Container of and dispenser for cut-fruit sections

Claim 1

IN A FRUIT DISPENSING MACHINE, A REFRIGERATED DISPLAY CABINET HAVING A VIEWING FRONT, A MAGAZINE-TYPE MULTICELL FRUIT DISPLAY CONTAINER MOUNTED IN SAID CABINET BEHIND SAID VIEWING FRONT, SAID DISPLAY CONTAINER HAVING INTERCONNECTED OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS, TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS AND SUCCESSIVE INTERMEDIATELY LOCATED DIVIDER WALLS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF FRUIT CONTAINER CELLS, PERFORABLE SHEET MATERIAL COVERING THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE CONTAINER AND CLOSING THE CELLS, WITH INERT GAS CONTAINED THEREIN TO PROTECT THE FRUIT AGAINST ENTRY OF ATMOSPHERIC AIR, AT LEAST THE SHEET MATERIAL ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE CONTAINER BEING TRANSPARENT TO PERMIT VIEWING THE FRUIT THEREIN, A FRUIT EJECTOR MOUNTED FOR OPERATING MOVEMENT TO EJECT FRUIT FROM A CELL, MEANS SUPPORTING AND GUIDING SUCH DISPLAY CONTAINER TO PERMIT INDEXING MOVEMENT THEREOF FOLLOWING EACH OPERATING MOVEMENT OF THE EJECTOR TO EJECT FRUIT FROM ONE CELL, AND THEREBY ALIGN A NEXT ADJACENT CELL WITH SAID EJECTOR, SAID FRUIT EJECTOR HAVING A PLUNGER INCLUDING CUTTER MEANS OPERABLE TO PIERCE THE SHEET MATERIAL COVERING THE CELL FRONT AND REAR, THEREBY TO PERMIT PASSAGE OF THE EJECTOR PLUNGER INTO AND AT LEAST PARTLY THROUGH THE CELL TO EJECT THE FRUIT THEREFROM.