Article dispenser provided with means to discharge article from flexible cellular magazines

Claim 1

A DISPENSING DEVICE COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING A FRONT WALL PROVIDED WITH A DISPENSING OPENING, A BELT SUPPORT MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING, A FLEXIBLE BELT MEMBER WOUND ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, A FEED ROLLER JOURNALED IN THE HOUSING ADJACENT SAID DISPENSING OPENING, MEANS ON THE FEED ROLLER INTERLOCKING WITH THE BELT MEMBER TO FEED THE BELT MEMBER TOWARD THE OPENING RESPONSIVE TO ROTATION OF THE FEED ROLLER, MEANS ON THE BELT MEMBER DEFINING SUCCESSIVE COMPARTMENTS TO SUPPORTINGLY RECEIVE BLOCKS OF FOOD MATERIAL, MEANS TO INTERMITTENTLY ROTATE SAID FEED ROLLER IN STEPS, A FLAP MEMBER HAVING A TAPERED END, MEANS PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SAID FLAP MEMBER FORWARDLY ADJACENT SAID FEED ROLLER AND WITH SAID TAPERED END OVERLYING AND IN CONTACT WITH THE BELT MEMBER, WHEREBY TO RECEIVE A BLOCK OF FOOD MATERIAL AT EACH STEP OF ROTATION OF THE FEED ROLLER, AND MEANS ROTATING THE FLAP MEMBER OUTWARDLY THROUGH A SUFFICIENT ANGLE TO DISCHARGE A BLOCK OF FOOD MATERIAL THEREON AFTER EACH STEP OF ROTATION OF THE FEED ROLLER.