Article dispenser

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE FOR DISPENSING SMALL ARTICLES THEREFROM, A BASE INCLUDING AN ARTICLE RECEIVING STATION AND A DISPENSING STATION LOCATED ADJACENT TO SAID ARTICLE RECEIVING STATION, A MAGAZINE ASSEMBLY JOINED TO SAID BASE ABOVE SAID ARTICLE RECEIVING STATION AND PROJECTING UPWARDLY WITH RESPECT THERETO, SAID MAGAZINE ASSEMBLY BEING DEFINED BY A FORWARD SECTION AND A REAR SECTION, EACH OF SAID SECTIONS RECEIVING A SINGLE STACK OF ARTICLES THEREIN, THE LOWERMOST ARTICLE IN EACH STACK BEING RECEIVED ON SAID ARTICLE RECEIVING STATION, MEANS FOR SEPARATING SAID MAGAZINE SECTIONS EXCEPT AT THE LOWERMOST ENDS THEREOF, WHEREIN A SPACE IS DEFINED AT SAID ARTICLE RECEIVING STATION THAT PROVIDES FOR TRANSFER TO THE LOWERMOST ARTICLE IN SAID REAR SECTION TO SAID FORWARD SECTION, AND MEANS FOR ENGAGING SAID LOWERMOST ARTICLE IN SAID REAR SECTION FOR MOVEMENT THEREOF TO SAID FORWARD SECTION AND SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING THE ARTICLE IN SAID FORWARD SECTION TO SAID DISPENSING STATION, WHEREIN THE ARTICLES IN SAID FORWARD SECTION ARE MAINTAINED AT A CONSTANT LEVEL UNTIL ALL OF THE ARTICLES IN SAID REAR SECTION ARE DISPENSED THEREFROM, SAID DISPENSING STATION INCLUDING A FORWARD STOP AGAINST WHICH THE ARTICLE MOVED INTO THE DISPENSING STATION IS ENGAGED, SAID STOP LOCATING THE ARTICLE ENGAGED THEREWITH SUCH THAT IT IS READILY ACCESSIBLE FOR REMOVAL FROM SAID DEVICE AND FURTHER LOCATING THE ARTICLE ENGAGED THEREWITH SUCH THAT THE ARTICLE NEXT MOVED TO THE LOWERMOST POSITION IN THE FORWARD SECTION IS DISPOSED IN ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, THEREBY PREVENTING FURTHER DISPENSING OF SAID ARTICLES UNTIL THE ARTICLE LOCATED AT SAID DISPENSING STATION IS REMOVED THEREFROM.