Abstract: A condiment packet dispenser that includes a cylindrical shaped housing containing an open top with a plurality of radially partitioned chambers. Each chamber contains a cylindrical shaped container that stores individual condiment packets in a radial manner. The dispenser is operated by pushing a button which sends a signal to a motor control board. The motor control board powers a motor having a spur gear which turns the selected condiment container until the condiment packet is aligned with a drop chute. The packet then falls thru the drop chute and is available for picking up by the customer. There is also a cylindrical shaped top lid which is removable when new condiments need to be loaded to replenish the dispenser. The condiment dispenser sits on top of a base stand that may either be rigidly mounted or may be rotated to choose a condiment.

Abstract: A method scales plasma process settings from a first processing device to a second processing device. The first processing device has a first geometry and a first set of process parameters. The second processing device has a second geometry and a second set of process parameters. A first set of plasma process settings that generates the first set of process parameters of the first processing device having the first geometry is determined. The first set of plasma process settings is reduced to isolate at least one variable on which the first set of plasma process settings depends on for each plasma process setting. A scaling factor is calculated for each plasma process setting from the first set of plasma process settings such that the first set of process parameters substantially equals the second set of process parameters.

Abstract: A coin lock for carts in which the body of the lock is provided with two levers which turn upon introduction of a coin and displace lock plates which release a closure locking plate by which the lock is held to an adjacent element. The levers are held in a closure locking plate release position by means of bars which swing in a vertical plane around individual pins and then engage and hold the levers apart and hold the levers and the lock plates in their releasing positions. Upon its introduction the closure locking plate acts against the elastic action of individual springs and presses against and turns the bars downward. This releases the levers and turns them, under the elastic action of individual springs, into the releasing position. This in turn frees the coin for removal.

Abstract: A coin slide (11) bearing a coin is movable into a casing (2) of a coin lock (1) to release a locking member (14) and allow full insertion of the coin slide (11). In this position a space (recess 20) in the coin slide (11) is aligned with a space (aperture 21) in a coupling member (8) and with a space (aperture (19) in a casing position separating the coin slide (11) and the coupling member (8). A locking member (e.g. ball 18) in the apertures (19 and 21) may now be moved upwardly, on pulling of the coupling member (8), to occupy the recess (20) and the aperture (19) so as to allow complete withdrawal of the coupling member (8), e.g. to free a shopping trolley. The coin is released by reversing the procedure on re-insertion of the coupling member (8).

Abstract: A locking device consisting of a lock and a key-actuated lock cylinder, in which the lock cylinder can be removed from the bolt lock only by the use of a key. In order to make it possible for any removal of the lock cylinder to be noted, the invention discloses a separate removal key and a catch which drops upon the removal and prevents re-insertion of the lock cylinder.

Abstract: A safe having a safe door which can be locked by means of a permutation lock. To permit the safe to be used by a series of different persons, the permutation lock (5) is equipped with an externally operatable device for resetting the combination, and also is used in conjunction with a coin-operated release mechanism (19).

Abstract: A locking device for a shopping trolley which includes a pair of locking levers which normally secure one end of a key which is chained to an adjacent trolley but which are operable to release the key upon insertion of a deposit coin and which levers retain the coin until the key is reinserted within the lock.

Abstract: A coin operated lock for ski racks comprises a latch secured to an inner sliding member provided with a passageway for receiving a coin. The passageway has an opened bottom obstructed by a tiltable cam plate which hinder the movement of the sliding member. The introduction of a coin in the passageway tilts the cam plate and releases the sliding member. A key operated lever actuates the liberated sliding member and projects the latch outside the lock for engaging into a catch.

Abstract: A manually operated coil vending machine device is described which has a rod tipped with a pressure sensitive adhesive movable along a slot in the device to a storage bin area where articles for sale are stored and displayed. Once in the bin area, the rod is lowered until it sticks to the article selected, after which the rod is raised and moved back along the slot until it reaches an area accessible to the operator-purchaser. At such point, the purchased article is grasped and removed. The device can only be operated after predetermined coins equal to the purchase price of the articles have been inserted in the device, thereby permitting removal of a rod blocking first projection over the slot by pressure of the rod as it moves along the slot to the storage bin area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for locking and releasing objects intended for public use, such as luggage carts, and comprising a slide constituted by two portions, a first portion, and a second portion separated from the first portion by an intermediate or shim element adapted to be displaced out of its housing by a component such as a magnetic key to allow the first portion to be displaced, by a pulling action exerted thereon, with respect to the second portion to thus unlock the object locked between two adjacent objects.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for locking and releasing objects intended for public use, such as luggage carts which can be taken from a common stowage space and returned to the same. The device comprises a locking apparatus allowing each object to be automatically locked to an adjacent object or to a fixed point in compact storage position. A coin or the like is introduced into the locking apparatus to allow unlocking of the same and the concomitant release of the object by exerting a pull thereon. The locking apparatus returns the coin when the object is returned to the stowage space and is locked to an adjacent object or to the fixed point. Unlocking of the object is accomplished by just exerting a pull thereon after the coin has been appropriately inserted into the locking apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for locking and releasing objects intended for public use, such as luggage carts which can be taken from a common storage space and returned to the same. The device comprises a locking apparatus allowing each object to be automatically locked to an adjacent object or to a fixed point in compact storage position. A coin or the like is introduced into the locking apparatus to allow unlocking of the same and the concomitant release of the object by exerting a pull thereon. The locking apparatus returns the coin when the object is returned to the storage space and is locked to an adjacent object or to the fixed point. Unlocking of the object is accomplished by just exerting a pull thereon after the coin has been appropriately inserted into the locking apparatus.