With Article Tearing Or Deforming Supply Retaining Means Patents (Class 221/26)
  • Patent number: 11866247
    Abstract: Systems and methods of making a glove pack and for removing gloves from the glove pack are disclosed. The glove pack includes a stack of gloves. The stack of gloves includes a first glove engaging a second glove. The first and second gloves each have an exterior gripping surface. Each exterior gripping surface of the first and second gloves engages and adheres to the exterior gripping surface of the other of the first or second glove in the stack of gloves thereby adhering the first and second gloves together in the stack of gloves such that when the first glove is removed from the stack of gloves at least a portion of the second glove moves with the first glove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: INTEPLAST GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pai-Mei Tseng, Chih Jen Hsu, Jyh-Yao Raphael Li, Kelvin Yang
  • Patent number: 11485568
    Abstract: A portable, reusable medication dispensing assembly which has communication capability to improve medication adherence is disclosed. An electromechanical apparatus sequentially delivers dosage form packages from a compartment in a housing to a dose-ready area in the housing. A microprocessor-based controller is reprogrammable with contact and prescription data. The controller controls the electromechanical apparatus to sequentially deliver the dosage form packages at prescribed times or time intervals to the dose-ready area based on the prescription data. The controller generates and stores a set of event data based on when the dosage form packages are ready to be released in the dose-ready area and whether and when the dosage form packages have been released in the dose-ready area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TW3 PROPERTIES LLC
    Inventors: Jason S. Tignanelli, Matthew K. Winget, David R. Syrowik
  • Patent number: 10786021
    Abstract: An apparatus for donning hygienic gloves comprising a stack of glove sheets, a box and a dispenser. The box contains the stack of glove sheets and the dispenser removably holds the box. Each glove sheet comprises a top and bottom layer sealed together at a hand-shaped seam that defines a glove and a frangibly attached remnant portion, the bottom layer being longer the top layer at a cuff of the glove, the cuff having a hand opening therein. The box has a removable flap, preferably including a hand-shaped portion on a front panel of the box. The dispenser includes an opening preferably including a hand-shaped portion on a front panel of the box. In a preferred embodiment, the hand-shaped seam, hand-shaped flap portion, and hand-shaped dispenser opening are configured to substantially match and align.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Hygienext, LLC
    Inventors: Martin W. Harrison, Steve B. Kalish
  • Patent number: 10758096
    Abstract: A dispenser and a stack combination. The stack is a stack of interfolded webs wherein the lines of weakness of one web are offset from the lines of weakness of another web in a longitudinal direction, and the stack including at least two webs, the webs including: a first web (1) divided into individual hygiene products by means of lines of weakness (12); and a second web (2) divided into individual hygiene products by means of lines of weakness (22); the first web and the second web being interfolded with one another so as to form a nested configuration, wherein the first web and the second web are joined, at a joint, to one another at a leading portion (4) and/or at a trailing portion (4?) of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventor: Björn Larsson
  • Patent number: 10138039
    Abstract: A twist-tie dispenser refill comprises a twist-tie cluster and a base. The twist-tie cluster includes a top cluster portion. The base includes a top portion, which is generally U-shaped and forms an opening configured and arranged to receive the top cluster portion of the twist-tie cluster. The base also includes a rear portion that defines mounting members used for mounting the base to a fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Twist-Ease, Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Helseth
  • Patent number: 9994386
    Abstract: Provided are a PTP sheet-guide device which can prevent a tablet from being broken at conveying a PTP sheet according to the shape of the PTP sheet and/or tablet and can stably convey the PTP sheet, and a tablet dispenser. A tablet dispenser of the present invention has a driving roller which is rotatably mounted on a driving shaft, a driven roller which nips a sheet portion of a PTP sheet in cooperation with the driving roller and is rotated following the driving roller to convey the PTP sheet, a pressing roller which is coaxially rotated with either of the driving roller and the driven roller and is arranged so as to be capable of dispensing a tablet by pressing a tablet holding portion at conveying the PTP sheet, and a PTP sheet-guide device having a guide which arranges the PTP sheet thereon and guides the conveying of the PTP sheet. The PTP sheet-guide device has a first interval adjustment mechanism which changes a first interval between the end of the guide and the outer face of the pressing roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NAKASU ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Uno
  • Patent number: 9486092
    Abstract: A twist-tie dispenser refill comprises a twist-tie cluster and a base. The twist-tie cluster includes a top cluster portion. The base includes a top portion, which is generally U-shaped and forms an opening configured and arranged to receive the top cluster portion of the twist-tie cluster. The base also includes a rear portion that defines mounting members used for mounting the base to a fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Twist-Ease Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Helseth
  • Publication number: 20150108156
    Abstract: An undercounter dispenser includes a fixed receiving station and a separate bag tray. The receiving station has a support platform and at least two suspension elements attached to the platform. Each of the elements has at least one attachment fixture. At least one retaining ledge is provided. The ledge is attached to a proximal end of the platform. The bag tray is adapted to slide over the retaining ledge and descend behind the ledge upon insertion into the receiving station. The retaining ledge limits forward and aft movement of the tray within the receiving station. The bag tray has at least one mounting spike that extends upwardly from the tray. First and second side panels are attached to the platform and extend upwardly from the platform. A rear panel is attached to a distal end of the support platform and limits movement of the bag tray within the receiving station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Stephanie Tan
  • Patent number: 8998033
    Abstract: A material dispenser includes a base, a platen, a spring, a casing, a material pick-up mechanism, and a cap. The spring is connected in between the platen and the base, and the casing encloses the spring and the platen and removably attaches with the base. The material pick-up mechanism is rotatably connected with the casing opposite from the base. The cap attaches with the casing opposite from the base and positions adjacent with the material pick-up mechanism. The material dispenser includes stored materials in between the platen and the material pick-up mechanism. The casing provides a parameter wall for the stored materials. The users of the material dispenser can dispense an exact amount of the stored materials through a top opening of the casing by rotating the material pick-up mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Inventor: Paul Maurice Huard
  • Publication number: 20150028046
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cutlery dispenser for dispensing wrapped cutlery. The cutlery dispenser may include a wrapped cutlery band comprising a plurality of cutlery packets separably connected to one another in a serial manner. The cutlery dispenser also may include a nozzle assembly configured to allow the cutlery packets to be dispensed therethrough. The present disclosure also provides a method for dispensing wrapped cutlery. The method may include the step of providing a cutlery dispenser comprising a nozzle assembly and a wrapped cutlery band, wherein the wrapped cutlery band comprises a plurality of cutlery packets separably connected to one another in a serial manner. The method also may include the step of dispensing the cutlery packets through the nozzle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Shawn A. Oakes, Abby C. Case
  • Publication number: 20150028045
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cutlery dispenser for dispensing wrapped cutlery. The cutlery dispenser may include a case configured to expand from a compact configuration into an expanded configuration. The cutlery dispenser also may include a wrapped cutlery band disposed within the case and configured to be dispensed therefrom. The present disclosure also provides a method for dispensing wrapped cutlery. The method may include the step of providing a cutlery dispenser including a case and a wrapped cutlery band disposed within the case. The method also may include the step of expanding the case from a compact configuration into an expanded configuration. The method further may include the step of dispensing at least a portion of the wrapped cutlery band from the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Shawn A. Oakes
  • Publication number: 20140166687
    Abstract: A clamping apparatus for receiving a plurality of objects comprises a base, a limiting mechanism with a pair of limiting plates, and at least one clamping mechanisms secured to one of the limiting plates. The limiting mechanisms are secured to the base and cooperate with the base to form a receiving channel for receiving the objects. Each of the limiting plates comprises a first end. The at least one clamping mechanism is rotatably secured to the first end and clamps the object adjacent to the first end, for allowing the clamped object to be pulled out of the receiving channel. When the clamped object is separated from the at least one clamping mechanism, the at least one clamping mechanism clamps the rest of the objects at the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhao-Yong LI, Wei-Wei WANG
  • Publication number: 20140124287
    Abstract: A cover for a stethoscope having a head and a diaphragm is provided. The cover includes a first region having first and second sides, and a second region configured to be continuous with the first region and including a crimpable material to form-fit around at least the head of the stethoscope so as to cover the head of the stethoscope from contamination. The first side includes adherent material for removably adhering the first region to the diaphragm of the stethoscope and the second side includes an antimicrobial layer including an antimicrobial substance that can neutralize or destroy microbes disposed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth I. Fishberger, David M. Schwartzberg
  • Publication number: 20140069976
    Abstract: A waste bag dispenser for use with an animal leash has a dispenser body having a first end and a second end, and a first side and a second side, a removably secured flap covering an opening formed on the first side and adjacent the first end of the dispenser body, at least one fastener is secured to the second side of the dispenser body, and a plurality of waste collecting bags are housed within the dispenser body which are removed from the body through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Litey Leash, LLC
    Inventor: John D. Osher
  • Patent number: 8657151
    Abstract: A hand protection barrier dispenser for dispensing disposable sanitary barriers for temporarily covering the hand and providing complete hand protection is disclosed which dispenses the hand protection barriers in a manner so that they may easily be donned by a user thereof. The hand protection barrier operates to open each of the hand protection barriers into a position to be readily donned and dispensed. The hand protection barrier dispenser dispenses only a single hand protection barrier at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Balkin, Catherine C. Tollefson, Judith L. Balkin
  • Patent number: 8651323
    Abstract: A hand protection barrier dispenser for dispensing disposable sanitary barriers for temporarily covering the hand and providing complete hand protection is disclosed which dispenses the hand protection barriers in a manner so that they may easily be donned by a user thereof. The hand protection barrier operates to open each of the hand protection barriers into a position to be readily donned and dispensed. The hand protection barrier dispenser dispenses only a single hand protection barrier at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Balkin, Catherine C. Tollefson, Judith L. Balkin
  • Publication number: 20130248552
    Abstract: Provided herein are a sheet of wax-coated paper for separating food patties and a paper dispensing apparatus for dispensing sheets of the paper, the apparatus including: a frame configured to dispense a sheet of paper; a hopper connected to the frame and configured to hold a stack of the sheets of paper within the hopper, the hopper having an opening from which the sheets are dispensed; a pair of guides within the hopper, the guides being disposed on inner surfaces of the hopper, formed to correspond to notches in the sheets of paper, and configured to hold the sheets of paper within the hopper; and a rod which is mounted in the frame and extends upward through the hopper, and configured to fit through holes in the sheets of paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: HOLLYMATIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Erik M. BAUER
  • Patent number: 8511511
    Abstract: A dispenser for a center-fed roll of web material in the form of tissue paper or nonwoven material has a dispenser opening which preferably has an elongated shape wherein one side edge is provided with tearing elements and the opposite side edge is smooth and free from tearing elements, and wherein the length of the dispenser opening is between 40 and 90% of the roll diameter and the width of the dispenser opening is at least 10 times the thickness of the web material and at least 5 mm, but no more than 40 mm. Preferably the dispenser is portable, wherein at least a substantial part of the dispenser is made of a moisture and tear resistant flexible material adapted for multiple use and the dispenser further includes a reclosable opening through which the roll of web material may be inserted into the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Agneta Thoren, Joachim Glatzl
  • Publication number: 20130193154
    Abstract: A retraction cord dispenser can comprise a container with an open end and can be configured to hold retraction cord. The dispenser also includes a dispenser cap for attachment to the open end, and comprises a cap body with a narrow passage for dispensing retraction cord from the container, and the narrow passage can be associated with a retention flap to prevent retraction cord from re-entering the container once it has been dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Ultradent Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Eric Moore, Wade J. Cannon
  • Publication number: 20130161346
    Abstract: A dispenser for perforated web of absorbent paper, tissue, or nonwoven material in the form of a roll or a stack includes a housing forming a compartment, a passage arrangement defining a web passage, and an oblong dispensing opening. Inside the compartment, a web path is defined from a position of the roll or the stack to the oblong dispensing opening including the web passage. An edge portion at each of two lateral short sides of the oblong dispensing opening arranged at a distance from each other narrower than a width of the web separates a sheet from the web along a perforation. The web path changes direction as it passes over a straight edge arranged alongside, and perpendicularly to, the web path. The straight edge, the web passage, and the oblong dispensing opening are arranged directly adjacent to each other in that order seen in a direction of dispensing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB
    Inventors: Lisa Wolme, Ulrika Nilsson
  • Publication number: 20130134181
    Abstract: A bag dispenser includes a frame with a roller portion for receiving a bag roll defined by a plurality of bags attached to a leading bag to be dispensed, the roller defining a longitudinal axis. A brake plate is configured to capture the leading bag against the frame for providing frictional force on the leading bag to limit sliding thereof, the brake plate pivotally attached to the frame via a pivot arm, the brake plate pivotable with respect to the frame between a non-pivoted friction-application position and a pivoted bag roll-installment position, the pivot arm configured to pivot with respect to the frame along a pivot plane generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: James Ray Helseth, Ralph Paul Stillman
  • Patent number: 8444006
    Abstract: A dispensing container (12, 212) for housing and sequentially dispensing packets (124) is taught. Also taught are the carton blanks (10, 210) for erecting the respective containers. A length of packets created by severably attaching sequential packets (124) along respective tear lines (129) is rolled or folded then positioned within the container for later dispensing. Child-resistance features that impede removal of each packet (124) include routing the length of packets between opposing panels (16, 24) or between opposing panels and an edge of folded panels (224, 239) that exert a lateral pressure on the packets (124). In some embodiments the panels (16, 24) include apertures (64, 92) that catch or otherwise engage a feature of a packet, such as a blister, to further impede removal of each packet (124). To further impede removal of a packet (124), access notches (56, 256, 290) that allow the user to grasp the packet are narrowly constructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventor: Rodney Dixon
  • Patent number: 8430288
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus may permit the storage of flexible sheet materials in a space-efficient manner and may provide a continuous point-of-use dispensing capability of such sheet materials at such stored location. Serially joined sheet materials may be separated from one another at sheet materials separation zones utilizing interference tabs having yieldable configurations, intra-planar configurations, trans-axial configurations, movement resistive configurations, and projective configurations. Such interference tab configurations may permit the simplified design and construction of a sheet materials dispensation apparatus, and multiple flexible sheet materials may be serially joined for use with such configurations. A substantially rigid enclosure for storing such serially joined sheet materials and incorporating an interference tab having one or more of such configurations may be dimensioned to dispense sheet materials from within an open-ended receptacle, for example a refuse container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Lazy Daniel, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel J. Barella
  • Publication number: 20130048663
    Abstract: To ensure reliable administration of medicines present in the form of wafers, to allow the medicines to be easily removed from a dispenser 1, to allow the latter to be easily refilled, and to make it possible to verify, in a manner free of manipulation, a predefined sequence of the wafer pockets 20 in the wafer pocket stack, the invention proposes a dispenser 1 and also a wafer pocket booklet 100 that can be inserted into the dispenser 1 and fixed releasably therein. The wafers are packed in wafer pockets 20. The dispenser 1 according to the invention contains a stack of at least two wafer pockets 20, which each contain a wafer, wherein each wafer pocket 20 has a wafer portion 21, which contains the wafer, and at least one residual portion 24, which remains in the dispenser 1 when the wafer portion 21 is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Kathrin Reichardt, Sven Filler, Kirsten Gollin, Uwe Karla
  • Publication number: 20130043266
    Abstract: A paper dispenser dispenses paper sheet by sheet. Paper projects from a dispenser housing in an operational position so that it can be pulled off from a supply roll by hand. The paper dispenser has a delivery roller driven by the web of paper that is being pulled. A stop which is moved from a rest position to a blocked position against the force of a return spring blocks the rotation of the delivery roller so that the sheet is torn off due to the pulling power, and is slowed down by a braking device when returning to the rest position. A post-delivery device is configured to further drive the delivery roller once the sheet has been torn off and completes the rotation in a time-delayed manner so that the paper projects from the dispenser housing and can be pulled again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventor: HANS GEORG HAGLEITNER
  • Publication number: 20130026175
    Abstract: In order to ensure reliable consumption of medicines present in the form of wafers, to allow the medicines to be easily removed from a dispenser 1 and to allow the latter to be easily refilled with medicines, the dispenser 1 and a wafer pocket booklet 100 which can be introduced into the dispenser 1 are proposed. The wafers are packed in wafer pockets 20, and the dispenser 1 according to the invention contains the wafer pockets 20. For this purpose, the dispenser 1 comprises a supply space 9, at least one holding element 19 and at least one dispensing opening 5 for one wafer pocket 20 in each case, wherein the wafer pocket 20 can be dispensed from the dispenser 1 in a dispensing direction A. In an inventive fashion, the at least one wafer pocket 20 has in each case a wafer region 21 containing the wafer and in each case at least one residual region 24 of the at least one wafer pocket 20, said residual region 24 remaining in the dispenser 1 when the wafer region 21 is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Kathrin Reichardt, Kirsten Gollin, Sven Filler, Uwe Karla
  • Publication number: 20130020344
    Abstract: A dispensing system, a method of using a dispensing system, and a method of making a dispensing system are disclosed. The dispensing system includes a sheet and one or more of the plurality of the ear protection articles positioned on the sheet. The method of using the dispensing system includes removing one or more of the plurality of the ear protection articles from a sheet of the dispensing system. The method of making the dispensing system includes positioning a sheet, positioning a first article of the plurality of the ear protection articles on the sheet, and positioning a second article of the plurality of the ear protection articles on the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: MMEAR TECH, LLP
    Inventor: MMEAR Tech, LLP
  • Publication number: 20120181297
    Abstract: A combination wet and dry toilet paper dispenser. The combination wet and dry toilet paper dispenser includes a hollow housing having an outer wall with a circular cross section and an inner wall defining an inner longitudinal opening. First and second sidewalls are provided each having a body enclosing an end of the hollow housing. A first side arm is formed as an extension of the body of the first sidewall and a second side arm is formed as an extension of the body of the second sidewall wherein the first and second side arms protrude in parallel outwardly from each side wall on each side of the hollow housing to a terminal end. The terminal end of each side arm includes an opening which receives a support bar in between the first and second side arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventor: Frederic Peter Cofrancesco
  • Patent number: 8146776
    Abstract: A hand protection barrier dispenser for dispensing disposable sanitary barriers for temporarily covering the hand and providing complete hand protection is disclosed which dispenses the hand protection barriers in a manner so that they may easily be donned by a user thereof. The hand protection barrier operates to open each of the hand protection barriers as it is brought into position to be dispensed. The hand protection barrier dispenser allows only a single hand protection barrier to be dispensed at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Balkin, Catherine C. Tollefson, Judith L. Balkin
  • Patent number: 8104657
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus may permit the storage of flexible sheet materials in a space-efficient manner and may provide a continuous point-of-use dispensing capability of such sheet materials at such stored location. Serially joined sheet materials may be separated from one another at sheet materials separation zones utilizing interference tabs having yieldable configurations, intra-planar configurations, trans-axial configurations, movement resistive configurations, and projective configurations. Such interference tab configurations may permit the simplified design and construction of a sheet materials dispensation apparatus, and multiple flexible sheet materials may be serially joined for use with such configurations. A substantially rigid enclosure for storing such serially joined sheet materials and incorporating an interference tab having one or more of such configurations may be dimensioned to dispense sheet materials from within an open-ended receptacle, for example a refuse container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Lazy Daniel, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel J. Barella
  • Publication number: 20110284570
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dispenser for moisturized sheets in the core of a toilet paper roll. Not only are wet and dry wipes provided coincidentally, the location is particularly handy for toilet use. In a utilization of existing bathroom fixtures, the novel concept offsets the rotational axis of the toilet paper roll to make an aperture available to dispense the moisturized sheets from the volume of the core previously occupied by the conventional spool. The invention further provides a hermetically sealed refill unit, a mechanism for singlating individual wipes, and means for preventing moisture loss from the sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Donald Hatter, Lawrence Lambelet
  • Patent number: 8052009
    Abstract: A bandage dispensing device dispenses bandages with an upper protective layer of its packaging removed so that a person can dispense a bandage using only one hand. A separator placed near an opening in a wall of the housing of the device separates the upper protective layer from a roll of interconnected bandages so that only a bandage and a lower protective layer emerge from the housing of the device. The separator has at least one arm that protrudes from the side wall of the housing in a perpendicular direction and separates an upper protective layer of the packaging. The upper protective layer that has been separated by the separator gathers inside of the housing. In the roll of packaged bandages, the upper protective layer is releasably attached to the lower protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Inventors: Walter Blum, Nico Roger
  • Patent number: 7946448
    Abstract: A pill dispenser is provided for removing a pill from a blister pack having one or more foil sealed compartments in a plastic sheet, each containing a single pill. The pill dispenser includes a generally planar stage in generally horizontal orientation, a press assembly and a post. An opening is provided in the stage. The post extends upward, from the stage and the press assembly is rotatably coupled to the post. The press assembly includes a punch, configured such that the press assembly may be rotated to advance the punch through the opening. The blister pack may be loaded on the stage, with a compartment aligned with the opening and the foil adjacent to the stage. The press assembly may be operated to collapse the compartment, rupture the foil, and force the pill through the opening. A tray may be provided below the stage, for catching the pill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Inventor: John Madey
  • Patent number: 7946449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blister pack device for dispensing a dosage unit from a blister pack. The blister pack has at least one blister and a lid foil. The device comprises a first arm and a second lever arm hingedly connected to each other, the first arm comprises an aperture through which the dosage unit can be ejected. The lever arm comprises a protruding member for pressing out a dosage unit from the blister when the lever arm is lowered down onto the blister positioned on the first arm. The protruding member comprises a first section for applying a pressing force on the dosage unit inside the blister to initiate the breaking of the lid foil of the blister pack and a second section for distributing the pressing force over the dosage unit and for ejecting the dosage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Maria Benktzon, Sofia Jacobsson, Anders Löfgren, Thomas Nilsson, Ulrika Vejbrink
  • Patent number: 7942290
    Abstract: An improved device for distributing tickets or coupons is disclosed that includes a plurality of ticket chutes each having a ticket guide assembly for guiding tickets through the chute and an exit slot and biasing tickets against a drive wheel which engages the tickets. The drive wheel is powered by a motor which uses a drive belt to power a screw gear which in turn rotates and axle on which the drive wheel is attached. The motor is activated by a controller in response to an input signal and the controller may also received input from an optical sensor in the chute for the detection of the tickets and the movement of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Benchmark Entertainment, L.C.
    Inventors: Ronald Halliburton, David Hodge, Curtis Elrod
  • Publication number: 20110079603
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser (1) for wipes. A dispenser (1) comprises a bridging member (10) adapted to be secured to a support member, a first chamber (20) adapted to receive a container of wipes (‘X’), and first releasable connection means (23,11,12) adapted to connect the first chamber (20) to the bridging member (10). Dispenser (1) also comprises a second chamber (30) adapted to receive a container of wipes (‘Y’) or a soiled wipe storage device, and a second releasable connection means (33,13,14) adapted to connect the second chamber (30) to the bridging member (10). In use a dispenser can be created by connecting the first and/or second chamber to the bridging member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventor: Michael John Gordon
  • Patent number: 7811404
    Abstract: A web (36) of paper or the like has labels (42) defined therein by printing the web (36) followed by skip cutting (40) the web to define the label boundaries. The skip cutting (40) leaves the labels (42) connected to the remainder of the web (36) by breakable catch points (44). The labels (42) are rendered capable of being applied to product containers (16) by the web (36) having adhesive applied to the side opposite the printing, and the web (36) is rendered capable of being wound up by having an adhesive release coating, such as silicone, applied over the printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Catchpoint Limited
    Inventor: Richard Wade
  • Patent number: 7624881
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for header-style bags having a housing comprising a rear portion and a front cover connected to the rear portion, and a bag mount attached to the rear portion proximate the top edge thereof, the bag mount structured and arranged to engage the aperture in the packet of bags so as to hang the packet from the bag mount. The front cover is pivotally attached to the rear portion so as to be movable between a lowered, open position providing access to an interior of the housing so that a lower portion of a packet of bags hanging from the bag mount can be received in the interior of the housing, and a raised, closed position in which the housing substantially encloses the lower portion of the packet of bags while the mouth portion of the packet of bags projects above the housing to allow a bag to be grasped at an upper end thereof and removed from the packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Hilex Poly Co., LLC
    Inventor: Harry B. Wilfong, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20090277918
    Abstract: A dispensing container (12, 212) for housing and sequentially dispensing packets (124) is taught. Also taught are the carton blanks (10, 210) for erecting the respective containers. A length of packets created by severably attaching sequential packets (124) along respective tear lines (129) is rolled or folded then positioned within the container for later dispensing. Child-resistance features that impede removal of each packet (124) include routing the length of packets between opposing panels (16, 24) or between opposing panels and an edge of folded panels (224, 239) that exert a lateral pressure on the packets (124). In some embodiments the panels (16, 24) include apertures (64, 92) that catch or otherwise engage a feature of a packet, such as a blister, to further impede removal of each packet (124). To further impede removal of a packet (124), access notches (56, 256, 290) that allow the user to grasp the packet are narrowly constructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventor: Rodney Dixon
  • Publication number: 20090250481
    Abstract: A cutting and closure mechanism for a ticket or voucher dispenser and a method for dispensing a ticket or voucher from a free standing roller printer provided with a shutter to prevent unwanted access to the ticket exit opening to prevent jamming or a backing-up of the printed tickets and comprises a connection to check and on/off card and provided with a shaft 2 connected to an eccentric cam 3 having a pin 4 associated with a combined shutter 6 and a movable blade 7. Counterposed to movable blade 7 is an immovable blade 8 on parallel or staggered or juxtaposed planes, with blades 7, 8 positioned near an exit slot 9 for exiting of the printed ticket and to cut the ticket. The roller printer body 10 then determines an anti-breaking and containment structure for the shutter 6 maintained by a spring 11 juxtaposed to blade 8 so that the blades are maintained adjacent to each other so that the blades can cut the tickets and the shutter closes the exit opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Custom Engineering spa
    Inventor: Alberto CAMPANINI
  • Publication number: 20090200329
    Abstract: A hand protection barrier dispenser for dispensing disposable sanitary barriers for temporarily covering the hand and providing complete hand protection is disclosed which dispenses the hand protection barriers in a manner so that they may easily be donned by a user thereof. The hand protection barrier operates to open each of the hand protection barriers as it is brought into position to be dispensed. The hand protection barrier dispenser allows only a single hand protection barrier to be dispensed at a time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Balkin, Catherine C. Tollefson, Judith L. Balkin
  • Publication number: 20090057329
    Abstract: A dispenser system for dispensing a clip of stack sheets of a web material includes an upright carton body with a clip of the stacked sheets carried within the carton body. A first lid is non-removably attached to the carton body such that the first lid cannot be removed from the carton body without permanent deformation of the first lid or the carton body. The first lid includes a sacrificial separation portion configured to allow a user to separate at least a section of the first lid from the carton body after depletion of the initial clip. A replacement lid assembly includes lid structure and a replacement clip of stacked sheets of web material. The lid structure is attachable to the carton body or a remaining portion of the first lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Jane L. Clough, Cynthia W. Henderson, Robert S. Schlaupitz, Daniel S. Grubb, JR., Leslie T. Long
  • Publication number: 20090039099
    Abstract: A hand-free paper dispensing device is provided that is particularly suitable for the away-from-home market. The dispensing device comprises a rotatable drum having a transversely-extending rolling surface for receiving a paper sheet thereon and a retractable knife configured to extend out of the drum at a first rotational position. The dispensing device also comprises a paper guide for guiding the paper sheet onto the rolling surface; the paper guide has a plurality of transversely-spaced ribs having a radial spacing from the rolling surface at the first rotational position that is less than the radial distance of the knife when extended at the first rotational position. Such an arrangement ensures that a paper towel segment is cut at each revolution of the drum, thereby reducing the incidence of paper double-sheeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Matthew Friesen, John Friesen, Brad Friesen
  • Patent number: 7481331
    Abstract: A wall mounted vertical, gravity fed dispensing container for use with a blister pack includes a pair of perforated sheets defining a holder portion for receiving and supporting the blister pack while holding the blister pack parallel to the wall. The holder portion is formed as a separate element which can be snapped into the container. The two sheets are hinged at the bottom. Behind the holder portion is a catching container fixed to the holder portion and to the wall such that medication expelled from the blisters through the openings by a manually movable punch is caught in the catching container. A bottom wall of the catching container converges the medications to a bottom chute with a manually movable press lever operating a flap valve to discharge the medications into a cup. A front door covers the holder and the blister pack and contains a receptacle for the punch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Manrex Limited
    Inventors: John H. Webster, John L. Webster, Fiona Webster-Mourant
  • Patent number: 7448514
    Abstract: A container for storing dental devices includes a container body adapted to hold the dental devices and a dispensing mechanism configured to dispense one of the dental devices when the dispensing mechanism is triggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Huafeng Wen
  • Publication number: 20080264964
    Abstract: A dispensing assembly includes a container and a strip. The container has an interior and an opening. The strip has a first end and a second end, and a portion of the strip is disposed in the interior of the container. The strip includes a plurality of packets connected in a series, and the plurality of packets include at least one filled packet that is filled with a medication. The plurality of packets includes an empty first packet at the first end. The strip extends at least in part through the opening of the container such that at least a portion of the first packet is disposed outside of the container to aid a user in grasping the strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Kristen J. Kaiser, Christina M. Palazzolo
  • Publication number: 20080185392
    Abstract: A dispenser for sachets comprising a container for sachets, having a slot opening communicating with an internal cavity such that a sachet may be inserted into the slot into the cavity, with an abutment surface within the cavity to limit the distance the sachet may extend into the cavity, and a cutter located within the cavity to cut the sachet, preferably on a withdrawal movement so the sachet is in tension. In another embodiment the dispenser dispenses sachets along a dispensing path and a cutter is located in the dispensing path to intercept and cut the sachet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Gregor John McLennan ANDERSON, Andrew Kelly, Simon Ritchie, David Robinson
  • Publication number: 20080128450
    Abstract: A patient specific medication kit includes a holder and a plurality of packages, with each package containing at least one medication element, such as a pill, capsule or tablet. Each package is slidably, removably disposed in the holder in a prescribed sequence. Each package or medication element contains indicia signifying the medication element dosage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Terri O'Gorman, Lynda B. Edelson
  • Patent number: 7377400
    Abstract: A stacked assembly of disposable biohazard containment bags having a reinforced holder for displaying and dispensing the disposable biohazard containment bags from a bracket member of a display stand. The display holder is formed from a piece of cardboard folded upward along an upward fold and downward along a pair of downward folds to thereby form a pair of opposing display holder flaps and an integral reinforcement member comprising a pair of opposing reinforcement member flaps. The reinforcement member flaps are fixedly attached to one another and are sandwiched between the display holder flaps and depend downward from an upper portion of the opposing display holder flaps. The disposable biohazard containment bags are stacked together, and are sandwiched between the opposing display holder flaps such that a disposable biohazard containment bag can be detached from the holder by pulling the biohazard containment bag in order to break a frangible perforation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Inventor: Joseph Bernard Rink, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7080756
    Abstract: A bag dispensing assembly for holding a plurality of bags while having the ability to dispense a single bag. The bag dispensing assembly comprises a plurality of bags, a bag holding cartridge, a plurality of buttons and a bag dispenser. The bags contain holes which are positioned over raised portions of the bag holding cartridge. The buttons are used to secure the bags to the bag holding cartridge. The bag dispenser has slots to receive the bag holding cartridge, complete with the bags and buttons secured to it. A user may remove an individual bag from the bag dispensing assembly along a perforation line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Uniflex, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Cunningham