Patent ID: 7004351

Claim:
An apparatus for differentiating an item from a stack of items supported on a surface, said surface having a slot therein, extending at least across the base of said stack, said apparatus comprising: a) a drive means including a shaft member adapted to be received in a guide means, said shaft member mounted under said surface, with respect to said stack of items and aligned with said slot in said surface; b) a base member connected to said guide means and adapted for receiving said shaft member for carrying said base member along said shaft member; c) a head member and a mounting means for mounting said head member on said base member, said mounting means providing for pivotal movement of said head member about said mounting means; and d) a bias means coupled between said base member and said head member for urging said head member into an angular orientation with respect to said surface, said head member positioned on said base member for extending into said slot in said surface when said head member is in said angular orientation.