Article dispensing – With discharge assistant – Surface contact only
Patent
1995-03-16
1998-03-24
Terrell, William E.
Article dispensing
With discharge assistant
Surface contact only
221 58, 221232, 221268, 221270, G07F 1120
Patent
active
057303193
ABSTRACT:
An improved business-person's holder and hygienic seeming dispenser for standard business-cards, constructed as to provide novel convenience advantage of dispensing outward from one of the long-sides of a rectangular housing, by biasing of a dispensing button forward from a rearward ready position. The notion of the invention being to keep the cards of virtually any gauge-thickness hygienically clean and wrinkle-free, while providing a repetitively reliable rapid-action, and relatively elegant modality by which to introduce oneself to others. A novel actuator-mechanism is included wherein by virtue of thumb-pressure applied to the dispensing button it thereby simultaneously tilts-over slightly as to lower a close-coupled friction-pad down upon the upward-face of uppermost card stacked into the housing. The uppermost card is thus frictionably transported away from the remaining stack, to an outwardly position exhibiting about 80% of the card's face to the customer to which it is being presented. If not taken, the card may be pushed manually back into original aftward ready position upon release and spring-return of the dispensing button to it's normally aftward position. A preferably hinged rear access-lid is provided by which to conveniently refill additional cards within the metal or plastic case as necessary; wherein plural cards are simply inserted between a spring-loaded pressure-platen having a chamfered mouth for easy insertion there between the ceiling-surface of the containment chamber.
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Duly Michael J.
Gray Kenneth M.
Duly Michael J.
Terrell William E.
Tran Khoi H.
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