Patents by Inventor William A. Lambert

William A. Lambert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Token or card dispenser
    Patent number: 4541547
    Abstract: A chip, token, coin or card dispenser includes an upright storage tube for a stack of tokens of predetermined shape and is mounted upon a base plate, with the lower end of the tube spaced above a depressed token platform in the base plate defining a token slot. An ejector strip extends transversely of the tube and at one end is guidably mounted upon the base plate under the tube and in registry with the token slot. A spring biased actuator is connected to the other end of the ejector strip and upon movement of the ejector strip in one direction dispenses the lowermost token outwardly of the token slot and upon movement of the ejector strip in the opposite direction permits the next lowermost token to drop into the token platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Inventors: Ronald J. Miknyocki, William A. Lambert