Patents Assigned to General Methods Corporation
  • Dispensing mechanism for separating coupons from a connected ribbon of coupons
    Patent number: 4762041
    Abstract: A mechanism for feeding a ribbon having discrete three dimensional objects includes a specially formed finger which fits through a U-shaped opening from the back side of the ribbon and incrementally drives the ribbon into position where it is severed along a predetermined line by a knife which moves transverse to the direction of movement of the ribbon. The knife includes a gap in the blade opposite the U-shaped opening to avoid severing a tab associated with the U-shaped opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: General Methods Corporation
    Inventor: Harold D. Kuykendall