Patent ID: 6029852
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A device for dispensing card-like media referred to as ""cards"", from a stack of such cards, the device comprising:(a) a front-loading magazine for storing and dispensing the cards said magazine having:(i) a casing including two lateral walls and a base defining therebetween an elongated cavity for storing the stack of cards, one end of each of said lateral walls and said base defining a front opening of said casing, said casing having means for biasing the stack of cards towards said front opening, and(ii) a front cover attached to said casing near said front end so as to retain the stack of cards within said casing, said front cover having a slot shaped to facilitate manual removal of a single card from the stack said front cover being displaceable between a closed position in which said front cover substantially closes said front opening and an open position in which said front cover allows front loading of the cards into said casing, said open position being such that said front cover forms a partial obstruction to said front opening so as to retain the stack of cards within said cavity; and(b) a housing having a primary aperture for receiving said magazine.