Coat hanger dispenser

Claim 1

A HANGER DISPENSING APPARATUS COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF A HOUSING; A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTALLY ROTATABLE HANGER PACKAGE SUPPORTS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON TWO SIDES OF SAID HOUSING; A STACK OF PACKAGED HANGERS RESTING ON SAID SUPPORT; EACH PACKAGE HAVING AT LEAST ONE HANGER THEREIN AND EXTENDING UNDER THE HOOK OF SAID HANGER, AND AROUND THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE BASE OF SAID HANGER; AT LEAST TWO OF SAID SUPPORTS BEING ON ONE SIDE OF SAID HOUSING AND UNDER SAID HANGER BASE AND ONE OF SAID SUPPORTS CENTRALLY PLACED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID HOUSING UNDER THE PACKAGED HOOK PORTION; EACH OF SAID SUPPORTS HAVING A FIRST TANG PORTION PROJECTING TOWARD THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID HOUSING FOR NORMALLY SUPPORTING PACKAGED CLOTHES HANGERS; A SECOND SEPARATING TANG ON EACH OF SAID SUPPORTS ON AN ADJACENT LATERAL SIDE FROM SAID FIRST TANG SO THAT WHEN SAID SUPPORT IS ROTATED SAID SECOND TANG WILL PROJECT TOWARD THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID HOUSING WHILE SAID FIRST TANGS RECEDE THEREFROM; SAID SECOND TANKS BEING A DISTANCE ABOVE SAID FIRST TAN EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF A HANGER PACKAGE; LINKAGE MEANS CONNECTING SAID PLURALITY OF SUPPORTS TO A MOTOR MEANS; MOTOR MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID LINKAGE MEANS TO CAUSE SAID SUPPORTS TO ROTATE AND THUS CAUSE SAID FIRST TANGS TO RECEDE TOWARD THE ADJACENT HOUSING WALL AND THUS CREATE A CENTRAL OPENING THROUGH WHICH A HANGER PACKAGE MAY PASS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CAUSING SAID SECOND SEPARATOR TANGS TO MOVE TOWARD THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID HOUSING; SWITCH MEANS TO ACTUATE SAID MOTOR MEANS; AND A GUIDE MEANS FOR PACKAGED HANGERS ABOVE SAID SUPPORTS; SAID GUIDE MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF VERTICAL GUIDE ELEMENTS STRADDLING SAID SUPPORTS UNDER SAID HANGER BASE AND HOLDING THE V-SHAPED ENDS OF THE PACKAGED HANGERS ALIGNED, AND ALSO INCLUDING A U-SHAPED CHANNEL GUIDE ELEMENT POSITIONED ABOVE SAID HOOK PORTION SUPPORT AND HOLDING THE PACKAGED HOOKS ALIGNED.