Patent ID: 9251640
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A disk-shaped object dispenser, comprising: a trough disposed in a substantially horizontal orientation for holding a plurality of the disk-shaped objects face to face; a guide disposed at one end of the plurality of disk-shaped objects and movably engaged to the trough to urge the objects toward a dispending end thereof, the guide urged by a biasing device; a dispensing blade at an end of the trough and movable in a plane transverse to a direction of the trough, the dispensing blade configured to hold the disk-shaped objects in place when in a rest position, the dispensing blade configured to separate a forwardmost one of the plurality of disk-shaped objects when moved while retaining in place a remainder of the disk-shaped objects; a separator operatively coupled with the dispensing blade, the separator having a device to rotate fingers on lateral ends thereof, the fingers engaging a bottom of the disk-shaped object separated by the blade to urge the separated object away from the dispensing blade; and a pusher engaged with the dispensing blade and configured to have fingers at lateral ends thereof rotated away from the dispensing blade when the dispensing blade is actuated, the fingers positioned proximate a bottom of the disk-shaped object separated by the blade when actuated to urge the separated object away from the dispensing blade.