Abstract: A dispenser for liquids, including a supporting chassis, a supply tank for the liquid, a pump and a nozzle for conveying the liquid to the user of the dispenser. The nozzle has a housing member with an internal passage extending therethrough and has an insert and associated compressively elastically deformable sleeve positioned within. The insert has a passage extending from an opening in one end to at least one side opening, and the sleeve is interposed between the housing member and the inert with the portion of the sleeve adjacent the housing member being related against radially outward deflection by the housing member. The portion of the sleeve adjacent the insert encases the portion of the insert having the side opening to normally seal the side opening and thus prevent the liquid from leaking out of the nozzle.

Abstract: A vending machine has a compartment dimensioned to hold at least two columns of cylindrical articles with the articles in axial alignment, front to rear. A bail structure has upper and lower bail bars swingable about a central fore and aft axis, to opposite sides thereof. The lower bail bar, when in one lateral position, supports the bottom articles of both the columns while the upper bail bar supports all other articles in the compartment. The lower bail bar is laterally wider under the rear column than under the front column so that partial swinging of the bail releases the bottom article from only the front column and further swinging releases the bottom article of the rear column. An anti theft member hangs pendulously from the upper bail, in the front column, and serves to prevent movement of a rear column article resting on the lower bail from moving into the front column after an article in the front column has been released from the lower bail.

Abstract: A dispenser for razor blade cartridges of the character in which one or more blades are permanently secured in a plastic body which has a slidable interlocking connection with a razor head longitudinally of the carriage parallel to the blade cutting edges, the dispenser comprising a cellular arrangement of plastic wall sections forming a plurality of parallel cells connected together as an integral unit each cell having a longitudinal slot at the exterior surface of the unit to receive the razor handle stem, the cells having common walls interiorly of the unit and each cell having interiorly of the cell lug arrangements to prevent accidental escape of the cartridge but cooperative with parts of the razor head and cartridge parts to aid in the insertion and withdrawal of a cartridge.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire is adapted for combination with an internally situated device, such as an emergency support member. The tire has at least one specially constructed bead portion which includes a conventional bead core or member and an additional bead member spaced axially inwardly therefrom. In the space between the two bead members is formed an anchoring channel contoured to tightly receive an anchoring means provided on the device to be situated internally of the tire.

Abstract: A coin responsive mechanism for controlling operation of a dispensing machine including a coin chute adapted to receive coins of several different denominations to provide a gravity drop for coins from a coin receiving slot to a coin stop, the coin chute having slots at opposite sides with a first gauging pawl mounted for movement through the slot in one side to block upward movement of a first combination of coins in the chute and a second gaugingpawl mounted for movement to the slot in the other side of the chute to block upward movement of the second combination of coins in the chute. The gauging pawls are adjustable along the chute to adapt the mechanism to respond to a wide variety of combination of coins of different sizes and different denominations.

Abstract: A plurality of fluid pumps are programmed to deliver precise amounts of fluids which are mixed to produce a desired formulation. Each pump has a calibrated actuator attached along the length of the piston rod. A switch is mounted adjacent the segmented actuator to monitor the piston travel and supply information signals to the programming console for individual control of piston travel and consequently of the fluid being pumped.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing selectively engageable and disengageable traction surface, on the periphery of a vehicle wheel by means of an apparatus mounted to a fixed portion of a vehicle, selective positioning of a journalled outer portion of the apparatus to engage and rotate with the outer, or tire, portion of the wheel, or, alternatively, to retract to a stored inactive position. The apparatus further provides for positive deployment with spring-loaded extension pressure, accommodation of localized variations in diameter and resilient mounting of traction bars.

Abstract: A door for opening and closing the discharge opening of a hopper is carried y a support suspended from an oblique lateral wall of the hopper by two links pivoted to the support at one end and pivoted to the support at the other end of the links. An actuating and locking mechanism for the door is connected to the support. The support has a generally triangular shape and the two pivotal connections between the links and the support are in the vicinity of two of the corners of the triangle. The door is located in the vicinity of the third corner of the triangle.

Abstract: The invention contemplates a pressurized container for viscous foods or other viscous products in which the body of the piston includes an axially intermediate flexible circumferential band which lightly contacts or is expandable in the presence of loading pressure exerted by propellant gas. The band thus develops light sealing contact with the interior wall surface of the container, and such contact effectively isolates unexpelled product from the gas-pressure side of the piston, regardless of the extent to which product has been expelled.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a machine for dispensing a predetermined number of banknotes in bundle form with the banknotes being removed from a stack in sequence and there being counting apparatus for counting banknotes passing along a flow-path and a double note detector for detecting the simultaneous passage of plural banknotes along the same flow-path. The banknotes, as they are dispensed, are collected in a collecting compartment and if the proper number is dispensed without double notes being detected, the collected banknotes are delivered to a customer. However, if double banknotes are detected or there is an error in counting, the dispensing of notes from the stack ceases and all notes in the collecting department are diverted into a storage compartment and the machine is recycled.

Abstract: A seed pickup mechanism for a vacuum wheel type seed planter including provision for arranging the seeds into a relatively thin stable seedbed which is suitably carried through a seed pickup chamber at a spaced distance below the vacuum wheel. The stable seedbed is converted into an unstable or fluidal state as it passes through the seed pickup chamber by an upwardly directed blast of air which is effective to expand the seedbed or slightly lift and separate the seeds thus the seeds are raised upwardly to facilitate engagement thereof with the vacuum wheel.

Abstract: Disclosed is apparatus for vending sealed water filled bags of live bait by way of a plurality of helical conveyors coupled with support shafts rotatably driven by selectively actuated motors. The apparatus includes a spring loaded platform assembly having a dispensing chute aligned with the opening in the housing; transparent windows for viewing the bags prior to vending; and a switch assembly responsive to the weight of the bags for preventing initiation of the vending cycle when the supply of bags is exhausted.

Abstract: Different types of pills are stored in separate cassettes which may be operated by a dispensing machine for dispensing from the cassette into a vial. The dispensing machine provides a vacuum supply and a drive for operating a wheel in the cassette having a series of openings annularly arranged to pick up pills in the bottom of the cassette and carry them to a discharge opening under the vacuum pressure. A separator wall extending across the line of travel of the holes carrying pills deflects the pills through the discharge opening. A gauge is adjustable to overlie a portion of the openings in the wheel to vary the opening size so that only a single pill is carried by each opening. A photoelectric cell triggered by a fiber optic scanner at the discharge opening counts each pill. An agitator turns with the conveying wheel to break up pills bridged together. A switch is utilized to set an electronic counter to the number of pills desired.

Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion, sidewall portions, and beads, the tread portion having a tread pattern comprising a plurality of bars arranged herringbone fashion about the mid-circumferential plane of the tire, the tire being reinforced by a plurality of plies of cord fabric wherein at least one of said plies comprises cords of polyester fiber while a radially outermost cord fabric ply underlying the tread of the tire comprises a plurality of cords of polyamide fiber.

Abstract: A coin testing device includes one or more coin-receptive slots of specific depth, height and width for testing the flatness, thickness and diameter of like, "on-edge" coin-tokens which pass therethrough, and a rearwardly declining deck projecting from the slots for receiving and advancing acceptable coin-tokens, wherein a guide member is disposed upwardly from and substantially parallel to the deck for engaging the peripheral edge adjacent face of acceptable coin-tokens for testing the peripheral configuration thereof, wherein ultimately accepted coin-tokens are advanced across the deck and are guided by the guide member into coin-receptive discharge apertures which are disposed at substantially right angles to the slots.

Abstract: A double seal valve stem comprising a substantially tubular elongated upper portion having a cylindrically shaped cavity communicating with at least one dispensing port extending through the side wall thereof and an enlarged substantially cylindrical lower portion including an annular beveled upper portion to form an annular groove therebetween such that when operatively assembled within an aerosol dispenser the side wall of the upper portion and the beveled surface of the lower portion seal against a sealing ring gasket arranged in the turret of the mounting to form a double seal.

Abstract: A device for metering by weight the delivery of liquids, comprising a container for the liquid fed through an electrovalve and having a delivery aperture and a spillway; a metering body immersed in said liquid and anchored in rest position by anchoring means; a mechanical-electric transducer inserted between the metering body and the container for the liquid, and connected to a first, to a second, and to a third comparator, in order to drive the first comparator and the third comparator, which through a first flip flop and an amplifier control the closure and the aperture of the electrovalve, respectively, as well as the second comparator, also driven by the transducer in order to control through a second flip flop a timer and a voltmetric digital indicator driven in turn by the transducer; an external generator controlling through a push switch both said flip flops.

Abstract: A pump construction for hand-held dispensers and the like, wherein a hollow plunger that is reciprocatively mounted at the top of a cylinder, slidably carries a hollow piston which is movable on the plunger between high and low positions thereon. The plunger has at its lower end a valve head which is engageable with an annular bearing seat at the lower end of the piston to seal off the passage through the piston when the latter is in its lower position on the plunger. When the piston is in its high position on the plunger, the valve head no longer seals the piston and the liquid product can flow past the valve head and through the piston and plunger, to be discharged from a spray head or orifice member at the top end of the plunger. For the high position of the piston on the plunger, cooperable valve portions of these parts become engaged to seal off the upper end of the piston so as to prevent leakage of liquid past the same.

Abstract: Dispensing and storage equipment which may be mobile for crockery, trays and glassware including a compact cabinet or supporting frame housing or supporting a support platform and a counterbalancing spring or springs, the support platform being mounted for movement between a fully loaded position at the base of the cabinet or frame and an unloaded position at the top of the cabinet or frame, stored articles being removeable from the stack at a convenient height. The counterbalancing spring or springs work in tension and have a deflection of no more than half the amplitude of movement of the support plate, the plate being guided on a guide shaft and bearing support. A well is provided in the floor of the cabinet or frame to accommodate supporting members of the plate and the bearing support when in the fully loaded position to allow maximum utilization of the available space in the equipment. The support plate may be supported as a cantilever as well as simply supported.

Abstract: A coin-operated newspaper vending and dispensing machine adapted for low cost and maintenance, reliable dispensing of one newspaper at a time and accurate and quick setting for dispensing newspapers of any one of a plurality of thicknesses to suit the particular thickness of the current edition.