Blade dispenser

Claim 1

IN A PORTABLE DEVICE FOR DISPENSING DISPOSABLE BLADES OF FORM-MAINTAINING SHEET MATERIAL, ONE AT A TIME, THE COMBINATION OF A TUBULAR CASING RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING A PACK OF SUCH BLADES HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME LENGTH AND CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSIONS, SAID CASING HAVING A TOP END PROVIDED WITH A CLOSURE FOR LIMITING UPWARD LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF THE SAID PACK OF BLADES AND HAVING AT SAID TOP END A DISCHARGE OPENING FOR PERMITTING THE OUTWARD LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF ONLY A SINGLE BLADE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SAID PACK, THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID CASING BEING PROVIDED WITH A BOTTOM CLOSURE FOR PREVENTING ALL OF SAID BLADES FROM ESCAPING OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF SAID CASING, A PLATFORM DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CASING ADJACENT SAID BOTTOM CLOSURE, SAID PLATFORM INCLUDING A LEDGE DISPOSED BELOW SAID DISCHARGE OPENING AND AN INWARDLY FACING INCLINED SURFACE EXTENDING FROM SAID LEDGE TO SAID BOTTOM CLOSURE, SAID LEDGE BEING RAISED FROM THE BOTTOM CLOSURE A DISTANCE GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE FROM THE TOP OF THE PACK TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE TOP END CLOSURE, SAID LEDGE HAVING A WIDTH WHICH IS LESS THAN ABOUT THE WIDTH OF ONE BLADE, SPRING MEANS TENDING TO MOVE THE PACK TRANSVERSELY TOWARD SAID INCLINED SURFACE OF SAID PLATFORM SO AS TO POSITION THE UPPER END OF SAID OUTSIDE BLADE OF THE PACK IN REGISTER WITH THE SAID DISCHARGE OPENING AND SO AS TO MOVE SAID OUTER BLADE INTO SAID DISCHARGE