Dispensing mechanism for articles in staggered stack

Claim 1

IN A MECHANISM FOR DISPENSING A SINGLE BOTTLE AT A TIME FROM A STAGGERED STACK OF BOTTLES IN A BIN, TWO OPPOSED BOTTLE SUPPORTS ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF THE BIN MOUNTED FOR DOWNWARDLY ROTARY MOVEMENT FROM AN UPPER NORMAL POSITION TO BOTTLE DISPENSING POSITION AND SUPPORTING IN TURN THE LOWERMOST BOTTLE OF THE STACK OF BOTTLES IN THE BIN, LATCH MEANS FOR SAID SUPPORTS MOUNTED FOR OSCILLATING MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SAID BIN AND ENGAGING AND HOLDING THE SUPPORT ENGAGED BY THE LOWERMOST BOTTLE AGAINST DOWNWARD ROTATION WHEN THE MECHANISM, IS IN STANDBY CONDITION, SPACED STOPS ON SAID LATCH MEANS, A LATCH NORMALLY DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID STOPS PREVENTING MOVEMENT OF SAID LATCH MEANS, SAID LATCH MEANS BEING ROTATED IN ONE DIRECTION BY THE WEIGHT OF THE BOTTLES TO ENGAGE SAID LATCH AND ONE OF SAID STOPS, MEANS FOR REMOVING SAID LATCH FROM BETWEEN SAID STOPS THEREBY FREEING SAID LATCH MEANS FOR OSCILLATING MOVEMENT IN SAID ONE DIRECTION WHEREBY THE WEIGHT OF THE BOTTLES ROTATES THE BOTTLE SUPPORT BENEATH THE LOWERMOST BOTTLE IN THE STACK DOWNWARD TO BOTTLE DISPENSING POSITION AND MOVES SAID LATCH MEANS BENEATH THE OTHER BOTTLE SUPPORT PREVENTING DOWNWARD ROTATION THEREOF, SAID LATCH ENGAGING SAID ONE OF SAID STOPS TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF SAID LATCH MEANS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND MEANS ACTUATED BY THE RETURN OF A BOTTLE SUPPORT FROM BOTTLE DISPENSING POSITION TO ITS NORMAL POSITION FOR ACTUATING SAID LATCH REMOVING MEANS FOR RELEASING SAID LATCH FROM SAID ONE OF SAID STOPS FREEING SAID LATCH MEANS FOR MOVEMENT TO SAID STANDBY CONDITION WITH SAID LATCH BETWEEN SAID STOPS.