With Means For Moving The Deposited Matter Within The Receptacle Patents (Class 232/43.3)
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Patent number: 11033136Abstract: The present invention teaches a residential wall penetrating mailbox with enhanced box handling capability, openable by barcode scanning, and openable from either inside or outside a home. A body which is generally column shaped has front and rear doors which open at the top and hinge near the bottom and which have interleaved fingers or members extending from the bottom ends into the interior space of the mailbox. A box tray sits on the interleaved fingers. When either door is opened the fingers of that door lift the box tray upward and out of the box on that side. Thus, a delivery person may access a box from outside the home, while the homeowner may do the same without leaving the safety of the home interior. In addition, an elastic cord and carefully slanted slots on side panels of the front door allow easy retention of a box even further up the front door.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Kutas, Brian Lang
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Patent number: 10024593Abstract: An under counter insulated enclosure that is located partially under the corner portion of a standard kitchen counter. A Peltier cooling or heating assembly can cool or heat the enclosure. Sliding panels, that are actuated by motorized rack and pinion assemblies located near the floor of the enclosure allow the food storage racks sitting on top of the panels to slide and swivel so that the contents of both food racks are accessible to the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Adam Josha Holm
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Patent number: 9480530Abstract: A container into which used sharps can be deposited immediately following their use and carried to a second container into which the used sharps can be dumped for subsequent disposal without having to directly handle the sharps following their use. A top wall is normally latched closed and is opened to deposit used sharps into the container. A normally closed end wall is opened so that the used sharps can be dumped from the container. The container has a pistol-type grip for carrying it, and in a first embodiment a rearwardly biased pusher is slidably mounted in the container and moved forwardly by depressing a trigger on the grip. In a second embodiment, the pusher is biased forwardly and is latched in a rearward position. The trigger is connected with the latch to release it so the pusher can move forwardly.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Umm Al-Qura UniversityInventor: Obaidullah H. S. Allehiany
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Patent number: 9466167Abstract: A device for filling and closing disposable bags for containing banknotes includes a container for the temporary housing of one or more banknotes. The container has side walls and a bottom with an opening for the exit of the one or more banknotes from the container. A piston for pushing the one or more banknotes towards the bottom of the container. A bag made of flexible material intended to be filled with the banknotes temporarily housed in the container is wrapped around the side walls and the bottom of the container. A plate, placed below the container, is vertically movable through controlled lowering of a device, such as a spring. Sealing elements for heat sealing the filled bag are placed between the container and the plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: CIMA S.P.A.Inventors: Nicoletta Razzaboni, Vittorio Razzaboni
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Patent number: 9004346Abstract: A delivery receptacle for receiving objects, such as parcels, has a housing having an input opening, a delivery door rotatably coupled to the housing for opening and closing the input opening, and a drum rotatably coupled to the housing and having a drum access opening accessible through the input opening. The delivery door is mechanically coupled to the drum such that rotation of the delivery door in a first rotational direction causes rotation of the drum in the opposite rotational direction. The delivery door is rotatable between an open position in which the drum is oriented with the drum access opening aligned with the input opening such that a parcel can be inserted into the drum, and a closed position in which the drum is oriented with the drum access opening aligned with a drop area such that a parcel will exit the drum and enter the drop area.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Architectural Mailboxes, LLCInventors: Christopher Andrew Farentinos, Vanessa Felicia Troyer-Farentinos, Craig Ronald Steele, Raffy Michael Arce Paje
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Publication number: 20150021386Abstract: A delivery receptacle for receiving objects, such as parcels, has a housing having an input opening, a delivery door rotatably coupled to the housing for opening and closing the input opening, and a drum rotatably coupled to the housing and having a drum access opening accessible through the input opening. The delivery door is mechanically coupled to the drum such that rotation of the delivery door in a first rotational direction causes rotation of the drum in the opposite rotational direction. The delivery door is rotatable between an open position in which the drum is oriented with the drum access opening aligned with the input opening such that a parcel can be inserted into the drum, and a closed position in which the drum is oriented with the drum access opening aligned with a drop area such that a parcel will exit the drum and enter the drop area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Christopher Andrew Farentinos, Vanessa Felicia Troyer-Farentinos, Craig Ronald Steele, Raffy Michael Arce Paje
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Patent number: 8540143Abstract: A cassette for an automatic teller machine (ATM) is provided, which is capable of returning a paper medium disposed at an entrance of the cassette into the cassette using a moving force of a shutter that closes the entrance, during separation of the cassette from a cassette receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Nautilus Hyosung Inc.Inventors: Jin Hwan Cha, Won Joon Lee, Dong Sik Lee
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Patent number: 8523050Abstract: An apparatus is illustrated for collecting containers and that includes a storage receptacle having an access door and a support tray. The storage receptacle has an opening through which a container is inserted for receipt on the support tray. The support tray has an initial substantially horizontal position. A scanner detects the presence of the container on the support tray. A collection bag is supported in the storage receptacle at a bottom thereof and for receiving a plurality of containers. The collection bag is accessible via the access door. A mechanism is responsive to the scanner detecting the presence of the container for releasing the container from the support tray to enable the container to fall into the collection bag. The container is released by the support tray pivoting from the substantially horizontal position to an angled position to thus enable the container to fall into the collection bag.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Inventor: William F. Andreozzi
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Patent number: 8276807Abstract: An apparatus is illustrated for collecting containers and that includes a storage receptacle having an access door and a support tray. The storage receptacle has an opening through which a container is inserted for receipt on the support tray. The support tray has an initial substantially horizontal position. A scanner detects the presence of the container on the support tray. A collection bag is supported in the storage receptacle at a bottom thereof and for receiving a plurality of containers. The collection bag is accessible via the access door. A mechanism is responsive to the scanner detecting the presence of the container for releasing the container from the support tray to enable the container to fall into the collection bag. The container is released by the support tray pivoting from the substantially horizontal position to an angled position to thus enable the container to fall into the collection bag.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Inventor: William F. Andreozzi
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Patent number: 8177120Abstract: A device which collects donations of paper currency by allowing a person to insert paper currency and subsequently cause it to be floated through one or more tubes to a collection box by means of air flowing through the tubes is disclosed. A user of the device may use a diverter box to select one of several collection boxes to receive the donation. An audible or visual signal announces that a donation has been made.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: DuPage Children's Museum, Inc.Inventor: Mark A. Wickart
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Patent number: 8157159Abstract: The flipping trash can is adapted especially for use in fast-food restaurants or the like. The trash can includes a pedal-operated, spring-biased lid. When the lid is opened, a tray (with trash thereon) is positioned on a tray receiving mechanism that flips the tray so that trash thereon is deposited in a trash bin. The mechanism is designed to then move the empty tray to a storage area for retrieval and reuse. A sound-emitting, electronic device may be attached to the lid and is programmed to emit the phrase “Thank You” when the lid opens. The receptacle can be designed in different configurations (animals, spaceships, autos, etc) to attract attention and enhance aesthetics.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2010Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Inventors: Sara A-Abdulrahman Al-Hadhoud, Reem Abdullah Al-Oufan, Hessa Saeed Al-Ajeel, Mona Ahmed, Rehab Al-Naki
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Patent number: 7997522Abstract: A center-pull dispenser for dispensing paper towels from a continuous roll, wherein each individual towel is separated from an adjoining towel by a plurality of perforations. The dispenser comprises a housing having a housing back and a detachable front cover hingedly connected thereto at the lower periphery of said housing back and front cover for opening and closing the housing, a paper support tray removably connected to a lower portion of the housing back and having a centrally located dispensing nozzle, an opening in the lower periphery of the housing through which the towels are dispensed, a detachable wall-mounting member for removably mounting the housing back to a wall, and a locking member for releasably locking the front cover to the housing back and the housing back to the wall-mounting member.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Cintas CorporationInventors: Richard Petras Titas, Christopher Andrew Brizes, Mark Edward Cipolla, Paul Dana Stephens, Christopher Daniel Carsten
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Patent number: 7918337Abstract: A pharmaceutical waste disposal device comprises an upper portion adapted for receiving pharmaceutical waste and a lower portion adapted for collecting the pharmaceutical waste, the lower portion being selectively and removably engagable with the upper portion. The upper portion includes a housing surrounding an internal rotating wheel and a lid slideably engaged with the housing. Additionally, the rotating wheel includes collection areas adapted for collecting pharmaceutical waste placed in the upper portion. The lid includes a lower pivoting flap adapted for contacting and rotating the wheel upon closing the lid to transfer the pharmaceutical waste to the lower portion. Further, the rotating wheel is sized and positioned within the housing in a manner to substantially prevent access to the pharmaceutical waste collected in the lower portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Inventor: Tamara Hitson
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Patent number: 7913898Abstract: There is provided a collecting container. An exemplary collecting container comprises an insertion opening on the front of the collecting container that is adapted to receive objects. The exemplary collecting container additionally comprises a receiving device arranged to receive the objects and to convey them to a storage space in the collecting container, the storage space containing a filling-level measuring means that is connected to a blocking device preventing the receiving device from being opened when a defined filling level has been reached in the storage space, the receiving device comprising a roller shutter box whose receiving area is formed by at least two side walls and a bottom. The exemplary collecting container further comprises a roller shutter that is adapted to be moved in rails on the side walls, the blocking device being configured so that it can block the movement of the roller shutter.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2007Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Deutsche Post AGInventors: Steffen Frankenberg, Martin Räss, Ramin Benz, Sven Hein, Boris Paul
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Patent number: 7416110Abstract: An apparatus for collecting particulate material has a collection tray (1) and a fire-resistant collection reservoir (21, 22, 23). A scraper blade (24) is attached to a carriage (7) which is arranged to be driven by an electrical motor along the base of the tray (1) so as to sweep particulate material into the reservoir (21, 22, 23). A pivotal lid normally closes an opening into the reservoir (21, 22, 23) until the scraper blade is ready to sweep particulate material into the reservoir, whereupon the lid is opened to receive the swept particulate material. Actuation of the lid for the reservoir may be operated by electro-mechanical switches or by a solenoid (60).Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2003Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Inventor: John Campbell
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Patent number: 7246562Abstract: The present invention relates to a delivery door having anti-theft security means, more particularly to a door structure consists of a pair of casings, area adjustable mounting plate, hinge means and actuation means, which are installed on an entrance door or a window for delivering articles or products thereof. A delivery door installed on an entrance door or a window comprise an outer casing (4) and an inner casing (5) pivotally mounted on hinge means (3, 8, 9, 10), actuation means (12, 13, 15, 16) associated with the outer casing (4) and the inner casing (5) for opening and closing operation of casings and the mounting plate (6) having area adjustable means between the outer casing (4) and the inner casing (5) is characterized in that the mounting plate (6) is rotatable while in the transporting operation which securely controlled by the actuation means.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2003Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Inventors: Jin-Kook Lee, Sung-Hae Lee
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Patent number: 7175070Abstract: The Modified Garbage Collector for Commercial Establishments fulfills the need for an apparatus that can be used to help users collect and dispose garbage in a hygienic way. Once the tray with contents to be disposed is placed inside the Modified Garbage Collector, a series of automated actions help dispose the contents of the tray and store the tray for later use.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2006Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Inventors: Alton J. Brisport, Maxine J. Brisport
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Patent number: 6994247Abstract: A waste storage device includes an inlet aperture and a length of flexible tubing passing through the inlet aperture from a cassette. The flexible tubing is pinched by a pair of rollers which can have continuous surfaces or multiple paddles. The waste product is placed into the aperture and the rollers rotate drawing the waste product down into the device and pinching the storage bag above it. The operation can be manually or motor driven.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2003Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Melrose Products LimitedInventor: David Charles Richards
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Patent number: 6837994Abstract: The special features of the water treatment apparatus in the present invention are that a tank fitted with a raw water inlet and a treated water outlet on the upper part, has within said tank an upper chamber and lower chamber which divide said tank into two sections, upper and lower, and is fitted with a separating wall which can be raised and lowered to adjust the water level in said upper and lower chamber, the upper chamber above said separating wall and the lower chamber below said separating wall both being filled with water. By use of this apparatus, a novel water treatment apparatus is provided which can be extremely easily assembled into a water treatment facility.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2001Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Inventor: Yoshinobu Izawa
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Patent number: 6719194Abstract: A waste storage device includes an inlet aperture and a length of flexible tubing passing through the inlet aperture from a cassette. The flexible tubing is pinched by a pair of rollers which can have continuous surfaces or multiple paddles. The waste product is placed into the aperture and the rollers rotate drawing the waste product down into the device and pinching the storage bag above it. The operation can be manually or motor driven.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2001Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Assignee: Melrose Products LimitedInventor: David Charles Richards
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Patent number: 6330856Abstract: An apparatus and method for dispensing and retrieving garments in a controlled manner. The apparatus retrieves the garments in a secure enclosure while accounting for the garments returned, and compacts the returned garments, all with a single, stand-alone apparatus. A paddle mechanism sweeps the garments into a horizontally extended storage compartment and compacts them with an upward movement. The paddle is articulated at a one-way joint to allow it to pass obstructions on its return path.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 1999Date of Patent: December 18, 2001Assignee: Innovative Product Achievements, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Fitzgerald, Eugene O. Gresens, Ward P. Broom