder and dispenser is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the device includes a base having an upper portion and a lower portion, where the upper portion includes a rear wall and a pair of side walls. The device also includes an open front side of the upper portion adapted to receive and store a plurality of bars of soap stacked therein and a cover adapted to pivotally swing from a closed to an open position over the upper portion of the device, where the cover encloses the front side of the upper portion when in the closed position. A push button is disposed within the lower portion of the base and adapted to dispense a bar of soap outwards from the lower portion of the base when the push button is pushed. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20160133083 | ARTICLE EJECTING DEVICE OF AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE - An article ejecting device of an automatic vending machine includes an article storage rack having an article storage passage for storing articles while being laid sideways, a base board forming one side of the article storage passage, a first stopper member movable between a protruding position in which the first stopper member protrudes toward the article storage passage and a retractable position in which the first stopper member is retracted from the article storage passage, a second stopper member movable between a protruding position in which the second stopper member protrudes toward the article storage passage and a retractable position in which the second stopper member is retracted from the article storage passage, and an outlet adjustment member forming another side of the article storage passage. The first stopper member includes an article placement surface having a holding portion holding the first vending article in a rolling manner. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160144503 | FEEDER DEVICE - A feeder device is adapted to distribute stackable reinforcement spacers. The feeder includes a body for holding a plurality of stackable reinforcement spacers, a release mechanism for releasing one reinforcement spacer at the time, a handle for holding the feeder device and a release grip for operating the release mechanism. Stackable reinforcement spacers can be distributed in a time-effective way. Since the size of the feeder device is not set by the size of the spacer, spacers of different sizes can be used with a single feeder device. | 05-26-2016 |
| 221290000 | With additional article manipulating means | 2 |
| 20120012609 | DISPENSER OF DISPOSABLE PLATES FOR FOOD AND RELATED DISPOSABLE PLATE - A stack of disposable plates for food is describes, in which each plate comprises an upper rim and one or more tabs that depart from said upper rim, towards outside the plate, in which the tabs of a plate of the stack are angularly staggered with respect to the tabs of the adjacent plates of the stack of plates thereof. A dispenser of individual disposable food plates is also described, initially stacked according to the invention. The dispenser comprises a loading platform of a stack of plates, comprising in turn an discharge opening through which the first plate of the stack falls by gravity when separated from the stack and a separating element of the first plate of the stack with respect to the remaining plates of the stack, able to be actuated in rotation by the user. | 01-19-2012 |
| 221292000 | Rectilinearly reciprocating | 1 |
| 20090039103 | Optical disc dispenser for printer or duplicator - An optical disc dispenser includes a base and a top cover with an opening for a stack of optical discs. The diameter of the opening is larger than the diameter of a disc so the discs can pass through the opening freely. The disc dispenser also includes two or more support gate elements, which in idle state, support the disc stack. These support gate elements, which form a support gate, can move. As a result of such movement of the support gate elements, their collective surface can create an opening larger or smaller than the size of a handled disc. The disc dispenser also includes synchronized separator fingers and a recess which is located on a height of the second disc from the bottom of the stack. | 02-12-2009 |
| 221296000 | Dispensing plural articles | 1 |
| 20080257905 | Dispensing Apparatus for Diagnostic Test Strip and/or Medicine - In one embodiment of the present invention a dispensing apparatus for a diagnostic test strip is provided. In another embodiment of the present invention a dispensing apparatus for medicine is provided. | 10-23-2008 |
| 221297000 | Multiple, simultaneously acting and circumposed controllers | 2 |
| 20140326746 | Container Denester Apparatus - A container denester apparatus for sequentially supplying nested containers, the apparatus comprising an indexer chassis, an indexing assembly and a rotating indexing arm. The rotating indexing arm is configured to extend into the clamshell cavity, which provides for the passage of clamshell containers therethrough. The indexing arm is rotationally coupled to at least one of the at least one rack gear, and has a lower cam profile and an upper cam profile, with the cam profiles extending into the clamshell cavity when properly rotated. In a starting position, a clamshell container is precluded from passage through the clamshell cavity, and, a portion of an underside surface rests upon the upper cam profile. Through rotation of the rotating indexing arm the lower cam profile forces the downward movement of the clamshell container while retaining the other clamshell containers nestedly coupled thereto. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20150021354 | PALLET DISPENSER AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus includes a pallet dispensing system, including a movable frame being configured to movably hold, at least in part, a pallet stack between a pallet-storage position and a pallet-dispensation position. The movable frame is also configured to hold the pallet stack relative to a pallet transporter in such a way that the pallet transporter is permitted to vertically lift, at least in part, the pallet stack as the movable frame is provided, at least in part, with vertical-lift assistance through stored potential energy. | 01-22-2015 |
