Dispensing mechanism for articles in front to back staggered stacks

Claim 1

IN A MECHANISM FOR DISPENSING A SINGLE CAN AT A TIME FROM TWO FRONT TO BACK STAGGERED STACKS OF CANS IN A BIN, TWO OPPOSED CAN SUPPORTS ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF THE BIN FOR SAID STACKS MOUNTED FOR DOWNWARD ROTARY MOVEMENT FROM AN UPPER NORMAL POSITION TO CAN RELEASING POSITION AND SUPPORTING IN TURN THE LOWERMOST CANS OF THE STACKS OF CANS IN THE BIN, LATCH MEANS FOR THE SUPPORTS MOUNTED FOR OSCILLATORY MOVEMENT AND ENGAGING AND HOLDING THE SUPPORT ENGAGED BY THE LOWERMOST CANS IN THE STACKS OF CANS AGAINST DOWNWARD ROTATION WHEN THE MECHANISM IS IN STAND-BY CONDITION, TWO NOTCHES IN SAID LATCH MEANS, A LATCH NORMALLY ENGAGED IN ONE OF SAID NOTCHES LOCKING SAID LATCH MEANS AGAINST MOVEMENT, SOLENOID MEANS FOR RAISING SAID LATCH FROM SAID NOTCHES AND THEREBY RELEASING SAID LATCH MEANS WHEREBY THE WEIGHT OF THE CANS ROTATES THE SUPPORT BENEATH SAID TWO LOWERMOST CANS IN THE STACKS DOWNWARD TOWARD CAN RELEASING POSITION AND MOVES SAID LATCH MEANS BENEATH THE OTHER CAN SUPPORT PREVENTING DOWNWARD ROTATION THEREOF, SAID LATCH THEN RE-ENTERING SAID ONE OF SAID NOTCHES, A REGULATOR FOR CONTROL OF RELEASING SAID CANS DISPOSED BENEATH ALL OF SAID SUPPORTS IN STAND-BY POSITION FOR ENGAGEMENT BY SAID SUPPORTS, MEANS ACTUATED WITH THE RELEASE OF SAID LATCH FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORTS WHILE MAINTAINING ENGAGEMENT MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORTS WHILE MAINTAINING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE ROTATING SUPPORT AND SAID REGULATOR, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID LATCH MEANS FOR RETAINING ONE OF SAID RELEASE CANS IN THE MECHANISM, SAID OTHER RELEASE CAN BEING DISPENSED, AND SAID SOLENOID MEANS RELEASING THE RETAINED CAN FOR DISPENSING WHEN NEXT ENERGIZED, SAID LATCH BEING RAISED AND THEN ENTERING THE OTHER OF SAID NOTCHES.