Token dispensing device

Claim 1

A TOKEN DISPENSER COMPRISING A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL CASING FOR CONTAINING A STACK OF TOKENS, SAID CASING BEING CLOSED AT ONE END AND HAVING THE OTHER END OPEN, A TOKEN RETAINING RING, MEANS FOR RELEASABLY ATTACHING SAID RING TO THE OPEN END OF SAID CASING, SAID MEANS INCLUDING AXIALLY EXTENDING PINS ON SAID RING ENGAGEABLE WITH SLOTS ADJACENT THE OPEN END OF SAID CASING, SAID RETAINING RING BEING RESILIENTLY HELD ON THE INNER SURFACE THEREOF, A RESILIENTLY EXPANDABLE TOOTHED MEMBER ADAPTED TO RESILIENTLY ENAGAGE THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID RING WITH THE TEETH THEREOF EXTENDING INWARDLY AND ADAPTED TO YIELDINGLY ENGAGE THE LOWERMOST ONE OF A STACK OF TOKENS IN SAID CASING TO NORMALLY RETAIN THE STACK OF TOKENS THEREIN, A TOKEN PUSHER IN SAID CASING ABOVE SAID TOKENS, A PAIR OF DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED AXIAL SLOTS IN SAID CASING, A PAIR OF PINS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOTS WITH THE INNER ENDS THEREOF ANCHORED IN SAID PUSHER AND THE OUTER ENDS HAVING ENLARGED FINGER GRIPPING HEADS ON THE EXTERIOR OF SAID CASING, MEANS INCLUDING SAID FINGER GRIPPING HEADS TO MANUALLY APPLY PRESSURE TO SAID TOKEN PUSHER AND THE STACK OF TOKENS IN SAID CASING TO DISCHARGE THE LOWERMOST ONE OF THE STACK FROM ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID TOOTHED RESILIENT MEMBER WITH SAID RESILIENT MEMBER BEING SPACED IN PREDETERMINED DISTANCE ABOVE THE LOWERMOST END OF SAID RETAINING RING TO PERMIT ONLY A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF TOKENS TO BE DISCHARGED PAST SAID MEMBER WHEN THE LOWER END OF SAID RETAINING RING IS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH A TOKEN RECEIVING SURFACE.