Abstract: Dispensers for pasty compositions having a housing (1) with a piston (2) which is displaceable only in the emptying direction and an actuating handle (H) which is developed on a head piece (5) which can be pressed bellows-like in the direction towards the piston (2) and has a dispenser outlet opening (O) from which there extends, directed inwards, a tube (7) whose inner mouth-end (7") dips freely into the pasty composition in every position of the bellows (B). A structural shape which is simple to manufacture and nevertheless dependable in operation, comprises a flap valve (9) with passage opening lying in the direction of the tube (7) (arrow z), below the inner mouth-end (7") of the tube (7), in the cover (8) of the housing (1) from which a mounting collar (6) for the bellows (B) extends.

Abstract: A compact business or calling card dispenser which includes a casing in which a plurality of cards are stacked in a vertical array on a card support plate that is resiliently urged so as to align the cards relative to a discharge slot or opening in the casing and which includes an ejector mechanism which interacts with the card support plate to insure uniform card dispensing characteristics with each stack of cards carried within the dispenser.

Abstract: An article dispenser especially advantageous for dispensing pills of the prescription drug or over-the-counter type, comprises three components including a container member, a dispenser control member and a flexible member. The container member provides a dispenser portion through which the articles are passed in a serial array whereby one article reaches an exit aperture while the remaining articles are restrained at gate apertures within the dispenser portion by the flexible member and the control member. The dispenser components are preferably made of low-cost molded plastic and when assembled provide an easy access dispenser not requiring two hands for activation.

Abstract: A paper currency acceptor having general utility and more specifically for use as a retrofit for a coin vending machine having coin mechanism in which there is very limited space for the paper currency acceptor. The acceptor includes longitudinally directed coextensive verification and receiving stations through which successive sheets of paper currency are moved with their planar surfaces substantially vertical from an inlet to a storage position where the sheets are stacked in their vertical positions thereby enabling the acceptor to be mounted horizontally in the limited space of the machine for cooperation with the machine's coin mechanism.

Abstract: A sample strip is divided into a plurality of individual pieces arranged seriatim and connected in end-to-end fashion. The individual pieces are separated from each other as the strip is incrementally fed through a dispensing tip of a cartridge which controls the dispensing operation to insure that the samples are dispensed one at a time in a hygienic manner. The cartridge can be mounted in a display unit along with a plurality of similar cartridges.

Abstract: A closure is provided for use on a container that has an opening communicating with the container interior. The closure includes a body for being mounted to the container over the container opening and for defining at least a first aperture communicating through the container opening with the container interior. The body includes a peripheral side wall outwardly of the first aperture. The closure includes a cover on the body for defining at least a first lid to cover the first aperture. The closure includes a first hinge for accommodating pivoting of the first lid between a closed position occluding first aperture and an open position spaced away from the first aperture and for connecting the first lid directly to another part of the cover or the body. The first lid includes a first engaging arm for engaging the body side wall when the first lid is in the open position.

Abstract: A sorting device suitable for sorting defective parts from a stream of parts is disclosed. The parts may be non-magnetic. A sorting disc having a number of recesses disposed around its periphery receives the parts to be sorted. A reject disc having a number of reject devices on its tangent to the sorting disc and rotates such that the peripheral speed of the reject devices at the point of tangency is the same as the speed of the recesses in the sorting disc. When a defective part is detected, the appropriate one of the reject devices is activated, withdrawing the defective part from the corresponding recess in the sorting disc.

Abstract: A pour dispenser for pouring fluid from a container and including a body having an outlet nozzle and adapted for mounting on a container, a piston in the body and slideable between a valve open condition providing a first flow path between the container and the nozzle and a valve closed condition blocking fluid flow between the container and the nozzle, a plunger in the piston and slideable between a valve open condition providing a second fluid flow path between the container and the atmosphere and a valve closed condition blocking fluid flow between the container and the atmosphere, and springs between the plunger, piston and body for urging the plunger and the piston to the valve closed conditions, with plunger actuation opening the second fluid flow path and then opening the first fluid flow path.

Abstract: A motorized card dispenser is disclosed that consists of a case with a hinged lid. The lower part of the case has a card storage area and a sealed motor-drive area. The cards are dispensed through a small slot in the front of the case. A dispensing pad, which is driven by a motor is used to dispense the cards. The motor is powered by a small battery located within the case. Three different types of control circuits are disclosed. All three circuits are controlled by a button which is located on the top of the device. A pressure bail, which is spring loaded and hinged, is used to maintain pressure on the cards from the top of the stack. Cards are dispensed from the bottom of the stack. An optional storage case that can be attached to the device to hold business cards that are received by the user is also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for blending two gases together in precisely adjustable proportions. The apparatus includes a mechanically adjustable, blending subassembly adapted to receive the first gas at a predetermined pressure and a one to one force balanced pneumatic relay which is operated by the first gas and which meters the flow of the second gas to the blending subassembly at a pressure substantially equal to the pressure of the first gas being supplied to the blending subassembly.

Abstract: Multiple copies of sheets produced by a copying machine or the like are sorted onto trays. The trays are arranged in a stack and are moved upwardly and downwardly to enable different sheets to be sorted onto the trays on each upward pass and downward pass of the stack. The trays have pairs of pins extending outwardly from opposite side edges into a pair of slots on upright support plates. The walls of these slots support each tray as a cantilever. One of the slots, which is closest the rear edge of the trays, is preferably larger than the other and enables any adjacent trays to be spread apart by lifting and tilting one of the trays so as to provide access between the separated trays for jam clearance and the like. A shifting mechanism moves the trays across a gap into which sheets are dispensed from the copier onto the tray at the underside of the gap. This lifting mechanism is a rotatable assembly which engages the pins and moves a tray across the gap.

Abstract: An improved container for dispensing a measured amount of a granulated solid. The container has a circular opening formed in the top which permits the complete filling of the container. A removable, hollow tube is then inserted into the circular opening. The hollow tube extends to the bottom of the box and has an opening therein which cooperates with a partition within the box to provide a measured pour.

Abstract: A device is provided which provides compensation for alterations in viscosity of liquids dispensed by gravity from containers such as those used in post-mix carbonated beverage dispensing systems. The device has a valve element which collects temporarily the liquid being dispensed and, as a function of the viscosity of the liquid, adjusts the effective size of the discharge opening in the container to compensate for that viscosity.

Abstract: An applicator delivers from side by side chambers a two-part urethane polymer composition in which the diisocyanate is differentially reactive with two amine components of side B such that an initial, faster reaction with one amine keeps viscosity low while a second, slower reaction with the second amine builds viscosity to a self-supporting paste outside the applicator.

Abstract: A canister type of measuring and dispensing device wherein granular material is dispensed from a plurality of drawers and each drawer preferably has one open compartment and one closed compartment wherein the compartment dispenses a commonly used quantity of granular material and wherein each drawer is freely interchangeable with drawers having different dispensing dimensions.

Abstract: A top assembly for substantially sealing the open mouth of a coffee pot to thereby prevent oxidation and evaporation of the coffee. The top assembly includes a single passageway for both introducing coffee into the pot and for pouring coffee from the pot. The passageway includes a plurality of substantially parallel sub passages. The sub passages form a liquid trap which prevents air from entering the passageway as well as preventing evaporation from the pot. The sub passages are interconnected to form a channel which is substantially U-shaped in cross-section. The inlet to the liquid trap from inside the coffee pot is at the base of the U-shaped channel so that when the coffee pot is tilted to pour coffee from the pot, there is a gravity flow through the liquid trap and the liquid head pressure insures that all coffee in the pot may be poured out.

Abstract: Sheet transporting apparatus including a pair of rollers (13, 14) forming a sheet transporting nip (12), and adapted, when in an initial position (FIG. 1a), to engage the leading edge (17) of a sheet (11) delivered thereto, and subsequently to produce an orbital motion of the rollers one about the other so as to progressively change the direction of motion of the sheet while the sheet is advancing through the nip (FIGS. 1b-1d).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for preserving and dispensing opened containers of beverages and particularly wines wherein an opened bottled or similar container is placed within a separate enclosure and thereafter an inert gas such as nitrogen is introduced therein until pressures exceeding those desired for dispensing are achieved so as to purge any air from the enclosure and container with the gas pressure being applied equally inside and outside of the bottle or container to thereby preserve the contents of the bottle or container at a peak and consumer acceptable quality. The apparatus includes an enclosure having gas inlet and outlet valves and fluid dispensing conduits which communicate the beverage with dispensing valves.

Abstract: A container for carbonated beverages has an outer casing for containing a collapsible bag with a tap in which the beverage is stored and a resilient diaphragm surrounding the bag and urging it at all times towards an end closure member through which the tap of the bag projects, the diaphragm exerting a substantially constant pressure on the bag irrespective of its volume.

Abstract: A dispenser according to preferred teachings of the present invention is disclosed for use in a machine for vending generally cylindrical articles. The dispenser includes a generally cylindrical cradle rotatably mounted below the outlet of a storage enclosure. The enclosure is dimensioned to hold and store a plurality of articles in a serpentine column. The enclosure includes a guiding baffle for directing the bottom article into the outlet of the enclosure and an unweighting baffle which reduces the weight placed on the articles in the enclosure below the unweighting baffle and thus the weight transferred to the cradle by the article in the outlet.