Patent ID: 6860401

Claim:
A newspaper dispenser for dispensing a single paper at a time, comprising: a housing having a forward wall, rearward wall, opposing side walls and a bottom wall; a generally cylindrical coil operably mounted within the housing for selective rotation on a longitudinal axis, said coil having a forward end, a rearward end and a plurality of winds therebetween for advancing a newspaper between the winds, said winds having a diameter sufficient to retain a newspaper in an upright position supported on the bottom wall, between a pair of winds; said coil rearward end mounted on a shaft for rotation on its longitudinal axis, and oriented generally horizontally within the housing; said shaft extending though said rearward wall and rotatably supported thereon with said coil located above the bottom wall, to slidably advance newspapers supported along the bottom wall upon rotation of the coil; said bottom wall extending forwardly from the rearward wall a distance less than the length of the coil, to form a slot between a forward edge of the bottom wall and the forward wall of the housing, with the forward end of the coil extending beyond the forward edge of the bottom wall and over the slot; selectively operable drive means connected to said shaft for selectively rotating the shaft and coil and thereby selectively dispensing a newspaper advanced by the coil.