Abstract: A multiple column magazine for storing cylindrical articles, such as canned beverages, useful in coin controlled vending machines, employing one or more of such magazines. Each magazine is made up of parallel side wall members having integrally related track portions extending into the space between adjacent wall members and forming a pair of non-overlapping serpentine columns separated in front to back relationship within the magazine. The track portions define continuous rails along which the canned articles gravitationally roll. Each serpentine column is loaded with articles from the front of the magazine and has an electrically operated vend mechanism at its lower end for the selected release of articles therefrom.

Abstract: A gravity feed combined display and storage unit for use in a professional salon type environment. The unit is divided into a plurality of compartments separated by a series of bottle supports, T-shaped in configuration, which includes an upright divider member and outwardly depending shoulders. The supports slope dowwardly from the back to the front of the unit where they abut a plurality of bottle stops. The sides of the shoulders are spaced apart a sufficient distance, to support a bottle by the underside of its angle and neck feed, the bottle supports being positioned at a sufficient height so that the bottles hang free and clear from any base surface. The shoulders terminate a sufficient distance from the back wall to that bottles may be placed in the rear, the shoulders supporting a number of bottles.The bottle stops terminate just below the shoulders and the bottle neck, exposing the entire front panel.

Abstract: An organizer and storage rack for small canned or jarred commodities, such as foodstuffs, which allows for convenient manual dispensing of a particular individual jar. The storage rack may be vertically mounted on a door or wall structure and includes one or more cylindrical chambers having large and small slotted wall portions disposed along one particular peripheral area. The cylinders are mounted to a flat, planar surface and include partially closed portions along the bottom of the cylinder. The larger and smaller slots through the cylinder wall allows for manual grasping of a small jar or container disposed therein in stacked form for selection of the desired jar to be removed such that the fingers can manipulate the jar to a recessed area for its convenient removal. The device is especially useful for baby food jars.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a rack structure for use in vending machines of the serpentine stack type which comprises a pair of rack halves each formed in a single unitary body, said rack halves when combined together in face to face relation having at least one serpentine passage for accommodating a plurality of articles. At least one of pair of rack halves comprises a side wall and a plurality of rows of ramp assemblies projected from said side wall, each ramp assembly having ramp members protruding into respective spaces each defined between the adjacent two ramp members of the other ramp assembly so as to define the serpentine passage.

Abstract: A refrigerated horizontal drink box for merchandising soft drinks and the like is disclosed as including movable transparent doors covering individual compartments and brand name indicia carried closely beneath the transparent door disposed at such an angle to the door and to drink containers stacked horizontally in the compartment that positive brand name identification may be had without opening the door whereby advantageous advertisement positioning of the product is achieved and unnecessary opening of the door is avoided.

Abstract: A holder for a plurality of tissue rolls, includes a support dowel or rod for holding the rolls in a stacked vertical array, and a cylindrical housing with a cover for containing the supported rolls. The support rod or dowel may be provided with a lift chain at the top thereof enabling one to lift the entire row array out of the storage housing.

Abstract: Dispenser for rolls of paper toweling of standard size and width, accommodating withdrawal of clean roll toweling from a cabinet for use and rolling the spent toweling in a spent towel compartment in the cabinet, for disposal. The roll of clean toweling is inserted in the cabinet from the top and rests on an inclined divider plate separating a clean towel compartment from the spent towel compartment and also bears against a rear wall of the cabinet. The clean toweling is drawn from the cabinet along the divider plate and passed over a sensing switch which establishes an energizing circuit to a winding motor under the control of a limit switch energizing the winding motor upon withdrawal of the toweling and after a time delay sufficient to dry the hands. The clean toweling, as unrolled, passes out of the cabinet through a slot at the top of a recessed portion of the front of the cabinet for use.

Abstract: A shipping, transporting and dispensing container for cylindrically shaped objects has a base, back wall, two side walls and is open at the front and top. A plurality of platform shelves are succeedingly spaced above the base of the rack. Each shelf is sloped downwardly from the open front of the rack toward the back wall of the rack but terminates short of the back wall by a predetermined distance. An adjustable stop device is situated in the space between the base and the shelf immediately above it to selectively prevent cylindrically shaped objects disposed near the back wall on the base from rolling toward the open front of the container. Further, the front edge of the base at the open front of the container has an upwardly projecting flange which prevents the cylindrically shaped objects, supported on the base, from inadvertently rolling off the base through the open front of the container.

Abstract: Cassette modules and cassette displays for merchandizing tubular articles such as spools of thread are disclosed. In the preferred embodiments, the cassette modules are formed from module halves and are juxtaposed to form a cassette display, each cassette module comprising a plurality of chambers superposed in a column for housing the articles. In one disclosed embodiment, a frame is provided in which the cassette modules are mounted and removable from to form a cassette display. In that embodiment, each cassette module is pivotable about its upper end to facilitate mounting and also to facilitate loading of the articles into the chambers of the cassette modules. The height of the chambers of an individual cassette module and/or the chambers of cassette modules may vary to accommodate articles of different tubular sizes and the cassette modules may have different widths to accommodate articles of different length.

Abstract: A hamper for collecting items, such as soiled laundry, includes a cylindrical receptacle wall having a reception entrance at the top and a delivery port at the side, the delivery port being selectively opened or closed by a cylindrical sleeve which overlies the receptacle wall and can be rotated relative thereto, and a liner within the receptacle for receiving the items placed therein through the reception entrance and for being withdrawn through the delivery port, when the sleeve is rotated to open the delivery port.

Abstract: The toilet tissue storage container has two wide flexible tabs protruding downwards and angled inwards, one on the front wall and one on the rear wall. The strength and flexibility of the tabs is developed by the width, length, thickness and angle. The strength and flexibility enable the tabs to hold the weight of four rolls of tissue and expand outwards allowing a full or new roll of tissue to be withdrawn in its entirety. The protruding of the tabs from their respective walls is made possible by the narrow grooves on each side of each tab.

Abstract: A portable storage container for storing tissue paper of the type rolled about a tubular core. The portable storage container comprises a tubular shaped housing having an interior diameter complementary to the size of the roll tissue paper and of a height sufficient to store a plurality of stacked rolls. The bottom of the housing is enclosed and supports a roll tissue paper holder in the form of a post having a circular base seated on the bottom of the housing. The holder post is sized to be received in the tubular cores of the rolls and to support a plurality of stacked rolls thereon such that a user may grasp the post and lift and remove the stacked rolls from the interior of the housing. The container includes a cover to enclose the same.

Abstract: A rack for dispensing articles which includes a plurality of shelves divided into discrete channels and positioned one above the other. The shelves are each pivoted to supporting means at a point between the ends thereof and means are provided to position the shelves at one inclination for loading and at another inclination for dispensing the loaded articles.

Abstract: A film storage and dispensing device wherein an upright magazine contains a stack of film rolls or cartridges, the magazine having an upper inlet and lower outlet for gravitational discharge, and a cover slidable on the magazine for selectively opening and closing the inlet and outlet.

Abstract: An ink roller device for use with a printing head of a hand labeler, or the like: an ink roller holder including a mounting assembly having a clip adapted to be removably mounted to the hand labeler; a pair of arms extend from the mounting assembly; each of the arms has a round notch at its free end; this notch has an entrance cut which is made narrower than the inside diameter of the notch; spring means bias the arms so that their free ends may be brought close to the type characters of the printing head; an ink roller assembly is removably supported on the ink roller holder; the ink roller assembly includes an ink roller body and a pair of split shafts which project from both ends of the roller body; each split shaft comprises a plurality of axially split elements which are made of a flexible material and which are sized and positioned so that they may be snap fitted snugly into the round notches of the arms through their cuts.

Abstract: A generally rectangular cabinet having a pair of outwardly swinging doors. The center interior is designed to form a paper cup dispenser, the cups exiting at the center bottom. With proper shelving, hooks and clips the interior will hold toothbrushes, toothpaste, razors, lotions, and any other desired bathroom supplies. The interior of the doors can be supplied with hooks for suspending the toothbrushes leaving the rest of the cabinet for other items. The outside top can be mounted with clips for holding combs in a readily available position. The entire cabinet is compact, light and portable. A stand is provided which can be permanently positioned in the bathroom. The stand comprises a horizontal platform portion and a rear vertical wall portion. The cabinet fits onto the platform and against the rear wall. Suitable hooks are provided for releasably locking the cabinet to the stand. This allows the cabinet to be used in a fixed place at home, but permits its removal for travel.

Abstract: A rack mountable on a wall, the rack having compartments formed on its front side, the compartments being of different sizes so that each is suitable for containing a particular size of dry cell batteries that are stored therein. This rack can also be placed on a shelf, counter or refrigerator top.

Abstract: Method of charging a chute for the feed of objects to a machine using a casing which has a band shaped frame forming a wall surrounding the objects and two detachable end lids closing the frame at lateral edges opposite each other. The frame at one point on its circumference is pliable apart. The method comprises removing one end lid, placing the casing in an opening in the side of the chute, and removing the other end lid. The opening in the chute is then closed and the frame is plied apart to release the objects in the chute.

Abstract: A container or magazine for processing, storing and shipping cylindrical parts is described. Bulk parts randomly oriented with respect to one another are brought into parallel alignment by operation of the magazine, facilitating the utilization of the parts in manufacturing operations.

Abstract: A toilet tissue roll container consists of elongated front and rear walls connected between opposed side walls. A pair of end closures are provided to seal the top and bottom of the container. The container is divided into compartments. At least one segment of the front wall is pivotable to provide access to one of the compartments. A pair of end extension flaps are secured to the top wall and are bendable into a plane parallel to said top wall, each of the end extension flaps being provided with means which are cooperable with mating means associated with an external surface for mounting of the container in a predetermined location.

Abstract: In a display and storage device for rolls of decorative sheet material, a body, a storage rack in said body adapted to support a single file column of rolls of decorative sheet material with their roll axes parallel and horizontal, said body having a front display face that substantially conceals said storage rack, said rack having a depth greater than the depth but less than twice the depth of a roll of decorative material to be contained thereby whereby to support said rolls in a single file column as aforesaid, said front display face being formed with a dispensing opening for rolls of decorative sheet material adjacent the lower end of said storage rack whereby the bottom roll of said column can be withdrawn from said column, said storage rack terminating in a support ledge adjacent said dispensing opening, said body being formed with a filling opening for admitting rolls of decorative sheet material to said storage rack, said front display face having a vertical extent substantially coextensive with the

Abstract: A stand for displaying and dispensing articles having at least one inclined article holding tray. The tray has a plurality of parallel channels made up of upstanding parallel sidewalls terminating at a front end wall. Two of the sidewalls that are symmetrically placed with respect to the width of the trays have receiving fissures therein. They receive connecting blades from supporting members that maintain the trays in the desired inclined position. The supporting members are generally planar and have upper and lower connecting blades. In a display stand utilizing a plurality of inclined trays arranged in a vertical array, the supporting members are between the trays with the upper connecting blade within the lower mounting fissure of the tray above and the lower connecting blade within the upper mounting fissure in the tray below. The lowermost tray is supported on some elevating means to incline the trays and that elevating means may be a supporting member.

Abstract: A display and vending device for stackable articles such as cigarette packages or the like is suspended from overhead supports, for example, at the check-out counter of a retail store. The articles contained in the device are accessible only to the cashier but are visible to the customer. The device includes a frame having a plurality of vertical dividers which separate the stacks of articles and which enable the articles to be gravity fed. Means are provided for displacing the lowest article in each stack so that it projects from the stack and is easily grasped by the cashier.

Abstract: A hair roller dispenser comprising an open-topped container divided into a plurality of vertical compartments of several different sizes for containing vertically stacked hair rollers. The container is filled with a germicidal liquid to sterilize the rollers after each use, and each compartment is provided with a spring or float to bias the rollers upwardly in a position above the upper edges of the container so that the rollers are easily accessible from the top as needed. The rollers may be made buoyant to obviate the need for a biasing member.

Abstract: A multiple beverage can holding assembly that may be removably mounted on a cart supported golf bag. The beverage cans are supported as a stack in the container, and may be removed one by one through an opening formed in the lower portion of the container. A cup is provided that has a gimbal assembly secured thereto. The cup is removably secured to the open end of the container. After a beverage can has been removed from the container and opened, the cup is removed from the container and thereafter mounted on the container by use of the gimbal assembly. The open beverage can may now be disposed in the cup, and the cup and beverage can thereafter remaining in a substantially vertical position due to the gimbal assembly when the bag is in either a vertical position, or a tilted position where the cup and container are free to pivot. After a beverage container has been emptied it is inserted through the open end of the container to rest on the stack of beverage cans remaining therein.