Patents by Inventor Gus A. Guadagnino

Gus A. Guadagnino has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus for dispensing elongated cylindrical objects such as pencils
    Patent number: 4706842
    Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for dispensing elongated cylindrical objects, such as pencils, and includes a housing, a hopper enclosed within the housing, actuating structure extending through a wall of the housing and engaging the hopper, a slide plate operatively connected to the hopper and actuating apparatus for carrying a single object to be dispensed to a dispensing position, and blocking apparatus having structure for sensing the presence or absence of an object to be dispensed carried by the slide plate and blocking movement of the slide plate and manual actuating structure if there is no object to be dispensed carried by the slide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Inventor: Gus A. Guadagnino