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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

116
221/66

Article delivery dependent upon insertion of replacement article

19
221/9

Automatic control

120
221/12

Of article releasing outlet closure

58
221/13

Of discharge assistant operation

178
221/14

In response to depletion of supply

42
221/10

Of supply to dispenser

42
221/11

By replacing depleted stack with a similar stack

73
221/27

Captive article type

9
221/29

Slidable relative to supporting guide

5
221/28

With means to remove articles from point of use

8
221/69

Cellular magazine type

21
221/89

Articles discharged by relative movement of cell structure components

47
221/90

Pivoted shelf or door

41
221/91

Sliding closure common to plural cells

41
221/76

Conveyer type

53
221/77

Multiple strand conveyer

5
221/78

With ejector

5
221/82

With gravity discharge from cells

66
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

22
221/86

With relatively movable cell or component thereof

38
221/79

With means to remove article from cells

49
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)

65
221/71

With means for feeding web for dispensing

80
221/72

Article release by magazine movement

45
221/73

By stripping off surface adhered articles

115
221/74

With ejector

43
221/75

With article movement from cell to cell

118
221/87

With non-gravity means to remove articles from cells

64
221/88

Single ejecting means for all cells

71
221/199

Combined or convertible

75
221/33

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

105
221/44

Adaptable to use with different size articles

28
221/36

By ejecting means

30
221/37

Actuated by source container section movement

13
221/40

Compound motion of ejecting means

16
221/38

Interleaved folds

11
221/39

Preliminary motion in direction away from outlet

8
221/42

Rotary

5
221/43

Friction roller

13
221/41

Stationary guide or abutment cooperating with leading edge of article

13
221/63

Deformation by non-coextensive outlet opening

299
221/34

Plural sources, stacks or compartments

65
221/35

Oppositely faced dispensing outlets

17
221/45

With casing or support

244
221/46

With removable supply magazine

98
221/56

With follower

43
221/59

Spring biased

60
221/60

Pivoted

6
221/58

Spring form

28
221/57

With replenishment interlock

8
221/47

With presentation of non-coextensive or distorted fold

58
221/48

By cooperation of interleaved folds

107
221/51

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

9
221/49

Refill package

26
221/52

With follower

43
221/53

With means to relieve stack pressure

13
221/54

Movable

6
221/50

With starter strip

12
221/55

By stationary guide or abutment acting on non-coextensive folds

20
221/61

With separate replenishment or access inlet means

57
221/62

Pivoted container component

28
221/191

Dispenser delivering to stationary article support for manual removal

46
221/194

Articles released for gravity deposit in or on support

70
221/195

By discharge assistant

89
221/196

Movable segregating chamber

46
221/192

With article elevation to raised support

42
221/193

With article motion retarding baffle at inlet to support

23
221/67

Dispensing from staggered stacks

37
221/289

Mechanical release or separation of articles

116
221/294

Delivering segregated articles to holddown

10
221/296

Dispensing plural articles

26
221/295

Latch released, article weight-operated

21
221/297

Multiple, simultaneously acting and circumposed controllers

59
221/299

Plural integral transversely acting controllers

33
221/301

Pivoted

58
221/300

Three or more

3
221/298

Separately acting series controllers

134
221/290

With additional article manipulating means

25
221/291

Article inversion

5
221/292

Rectilinearly reciprocating

9
221/293

Interrelated releaser and manipulating means

12
221/312R

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

108
221/312A

Articles on rod

52
221/312B

Magazine charging

12
221/312C

Special dispensing packages

39
221/68

Plural dispensing stacks formed from single source

29
221/92

Plural sources, stacks or compartments

83
221/93

Dispensing from plural sources by single actuation

77
221/95

Single discharge means successively loading from plural sources

24
221/94

With selection of number of sources

28
221/112

Dispensing from sources sequentially

24
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

11
221/113

Sources rotate relative to common outlet

38
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

45
221/120

Axially spaced sets of peripherally arranged sources

45
221/121

Relative to common outlet

68
221/122

With means assuring alignment of source and outlet

40
221/133

With common discharge outlet

114
221/123

With discharge means for each source

80
221/124

Separate discharge means for each source

99
221/132

Annularly arranged dispensers

30
221/131

Dispensers in juxtaposed alignment

171
221/129

Electrical control

156
221/130

Superposed dispensers

86
221/126

With common selector element

15
221/127

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

8
221/128

By reverse manipulation

1
221/125

With lockout means

36
221/96

With fluent material dispenser

81
221/97

With non-dispensing compartment

48
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

53
221/1

Processes

171
221/25

Progressively destroyed cellular magazine-type supply source

162
221/24

Simulations

74
221/DIG.1

Storage retrieval

11
221/22

Subsequent article separating means actuated by article removal

23
221/23

Article operated discharge assistant

5
221/186

Supply container movably mounted for dispensing

50
221/188

Pivotally mounted supply container

22
221/189

Relative to stationary article trap

4
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

20
221/288

Tiltable container with trap

39
221/26

With article tearing or deforming supply retaining means

58
221/135

With article treatment

43
221/150R

With cooling or heating

116
221/150HC

Heating and cooling combined

75
221/150A

Heating

108
221/136

With igniting means

3
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

0
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

53
221/285

Base or support for angular disposition of supply container

22
221/283

Bracket or suspension supported

75
221/284

Weighted base or support

10
221/286

With spaced casing

17
221/65

With collapsible or telescoping supply container walls

24
221/30

With cutter or punch

38
221/31

To form outlet opening

19
221/32

Tear strip type

8
221/311

With deflector for partially separating article

28
221/208

With discharge assistant

16
221/240

Acting on fold or non-coextensive part

15
221/210

Article adhering or gripping type

92
221/220

Having spring form, resilient gripper elements

29
221/213

Impaling

60
221/214

With means to strip articles from impaling means

8
221/215

Cam-operated stripping means

10
221/216

Stationary abutment

1
221/212

Magnetic

67
221/211

Suction carrier

280
221/217

With endless or rotary article gripper carrying means

20
221/218

Endless belt carrier

18
221/219

Having cam-operated pivoted jaw type gripper elements

11
221/255

Article retained by discharge assistant for manual removal

48
221/256

With pocket for retaining article

43
221/257

Having means facilitating article removal

16
221/262

Compound motion

34
221/209

Cooperating with movably mounted supply container

15
221/260

Deformable discharging element

22
221/239

Delivering segregated articles to holddown means

39
221/261

Ejector cooperating with article direction changing deflector

20
221/247

Ejector with relatively movable outlet closure

24
221/248

Mechanically linked to or locked by ejector

25
221/249

Closure moves ejector

18
221/250

Opened by dispensed article

16
221/253

Endless belt carried

67
221/278

Fluid pressure

173
221/279

Follower

197
221/280

With cooperating interior deflector

17
221/263

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

94
221/264

Axial inlet and outlet

91
221/265

Rotary

139
221/266

Single inlet-outlet

166
221/243

Lost motion actuation and/or yieldable wall

16
221/258

Motor-operated

113
221/254

Movable through hopper to separate and elevate articles

70
221/221

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

41
221/223

Oscillating

40
221/222

Rotary

60
221/224

Plural or combined with manipulating means

46
221/226

Follower

66
221/227

With follower disabling, retracting or releasing means

71
221/230

With interrelated actuators

13
221/232

With reciprocating (including oscillating) ejector

170
221/231

With rotary ejector

66
221/228

With source container cover related ejector

15
221/229

Cover controlled ejector

39
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

10
221/236

Separately acting in series

76
221/238

All reciprocating (including oscillating)

52
221/237

All rotary

27
221/225

Three or more

43
221/268

Reciprocating (including oscillating)

121
221/272

Relatively movable actuator

19
221/273

Cam

26
221/275

Gearing

14
221/274

Lever or link

43
221/271

Spring biased to discharging position

36
221/276

Spring biased

53
221/269

With integral outlet closure

16
221/270

With retractable pusher element

80
221/277

Rotary

171
221/267

Segregation by ejection through resilient-type outlet

62
221/246

Segregation by sliding movement of cover relative to container

14
221/244

Self-compensating for decreasing supply

20
221/259

Surface contact only (i.e., friction)

112
221/252

With plural article outlets

25
221/245

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

9
221/251

With separate holdback means

116
221/241

With size adjusting means

133
221/242

Magazine

84
221/21

With dispenser malfunctioning responsive means

85
221/303

With dispensing-type outlet

97
221/304

Adjustable size

38
221/305

Folded flat blank type

102
221/307

Resilient

75
221/309

Having slot facilitating grasping of article

61
221/308

Plural series

14
221/310

Plural spring biased or resilient fingers

77
221/306

With closure for outlet

46
221/17

With empty supply source responsive means

36
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

39
221/302

With frangible element for outlet

32
221/154

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

100
221/151

With means for blocking or disabling ejector or releaser

42
221/152

By engagement with slot, notch or protuberance

45
221/153

Motor operated

24
221/200

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

111
221/204

By movement of container section

21
221/205

Pivoted wall section

18
221/202

Rigidly mounted on or incorporated in discharge assistant

43
221/203

Rotary

88
221/201

Three or more agitators or discharge assistants in series

11
221/134

With means to select intermediate articles from stacks

6
221/156

With orienting

33
221/171

By manipulation of successive individual articles

54
221/173

By positive rotation of articles

43
221/172

Gravitating articles contacting fixed abutments

35
221/157

Segregation of aligned articles according to orientation

18
221/158

With recombining of articles

4
221/159

With return to supply

11
221/160

Within confines of, or overlying supply container

21
221/161

By means movable relative to terminal outlet

6
221/162

Rotary wheel or brush

9
221/163

Selective separation from supply

16
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

49
221/168

With agitator or exit clearing means

26
221/169

With multiple traveling shaped outlets

13
221/170

Outlets formed by pins

1
221/206

With quantity preselection means

21
221/207

Variation by adjustment

13
221/2

With recorder, register, indicator, signal or exhibitor

320
221/3

Audible

118
221/8

Dispenser operated display device

60
221/7

Dispenser operated register

156
221/4

Dispenser part position or adjustment indicator

67
221/5

Article selection indicator

68
221/6

Empty source indicating means

96
221/287

With removable container enclosing supply

92
221/281

With separate inlet for replenishment or access

174
221/175

With stack forming means

16
221/183

Agitator carried by or interrelated with discharging means

8
221/184

Rigidly connected

5
221/176

From stack source

6
221/182

Member rotatable or oscillatable about inclined axis

14
221/178

Movable chute or part thereof

5
221/179

Within hopper

3
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

282
221/198

With follower operating in cartridge or container

97
221/15

With timing or delay mechanism

138
221/16

Dashpot restrained discharging means

1
221/155

With transparent inspecting or viewing means

164
 
 
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