Patent ID: 6263258
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
An apparatus for dispensing media units one at a time, comprising:an engagement device disposed proximate a first side of a first media unit, commandably contacting the first side of the first media unit to urge the first media unit in a dispensing direction and a retract direction;a stripper device disposed on a second side of the first media unit, the stripper device disposed at a distance from the second side of the first media unit so as to avoid contact with the second side of the first media unit, but so as to at least intermittently contact a second media unit when more than one media unit is disposed between the stripper device and the engagement device to urge the second media unit in a direction opposing the dispense direction when the engagement device is urging the first media unit in the dispense direction and in the retract direction when the engagement device is urging the first media unit in the retract direction.