Pallet dispenser

Claim 1

MECHANISM FOR DISPENSING PALLETS ONE BY ONE FROM A VERTICAL STACK COMPRISING HOUSINGS FIXEDLY MOUNTED CONTIGUOUS TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STACK, A LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT ONE END IN EACH OF SAID HOUSINGS, SAID LEVER BEING FORMED INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS WITH AN ARM EXTENDING LATERALLY TOWARD SAID STACK, SAID LEVER BEING MOVABLE ABOUT SAID PIVOT TO MOVE SAID ARM INTO AND OUT OF POSITION FOR ENGAGEMENT BY THE LOWERMOST PALLET IN THE STACK, A SPRING SECURED AT ONE END TO THE FREE END OF SAID LEVER AND BEING SECURED AT ITS OPPOSITE END TO A MEMBER SHIFTABLE LATERALLY INWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FROM SAID PIVOT TO PROVIDE AN OVER-THE-CENTER MECHANISM FOR MOVING SAID LEVER ABOUT ITS PIVOT, SAID SPRING BEING OPERABLE WHEN SAID SHIFTABLE MEMBER IS POSITIONED OUTWARDLY OF SAID PIVOT TO URGE SAID LEVER OUTWARDLY TO POSITION SAID ARM FOR ENGAGEMENT BY THE LOWERMOST PALLET IN SAID STACK, SAID SPRING BEING OPERABLE WHEN SAID SHIFTABLE MEMBER IS POSITIONED, INWARDLY OF SAID PIVOT TO URGE SAID LEVER INWARDLY TO MOVE SAID ARM OUT OF REGISTRATION WITH SAID STACK, A LATCH CARRIED BY SAID ARM AND OPERABLE TO LATCH SAID LEVER AGAINST INWARD MOVEMENT BY SAID SPRING, SAID LATCH BEING MOVED OUT OF LATCHING POSITION BY THE LOWERMOST PALLET SUPPORTED BY SAID ARM, A STACK ELEVATOR OPERABLE TO ENGAGE THE LOWERMOST PALLET AND MOVE THE SAME UPWARDLY FROM SAID ARM, AND SAID SPRING BEING OPERABLE TO MOVE SAID ARM INWARDLY UPON SUCH UPWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID PALLET, A FINGER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING FOR ENGAGEMENT BY SAID LOWERMOST PALLET UPON DOWNWARD MOVEMENT THEREOF AND BEING OPERABLE UPON SUCH DOWNWARD MOVEMENT TO MOVE SAID SHIFTABLE MEMBER OUTWARDLY OF SAID PIVOT.