Dispensing and denesting apparatus

Claim 1

A BASKET DISPENSER AND DENESTER APPARATUS COMPRISING SUPPORT MEANS INCLUDING VERTICALLY DISPOSED MAGAZINE MEANS HAVING AN UNINTERRUPTED PATH OF TRAVEL FOR CONTAINING A VERTICAL STACK OF NESTED BASKETS WHEREIN SAID BASKETS HAVE AN UPPER PERIPHERAL COLLAR AND VERTICAL SLOTS IN OPPOSED SIDE WALLS THEREOF, AND STACK-RETENTION-AND-PICKER ASSEMBLY ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS, SAID ASSEMBLY INCLUDING GRIPPER MEANS NORMALLY ORIENTED AWAY FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE VERTICAL PATH OF TRAVEL OF SAID MAGAZINE MEANS FOR ENGAGING THE PERIPHERAL COLLAR OF THE BASKETS ABOVE THE LOWERMOST BASKET IN SAID MAGAZINE MEANS AND SUPPORTING THE NESTED STACK OF BASKETS AGAINST DESCENT IN SAID MAGAZINE MEANS, STACK POSITIONING PRIMARY CAM MEANS DISPOSED BENEATH SAID GRIPPER MEANS, SECONDARY CAM MEANS MOVABLE WITH SAID PRIMARY CAM MEANS, SAID SECONDARY CAM MEANS OPERATIVELY ENGAGING SAID GRIPPER MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY POSITIONING SAID GRIPPER MEANS IN GRIPPING RELATION WITH THE BASKETS, PICKER FINGER MEANS MOVABLE WITH SAID CAM MEANS AND PERIODICALLY MOVABLE THROUGH AN ORBIT INTERSECTING THE VERTICAL PATH OF TRAVEL OF SAID MAGAZINE MEANS FOR ENGAGING WITHIN THE VERTICAL SIDE WALL SLOTS OF THE LOWERMOST BASKET TO ENGAGE A BOTTOM WALL AND DENEST IT FROM THE NEXT ADJACENT BASKET, AND DRIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID PRIMARY CAM MEANS, SECONDARY CAM MEANS AND PICKER FINGER MEANS ROTATING THE SAME SIMULTANEOUSLY AND SYNCHRONOUSLY.