Abstract: A coffee filter storage and dispensing canister includes a container body having an interior compartment storing an inverted stack of coffee filters and one end with a dispensing opening for dispensing coffee filters therefrom, a cover removably fitted on an opposite end of the container body, a hold-down member disposed over the inverted stack of coffee filters, and a plurality of biasing elements disposed between the cover and hold-down member causing the hold-down member to exert a hold-down force on the inverted stack of coffee filters biasing the stack toward the dispensing opening of the container body. The canister also includes a filter separator crank and a filter retainer arm installed adjacent to the dispensing opening of the container body and extending within the interior compartment thereof.

Abstract: A display device has a display surface defined by support members which support various types of display modules including a card dispenser which supports a vertical stack of cards in a large capacity holder which is inclined rearwardly and upwardly behind the display surface. Cards are dispensed through a slot in a face plate onto a projecting inclined surface of a tongue which causes the card to flex ensuring that only one card is dispensed at a time. The stack of cards in the holder is urged forwardly by a lightweight pusher mounted on a track in the holder in a nonreturn manner.

Abstract: A dispenser for pills having a barrel with input and output ends, and a sleeve in the barrel for holding a stack of pills. An output end cap removably positioned at the output end of the barrel and including a cup for receiving a pill while the output end cap is positioned on the barrel, and a plunger for ejecting the pill from the cup when the output end cap is removed from the barrel. An input end cap positioned at the input end of the barrel and including a pusher sliding in the sleeve for pushing a pill from the sleeve into the cup.

Abstract: A cassette for storing and dispensing cuvettes and comprising an enclosable frame defining an interior volume for storing cuvettes. The frame includes a removable cover to aid in loading a plurality of cuvettes into the cassette. The frame also includes a side wall having a pivotally mounted door for pivoting between a closed position and an open position for dispensing the cuvettes from the cassette. And, the frame includes a locking mechanism for locking the door in the closed position to avoid an inadvertent dispensing of cuvettes. According to another aspect of the invention, a mechanism is provided for loading the cassette into an operative relationship with a machine for dispensing contents of the cassette for use by the machine. The loading mechanism includes a base adapted for being fixedly mounted on the machine. The loading mechanism also includes a holder for releasably holding the cassette.

Abstract: A dispenser of chewing gum in stick form designed to hold a standard pack of gum sticks, including the outside wrapper either with the end removed or separate sticks in their individual wrappers, perhaps taken from a larger package. It has an internal sliding ejector, with an attached, thumb-operated actuator protruding through a slot in the side of the dispenser body. In operation of this dispenser, it is held in one hand while the thumb flips open the hinged cap and subsequently moves the actuator and ejector forward, exposing the end of the gum and making it available to grasp with the other hand or by another person. The remaining gum is then retracted by moving the actuator back with the thumb, after which the same thumb may flip the cover closed.

Abstract: A cartridge containing a stack of samplers, dispensed one by one through an end slot in the cartridge and a display case to contain a plurality of such cartridges together with identifying indicia and actual product and a unitized structure constituting a display case formed with a plurality of integral chambers each structured to function in the manner of said cartridge.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing tickets from a stack includes a base. A frame for enclosing a stack of tickets is fixedly mounted on the base. A partition wall whose position can be changed to accommodate tickets of different sizes is removably mounted in the frame. A gate for receiving tickets and allowing only one ticket at a time to pass through is also fixedly mounted on the base. The gate includes a slider element which is adjusted to different heights by a screw having two different sized threads in order to accommodate tickets of different thickness.

Abstract: A magazine for a rivet gun, generally comprised of a magazine body, a catch, a pusher, a stopper, a coil spring and a muzzle, wherein the magazine body includes a guide plate and a cover plate, the catch being controlled by the stopper and engaged with one end of the magazine body, a coil spring inserted at one end in the catch being able to apply the action of returning to its original form to move the pusher forward, thereby pushing the rivets along the pushing slot of the cover plate to the muzzle in an intermittent manner.

Abstract: The application discloses a device (10) to retrofit into the cabinet (11) of newspaper vending machine racks to prevent the removal of more than one copy of the newspaper for each vend or door opening of the cabinet (11). The single vend device (10) consists of a front panel (12) with a T-slot (14). The arms (14a) of the T-slot (14) are normally closed off with a pivoted closure plate (16). Consumer access to the newspapers is provided through the leg of the T-slot (14b), but the newspaper must be slid through the gap between the closure plate (16) and the front panel (12). The thickness of the gap is adjustable to selectively allow for the variation in thickness between various editions of the newspaper. The closure plate (16) is spring loaded to be biased to the closed position. Following removal of the paper, the closure of the plate (16) and a locking pin (32) prevents the plate (16) from re-opening. The locking pin ( 32) is disarmed upon closure of the cabinet (11) door (25a).

Abstract: A sub-assembly for use in a medication dispenser station for controller actuated dispensing of pharmaceutical items in single quantities from locked storage and allowing rapid reloading of more items all under extreme security and heightened accountability, comprising a chassis for insertion into the cabinet for secure mounting therein, including an unlockable front reloading access door, pharmaceutical retrieval tray depending therebelow and a discharge chute opening from interior the access door down into the tray, at least one narrow stock-supporting magazine slidably mounted in the chassis extending rearward from inside the front access door for retaining a stock of pharmaceutical items in vertically oriented, front-to-rear alignment therein, an ejector interconnected the magazine for moving the forward-most pharmaceutical item in the magazine into position over the discharge chute for dispensing into the retrieval tray upon command while retaining the other items in locked storage in the magazine, a bi-s

Abstract: In a pushing device used for, for example, lead frame bonding machines, a pusher which feeds out plate-form parts stacked in a storage magazine one by one is belt-driven by a motor so that the moving amount of the pusher (that is, a feed out distance of the plate-form part) can be adjusted as desired, making changeovers of the plate-form parts easy.

Abstract: A utility blade dispenser for dispensing and disposing utility or razor type blades (5) is disclosed. A disposable transparent thermoplastic housing (1) shaped to correspond with the shape of the utility blade (5) to be dispensed is provided. The housing (1) is hinged to allow the blades (5) and a blade carrier (18) to be inserted in the housing (1) at the time of manufacture, and then be sonically welded. Dispensing (14) and guide (16) slots are provided to guide blades (5) from inside the housing (1) out through the dispensing slot (14). The blades (5) are supported in the housing (1) on a blade carrier (18) which is upward and downward moveable in the housing (1). The blade carrier (18) includes a support hole (21) for mounting the dispenser on a wall. The rear (6) of the housing (1) includes a track of ratcheting teeth (26) which engage a pawl member (28) on the rear of the blade carrier (18) to minimize movement between the housing (1) and carrier (18).

Abstract: A paper supply tray having a constant force spring operated elevator platform for holding a stack of print receiving material is provided for use in a reproduction apparatus. The constant force spring in conjunction with a sheave and cable system moves the elevator platform such that the top sheet of the stack of sheets contained on the elevator platform is positioned for serially feeding by a sheet feeding mechanism. As sheets are fed from the stack, the constant force spring moves the elevator platform over a vertically guided path to maintain the top sheet of the stack in position for feeding by the feeding mechanism.

Abstract: A mechanism for automatically pushing up tissues which includes a box and a pusher. The box stores the tissues in layers and has a top wall with an opening formed therein for picking up tissues therethrough. The pusher is disposed under the tissues in the box for pushing up tissues. The pusher includes a flat base, main leg, subleg and a force member. The tissues are placed in layers on the flat base. The main leg has an upper end fixed to a lower face of the base so that the main leg may be freely folded relative to the base. The subleg is connected to the main leg and has a first end contacting the lower face of the base. The first end of the subleg is displaced from the fixed upper end of the main leg for supporting the base in a substantially horizontal state. The force member is attached to the main leg and subleg for forcing the main leg and subleg to push up the base.

Abstract: A masking method employing a masking tool to protect the hole(s) in an article such as a car body from a surface treatment is provided in the present invention. The masking member includes a cylinder having an inlet at one end and an outlet at the other end, a plural number of masking members having a plug shape respectively and being put in the cylinder to be placed one upon another, and a tranporting device arranged in the cylinder to transport the masking members successively from the inlet to the outlet of the cylinder to insert the masking members into the hole(s) of the article.

Abstract: Apparatus for storing and dispensing loaves of sliced bread in plastic wrappers in sanitary condition is simple, easy to operate and keeps the bread from drying out in storage. The bread is stored in a substantially closed tubular container with an opening for removing bread slices. A hinged lid closes to seal the opening to prevent entry of air into the bread wrapper in the storage condition, and opens to permit removal of the bread slice by slice in the dispensing condition. The open end of the wrapper is positioned outside the container on the outside of the tubing and is grasped and moved for forcing the loaf of bread slice by slice toward the opening for dispensing.

Abstract: A display comprising a package pusher operated by coiled springs and slidable along guides to push packages forward on a shelf. The guides are adjustably laterally movable in a feed structure to accommodate packages of varied size. The feed structure includes front and rear brackets connected to each other and/or securable to a display shelf. In one embodiment, the structure connecting the brackets is provided with breakaway portions to customize its length.

Abstract: The disclosed invention is a candy tablet dispenser shaped to simulate a beverage can, or the like. What would normally be the pop-top region of the can slides laterally outwardly and, at the same time, ejects a tablet from the top of a stack of tablets that is stored internally. The ejector portion is finger-driven back and forth.

Abstract: A holster for a magazine of an automatic pistol, the magazine being slid into a carrier box that slides longitudinally in the elongated rectangular pouch with a flexible flap cover having a snap fastener to attach the cover to the pouch; the carrier being biased by a coil spring urging the carrier upward to expose the magazine which is contacted by the cover to prevent the magazine from removal until it is handled by the wearer.

Abstract: An elastic clip gun comprising an upper body and an lower body combined together, having a central lengthwise passageway for an elastic clip made of a bent plate to move forward therein, the elastic clip having a central opening to fit with a central lengthwise guide rail and to slide thereon and then to be pushed by a pushing block fitted and moved manually in a sliding opening in the upper surface to push the clip out of a pinching opening provided with two Y-shaped plates to expand the clip so as to pinch papers placed in the pinching opening.

Abstract: The application discloses a device (10) to retrofit into the cabinet (11) of newspaper vending machine racks to prevent the removal of more than one copy of the newspaper for each vend or door opening of the cabinet (11). The single vend device (10) consists of a front panel (12) with a T-slot (14). The arms (14a) of the T-slot (14) are normally closed off with a pivoted closure plate (16). Consumer access to the newspapers is provided through the leg of the T-slot (14b), but the newspaper must be slid through the gap between the closure plate (16) and the front panel (12). The thickness of the gap is adjustable to selectively allow for the variation in thickness between various editions of the newspaper. The closure plate (16) is spring loaded to be biased to the closed position. Following removal of the paper, the closure of the plate (16) and a locking pin (32) prevents the plate (16) from re-opening. The locking pin ( 32) is disarmed upon closure of the cabinet (11) door (25a).

Abstract: A structure and method of making a compartmented display dispenser comprising two molded halves directly joinable to form the case and having formed guideways to receive a moldable pusher in each compartment for dispensing merchandise stored and displayed in the compartments.

Abstract: Dispensing apparatus for business cards or the like articles including a plurality of dispensing units which are in the form of hollow housings for receiving a stack of cards, each housing having a slot through which the cards are dispensed. The housings are supported on a grid-like support which is hingedly mounted to a backing board so that in one position access to the rear of the housings is prevented while in a second position access is allowed to permit refilling of the housings.

Abstract: An applicator for dispensing hot melt adhesives has a receptacle for storing solid blocks of adhesive, along with a feeding mechanism having a movable arm for advancing a single block of adhesive toward a melting chamber. A coil spring element is connected to the arm and unwraps as the arm is advanced in order to retain any remaining blocks of adhesive in the receptacle. At the end of a dispensing operation, the spring exerts just enough force on the arm in a direction away from the melting chamber to relieve pressure against the advanced block, so that the tendency for unwanted molten material to drip from the applicator nozzle is reduced.

Abstract: A device for adding extra stuffing to quilted items. A trapunto rod consists of a tube 10 which holds the stuffing material, an ejection means (piston) 14 driven by a linear drive means (inner rod) 12 which slides inside the tube and ejects the stuffing material at a specific location between the layers of a quilted item, and a handle 16 which stops the piston at its ejecting limit.

Abstract: A dispenser for gloves comprising a tubular body having a first end and a second end and having a spring disposed therein. The spring is secured to a moveable disc shaped member. A flexible mammillated shaped element having a first end and a second end is secured to the disc shaped member at the first end and secures a plurality of gloves therein. The second end of the mammillated member is secured to the second end of said tubular body. A top element which slideably fits over the second end of the tubular body has an opening therein and a diaphragm element having an aperture therein is secured over said opening. The spring urges the disc shaped member against the flexible mammillated shaped member containing the gloves allowing removal of one glove at a time from the aperture in the diaphragm element.

Abstract: A tablet dispenser comprises a tubular housing for a drawer, which has a side wall opening through which a stack of tablets can be inserted into the drawer. A pusher is guided in the drawer and has at least one stop, which cooperates with a counterstop of the housing. A compression spring is supported on the bottom of the drawer and on the pusher and by means of the pusher pushes the tablets to the top end of the drawer. An ejector for individually ejecting the tablets is provided adjacent to said top end. Besides, the spring pushes the drawer to its retracted position in the housing. The stop or stops of the pusher is or are adapted to be forced into the housing through the open top end thereof with an elastic deformation of said stop or stops or of the pusher so that the stop or stops will be able to resiliently snap into grooves which are formed in the housing and closed near its open top end.

Abstract: This invention pertains to an elongated tubular receptacle adapted and arranged to contain one or more essential accouterments available on pleasure boats, such as signal flares and compressed gas cylinders, and the receptacle includes mechanism to secure the receptacle suitably to a support member on a boat deck or wall, such as a vertical stanchion and includes mechanism adapted to readily remove the accouterments from the receptacle.

Abstract: A disposable plastic cup dispenser incorporating a spring for imparting biasing action to a stack of nested cups in the dispenser so as to render the cups available for individual and discrete dispensing thereof. The spring is in a compressed condition and extends intermediate the inner bottom wall surface of the container and the bottom of the lowermost cup of the stack of cups, thereby biasing the stack of cups towards a discharge or dispensing opening formed in the opposite end of the housing through which the endmost cup of the stack partially protrudes.

Abstract: A device for storing and dispensing a number of disposable bowls comprising a disk shaped base with retaining arms and support members. Said retaining arms act to keep said disposable bowls horizontally aligned with said base and have bends at the top of each to hold said disposable bowls in the device. Said support members exert upward pressure on the underside of said disposable bowls thereby keeping said disposable bowls firmly nested against said bends at the top of each retaining arm.

Abstract: An attachable bag holder for use with a bag having at least one carrying loop. The holder includes an elongated body terminating in opposed ends and formed with a loop receiving channel on an upwardly facing side and a manually engageable gripping surface on a downwardly facing side of the holder body. A retention structure formed for easy insertion and yet difficult removal or trapping of the bag loops in the holder upon attachment of the same is provided. The holder body is preferably formed with the U-shaped cross section which permits nesting of holders in a stacked relation. The manually engageable gripping surface is downwardly convexed and formed with finger indentations to transfer loading forces to each of the fingers on the user's hand, and provide a firm positive grip which combine to reduce fatigue. The gripping surface configuration also provides transverse, as well as longitudinal, rigidity to the holder. A holder dispenser and method are also disclosed.

Abstract: A cup dispenser for accommodating conically shaped cups of different diameters includes a discharge unit having multiple diaphragms. An outer diaphragm has a series of inwardly extending circumferentially spaced flat fingers for gripping the outer surface of the cup. An inner diaphragm is similarly constructed. The circumferentially spaced flat fingers of the inner diaphragm differ in length one from the other, all of the inner diaphragm fingers being shorter than the outer diaphragm fingers. Preferably, the inner diaphragm is constructed to provide a series of fingers having a first length arranged alternately with a series of fingers having a second, shorter length. The outer diaphragm fingers resiliently grip the outermost cup to require positive pulling of the cup from the dispenser. The inner diaphragm fingers engage the larger end of the stacked cups as the outermost cup is pulled therefrom, to retain the stack within a tubular cup support.

Abstract: A merchandiser assembly is provided for storing and displaying products in a shelf-like manner. The merchandiser assembly greatly facilitates stock rotation, is self-facing, and automatically maiintains an organized and properly positioned stock of products. A product tray is slidably mounted with respect to a support member, and a product follower that is slidably mounted with respect to the product is limited in the extent of its forward movement in order to provide free space for the refilling of the merchandiser assembly with fresh products when the merchandiser assembly is in a fill mode.

Abstract: A container for storing a magnetic tape cassette or the like includes a housing and a slide. The slide is displaced in the housing from the inserted position to the extended position and vice versa by an automatically coilable spring strip which has a coil portion engaging the slide and an end fastened in the housing. The spring strip, upon winding up, exerts on the rear wall of the slide a spring force.

Abstract: An article cassette for a vending machine has a horizontal conveyor for supporting articles one behind another in a row behind an outfeed station and for feeding the articles step by step towards the outfeed station. The outfeed station at its forward end has an access opening provided with a cover mounted for rotation between a closed position and an opened position. In the opened position the cover provides access to the outfeed station for removal of an article therefrom. The cover also carries a screen for blocking off the outfeed station from the conveyor when the cover is opened, the screen being in the form of an extension at one end of the cover.

Abstract: A greens marker holder adapted for affixation to the end of a putter by an adhesive. The holder includes a housing in which is mounted a cover biased upwardly by a resilient body retained in the internal space of the holder housing by a lower closure. A partial top wall is adapted for the provision of an indicium thereon. The holder is secured to the upper end of a golf club by a sheet element having a lower adhesive layer for engagement with the top end of the golf club.

Abstract: A tablet dispenser has a sleeve and a magazine for holding the tablet stack. The magazine is guided in the sleeve and has an essentially U-shaped cross-section and a base connecting the limbs. For filling purposes, the magazine can be pushed partially out of the sleeve against the force of a spring arranged between the base of the magazine and a cup-like slide that is displaceable in the magazine and in the sleeve and acts as a plate spring. The slide is guided in the magazine to prevent complete tilting in the magazine and is provided with lateral projections, one of which passes through a slot arranged in the web of the magazine and engages a groove running in the longitudinal direction of the sleeve and the other of which engages a further longitudinal groove of the sleeve, which longitudinal grooves are at least partially closed at the push-out end of the sleeve and form stops for the projections of the slide.

Abstract: Dispensers for nested items such as cups or lids. Dispensers according to the present invention contain face plates which are easily removed so that the dispensers and their surrounding areas can be easily cleaned. One embodiment of dispensers according to the present invention includes a trim assembly and a container assembly for the items to be dispensed, which two assemblies can be attached as a unit to the face plate and removed with the face plate for quick and efficient cleaning and refilling. The face plates and trim assemblies may be color coded for aesthetic purposes and to differentiate various cup and lid sizes.

Abstract: The cup dispenser is disposed of an opening or openings 1b formed on one side face of the casing 1 of the dispenser and a receiving container 4 attached to each opening 1b provided with a cup pusher 41 connected to a coil spring 42. The opening 1b is attached with a delivery opening 3 which incorporates a membrane or membranes 32 each having a circular opening 32a. The set of cups 7 received in the receiving container 4 can be pulled out one by one through the delivery opening 3.

Abstract: A merchandiser assembly is provided for storing and displaying products in a shelf-like manner. The merchandiser assembly greatly facilitates stock rotation, is self-facing, and automatically maintains an organized and properly positioned stock of products. A product tray is slidably mounted with respect to a support member, and a product follower that is slidably mounted with respect to the product is limited in the extent of its forward movement in order to provide free space for the refilling of the merchandiser assembly with fresh products when the merchandiser assembly is in a fill mode.

Abstract: A flexible container of bread slices has bellows-like foldable longitudinal sides, having a closed end and an open end. It is located within a somewhat larger casing provided with a closable lid, an open end of the flexible container being effectively sealable by a flexible soft cushion mounted to an inside surface of the lid of the outer casing. A small breathing aperture is provided in the lid, and the cushion allows passage of air or vapors through the breathing aperture to let the stored bread slices breathe with little evaporation from the bread slices. A manually movable platen plate supported within the outer casing biases a closed end of the flexible bread container toward the lid. Individual bread slices are dispensed when the casing lid is opened, with additional bias provided by moving the platen plate forward.

Abstract: A dispenser for solid pharmaceutics and edible articles comprises a container with side walls and a removal opening, a lid pivotally connected to the container for closing the removal opening and a bottom of the container displaceable in the direction towards the removal opening; the bottom is connected through a slot guide in a side wall of the container to an actuating element at the outer side of the container said slot guide being closed before use and separable on use.

Abstract: A cup dispenser for dispensing a stacked array of cups comprising housing for enclosing a plurality of cups arranged in a stack, three parallel rods extending inwardly of the housing parallel to the axis of the stack of cups disposed in surrounding relation to the stack. A spring urged pusher guided by rods engaging the stack of cups at the end of the stack opposite a discharge opening for urging the stack of cups toward the discharge opening. An adjustable ring assembly is providd for releasably restraining cups of different size, comprising a first apertured ring or panel and a second ring rotatably supported relative to the first ring or panel and slots therein, coactive with pins extending from finger members for moving the finger members inwardly and outwardly relative to the stack.

Abstract: A holder and dispenser for knife blades which includes a sliding partition biased toward a discharge opening by rubber bands in a double loop configuration. The double looped configuration orients the rubber bands which loop around the back of the holder, and loop adjacent the front of the holder and loop around the back of the sliding partition. The rubber bands are oriented in slots or grooves in the holder and dispenser for protection. The sliding partition bias blades held in the holder toward a discharge slot through which blades are slid laterally.

Abstract: A device for subcutaneous implantation of a plurality of solid, elongated medicinal pellets. The device includes a needle-like, hollow cannula within a barrel. The hub has a manually engageable knob thereon so that the hub and cannula may be easily moved with respect to the barrel with the thumb of one hand during the implantation process. An obturator extends from the rear of the barrel into the proximal end of the cannula. The obturator is composed of two or more sections which allow it to telescope during operation.

Abstract: A cassette for tape dispensers of mail processing machines includes a housing having a dispenser opening formed therein. Stop beads are formed on the housing at the dispenser opening. A tape box is disposed in the housing for receiving tapes. A bearing plate is disposed in the tape box. A magazine spring presses the bearing plate against tapes in the tape box and presses the tapes against the stop beads. A parallel guidance device having upper and lower scissors members and connecting rods guides the bearing plate parallel to the dispenser opening.

Abstract: A napkin dispenser includes a drawer which slides in and out of a housing and a push plate which also slides in the housing and is spring biased to push the napkins forward. A pair of locks on the rear of the drawer in the preferred napkin dispenser push the plate forward when the drawer is open but pivot to release the push plate when the drawer is closed so that the napkins are not pressed too tightly, even if napkins are overloaded in the drawer when it is open. Similarly, a pair of locks on the push plate apparatus in the alternative napkin dispenser push the plate forward when the drawer is open but pivot to release the push plate when the drawer is closed.

Abstract: A dispenser (10) for permanent wave rods (40) and end papers (51) from a box (50) of end papers is disclosed. The dispenser (10) includes a housing (11) and a retainer (20) for holding a plurality of rods (40). The rods (40) may be easily inserted an removed from the retainer (20) and the rod holder (25). The housing (11) is adapted to receive the retainer (20). The box (50) of end papers (51) is releasably held to the housing (11). Further, the dispenser (10) is releasably secured to the user of the dispenser (10).

Abstract: The present invention includes a holder for blades having a dispensing opening through which a single blade can be slideably ejected by either a sliding ejector or manual manipulation through a thumb slot. The blades within the holder are aligned by a free floating partition which is biased toward the dispensing opening by at least one rubber band formed in a double loop configuration. The double loop configuration orients the rubber band such that it loops around the back of the holder, loops adjacent the front of the holder, and loops around the back of the sliding partition. The ejector includes an extension to occlude the edge of a dispensed blade.

Abstract: A two-piece slide dispenser includes a housing defining an internal compartment for the storage of a plurality of reagent slides or similar items. The housing includes a dispensing opening and a loading opening. A finger or similar structure at least partially obstructs the dispensing opening to prevent inadvertant falling out of the reagent slides. A one-piece, multiple function, resilient spring boot including a biasing portion and a light and humidity sealing portion is also provided. Once reagent slides are loaded through the loading opening into the internal compartment, the spring boot is mounted in the compartment to engage the slides biasing them toward the dispensing opening. The biasing portion of the spring boot can be hemispherical or of a similar configuration allowing this portion to fold into itself. The biasing portion also includes an extension extending from the hemisphere to engage the slides.