Patents Examined by Kelvin L Randall, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12133617
    Abstract: A dispenser for rolled paper includes a shell mounted to a spindle assembly which is mounted to a wall for convenient access in a bathroom or other facility. The dispenser also includes a lid assembly mounted to the shell and spindle assembly for rotational or pivotal movement to and between closed and open configurations. When in the closed configuration, a free edge of the paper roll may be pulled from the roll and the roll rotates on the spindle assembly for dispensing the paper. The paper roll may be inspected and/or replaced by rotation of the lid assembly about a pivot pin to an open configuration. Cooperating cam and cam surfaces and the bias of a spring on the pivot pin urge the lid assembly away from the shell during rotation toward the open configuration to allow for proper clearance and positioning of the lid assembly relative to the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Cintas Corporate Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard R. Bing, Megan Kathryn Helms, David Steven Mesko, Adem Önalan, Marco C. Perry
  • Patent number: 12129104
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a facemask is provided. The dispenser includes a housing having an interior volume so as to retain one or more facemasks having a metal strip disposed thereon or therein and a cover assembly forming at least a portion of the housing, the cover assembly including an outer surface forming a portion of an exterior of the dispenser and an inner surface facing the interior volume. An arm is disposed on the inner surface of the cover assembly, the arm including a first end having a magnetic device disposed thereon, wherein the magnetic device is configured to lift one or more facemasks to a dispensing position when the cover assembly is moved to an opened position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Ansell Healthcare Products LLC
    Inventors: Paul F. Tramontina, Randall W. LeCates
  • Patent number: 12131605
    Abstract: A boxed battery dispenser configured to hold a plurality of battery trays. Each battery tray of the plurality of battery trays is configured to hold a plurality of batteries, and each battery tray can be independently removeable from the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Inventor: Stephen James Wilson
  • Patent number: 12127711
    Abstract: A modified product dispenser unit and a batch product lift or elevator unit adjacent to an automatic fryer. Fries (or other forms of batch product) are dispensed into an angled chute, and thence into the lift or elevator batch product holder at the bottom or loading position in a batch product elevator in the batch product elevator unit. The holder is raised by motorized chains, cables, or the like to a top or release position in the batch product lift or elevator, where the fries are then delivered to an exit chute which drops the fries into the automatic fryer. The batch product lift or elevator unit may comprise a pair of holders and corresponding lifting mechanism and exit chutes, corresponding to the pair of hoppers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: FRANKE TECHNOLOGY & TRADEMARK LTD.
    Inventors: Mark Allegra, Khalil Chmayssani
  • Patent number: 12114811
    Abstract: A hygienic paper roll holder that is gentle for elderly and toddlers and can be replaced without touching a used paper roll core and a replacement paper roll with a relatively simple configuration and easy operation with one hand. The paper roll holder comprises a U-shaped holder body, support parts for moving and supporting both sides of toilet paper, the support parts being attached to the U-shaped holder body, and a movable tray that has a stationary part for placing a replacement toilet paper and a holding part for temporarily holding a used core. By moving this movable tray up and down by hand, the used core supported by the support parts and the replacement toilet paper on the stationary part can be exchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Moroyama
  • Patent number: 12096889
    Abstract: A dispenser comprising a body comprising a front side and a back side, and a product holding area defined by the front side and the back side, wherein the product holding area is configured to store the consumable product within the dispenser; a dispensing mechanism operatively coupled to the consumable product, and wherein the dispensing mechanism is configured to facilitate a dispensing cycle to dispense a portion of the consumable product in response to a user pulling on an exposed portion of the consumable product; a product advancement device coupled to the dispensing mechanism and accessible external to the body, and wherein the product advancement device is configured to allow a user to manually actuate the dispensing mechanism; a product advancement sensor configured to sense the manual actuation; and a data processing device configured to communicate with the product advancement sensor and transmit an alert indicating the manual actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul F. Tramontina
  • Patent number: 12070163
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a housing, a first support for rotatably supporting a first roll and a second support for rotatably supporting a second roll, the dispenser further including a dispensing opening and a door configured to be movable between a first rest position, in which dispensing of material from the first roll when provided on the first support is hindered by the door, and a second rest position, in which dispensing of material from the second roll when provided on the second support via the dispensing opening is hindered by the door. The dispenser further includes a lever arrangement and a biasing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Jason Zerweck, Christian Kasilag, Bre Stachowski
  • Patent number: 12054300
    Abstract: Filler apparatus includes plural descent channels receiving pharmaceutical articles falling from transport channels of a vibrating conveyor. Sensors detect the articles inside the descent channels. A container has a mouth receiving the articles from the descent channels, a first chamber with a first discharge, a second chamber with a second discharge, and a separating wall dividing the mouth into a first entry section, for the first chamber, and a second entry section, for the second chamber. The wall is disposable either in a first position, wherein the entry sections can receive articles from an identical number of descent channels, and at least in a second position, wherein the entry sections can receive pharmaceutical articles from different numbers of descent channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Marchesini Group S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Monti
  • Patent number: 12053104
    Abstract: A sanitary hands-free beverage lid dispenser that is activated by a user that breaks a beam from an “electronic eye” which activates timers to sequentially provide compressed air to a main piston that operates a series of finger pivot assemblies, a series of separation pin assemblies and provide compressed air to “fluff” a single lid from a stack of lids within the device. The sequence of events to dispense a beverage lid separation pin activation, air blast, and ejection finger activation. The reset sequence is air blast suspended, ejection finger retract, and separation pin retract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Inventor: Craig Trojanowski
  • Patent number: 12054335
    Abstract: A device for dispensing active ingredient-containing or active ingredient-carrying strips, including a housing in which a coil chamber for receiving an active ingredient-containing or active ingredient-carrying band is arranged, in which a gear transmission with a driven roller for conveying the band is mounted, and in which a separating device for separating the strips from the band is arranged. A method for dispensing active ingredient-containing or active ingredient carrying strips using such a device is also disclosed. An active ingredient-containing or active ingredient-carrying band is arranged between the driven roller and the pressure roller. A shift clutch transmission having a manually actuatable trigger element is arranged upstream of the gear transmission. The driven roller can be driven in incremental strips by the shift clutch transmission. A device and method is disclosed for dispensing active ingredient-containing or active ingredient-carrying strips with a largely equal dosage are developed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AG
    Inventors: Marc Blomenkemper, Michael Linn, Ronald Hackbarth, Markus Bee
  • Patent number: 12049351
    Abstract: A tablet dispensing system comprises a sleeve having a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end, a base attached to the second end, the base including a first barrier disposed transversely to and a predetermined distance from the second opening, and a slide having second and third barriers separated by a riser, wherein the second and third barriers include aligned passages disposed therethrough. The slide is disposed on the base so that the first barrier is positioned between the second and third barriers and the slide is biased by a spring toward a first side of the sleeve so that the first barrier blocks at least one of the aligned passages, where the spring is disposed between the base and the slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: UMF Corporation
    Inventor: George Clarke
  • Patent number: 12048674
    Abstract: The present invention disclosed a full automatic medication dispensing system and methods of solid medication separation, comprising of a medication feeding device, a medication separation device, a medication distributing channel device, a medication supply device, a medication returning device and a central processing unit. The system has no requirement on the size, shape and weight of solid medications, the medications can be automatically and accurately dispensed into the sealed medication supply box according to the set parameters, and the excessive medications are automatically returned to the medication retrieving bottles. The system can remind a medication taking person to take the medication in time and supply the medications when confirmed. User can choose a portable medication box or a fixed medication box with a larger capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: JB MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventor: Jibin Yang
  • Patent number: 12042099
    Abstract: A method for loading a stack of individual paper units into a dispenser includes inwardly pushing on a pair of oppositely disposed end portions of respective lateral walls of the dispenser, thereby releasing a drawer of the dispenser for sliding movement of that drawer relative to a remainder of the dispenser. The drawer includes first and second, oppositely disposed sidewalls, a bottom wall, and an arcuate front wall that has a dispensing aperture. The bottom wall of the drawer extends between the first and second sidewalls of the drawer, and the sidewalls of the drawer define an open end of the drawer opposite the bottom wall and, jointly with the bottom wall and arcuate front wall, defines a storage volume of the drawer. The drawer is slid outwardly relative to a remainder of the dispenser to thereby expose the first and second sidewalls and bottom wall of the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Catherine Hill Kunda, Magnus Falk, John P. Devlin, Peter McNulty, Jeffrey Mekler
  • Patent number: 11995942
    Abstract: This application relates to the technical field of automatic vending, and provides a vending machine that includes a control device, a measuring device, a bucket, a bucket driving mechanism configured for driving the bucket into motion, and a storage column configured to store items. The control device controls the measuring device to measure a first distance and a second distance, calculates a difference between the first distance and the second distance, and calculates a number of items in the storage column based on the difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: WEIHAI NEW BEIYANG DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, SHANDONG NEW BEIYANG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiabo Xu, Chong Zhou, Qiangzi Cong, Tianxin Jiang, Chuntao Wang
  • Patent number: 11975935
    Abstract: A mask dispensing assembly includes a housing that is positionable in a public transportation vehicle and the housing has a dispensing slot extending into an interior of the housing to dispense face masks stored in the housing to the passengers. A lifting unit is positioned within the housing to lift a stack of disposable face masks in the housing thereby aligning a topmost one of the stack of disposable face masks with the slot. A dispenser is positioned in the housing to urge the topmost one of the stack of disposable face masks outwardly through the slot. A switch is positioned in the public transportation and the lifting unit is actuated when the switch is depressed to facilitate the driver to dispense a disposable mask for a passenger to wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Johnson
  • Patent number: 11963642
    Abstract: A dispenser insert for being mounted in an existing cabinet, the dispenser insert including a frame configured to be mounted in the cabinet, a dispensing mechanism mounted to the frame, the dispensing mechanism including a magazine part for accommodating a stack of sheet products and a dispensing part for dispensing the sheet products, the magazine part having a refilling access at its bottom, wherein the dispensing part is at least translationally moveable relative to the magazine part into a refilling position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Per Möller, Karl Walheim, Lars Thorén
  • Patent number: 11900759
    Abstract: A lottery ticket dispensing unit includes at least one ticket compartment and a separation module that has a drive roller and an opposed idler roller. A motor is geared to the drive roller and is switchable between a convey mode wherein the drive roller engages and conveys a leading ticket to a separation position and a brake mode wherein the motor provides a reverse retarding force to the drive roller to brake the drive roller against an attempted reeling of the lottery tickets. from the dispensing unit. A controller switches the motor between the convey and brakes modes such that in the brake mode, power to the motor is interrupted and windings in the motor are short-circuited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Scientific Games, LLC
    Inventors: Sten Hallundbaek Mejenborg, James Jonathan Holbrook, Ian Robert Scott
  • Patent number: 11897710
    Abstract: A decorator assembly includes a cup holder assembly, a cup transfer assembly, and a decorator mandrel turret assembly. The cup holder assembly is structured to hold a number of cups in a nested, bottom leading configuration. The cup transfer assembly is structured to move cups from said cup holder assembly to a decorator mandrel turret assembly. The decorator mandrel turret assembly is structured to rotatably support a number of cups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: James W. Dominico, Weniek (Rex) E. Jablonski, Russell DiDonato, Leonard A VerHoven
  • Patent number: 11896146
    Abstract: A product dispensing system includes a housing having lockable access, a forward viewing window and a lower output tray. Two or more trays are positioned within the housing, each tray of the trays accommodating a plurality of products, wherein each tray includes a self-contained motor and track configured to move the products responsive to a user action. The system additionally includes a selector for moving an indicator laterally between the two or more trays and a knob spaced apart from the selector for activating the motor to move the products forward and drop a single product into the output tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SENNCO SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sherretts, Daniel L. Horvath, Ryan R. G'Fellers
  • Patent number: 11877702
    Abstract: An article advancing assembly and various article advancers are provided for helping dispense articles from a container. In some forms, the article advancers are provided that can bias the contents of the containers towards the dispensing opening. This can, in some forms, provide extra friction within the container and/or at the dispensing opening to decrease extra contents from being dispensed and thus decrease waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Medline Industries, LP
    Inventors: Paige Wexler, Evan Oravec, Quinten Krisik, Gregory J Foster, Robert W. Sheldon