Patent ID: 7731058

Claim:
A semi-automatic dispenser for disposable cups, comprising: a semicircular box having a straight vertical wall facing a rear side and a curved vertical wall facing a front side, as well as an upper plate; a fastening plate for the dispenser on the rear side; a vertically assembled tubular drawer with a top lid, said tubular drawer forming a compartment for several disposable cups arranged upside-down, wherein the semicircular box is axially aligned with the tubular drawer; a tubular and vertical section connected to the box and forming an exit for the cups to be dispensed, said tubular and vertical section having a bottom end that is narrower than a top end, and having a median peg that reverses a cup in the tubular and vertical section from an upside down position to an upright position; a plate having a semicircular shape fitted underneath the semicircular box, and which closes the box; a sliding diaphragm plate disposed above the semicircular plate and having a circular opening and a blind section; an articulation bolt disposed at a rear edge of the sliding diaphragm plate; an extension on a front edge of sliding diaphragm plate, said extension forming a digital handle, said extension projecting to an outside of the box through a slot in the front vertical wall of the box, said extension being dimensioned so that the diaphragm-plate can be moved from one side to another, to move the circular opening of the sliding diaphragm plate into and out of alignment with two other circular openings that exist in the upper wall of the box and in the semicircular plate, respectively, said two other openings being aligned with the tubular drawer and the tubular section, wherein the slot has a length such that the diaphragm plate can be displaced so that the blind section can be placed between the two other circular openings; and a horseshoe shaped part disposed above the diaphragm-plate, said part having tapered ends that face the blind section, and a round body that surrounds the circular opening in the diaphragm plate, said part having an internal border that is contoured by a step or advanced border, said step or advanced border separating a cup to be dispensed into an interior of the tubular section.