Class   221	ARTICLE DISPENSING
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PROCESSES

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WITH RECORDER, REGISTER, INDICATOR, SIGNAL OR EXHIBITOR

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. (1 indent ) Audible

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. (1 indent ) Dispenser part position or adjustment indicator

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.. (2 indent ) Article selection indicator

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. (1 indent ) Empty source indicating means

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. (1 indent ) Dispenser operated register

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. (1 indent ) Dispenser operated display device

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AUTOMATIC CONTROL

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. (1 indent ) Of supply to dispenser

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.. (2 indent ) By replacing depleted stack with a similar stack

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. (1 indent ) Of article releasing outlet closure

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. (1 indent ) Of discharge assistant operation

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.. (2 indent ) In response to depletion of supply

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WITH TIMING OR DELAY MECHANISM

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. (1 indent ) Dashpot restrained discharging means

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WITH EMPTY SUPPLY SOURCE RESPONSIVE MEANS

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. (1 indent ) Having motion inhibitor for discharge means

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.. (2 indent ) Latch means

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... (3 indent ) On follower

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WITH DISPENSER MALFUNCTIONING RESPONSIVE MEANS

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SUBSEQUENT ARTICLE SEPARATING MEANS ACTUATED BY ARTICLE REMOVAL

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. (1 indent ) Article operated discharge assistant

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SIMULATIONS

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PROGRESSIVELY DESTROYED CELLULAR MAGAZINE-TYPE SUPPLY SOURCE

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WITH ARTICLE TEARING OR DEFORMING SUPPLY RETAINING MEANS

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CAPTIVE ARTICLE TYPE

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. (1 indent ) With means to remove articles from point of use

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. (1 indent ) Slidable relative to supporting guide

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WITH CUTTER OR PUNCH

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. (1 indent ) To form outlet opening

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.. (2 indent ) Tear strip type

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CONCURRENT SEPARATION AND DISTORTION OF FLEXIBLE ARTICLE (E.G., NAPKIN HOLDERS)

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. (1 indent ) Plural sources, stacks or compartments

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.. (2 indent ) Oppositely faced dispensing outlets

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. (1 indent ) By ejecting means

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.. (2 indent ) Actuated by source container section movement

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.. (2 indent ) Interleaved folds

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.. (2 indent ) Preliminary motion in direction away from outlet

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.. (2 indent ) Compound motion of ejecting means

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.. (2 indent ) Stationary guide or abutment cooperating with leading edge of article

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.. (2 indent ) Rotary

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... (3 indent ) Friction roller

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. (1 indent ) Adaptable to use with different size articles

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. (1 indent ) With casing or support

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.. (2 indent ) With removable supply magazine

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. (1 indent ) With presentation of non-coextensive or distorted fold

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.. (2 indent ) By cooperation of interleaved folds

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... (3 indent ) Refill package

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... (3 indent ) With starter strip

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... (3 indent ) Feeding from concave side of a stack of folded or arcuate articles

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... (3 indent ) With follower

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... (3 indent ) With means to relieve stack pressure

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.... (4 indent ) Movable

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.. (2 indent ) By stationary guide or abutment acting on non-coextensive folds

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. (1 indent ) With follower

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.. (2 indent ) With replenishment interlock

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.. (2 indent ) Spring form

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.. (2 indent ) Spring biased

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... (3 indent ) Pivoted

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. (1 indent ) With separate replenishment or access inlet means

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.. (2 indent ) Pivoted container component

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. (1 indent ) Deformation by non-coextensive outlet opening

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WITH FLEXIBLE SUPPLY CONTAINER WALLS

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WITH COLLAPSIBLE OR TELESCOPING SUPPLY CONTAINER WALLS

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ARTICLE DELIVERY DEPENDENT UPON INSERTION OF REPLACEMENT ARTICLE

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DISPENSING FROM STAGGERED STACKS

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PLURAL DISPENSING STACKS FORMED FROM SINGLE SOURCE

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CELLULAR MAGAZINE TYPE

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

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.. (2 indent ) With means for feeding web for dispensing

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... (3 indent ) Article release by magazine movement

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.... (4 indent ) By stripping off surface adhered articles

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... (3 indent ) With ejector

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. (1 indent ) With article movement from cell to cell

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. (1 indent ) Conveyer type

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.. (2 indent ) Multiple strand conveyer

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... (3 indent ) With ejector

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.. (2 indent ) With means to remove article from cells

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... (3 indent ) Stationary ejector

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... (3 indent ) Interrelated with means to advance cell position

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.. (2 indent ) With gravity discharge from cells

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... (3 indent ) With outlet closure operator and interrelated magazine advancing or locking means

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... (3 indent ) Flexible conveyer belt carried cell structure

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.... (4 indent ) Having horizontal article carrying run

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... (3 indent ) With relatively movable cell or component thereof

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. (1 indent ) With non-gravity means to remove articles from cells

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.. (2 indent ) Single ejecting means for all cells

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. (1 indent ) Articles discharged by relative movement of cell structure components

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.. (2 indent ) Pivoted shelf or door

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.. (2 indent ) Sliding closure common to plural cells

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PLURAL SOURCES, STACKS OR COMPARTMENTS

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. (1 indent ) Dispensing from plural sources by single actuation

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.. (2 indent ) With selection of number of sources

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.. (2 indent ) Single discharge means successively loading from plural sources

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. (1 indent ) With fluent material dispenser

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. (1 indent ) With non-dispensing compartment

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.. (2 indent ) Movable or removable relative to dispensing compartment

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... (3 indent ) Sliding drawer

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... (3 indent ) Hinged

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.. (2 indent ) Movable or removable common wall

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.. (2 indent ) Used article compartment

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. (1 indent ) Each entirely depleted in order

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.. (2 indent ) Replacement source or stack movement relative to discharge means

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... (3 indent ) Pivotal movement about a fixed axis

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... (3 indent ) Rectilinear movement

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.. (2 indent ) Feeding from subsequent source or stack prevented by articles in discharge path

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... (3 indent ) By article presence or absence responsive means

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.... (4 indent ) Progressive release of multiple gates for three or more sources or stacks

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.. (2 indent ) Serially activated discharge assistants

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.. (2 indent ) Articles present in dispensing stack block subsequent stack

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. (1 indent ) Dispensing from sources sequentially

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.. (2 indent ) Sources rotate relative to common outlet

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.. (2 indent ) By individual interrelated segregating means

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... (3 indent ) Axially spaced

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... (3 indent ) Alternately

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.... (4 indent ) With oppositely faced outlets

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.... (4 indent ) From relatively stepped sources

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. (1 indent ) Rotatably mounted or endless belt carried source assembly

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.. (2 indent ) Axially spaced sets of peripherally arranged sources

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.. (2 indent ) Relative to common outlet

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... (3 indent ) With means assuring alignment of source and outlet

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. (1 indent ) With discharge means for each source

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.. (2 indent ) Separate discharge means for each source

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... (3 indent ) With lockout means

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... (3 indent ) With common selector element

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

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....• (5 indent ) By reverse manipulation

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... (3 indent ) Electrical control

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... (3 indent ) Superposed dispensers

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... (3 indent ) Dispensers in juxtaposed alignment

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... (3 indent ) Annularly arranged dispensers

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. (1 indent ) With common discharge outlet

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WITH MEANS TO SELECT INTERMEDIATE ARTICLES FROM STACKS

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WITH ARTICLE TREATMENT

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. (1 indent ) With igniting means

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.. (2 indent ) Match striker

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... (3 indent ) Positively actuated striker

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... (3 indent ) Ignition by manual removal of match

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... (3 indent ) Ignition by discharge assistant forcing match against igniter

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.... (4 indent ) Axial movement of match

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.... (4 indent ) Transverse movement of match

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.. (2 indent ) Electrical

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... (3 indent ) Including vacuum or draft producing means

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.... (4 indent ) Pump or fan

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.... (4 indent ) Stack or chimney

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... (3 indent ) Heater energized by dispensing operation

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.. (2 indent ) With interrelated flint lighter and dispenser operation

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... (3 indent ) Movement of container part initiates operation

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. (1 indent ) With cooling or heating

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.. (2 indent ) Heating and cooling combined

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.. (2 indent ) Heating

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WITH MEANS FOR BLOCKING OR DISABLING EJECTOR OR RELEASER

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. (1 indent ) By engagement with slot, notch or protuberance

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. (1 indent ) Motor operated

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WITH LOCK, LATCH, OR SEAL FOR CONTAINER AND/OR SUPPORT

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WITH TRANSPARENT INSPECTING OR VIEWING MEANS

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WITH ORIENTING

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. (1 indent ) Segregation of aligned articles according to orientation

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.. (2 indent ) With recombining of articles

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.. (2 indent ) With return to supply

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... (3 indent ) Within confines of, or overlying supply container

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.... (4 indent ) By means movable relative to terminal outlet

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....• (5 indent ) Rotary wheel or brush

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. (1 indent ) Selective separation from supply

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.. (2 indent ) By movable lifting means engageable with aperture, groove, enlargement or depression in article

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... (3 indent ) Head only of headed article

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... (3 indent ) By individual picker finger

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.. (2 indent ) Rotatable or oscillatable means

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... (3 indent ) With agitator or exit clearing means

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... (3 indent ) With multiple traveling shaped outlets

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.... (4 indent ) Outlets formed by pins

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. (1 indent ) By manipulation of successive individual articles

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.. (2 indent ) Gravitating articles contacting fixed abutments

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.. (2 indent ) By positive rotation of articles

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SUPPLY FEED MEANS TO DISPENSING HOPPER

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WITH STACK FORMING MEANS

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. (1 indent ) From stack source

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. (1 indent ) Pivoted hopper

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. (1 indent ) Movable chute or part thereof

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.. (2 indent ) Within hopper

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... (3 indent ) Oscillating pivoted chute section

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... (3 indent ) Axially movable

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. (1 indent ) Member rotatable or oscillatable about inclined axis

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. (1 indent ) Agitator carried by or interrelated with discharging means

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.. (2 indent ) Rigidly connected

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AMBULANT OR BODY SUPPORTED

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SUPPLY CONTAINER MOVABLY MOUNTED FOR DISPENSING

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. (1 indent ) With means for moving separated article transversely

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. (1 indent ) Pivotally mounted supply container

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.. (2 indent ) Relative to stationary article trap

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. (1 indent ) Vertical motion to separate articles

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DISPENSER DELIVERING TO STATIONARY ARTICLE SUPPORT FOR MANUAL REMOVAL

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. (1 indent ) With article elevation to raised support

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. (1 indent ) With article motion retarding baffle at inlet to support

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. (1 indent ) Articles released for gravity deposit in or on support

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.. (2 indent ) By discharge assistant

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... (3 indent ) Movable segregating chamber

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WITH SUPPLY CARTRIDGE OR CONTAINER REMOVABLE FROM ENCLOSING CASING

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. (1 indent ) With follower operating in cartridge or container

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COMBINED OR CONVERTIBLE

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WITH MEANS TO AGITATE, VIBRATE OR JAR ARTICLES IN SUPPLY CONTAINER

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. (1 indent ) Three or more agitators or discharge assistants in series

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. (1 indent ) Rigidly mounted on or incorporated in discharge assistant

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.. (2 indent ) Rotary

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. (1 indent ) By movement of container section

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.. (2 indent ) Pivoted wall section

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WITH QUANTITY PRESELECTION MEANS

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. (1 indent ) Variation by adjustment

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WITH DISCHARGE ASSISTANT

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. (1 indent ) Cooperating with movably mounted supply container

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. (1 indent ) Article adhering or gripping type

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.. (2 indent ) Suction carrier

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.. (2 indent ) Magnetic

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.. (2 indent ) Impaling

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... (3 indent ) With means to strip articles from impaling means

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.... (4 indent ) Cam-operated stripping means

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.... (4 indent ) Stationary abutment

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.. (2 indent ) With endless or rotary article gripper carrying means

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... (3 indent ) Endless belt carrier

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... (3 indent ) Having cam-operated pivoted jaw type gripper elements

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.. (2 indent ) Having spring form, resilient gripper elements

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

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.. (2 indent ) Rotary

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.. (2 indent ) Oscillating

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. (1 indent ) Plural or combined with manipulating means

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.. (2 indent ) Three or more

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.. (2 indent ) Follower

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... (3 indent ) With follower disabling, retracting or releasing means

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... (3 indent ) With source container cover related ejector

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.... (4 indent ) Cover controlled ejector

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... (3 indent ) With interrelated actuators

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... (3 indent ) With rotary ejector

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... (3 indent ) With reciprocating (including oscillating) ejector

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.. (2 indent ) Means removing article from movable segregating chamber

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... (3 indent ) Mechanically interconnected with segregating chamber

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... (3 indent ) Spring pressed or gravity actuated finger

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.. (2 indent ) Separately acting in series

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... (3 indent ) All rotary

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... (3 indent ) All reciprocating (including oscillating)

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. (1 indent ) Delivering segregated articles to holddown means

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. (1 indent ) Acting on fold or non-coextensive part

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. (1 indent ) With size adjusting means

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.. (2 indent ) Magazine

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. (1 indent ) Lost motion actuation and/or yieldable wall

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. (1 indent ) Self-compensating for decreasing supply

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

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. (1 indent ) Segregation by sliding movement of cover relative to container

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. (1 indent ) Ejector with relatively movable outlet closure

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.. (2 indent ) Mechanically linked to or locked by ejector

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... (3 indent ) Closure moves ejector

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.. (2 indent ) Opened by dispensed article

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. (1 indent ) With separate holdback means

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. (1 indent ) With plural article outlets

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. (1 indent ) Endless belt carried

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. (1 indent ) Movable through hopper to separate and elevate articles

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. (1 indent ) Article retained by discharge assistant for manual removal

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.. (2 indent ) With pocket for retaining article

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... (3 indent ) Having means facilitating article removal

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. (1 indent ) Motor-operated

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. (1 indent ) Surface contact only (i.e., friction)

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. (1 indent ) Deformable discharging element

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. (1 indent ) Ejector cooperating with article direction changing deflector

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. (1 indent ) Compound motion

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

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.. (2 indent ) Axial inlet and outlet

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... (3 indent ) Rotary

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.. (2 indent ) Single inlet-outlet

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. (1 indent ) Segregation by ejection through resilient-type outlet

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. (1 indent ) Reciprocating (including oscillating)

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.. (2 indent ) With integral outlet closure

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.. (2 indent ) With retractable pusher element

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.. (2 indent ) Spring biased to discharging position

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.. (2 indent ) Relatively movable actuator

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... (3 indent ) Cam

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... (3 indent ) Lever or link

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... (3 indent ) Gearing

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.. (2 indent ) Spring biased

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. (1 indent ) Rotary

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. (1 indent ) Fluid pressure

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. (1 indent ) Follower

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.. (2 indent ) With cooperating interior deflector

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WITH SEPARATE INLET FOR REPLENISHMENT OR ACCESS

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WITH CASING OR SUPPORT

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. (1 indent ) Bracket or suspension supported

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. (1 indent ) Weighted base or support

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. (1 indent ) Base or support for angular disposition of supply container

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. (1 indent ) With spaced casing

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WITH REMOVABLE CONTAINER ENCLOSING SUPPLY

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TILTABLE CONTAINER WITH TRAP

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MECHANICAL RELEASE OR SEPARATION OF ARTICLES

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. (1 indent ) With additional article manipulating means

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.. (2 indent ) Article inversion

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.. (2 indent ) Rectilinearly reciprocating

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... (3 indent ) Interrelated releaser and manipulating means

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. (1 indent ) Delivering segregated articles to holddown

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. (1 indent ) Latch released, article weight-operated

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. (1 indent ) Dispensing plural articles

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. (1 indent ) Multiple, simultaneously acting and circumposed controllers

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. (1 indent ) Separately acting series controllers

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. (1 indent ) Plural integral transversely acting controllers

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.. (2 indent ) Three or more

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.. (2 indent ) Pivoted

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WITH FRANGIBLE ELEMENT FOR OUTLET

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WITH DISPENSING-TYPE OUTLET

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. (1 indent ) Adjustable size

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. (1 indent ) Folded flat blank type

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. (1 indent ) With closure for outlet

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. (1 indent ) Resilient

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.. (2 indent ) Plural series

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.. (2 indent ) Having slot facilitating grasping of article

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.. (2 indent ) Plural spring biased or resilient fingers

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WITH DEFLECTOR FOR PARTIALLY SEPARATING ARTICLE

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MISCELLANEOUS (E.G., INTERIOR ARTICLE GUIDING MEANS)

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. (1 indent ) Articles on rod

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. (1 indent ) Magazine charging

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. (1 indent ) Special dispensing packages

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