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Number: 221
Name: Article dispensing >
Description: GENERAL STATEMENT OF CLASS SUBJECT MATTER


Class Number Class Name No. of Patents
221/185

Ambulant or body supported

117
221/66

Article delivery dependent upon insertion of replacement article

19
221/9

Automatic control

135
221/12

Of article releasing outlet closure

61
221/13

Of discharge assistant operation

185
221/14

In response to depletion of supply

42
221/10

Of supply to dispenser

47
221/11

By replacing depleted stack with a similar stack

73
221/27

Captive article type

10
221/29

Slidable relative to supporting guide

6
221/28

With means to remove articles from point of use

8
221/69

Cellular magazine type

23
221/89

Articles discharged by relative movement of cell structure components

49
221/90

Pivoted shelf or door

43
221/91

Sliding closure common to plural cells

42
221/76

Conveyer type

55
221/77

Multiple strand conveyer

5
221/78

With ejector

5
221/82

With gravity discharge from cells

67
221/84

Flexible conveyer belt carried cell structure

20
221/85

Having horizontal article carrying run

17
221/83

With outlet closure operator and interrelated magazine advancing or locking means

24
221/86

With relatively movable cell or component thereof

38
221/79

With means to remove article from cells

56
221/81

Interrelated with means to advance cell position

24
221/80

Stationary ejector

6
221/70

Rolled or folded web type magazine (e.g., flexible pin strips)

67
221/71

With means for feeding web for dispensing

84
221/72

Article release by magazine movement

47
221/73

By stripping off surface adhered articles

121
221/74

With ejector

45
221/75

With article movement from cell to cell

121
221/87

With non-gravity means to remove articles from cells

71
221/88

Single ejecting means for all cells

75
221/199

Combined or convertible

78
221/33

Concurrent separation and distortion of flexible article (e.g., napkin holders)

111
221/44

Adaptable to use with different size articles

30
221/36

By ejecting means

31
221/37

Actuated by source container section movement

15
221/40

Compound motion of ejecting means

19
221/38

Interleaved folds

11
221/39

Preliminary motion in direction away from outlet

10
221/42

Rotary

5
221/43

Friction roller

14
221/41

Stationary guide or abutment cooperating with leading edge of article

13
221/63

Deformation by non-coextensive outlet opening

309
221/34

Plural sources, stacks or compartments

69
221/35

Oppositely faced dispensing outlets

19
221/45

With casing or support

255
221/46

With removable supply magazine

107
221/56

With follower

45
221/59

Spring biased

63
221/60

Pivoted

7
221/58

Spring form

29
221/57

With replenishment interlock

10
221/47

With presentation of non-coextensive or distorted fold

60
221/48

By cooperation of interleaved folds

113
221/51

Feeding from concave side of a stack of folded or arcuate articles

9
221/49

Refill package

28
221/52

With follower

45
221/53

With means to relieve stack pressure

14
221/54

Movable

7
221/50

With starter strip

12
221/55

By stationary guide or abutment acting on non-coextensive folds

21
221/61

With separate replenishment or access inlet means

59
221/62

Pivoted container component

32
221/191

Dispenser delivering to stationary article support for manual removal

48
221/194

Articles released for gravity deposit in or on support

73
221/195

By discharge assistant

92
221/196

Movable segregating chamber

49
221/192

With article elevation to raised support

44
221/193

With article motion retarding baffle at inlet to support

26
221/67

Dispensing from staggered stacks

38
221/289

Mechanical release or separation of articles

121
221/294

Delivering segregated articles to holddown

10
221/296

Dispensing plural articles

26
221/295

Latch released, article weight-operated

22
221/297

Multiple, simultaneously acting and circumposed controllers

60
221/299

Plural integral transversely acting controllers

33
221/301

Pivoted

58
221/300

Three or more

3
221/298

Separately acting series controllers

136
221/290

With additional article manipulating means

26
221/291

Article inversion

5
221/292

Rectilinearly reciprocating

10
221/293

Interrelated releaser and manipulating means

13
221/312R

Miscellaneous (e.g., interior article guiding means)

110
221/312A

Articles on rod

58
221/312B

Magazine charging

12
221/312C

Special dispensing packages

40
221/68

Plural dispensing stacks formed from single source

30
221/92

Plural sources, stacks or compartments

91
221/93

Dispensing from plural sources by single actuation

82
221/95

Single discharge means successively loading from plural sources

29
221/94

With selection of number of sources

30
221/112

Dispensing from sources sequentially

25
221/114

By individual interrelated segregating means

16
221/116

Alternately

25
221/118

From relatively stepped sources

1
221/117

With oppositely faced outlets

1
221/115

Axially spaced

13
221/113

Sources rotate relative to common outlet

41
221/103

Each entirely depleted in order

18
221/111

Articles present in dispensing stack block subsequent stack

8
221/107

Feeding from subsequent source or stack prevented by articles in discharge path

17
221/108

By article presence or absence responsive means

9
221/109

Progressive release of multiple gates for three or more sources or stacks

12
221/104

Replacement source or stack movement relative to discharge means

20
221/105

Pivotal movement about a fixed axis

20
221/106

Rectilinear movement

15
221/110

Serially activated discharge assistants

6
221/119

Rotatably mounted or endless belt carried source assembly

49
221/120

Axially spaced sets of peripherally arranged sources

52
221/121

Relative to common outlet

74
221/122

With means assuring alignment of source and outlet

42
221/133

With common discharge outlet

122
221/123

With discharge means for each source

87
221/124

Separate discharge means for each source

104
221/132

Annularly arranged dispensers

32
221/131

Dispensers in juxtaposed alignment

176
221/129

Electrical control

160
221/130

Superposed dispensers

87
221/126

With common selector element

17
221/127

Selection by actuator manipulation (i.e., actuator is selector)

10
221/128

By reverse manipulation

1
221/125

With lockout means

39
221/96

With fluent material dispenser

85
221/97

With non-dispensing compartment

50
221/101

Movable or removable common wall

8
221/98

Movable or removable relative to dispensing compartment

15
221/100

Hinged

10
221/99

Sliding drawer

10
221/102

Used article compartment

55
221/1

Processes

177
221/25

Progressively destroyed cellular magazine-type supply source

167
221/24

Simulations

77
221/DIG.1

Storage retrieval

11
221/22

Subsequent article separating means actuated by article removal

24
221/23

Article operated discharge assistant

6
221/186

Supply container movably mounted for dispensing

54
221/188

Pivotally mounted supply container

23
221/189

Relative to stationary article trap

5
221/190

Vertical motion to separate articles

31
221/187

With means for moving separated article transversely

8
221/174

Supply feed means to dispensing hopper

22
221/288

Tiltable container with trap

40
221/26

With article tearing or deforming supply retaining means

61
221/135

With article treatment

45
221/150R

With cooling or heating

120
221/150HC

Heating and cooling combined

77
221/150A

Heating

113
221/136

With igniting means

4
221/143

Electrical

2
221/147

Heater energized by dispensing operation

9
221/144

Including vacuum or draft producing means

3
221/145

Pump or fan

3
221/146

Stack or chimney

1
221/137

Match striker

0
221/140

Ignition by discharge assistant forcing match against igniter

0
221/141

Axial movement of match

1
221/142

Transverse movement of match

0
221/139

Ignition by manual removal of match

0
221/138

Positively actuated striker

0
221/148

With interrelated flint lighter and dispenser operation

1
221/149

Movement of container part initiates operation

1
221/282

With casing or support

56
221/285

Base or support for angular disposition of supply container

22
221/283

Bracket or suspension supported

77
221/284

Weighted base or support

10
221/286

With spaced casing

17
221/65

With collapsible or telescoping supply container walls

27
221/30

With cutter or punch

45
221/31

To form outlet opening

21
221/32

Tear strip type

8
221/311

With deflector for partially separating article

33
221/208

With discharge assistant

25
221/240

Acting on fold or non-coextensive part

15
221/210

Article adhering or gripping type

100
221/220

Having spring form, resilient gripper elements

32
221/213

Impaling

64
221/214

With means to strip articles from impaling means

9
221/215

Cam-operated stripping means

11
221/216

Stationary abutment

2
221/212

Magnetic

68
221/211

Suction carrier

290
221/217

With endless or rotary article gripper carrying means

21
221/218

Endless belt carrier

18
221/219

Having cam-operated pivoted jaw type gripper elements

13
221/255

Article retained by discharge assistant for manual removal

53
221/256

With pocket for retaining article

50
221/257

Having means facilitating article removal

19
221/262

Compound motion

34
221/209

Cooperating with movably mounted supply container

17
221/260

Deformable discharging element

25
221/239

Delivering segregated articles to holddown means

41
221/261

Ejector cooperating with article direction changing deflector

21
221/247

Ejector with relatively movable outlet closure

27
221/248

Mechanically linked to or locked by ejector

27
221/249

Closure moves ejector

21
221/250

Opened by dispensed article

17
221/253

Endless belt carried

67
221/278

Fluid pressure

176
221/279

Follower

207
221/280

With cooperating interior deflector

18
221/263

Having movable segregating chamber (i.e., trap chamber)

107
221/264

Axial inlet and outlet

98
221/265

Rotary

150
221/266

Single inlet-outlet

169
221/243

Lost motion actuation and/or yieldable wall

18
221/258

Motor-operated

116
221/254

Movable through hopper to separate and elevate articles

72
221/221

Multiple, simultaneously acting and circumposed (e.g., cup dispensers)

42
221/223

Oscillating

41
221/222

Rotary

61
221/224

Plural or combined with manipulating means

54
221/226

Follower

69
221/227

With follower disabling, retracting or releasing means

72
221/230

With interrelated actuators

13
221/232

With reciprocating (including oscillating) ejector

177
221/231

With rotary ejector

70
221/228

With source container cover related ejector

17
221/229

Cover controlled ejector

41
221/233

Means removing article from movable segregating chamber

39
221/234

Mechanically interconnected with segregating chamber

18
221/235

Spring pressed or gravity actuated finger

12
221/236

Separately acting in series

79
221/238

All reciprocating (including oscillating)

53
221/237

All rotary

31
221/225

Three or more

45
221/268

Reciprocating (including oscillating)

128
221/272

Relatively movable actuator

21
221/273

Cam

27
221/275

Gearing

14
221/274

Lever or link

45
221/271

Spring biased to discharging position

37
221/276

Spring biased

57
221/269

With integral outlet closure

16
221/270

With retractable pusher element

87
221/277

Rotary

178
221/267

Segregation by ejection through resilient-type outlet

62
221/246

Segregation by sliding movement of cover relative to container

16
221/244

Self-compensating for decreasing supply

20
221/259

Surface contact only (i.e., friction)

114
221/252

With plural article outlets

26
221/245

With return stroke inhibitor (i.e., full-stroke mechanism)

9
221/251

With separate holdback means

117
221/241

With size adjusting means

138
221/242

Magazine

87
221/21

With dispenser malfunctioning responsive means

87
221/303

With dispensing-type outlet

103
221/304

Adjustable size

41
221/305

Folded flat blank type

107
221/307

Resilient

80
221/309

Having slot facilitating grasping of article

63
221/308

Plural series

15
221/310

Plural spring biased or resilient fingers

77
221/306

With closure for outlet

47
221/17

With empty supply source responsive means

37
221/18

Having motion inhibitor for discharge means

5
221/19

Latch means

7
221/20

On follower

9
221/64

With flexible supply container walls

41
221/302

With frangible element for outlet

34
221/154

With lock, latch, or seal for container and/or support

107
221/151

With means for blocking or disabling ejector or releaser

48
221/152

By engagement with slot, notch or protuberance

49
221/153

Motor operated

25
221/200

With means to agitate, vibrate or jar articles in supply container

114
221/204

By movement of container section

23
221/205

Pivoted wall section

20
221/202

Rigidly mounted on or incorporated in discharge assistant

44
221/203

Rotary

92
221/201

Three or more agitators or discharge assistants in series

12
221/134

With means to select intermediate articles from stacks

6
221/156

With orienting

35
221/171

By manipulation of successive individual articles

55
221/173

By positive rotation of articles

44
221/172

Gravitating articles contacting fixed abutments

36
221/157

Segregation of aligned articles according to orientation

18
221/158

With recombining of articles

4
221/159

With return to supply

13
221/160

Within confines of, or overlying supply container

21
221/161

By means movable relative to terminal outlet

7
221/162

Rotary wheel or brush

9
221/163

Selective separation from supply

18
221/164

By movable lifting means engageable with aperture, groove, enlargement or depression in article

9
221/166

By individual picker finger

6
221/165

Head only of headed article

20
221/167

Rotatable or oscillatable means

52
221/168

With agitator or exit clearing means

26
221/169

With multiple traveling shaped outlets

15
221/170

Outlets formed by pins

1
221/206

With quantity preselection means

23
221/207

Variation by adjustment

13
221/2

With recorder, register, indicator, signal or exhibitor

330
221/3

Audible

119
221/8

Dispenser operated display device

62
221/7

Dispenser operated register

164
221/4

Dispenser part position or adjustment indicator

70
221/5

Article selection indicator

71
221/6

Empty source indicating means

100
221/287

With removable container enclosing supply

100
221/281

With separate inlet for replenishment or access

176
221/175

With stack forming means

18
221/183

Agitator carried by or interrelated with discharging means

8
221/184

Rigidly connected

5
221/176

From stack source

8
221/182

Member rotatable or oscillatable about inclined axis

14
221/178

Movable chute or part thereof

6
221/179

Within hopper

4
221/181

Axially movable

4
221/180

Oscillating pivoted chute section

6
221/177

Pivoted hopper

4
221/197

With supply cartridge or container removable from enclosing casing

292
221/198

With follower operating in cartridge or container

100
221/15

With timing or delay mechanism

140
221/16

Dashpot restrained discharging means

1
221/155

With transparent inspecting or viewing means

170
 
 
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