Cup dispenser and magazine

Claim 1

DISPENSING MEANS FOR DRINKING CUPS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING ROTATABLY MOUNTED MAGAZINE MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND POSITIONING A STACK OF CUPS; STATIONARY ISOLATING MEANS POSITIONED BENEATH SAID MAGAZINE MEANS FOR ISOLATING THE LOWERMOST CUP IN A STACK OF CUPS FROM THE NEXT HIGHER CUP IN THE STACK OF CUPS, IN READINESS FOR THE DELIVERY OPERATION, WHEN SAID MAGAZINE MEANS ROTATES IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID ISOLATING MEANS; STEALTH PREVENTION MEANS POSITIONED BENEATH SAID STATIONARY ISOLATING MEANS AND COMPRISING ROTATABLY MOUNTED PLATFORM MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF PARTITION MEANS ARRANGED TO DEFINE A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS OF SIMILAR CONFIGURATION AND DIMENSIONALLY SUFFICIENT TO RECEIVE A DRINKING CUP IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION; MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ROTATABLY MOUNTED MAGAZINE MEANS AND SAID PLATFORM MEANS TO TRANSPORT THE COMPARTMENT CONTAINING THE UPRIGHT DRINKING CUP BENEATH SAID ISOLATING MEANS TO A DELIVERY POSITION ANGULARLY DISPLACED FROM SAID ISOLATING MEANS WHERE THE CUP MAY BE REMOVED BY THE VENDING MACHINE OPERATOR AT THE SAME TIME AS SAID ROTATABLY MOUNTED MAGAZINE MEANS IS ROTATED TO DISPENSE A SUCCEEDING CUP; SAID PARTITIONS BEING OF SUFFICIENT HEIGHT TO PREVENT INGRESS INTO THE MAGAZINE MEANS THROUGH SAID DELIVERY STATION THEREBY PREVENTING THE STEALTH OF CUPS STORED IN SAID MAGAZINE MEANS.