Golf ball dispenser or the like

Claim 1

A GOLF BALL DISPENSER COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A HOLLOW HOUSING TO RECEIVE AND STORE A SUPPLY OF BALLS, SAID HOUSING HAVING A PAIR OF END WALLS, A PAIR OF SIDE WALLS, AND A BOTTOM WALL; MEANS FOR INTRODUCING BALLS INTO THE HOUSING MEANS SPACING THE SIDE WALLS FROM ONE ANOTHER A DISTANCE APPROXIMATELY THE DIAMETER OF A BALL WITH CLEARANCE SUFFICIENT FOR FREE GRAVITATION OF THE BALLS BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS; A BALL DISCHARGE PORT IN THE HOUSING DIMENSIONED TO PAST BALLS IN SUCCESSION DOWNWARDLY FROM THE HOUSING, SAID PORT BEING ADJACENT TO ONE END WALL OF THE HOUSING; AN ELONGATE SHELF DISPOSED WITHIN THE HOUSING IN POSITION TO SUPPORT THE BALLS STORED THEREIN, SAID SHELF BEING OF LESSER WIDTH THAN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE HOUSING SIDE WALLS, AND HAVING A BASE END AND AN OPPOSITE TERMINAL END DIRECTED AT AN INCLINATION DOWNWARDLY TOWARD AND TERMINATING SHORT OF SAID ONE END WALL, FORMING A SPACE FOR PASSAGE OF A BALL; MEANS FLEXIBLY SUPPORTING THE BASE END OF THE SHELF UPON THE HOUSING FOR MOVEMENT OF THE TERMINAL END IN PARALLELISM WITH THE HOUSING SIDE WALLS; A ROTARY BALL FEED WHEEL DISPOSED BETWEEN THE DISCHARGE PORT AND THE DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED TERMINAL END OF THE SHELF WITH THE MAJOR PART THEREOF LYING BELOW THE PLANE OF SAID SHELF AND ALSO LYING IN ITS MAJOR PART BEYOND AND SPACED FROM SAID TERMINAL END OF THE SHELF WHEREBY THE BALLS ROLL IN A ROW ALONG THE SURFACE OF THE SHELF AND ONTO THE TOP OF THE PERIPHERY OF THE WHEEL TO PASS THEREOVER AND DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID SPACE, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID WHEEL; AND MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY ELEVATING THE TERMINAL END OF THE SHELF IN PARALLELISM WITH THE HOUSING SIDE WALLS, TO AGITATE AND BREAK UP BRIDGING OF THE BALLS THEREON BETWEEN THE SHELF AND SAID END WALL.