Patent ID: 8157126

Claim:
A probe cover dispenser comprising a base having a probe cover basin; a probe cover cartridge arranged on said base, receiving several probe covers and having a probe cover delivery hole on a bottom thereof; a weight arranged on said probe covers inside said probe cover cartridge and applying force onto said probe covers; and a feeder assembly arranged between said base and said probe cover cartridge and used to transfer probe covers inside said probe cover cartridge to said probe cover basin, said feeder including: a U-shape slide rail protruding from said base, encircling said probe cover basin, and having a spacing smaller than a diameter of said probe cover; a crescent-like trench arranged on said U-shape slide rail and in a region near said probe cover basin, wherein said U-shape slide rail has a spacing greater than said diameter of said probe cover in said region near said probe cover basin; and a pair of slide groove arranged on the bottom of said probe cover cartridge and mating with said U-shape slide rail, wherein said probe cover cartridge slides via said U-shape slide rail and said slide groove to deliver a piece of said probe cover onto said crescent-like trench.