Cup dispensers

Claim 1

A CUP DISPENSER WHICH COMPRISES A SUPPORT WITH A CIRCULAR OPENING THERETHROUGH THAT IS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE LOWERMOST CUPS OF A VERTICALLY DIRECTED STACK OF CUPS, A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY-DIRECTED PIVOTS THAT ARE MOUNTED ON AND DEPEND DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID SUPPORT AND THAT ARE POSITIONED AROUND SAID OPENING, A PLURALITY OF CUP-SEPARATING FINGERS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID PIVOTS FOR ROTATION INTO AND OUT OF CUP-ENGAGING POSITION, A PLURALITY OF SPRINGS BIASING SAID CUP-SEPARATING FINGERS TOWARD CUPENGAGING POSITION, A SECOND PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY-DIRECTED PIVOTS THAT ARE MOUNTED ON AND DEPEND DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID SUPPORT AND THAT ARE POSITIONED AROUND SAID OPENING, SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF PIVOTS BEING INTERLEAVED WITH THE FIRST SAID PLURALITY OF PIVOTS, A PLURALITY OF STACK-SUPPORTING FINGERS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF PIVOTS FOR ROTATION INTO AND OUT OF STACK-SUPPORTING POSITION, A SECOND PLURALITY OF SPRINGS BIASING SAID STACK-SUPPORTING FINGERS TOWARD STACK-SUPPORTING POSITION, SAID CUPSEPARATING FINGERS AND SAID STACK-SUPPORTING FINGERS BEING SPACED APART AXIALLY OF SAID SUPPORT OPENING, A CYLINDRICAL MEMBER THAT IS ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID CIRCULAR OPENING IN SAID SUPPORT AND THAT HAS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY-SPACED, FINGER-ENGAGING ABUTMENTS THEREON, SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER BEING ROTATABLE IN ONE DIRECTION TO MOVE SOME EDGES OF SAID ABUTMENTS AGAINST SAID CUP-SEPARATING FINGERS AND THEREBY MOVE SAID CUP-SEPARATING FINGERS AGAINST THE BIAS OF SAID PLURALITY OF SPRINGS AND OUT OF CUP-ENGAGING POSITION, SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER BEING ROTATABLE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO MOVE OTHER EDGES OF SAID ABUTMENTS AGAINST SAID STACK-SUPPORTING FINGERS TO MOVE SAID STACKSUPPORTING FINGERS AGAINST THE BIAS OF SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF SPRINGS AND OUT OF STACK-SUPPORTING POSITION, A POSITIONING RING THAT ENCIRCLES BUT IS SPACED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID CIRCULAR OPENING, SAID POSITIONING RING HAVING SURFACES THEREON THAT CAN COACT WITH SURFACES ON SAID STACK-SUPPORTING FINGERS TO LIMIT ROTATION OF SAID STACK-SUPPORTING FINGERS TOWARD STACK-SUPPORTING POSITION, SAID POSITIONING RING BEING MOVABLE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OF SAID SUPPORT OPENING TO VARY THE EXTENT TO WHICH SAID STACK-SUPPORTING FINGERS CAN MOVE TO STACK-SUPPORTING POSITION, A PANEL ADJACENT SAID SUPPORT, A CAM THAT IS ROTATABLE RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT AND RELATIVE TO SAID PANEL, AND A LEVER THAT IS ROTATABLE WITH SAID CAM AND THAT IS ADJACENT SAID PANEL, SAID PANEL HAVING MARKINGS THEREON, SAID LEVER BEING ROTATABLE RELATIVE TO SAID PANEL TO ROTATE SAID CAM RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT AND THEREBY SHIFT SAID POSITIONING RING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OF SAID SUPPORT TO VARY THE EXTENT TO WHICH SAID STACK-SUPPORTING FINGERS CAN MOVE TO STACK-SUPPORTING POSITION.