Patent ID: 8490842

Claim:
An automatic shoe cover dispenser, comprising: a shoe cover feeding arrangement holding a plurality of shoe covers each having a shoe opening; and a shoe cover pulling mechanism for pulling one of said shoe covers into an open-up condition as a standby shoe cover and being ready for putting on a user's shoe, wherein after said standby shoe cover is dispensed for being worn at the shoe of the user, said shoe cover at a subsequent position is pulled into said open-up condition, wherein said shoe covers are folded and orderly coupled with each other at a position that a front side of said shoe cover is coupled with a rear side of said subsequent shoe cover such that when said standby shoe cover is dispensed, said subsequent shoe cover is pulled by said former shoe cover at said open-up condition, wherein said shoe opening of each of said shoe covers has an elastic peripheral edge provided therearound, wherein said standby shoe cover is pulled by said shoe cover pulling mechanism to enlarge said shoe opening, wherein when a pulling force applied at said standby shoe cover is large enough after said standby shoe cover is worn, said standby shoe cover is detached from said consequent shoe cover to remain said consequent shoe cover at said open-up condition, wherein said shoe cover feeding arrangement comprises a housing having a top shoe disposing opening and a rear outlet communicating with said shoe disposing opening, wherein said standby shoe cover is pulled at said open-up condition at a position that said shoe opening of said standby shoe cover is aligned with said shoe disposing opening in such a manner that when said standby shoe cover is pulled towards said outlet, said subsequent shoe cover is driven to move at said shoe disposing opening at said open-up condition, wherein said shoe cover pulling mechanism comprises a first stopper and a second stopper provided at front and rear ends of said shoe disposing opening respectively to retain said standby shoe cover at said open-up condition, wherein each of said first and second stoppers is moved between an idle position and a moving position, wherein at said idle position, said first and second stoppers engage with said front and rear sides of said standby shoe cover to enlarge said shoe opening of said standby shoe cover, and at said moving position, said first and second stoppers disengage with said front and rear sides of said standby shoe cover for said standby shoe cover being pulled out of said outlet, wherein, at the same time, said subsequent shoe cover is pulled to said shoe disposing opening, wherein when said first and second stoppers return back to said idle position, said first and second stoppers engage with said front and rear sides of said subsequent shoe cover to retain said subsequent shoe cover at said open-up position.