Abstract: A rotary closure cap for loose-material containers consisting of a cap portion and of a rotary disc mounted thereon for rotation about an axis. These components comprise in their main surfaces perpendicular to the axis, pouring openings and a locking assembly which may successively be brought into coincidence by relative movements. The locked position is intended to be childproof. According to the invention, the locking assembly consists of a detent button arranged on a spring tongue of the cap portion and of a detent hole through the rotary disc which is large enough for an engaged detent button to be pushed down by finger pressure. The operation of the rotary closure cap requires both depression of the detent button and rotation of the rotary disc simultaneously.

Abstract: In a manual sowing apparatus a cell wheel 132 is provided which is drivable by a wheel disk 116 directly or via a reduction gear and which conveys the grain seeds from a receiving chamber via pockets disposed in the wheel to a discharge station. A plurality of cell wheels are associated with each apparatus and can be fixed via a bayonet coupling on a support drum 72. Cell wheels which are not in use can be accommodated in a receiver 104. A resilient scraper is disposed at the discharge end of the receiving chamber and prevents jamming of the cell wheel by scraping off grains when they are too large or when there are too many in a pocket, while grains projecting a slight extent can pass beneath the scraper.

Abstract: An apparatus for vending individual servings of ice cream at the demand and selection of a vendee. The apparatus includes a money activate switch for being closed when a predetermined amount of money is inserted thereinto; a selector switch for being energized when the money activated switch is closed; a container dispenser for dispensing one ice cream container when the selector switch is energized and one of a plurality of specific selection switches of the selector switch is closed; a container rotator for receiving the ice cream container from the container dispenser and for rotating the ice cream container; and an ice cream dispenser for dispensing ice cream into the ice cream container as the container is rotated by the container rotator. A syrup dispenser is preferably provided for selectively dispensing syrup onto the ice cream dispensed into the container.

Abstract: A dispenser for storing and sequentially dispensing flexible synthetic resin disposable lids or other similar flexible, generally flat articles has an elongated, upright container with an abutment shelf extending partially across its lower end. A dispensing aperture coplanar with the shelf is disposed between the latter and a front wall of the container. The weight of the stacked lids automatically forces the exposed portion of the flexible, lowermost lid through the dispensing aperture toward a hand engageable position. As the lowermost lid is pulled through the opening, a front wall portion of the container engages the next adjacent lid to retain the same within the container. In preferred forms, an inclined lip segment extends downwardly from the abutment shelf below the aperture to limit the flexure of the lids as the latter are singularly dispensed in response to user demand.

Abstract: A pool chemical dispenser is provided that comprises a rotatably adjustable top, a container and a ballast disk cooperative with the top such that the specific gravity of the material of the top and the container is less than 1.0 and the specific gravity of the material of the ballast disk is greater than 1.0 thereby permitting the dispenser to float off the bottom of the skimmer in which it is immersed in water when less than about 10% of the pool chemical remains in the container and invert, remaining on the top of the surface of the water to indicate the pool chemical is exhausted.

Abstract: A molten metal feed tip assembly comprises independently replaceable upstream and downstream units. The upstream unit comprises a pair of upstream plates spaced apart by one or more spacers. The downstream unit is preassembled and comprises a pair of spaced-apart downstream plates, each comprising two or more segments. The downstream unit also comprises spacers for maintaining the spacing between the plates and a brace, which extends across the upstream edges of the downstream plate segments to maintain the segments in edge-to-edge abutment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coin lock device having a housing, a protruding element extending from said housing and an aperture in the housing for the reception of a protruding element of an identical lock device.A key element is secured to one end of a slide piece which slides against the action of a spring, which slide piece is connected at the other end with a cylinder core having movable, transversely disposed tumblers. The cylinder core slides in an aperture in the housing and is movable under the action of the return spring of the slide piece to a rest position. In the rest position the tumblers engage apertures formed in the surface of the aperture receiving the cylinder core, out of which they can be pushed by the introduction of a key element of a second identical device into the cylinder core.

Abstract: A vending machine dispensing cups containing freshly made beverages comprises inter alia a cup dispenser delivering the cups one by one to a filling device. The cup dispenser includes a magazine for several succeeding rows of stacks of cups situated on a bottom. This bottom is shaped with a delivery opening allowing the front stack of cups to fall downwards by gravity upon an advancing in the magazine so as to position on a delivery mechanism present below the delivery opening. At activation this delivery mechanism is adapted to remove the lowermost cup in the stack and to deliver the cup to the filling device. The cup dispenser comprises furthermore a sensor detecting that the uppermost cup in the stack present in the delivery opening is positioned below the bottom of the magazine, the sensor furthermore activating a driving means to advance the row of stacks in the magazine. Furthermore the sensor allows the following stack to fall through the delivery opening.

Abstract: A bar has at least one compartment, a plurality of removeable magazines mounted in the compartment, fiber optics associated with the bar compartment and each magazine for assisting to detect the removal of a magazine from the bar compartment and the removal and/or movement of the contents of the magazine. The fiber optics comprise:(a) optical fibers secured to each magazine and lenses secured to the optical fibers on each magazine; and(b) lenses on the bar associated with the compartment. Some of the lenses on each magazine are spaced from, and aligned with, some of the lenses on the same magazine for the transmission of light therebetween, and some of the lenses on each magazine are spaced from, and aligned with, some of the lenses on the bar associated with the compartment for the transmission of light therebetween.

Abstract: A fuel supplying apparatus comprises a fuel supplying hose having a fuel supplying nozzle provided on a tip end thereof, a preset switch comprising a fuel supplying quantity preset switch and a fuel supplying price preset switch provided on the fuel supplying hose at a position in a vicinity of the fuel supplying nozzle, where the fuel supplying quantity preset switch is for selectively and sequentially presetting the predetermined quantity of fuel for preset quantity fuel supplying operation in response to the number of manipulation times of the switch and the fuel supplying price preset switch is for selectively and sequentially presetting the predetermined price of fuel for preset price fuel supplying operation in response to the number of manipulation times of the switch, an indicator unit for indicating either one of the preset quantity and the preset price preset by the preset switch, and a control circuit for presetting either one of the preset quantity or the preset price selected from the predetermin

Abstract: A postage stamp booklet dispenser mechanism uses a multi-position gate cam, which rotates about a central axis and controls the opening and closing of opposed pairs of gate members through which the stamp booklets are dispensed. The operative followers of each pair of gates alternately move between dwell and rest positions to thereby provide corresponding open and closed modes of operation, resulting in the selective dispensing of single booklets from a criss-cross stack. By disposing one pair of gate members in a position slightly offset from the gate cam's central axis, one of the gate members of that pair receives a slight preferential opening position to insure that the booklet dispensed when that pair of gates is opened, falls in the proper orientation onto the chute of the dispenser mechanism. Between each dispensing cycle, all four gates return to their rest positions to prevent inadvertent dispensing and "jackpotting" of the entire stored group of booklets.

Abstract: A developer replacing and supplying device for a small-size electrophotographic copier is disclosed which removes used developer from a developing unit and supplies a fresh developer instead. After the used developer which is a mixture of carrier and toner has been discharged, fresh carrier is introduced into the developing unit and, then, fresh toner to be mixed with the fresh carrier. The fresh carrier and the fresh toner are stored in physically independent cylindrical cartridges, which are selectively mounted in a cartridge casing. The cartridge casing is mounted in a hopper casing, which is provided integrally with the developing unit, and driven in a rotational motion together with the cartridge.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for vending newspapers or similar articles is disclosed. The apparatus consists of a horizontally disposed drum mounted on a pedestal. The drum includes an open top and a sliding door on its vertical face. A drive plate is rotatably mounted in the bottom of the drum, and a carousel is detachably secured to the drive plate for rotation therewith. The carousel includes a plurality of open-ended, radial slots. The slots are formed by vertical walls extending from the center of the carousel to the periphery of the carousel. The upper edges of the walls slope downwardly from the center of the carousel to the periphery of the carousel. Various carousels having the same structure but different size slots may be used in a machine. A clear plastic dome is used to cover the open top of the drum. A lock and key arrangement is provided so that the dome may be secured to the drum and easily removed.

Abstract: A liquid dispenser including a hollow plastic adapter defining a cavity extending between axially aligned open ends thereof, the cavity having a uniform cylindrical portion terminating at one of the open ends and a tapered portion joined to the cylindrical portion and tapering inwardly toward and terminating at the other open end; and a hollow metal hub defining a passage extending between axially aligned open ends thereof, the hub having a first cylindrical outer surface portion with a given diameter slightly greater than the uniform cylindrical portion and press fit therein, a second cylindrical outer surface portion with a predetermined diameter less than the given diameter and projecting out of the other open end of the adapter, and a tapered outer surface portion joining the first and second cylindrical surface portions and engaging the tapered portion of the adapter.

Abstract: The coin-operable machine is used for "activating" used cooling elements, which are employed in cooler bags or boxes for keeping food fresh and keeping drinks cool and comprises a machine casing with a refrigerating chamber, into which a guideway issues from an upper insertion slot and in which the cooling elements are cooled by removing heat, the individual cooling elements being dispensed by inserting a coin and corresponding operation of a retaining and delivery device.

Abstract: A three piece safety dispensing package for granular or pellet material. A cap is rotatably attached to a container. The cap has dispensing windows that are aligned with openings in the container to a desired degree to control the dispensing rate. The cap can have child resistant locking tabs which engage recesses on the container to maintain the cap locked in a closed position with the cap dispensing windows out of registration with the container openings; opening requires squeezing of the cap to permit rotation to the dispensing position. A tamper indicating tab can be used to prevent rotation until the tab has been broken. The container is filled with product through its open bottom after child resistant lock or tamper indicating tab has been preset as the cap is affixed to the container. The package is finally sealed by introducing a snap-in plug bottom into the open container bottom.

Abstract: Measured quantities of liquid, such as suntan oil or lotion, are dispensed to a user upon insertion of one or more coins into a coin-controlled timer. The coin-controlled timer, such as a timer-relay, applies electrical current to control a valve-controlled air supply to an atomizing nozzle. The timer system further controls the liquid supply by utilizing the air supply to actuate air valves.

Abstract: A coin tube cassette is detachably mounted in a coin dispensing apparatus and has a plurality of coin tubes for storing coins in the direction of thickness thereof and coin shoots in units of denominations of coins stored in the radial direction thereof. The coins are automatically replenished by coin selector gates in the coin tubes or the coin shoots until they become full. A selected coin is discharged from the coin tube or the coin shoot in response to a code set by a code setter in accordance with the type of the tube cassette and the denominations of coins stored in the coin tubes. Coin dispensing is performed by a rotary disk having grooves for receiving coins and a coin selection plates having slits. The coin tube or the coin shoot is selected by a single solenoid.

Abstract: A coin sorting bank that sorts coins according to their diameters, and also provides a unique form of animation when a coin is deposited therein. A coin deposited in the bank moves under gravitational/inertial forces from an inlet to a coin storage area. As it moves between the inlet and the coin storage area, the coin is engaged by a sorting mechanism comprising a unique arrangement of ramps, wheels, levers and guide rails which directs the coin to a respective coin bin in the coin storage area. A particular feature of the invention is a part of the sorting mechanism comprising a pivotal ramp and a stop member associated with the ramp. The structure provides effective sorting between coins of different diameters, and also provides a way of readily changing the bank to sort coins of different currencies by simply changing the location of the stop member relative to the pivotal ramp.

Abstract: A dispenser for soluble pool chemicals is provided having a child-resistant rotatably openable top utilizing an angled detent and a deformable stop to resist rotation until a threshold amount of rotative force is applied, the top being adjustably openable to control the amount of pool chemicals dispensed via dispensing openings in a ballast disk that is fixed in place by the interlocking of interlocking recesses with locking tabs on the neck of the dispenser container to permit the top with its dispensing openings to rotate relative to the disk to uncover the dispensing openings in the disk to the desired amount.