Sanitary sipping-straw dispenser

Claim 1

A STRAW DISPENSER COMPRISING A STRAW RECEPTACLE HAVING A TOP WALL, A BOTTOM WALL, AND SIDE WALL, A DISPENSING APERTURE IN SAID TOP WALL, THE BOTTOM WALL BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE BOTTOM ENDS OF STRAWS, A STRAW EJECTOR, A STRAW AGITATOR, SAID BOTTOM WALL HAVING AN UPPER ARTICLE FUNNELING SURFACE AND AN OPENING IN THE FUNNELING SURFACE, SAID FUNNELING SURFACE ADAPTED TO PERMIT THE BOTTOM ENDS OF STRAWS TO FLOW TO SAID OPENING BY GRAVITY, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID EJECTOR ON SAID RECEPTACLE FOR VERTICAL RECIPROCATION FROMM A LOWER POSITION TO AN UPPER POSITION AND DURING MOVEMENT FROM THE LOWER POSITION TO PASS THROUGH SAID OPENING IN THE FUNNELING SURFACE, SAID OPENING BEING OFFSET FROM THE VERTICAL CENTRAL AXIS OF THE RECEPTACLE, SAID EJECTOR ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE BOTTOM END OF A STRAW AND ELEVATE THE STRAW, SAID AGITATOR HAVING FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS AND BEING MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID AGITATOR FIRST PORTION HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE BOTTOM ENDS OF STRAWS, SAID AGITATOR POSITIONED SO THAT SAID AGITATOR FIRST PORTION UPPER SURFACE SUPPORTS THE BOTTOM ENDS OF STRAWS STANDING IN SAID FUNNELING SURFACE OPENING, SAID AGITATOR FIRST PORTION BEING MOVABLE SO THAT SAID UPPER SURFACE IS RETRACTABLE RELATIVE TO SAID FUNNELING SURFACE OPENING TO AGITATE THE STRAWS, SAID EJECTOR AND SAID AGITATOR BEING POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AND ADAPTED SO THAT WHEN SAID EJECTOR MOVES FROM ITS UPPER POSITION TO ITS LOWER POSITION SAID EJECTOR ENGAGES AND ACTUATES THE SECOND PORTION OF SAID AGITATOR THEREBY RETRACTING THE AGITATOR FIRST PORTION UPPER SURFACE RELATIVE TO THE FUNNELING SURFACE OPENING TO AGITATE THE STRAWS TO