Disc dispenser

Claim 1

IN A DISPENSER FOR DISPENSING SINGLE DISC MEMBERS STACKED WITHIN A VIAL, THE IMPROVEMENT WHEREIN THE DISPENSER COMPRISES A BASE PLATE HAVING A SLOT EXTENDING THEREIN DIMENSIONED TO HAVE A WIDTH GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF THE VIAL AND A THICKNESS GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF A SINGLE DISC MEMBER BUT LESS THAN THE THICKNESS OF TWO, AN OPENING THROUGH THE TOP SIDE OF THE BASE PLATE IN COMMUNICATION WITH AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF THE SLOT AND DIMENSIONED TO CORRESPOND WITH THE SHAPE AND CROSS-SECTION OF THE VIAL TO ENABLE DISPLACEMENT OF THE OPEN END OF THE VIAL THERETHROUGH, ANOTHER OPENING THROUGH THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE PLATE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE SLOT ARRANGED IN LENGTHWISE ALIGNMENT WITH THE ONE OPENING THROUGH THE TOP SIDE AND OFFSET FORWARDLY THEREFROM AND DIMENSIONED TO BE GREATER THAN THE CROSS SECTION OF THE DISC MEMBERS, A SLIDE PLATE DIMENSIONED SLIDABLY TO BE RECEIVED WITHIN SAID SLOT FOR DISPLACEMENT BETWEEN NORMAL AND OPERATED POSITIONS, SPRING MEANS SECURED TO SAID SLIDE PLATE FOR CONSTANTLY URGING SAID SLIDE PLATE TOWARDS SAID NORMAL POSITION, AN OPENING IN THE SLIDE PLATE IN REGISTER WITH THE ONE OPENING IN THE TOP SIDE OF THE BASE PLATE WHEN IN NORMAL POSITION AND IN REGISTER WITH THE OPENING IN THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE BASE PLATE WHEN IN OPERATED POSITION, SAID OPENING IN THE SLIDE PLATE BEING OF LESSER DIMENSION THAN THE OPENING IN THE TOP SIDE OF THE BASE PLATE BUT GREATER THAN THE CROSS SECTION OF THE DISC MEMBERS WHEREBY THE LOWER END OF THE VIAL RESTS ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE SLIDE PLATE MEANS FOR ACTUATING THE SLIDE PLATE BETWEEN NORMAL AND OPERATED POSITIONS, AND MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE VIAL WITH THE OPEN END EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY INTO COMMUNICATION WITH THE OPENING IN THE TOP SIDE OF THE BASE PLATE AND IN WHICH THE MEANS MOUNTING THE VIAL IN POSITION OF USE COMPRISES A RING PLATE HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING EXTENDING THERETHROUGH DIMENSIONED TO BE GREATER THAN THE CROSS SECTION OF THE VIAL, A FILM OF RESILIENT MATERIAL RIGID WITH THE RING PLATE AND SPANNING SUCH CENTRAL OPENING, A CENTRAL OPENING EXTENDING THROUGH THE FILM OF RESILIENT MATERIAL DIMENSIONED TO BE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE CROSS SECTION OF THE VIAL, AND MEANS MOUNTING THE RING PLATE IN SPACED APART PARALLEL RELATION WITH THE TOP SIDE OF THE BASE PLATE WITH THE OPENING THROUGH THE RESILIENT MATERIAL IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE OPENING IN THE TOP SIDE OF THE BASE PLATE.