Article dispenser with rotatably mounted magazines

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A DISPENSER FOR SMALL BODIES COMPRISING A MEANS FORMING A BASE INCLUDING A FIXED VERTICAL ROTOR SUPPORT MEANS A ROTOR MEANS JOURNALLED FOR ROTATION ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS, A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED TUBULAR MAGAZINES OF LIKE LENGTH SECURED IN SPACED RADIAL RELATION AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID ROTOR MEANS WITH THE AXES THEREOF PARALLEL SAID ROTOR MEANS AXIS WITH THE LOWER ENDS THEREOF POSITIONED IN A COMMON PLANE ABOVE A DISPENSING ZONE, EACH OF SAID MAGAZINES HAVING A LONGITUDINAL BORE THERETHROUGH OF UNIFORM CROSS SECTION SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE CROSS SECTION OF THE BODIES TO BE RETAINED THEREIN IN END TO END RELATION FOR STORAGE AND GRAVITY DESCENT THEREFROM, A SHUTTER MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID ROTOR MEANS FOR MOVEMENT FROM A NORMAL POSITION TRANSVERSE AND BELOW THE LOWER END OF EACH SAID MAGAZINES FOR HOLDING SAID BODIES THEREIN TO A DISPENSE POSITION ADJACENT THERETO FOR PERMITTING THE GRAVITY DESCENT OF SAID BODIES FROM EACH OF SAID MAGAZINES WHEN OPERATED, SPRING MEANS BIASED BETWEEN SAID ROTOR MEANS AND EACH SAID SHUTTER MEANS FOR URGING THE LATTER INTO SAID NORMAL POSITION, A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF TRANSVERSE HOLES THROUGH EACH OF SAID MAGAZINES IN PREDETERMINED SPACED RELATION ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF FOR SLIDABLY RECEIVING A METERING PIN FOR INTERSECTING THE BORE THEREIN, A PAIR OF ELONGATED ELECTRIC CONTACTS IN UNIFORM SPACED VERTICAL RELATION SECURED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS ADJACENT THE PATH OF ROTATION OF THE INNER SIDE OF EACH OF SAID MAGAZINES, AN ELECTRIC CONDUCTING METERING PIN FOR MANUAL INSERTION THROUGH A SELECTED ONE OF EACH SAID HOLES IN EACH