Article dispensing device comprising a pair of tubular members

Claim 1

AN ARTICLE DISPENSING DEVICE COMPRISING A PAIR OF COAXIAL, SLIDABLY RELATED TUBULAR MEMBERS, CLOSURE MEANS FOR ONE END OF THE OUTER MEMBER, SPRING MEANS BETWEEN SAID CLOSURE MEANS AND THE END OF THE INNER MEMBER ADJACENT SAID ONE END OF THE OUTER MEMBER FOR RESTORING THE INNER MEMBER TO A NORMAL REST POSITION AFTER SAID INNER MEMBER HAS BEEN DEPRESSED WITHIN SAID OUTER MEMBER, SAID INNER AND OUTER MEMBERS HAVING DISPENSING OPENINGS IN WALL PORTIONS THEREOF, SAID OPENINGS BEING IN OFFSET RELATION WHEN SAID INNER MEMBER IS AT ITS REST POSITION AND IN REGISTERING RELATION WHEN SAID INNER MEMBER IS IN A DEPRESSED POSITION, SAID INNER MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO CARRY A STACK OF ARTICLES TO BE DISPENSED, ABUTMENT MEANS AT THE LOWER END OF THE DISPENSING OPENING OF THE INNER MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING SAID STACK OF ARTICLES, AND COILABLE STRIP SPRING MEANS HAVING ONE END ANCHORED TO SAID OUTER TUBULAR MEMBER, AND MEANS ON SAID ABUTMENT MEMBER AND SAID INNER TUBULAR MEMBER FOR CONFINING SAID COILABLE STRIP SPRING MEANS IN AN UNCOILED, FLAT CONDITION AND VARYING THE EXTENT OF THE RADIAL DEFLECTION OF THE FREE END THEREOF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POSITION OF SAID INNER MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID OUTER MEMBER, WHEREBY IN THE DEPRESSED POSITION OF SAID INNER MEMBER, THE FREE END OF SAID COILABLE SPRING MEANS IS POSITIONED TO ENGAGE THE NEXT MOST LOWERMOST ARTICLE IN SAID STACK OF ARTICLES TO SUPPORT SAID STACK OF ARTICLES WHILE THE LOWERMOST ARTICLE IS BEING DISPENSED THROUGH THE REGISTERING DISPENSING OPENINGS OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS.