Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
221191000 | DISPENSER DELIVERING TO STATIONARY ARTICLE SUPPORT FOR MANUAL REMOVAL | 18 |
20100320222 | Bottle Display and Dispenser Device and Method - A dispenser for storing and dispensing containers having one or more passageways that provides a pathway for the containers. The dispenser includes an outlet for dispensing the containers and an inlet or opening for loading containers into the dispenser. The dispenser may include a plurality of shelves stackable on top of each other. The dispenser may include a housing and a moveable door. The dispenser may further include a stopper mechanism for blocking the movement of the containers within the passageway. | 12-23-2010 |
20120061418 | DELIVERY SYSTEM - A product delivery system for delivering a product from a storage area to a dispensing area, such as for use in a vending machine. The product delivery system may include a vacuum holding device, a robotic positioning system, a reel and cable system, and a controller. A feature is the provision of a picker head with a built-in vacuum generating source that may be carried by a robotically movable arm system. | 03-15-2012 |
20140001200 | Product Dispenser and Shelf Assembly | 01-02-2014 |
221192000 | With article elevation to raised support | 2 |
20140263394 | ELECTRONIC ARTICLE DISPENSER - An automatic sensing article/toothpick dispenser with sanitizing capability. The dispenser is configured to store a plurality of toothpicks in a hygienic storage compartment specifically designed to prevent contaminants from entering the storage compartment. The dispenser is further configured to automatically dispense the toothpicks individually in an unwrapped, ready-to-use configuration, wherein the dispenser is configured and adapted to mitigate contact between the user and the dispenser so as to reduce the likelihood that contaminants may be transferred from the user to the dispenser. | 09-18-2014 |
20150313395 | Sanitary Straw Dispenser - An automated dispenser for straws is provided with a housing, a hopper, and a guide tray. The housing has a dispensing slot in an anterior outer wall. The hopper has an upper section with transverse walls and longitudinal walls which converge to define a stacking slot and a substantially horizontal support to support straws beneath the stacking slot. An anterior inner wall, longitudinally extending channel, and posterior wall span the longitudinal walls. The anterior inner wall has an ejection opening and the posterior wall has an access opening each of which adjoin the longitudinally extending channel. A support member and pressing foot within the stacking slot can translate longitudinally and pass through both the ejection opening and the access opening. A guide tray, disposed below the ejection opening, has a location zone, a posterior wall, and an anterior wall. The guide tray urges straws into the dispensing slot projecting upwardly. | 11-05-2015 |
221193000 | With article motion retarding baffle at inlet to support | 2 |
20140076919 | CUP RACK - A cup rack includes an upright cup body for receiving multiple cups in a stack, and a base for supporting the storage cups in the upright cup body and defining an access port for finger access to pick up the cups individually. | 03-20-2014 |
20150307259 | DISPENSER - A dispenser for dispensing product that includes a dispenser body having first and second interior sections, a lid, and a release mechanism. Product in the first interior section passes through an opening in the second interior portion and into an inner channel for dispensing. The inner channel includes a prong that prevent product from reverting back to the first interior section. The lid includes a lip that, when the dispenser is closed, creates a seal about the inner channel. When the dispenser is to be opened, the user may activate the release mechanism, which includes an upper portion and an activation portion. The user inwardly presses the release activation portion, which deflects or bends a portion of the inner channel away from the lip. The user may also downwardly press on the release mechanism to release the upper portion from engagement with the lip and the sidewall. | 10-29-2015 |
221194000 | Articles released for gravity deposit in or on support | 11 |
20080245813 | MULTI-CHUTE GRAVITY FEED DISPENSER DISPLAY - A set of panels having chutes therebetween. The chutes being defined by curvilinear rails on such panels. The curvilinear rails having stops thereon for stopping the products for viewing. | 10-09-2008 |
20090308885 | Modular gravity feed storage and dispensing assembly - A modular gravity feed storage and dispensing assembly including a dispenser having a plurality of spaced vertically disposed panels with a ramp assembly disposed between adjacent vertically disposed panels whereby a chute is provided between each of the adjacent panels for defining a travel path to guide articles traveling therealong between adjacent panels. The ramp assembly is slightly inclined so as to allow cylindrical articles to be rollingly advanced by means of gravity from an upper portion between the panels in the chute to a lower portion, and a removal area is disposed proximate the lower portion of the chute for allowing selective removal of one or more of the articles from the dispenser. A parallel pair of spaced and horizontally disposed elongated shelf bars are supported on opposite ends and provide front and rear dispenser support bars, and corresponding spaced front and rear support saddles depend downwardly from the dispenser and are positioned to respectively register over and engage the front and rear support bars instead of supporting the dispensers on a conventional shelf. Each ramp assembly includes a central raised ramp surface running with the chute for engagement with a rolling article to be dispensed, and side relief channels are provided on opposite sides of the ramp surface to receive annularly protruding end rims of an article, such as a can, rolling down the ramp surface whereby side surfaces of the article will remain in rolling contact with the ramp surface. Each vertically disposed panel of the dispenser is unitarily molded as a subassembly with a horizontally extending ledge which provides the entire ramp assembly. | 12-17-2009 |
20110290819 | DEVICE FOR OFFLOADING CAPPED VIALS USEFUL IN SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING PRESCRIPTIONS - An offloading unit for an automated pharmaceutical machine that dispenses filled, capped pharmaceutical vials includes: at least one chute including a receiving section and a pick-up section. The receiving section and the pick-up section are divided by an inlet. The receiving section has a concave sloping ramp and side walls. The pick-up section has a trough with a floor that slopes relative to a horizontal surface and a front wall at one end of the trough. The inlet is defined by a rear wall and the upper edge of the trough. The chute also includes dividers mounted to and rising above the trough and attached to the rear wall. The inlet and dividers are configured and positioned such that an object as defined in UL 61010A-1, 1740 cannot pass through the inlet from the trough. | 12-01-2011 |
20120325839 | DEVICES FOR DISPENSING AND DISPLAYING PRODUCTS AND PACKAGE ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH THE SAME - A device for dispensing and displaying products is disclosed. The device comprises: a package assembly having an outer sleeve with at least one aperture formed therein and a product retaining insert slidably engaged within the outer sleeve; a frame having an upper support deck and a product display area; and an engagement feature extending from the frame. When the package assembly is slid longitudinally onto the upper support deck of the frame, the engagement feature extends through the aperture formed in the outer sleeve and engages with the product retaining insert such that the products inside the package assembly are at least partially dispensed from the package into the product display area. | 12-27-2012 |
20130043270 | BEVERAGE VENDING MACHINE CUP FEED UNIT - A cup feed unit for supplying cups in a beverage vending machine, wherein the cups are fed through an annular body, which has a substantially vertical axis, internally defines a through passage of diameter D, and has a number of locators, which are fitted to the annular body, are equally spaced about the axis, and are movable between a normal rest position, in which the locators limit the through passage to define a smaller passage of diameter D | 02-21-2013 |
20130105509 | DISPENSING SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
221195000 | By discharge assistant | 5 |
20130200096 | Method And Apparatus For Placing Adhesive Element On A Matrix - A method and apparatus for positioning, holding and moving formed adhesive elements ( | 08-08-2013 |
20140203034 | CATRIDGE FOR MEDICATION DISPENSING APPARATUS HAVING AUTO LOCKING FUNCTION - There is provided a cartridge for a medication dispensing apparatus having an auto locking function, the cartridge including a cartridge case; a drum; a cartridge base; and a driving means, wherein a hollow cylinder having a coupling groove drilled therein is formed at a center of a bottom of the drum, a lifting body having an elastic protrusion elastically coupled to the coupling groove is inserted into the cylinder, wherein, when a rotation shaft of the driving means is inserted into the cylinder, the lifting body moves upward and then the elastic protrusion is separated from the coupling groove, whereas, when the rotation shaft of the driving means is separated from the cylinder, the lifting body moves downward and then the elastic protrusion is coupled to the coupling groove. | 07-24-2014 |
20140291345 | DISPENSING DEVICE IN VENDING MACHINE - A dispensing device includes a cabinet and a dispensing module. The cabinet includes a bottom plate for holding a number of products and defines a product channel. The dispensing module includes a first blocking plate rotatably mounted to the cabinet. An obtuse angle is defined between the bottom plate and a direction of gravity. The first blocking plate is rotatable relative to the cabinet between an initial position and a dispensing position. When the first blocking plate is in the initial position, the first blocking plate blocks the products from sliding out of the product channel. When the first blocking plate is in the dispensing position, the product channel is open to allow the products to slide out of the product channel. | 10-02-2014 |
20150048108 | Cutlery Dispenser and Methods of Use - A stack of disposable cutlery. The stack can include a plurality of disposable cutlery utensils disposed adjacent one another to provide a stack of the cutlery utensils. At least one elongated retaining mechanism can be adhered to the stack. The at least one elongated retaining mechanism can include at least one tail freely protruding beyond the stack. | 02-19-2015 |
20160052698 | SOAP DISH CARROUSEL CARTRIDGE AND DISPENSER - A number of variations may include a product comprising a carrousel cartridge comprising a bottom compartment; an inner case, wherein the inner case is rotatably attached to the bottom compartment and is constructed and arranged to accommodate at least one component; and a top compartment, wherein the top compartment and the bottom compartment are slideably attached together, and a carrousel cartridge dispenser comprising a housing; an indexing cam system, wherein the indexing cam system is disposed within the housing; and a dispenser trough, wherein the dispenser trough is attached to the housing. | 02-25-2016 |