Table spread dispenser

Claim 1

A TABLE SPREAD DISPENSER COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HOUSING OPEN AT ITS FRONT AND REAR ENDS AND ADAPTED TO SNUGLY AND SLIDABLY RECEIVE THEREIN AN ELONGATED SECTION OF MOLDED TABLE SPREAD EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID HOUSING, A PISTON SNUGLY AND SLIDABLY DISPOSED IN SAID HOUSING, OF A CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE CONFORMING TO THE INTERNAL CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE OF SAID HOUSING, AND HAVING A BORE FORMED AXIALLY THERETHROUGH, AN ELONGATED OPERATOR EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BORE AND OSCILLATABLE THEREIN BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS, SAID OPERATOR HAVING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED RATCHET TEETH FORMED ON ONE SIDE THEREOF OPENING TOWARD THE FRONT OF SAID HOUSING, SAID PISTON INCLUDING A RATCHET DOG SUPPORTD THEREFROM AND DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF THE FRONT FACE OF SAID PISTON AND ENGAGE WITH SAID TEETH WHEN SAID OPERATOR IS IN SAID FIRST POSITION FOR INTERMITTENTLY ADVANCING SAID PISTON TOWARD SAID FRONT END OF SAID HOUSING IN RESPONSE TO RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT OF SAID OPERATOR, A SLIDE MOUNTED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID HOUSING FOR RECIPROCABLE MOVEMENT LONGITUDINALLY OF THE LATTER INCLUDING A PORTION ENGAGEABLE FROM THE EXTERIOR OF SAID HOUSING, THE REAR END OF SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID HOUSING HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING AND REARWARDLY OPENING SLOT FORMED THEREIN, THE REAR END OF SAID OPERATOR INCLUDING A LATERALLY DIRECTED ARM PROJECTING THROUGH SAID SLOT WHEN SAID OPERATOR IS IN SAID FIRST POSITION, SAID SLIDE AND THE OUTER END OF SAID LATERALLY DIRECTED ARM INCLUDING COACTING PORTIONS RELEASABLY ENGAGEABLE WITH EACH OTHER UPON LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE FREE END OF SAID ARM TOWARD SAID SLIDE FOR LOCKING SAID SLIDE AND SAID OPERATOR AGAINST RELATIVE MOVEMENT LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID HOUSING, ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID OPERATOR RELATIVE TO SAID PISTON FROM SAID FIRST POSITION TO SAID SECOND POSITION BEING SUFFICIENT TO DISENGAGE SAID COACTING PORTIONS OF SAID OPERATOR AND SLIDE PREVENTING RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE LATTER AND SAID OPERATOR LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID HOUSING.