Patent ID: 8418880

Claim:
A probe cover dispenser, comprising: a storage member for accommodating stacked probe covers; an upper retaining unit with a pair of upper supporting arms for holding or releasing an upper one of the stacked probe covers; an upper slide, connecting the upper retaining unit; a linking rod with an upper protrusion portion and a recess portion under the upper protrusion, connecting the slidable access member; wherein the linking rod is moved upwardly or downwardly and the upper protrusion portion or the recess portion is moved to a position corresponding to the upper slide such that a force is applied to push the upper supporting arms of the upper retaining unit to release the upper one of the stacked probe covers or hold the upper one of the stacked probe covers in the storage member; a slidable access member with a first opening for accessing probe covers and the storage member with a second opening for accommodating the stacked probe covers; a lower retaining unit with a pair of lower supporting arms for holding or releasing a lower one of the stacked probe covers; a lower slide, connecting the lower retaining unit; wherein the linking rod comprising a lower protrusion portion under the recess portion is moved upwardly or downwardly and the lower protrusion portion or the recess portion is moved to a position corresponding to the lower slide such that a force is applied to push or pull the lower supporting arms of the lower retaining unit to release the lower one of the stacked probe covers and cause it to fall into the first opening from the second opening or hold the lower one of the stacked probe covers in the storage member, while the slidable access member is moved upwardly or downwardly.