Patent ID: 6029849
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A dispenser device for separating adhesive backed stamps from the paperbacking of a roll of paperbacked, adhesive backed stamps and for dispensing the adhesive backed stamps one at a time from said device, said device comprising:(a) a housing having a roll receiving chamber for rotatably supporting the roll of paperbacked, adhesive backed stamps, said housing including a side wall, a top wall, a base wall and a front wall all connected to said side wall, said front wall having a stamp dispensing opening and said base wall having an opening;(b) advancing means carried by said housing for advancing said paperbacked, adhesive backed stamps in a direction toward said stamp dispensing opening, said advancing means comprising an advancing roller rotatably connected to said housing proximate said roll receiving chamber for engaging the paperbacking of the roll of paperbacked, adhesive backed stamps to urge the adhesive backed stamps to move in a direction toward said stamp dispensing opening, said advancing roller having a peripheral portion extending through said opening in said base wall, said advancing roller being movable within said housing relative to said opening in said base wall between a first extended position and a second retracted position;(c) separator means comprising a separator protuberance formed on said housing proximate said stamp dispensing opening for separating the adhesive backed stamps from the paperbacking as the paperbacked, adhesive backed stamps are advanced toward said article dispensing opening by said advancing means.