Business card dispenser having a reciprocating card ejector means

Claim 1

A BUSINESS CARD DISPENSER OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING, A MAIN FRAME HAVING A FLAT SURFACE WITH INTEGRAL SIDE WALLS, INWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGES ON THE EDGE OF SAID SIDE WALLS OPPOSITE SAID FLAT SURFACE, A LIP EXTENDING FROM SAID FLAT SURFACE ON ONE END THEREOF, A SLOT CONTAINING MEMBER SECURED TO SAID ONE END OF SAID MAIN FRAME AND INCLUDING AN END WALL HAVING FOUR INTEGRAL SIDE WALLS WHICH EXTEND OVER PORTION OF SAID MAIN FRAME, A PRECISELY FORMED RECTANGULAR SLOT IN SAID END WALL ADJACENT SAID FLAT SURFACE, SAID SLOT HVING A WIDTH SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE COMBINED THICKNESS OF SAID LIP AND THE THICKNESS OF TWO COMPARTIVELY THIN BUSINESS CARDS, A PUSHER PLATE RECIPROCABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FLAT SURFACE AND HAVING A SHOULDER FOR ENGAGING THE BUSINESS CARD DISPOSED AGAINST SAID FLAT SURFACE TO MOVE SUCH CARD ALONG SAID FLAT SURFACE AND THROUGH THE DISPENSING SLOT BETWEEN SAID EDGE AND SAID LIP, MEANS FOR URGING A STACK OF CARDS TOWARD SAID FLAT SURFACE, COVER MEANS FOR SAID MAIN FRAME EXCEPT SAID ONE END, AND MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID PUSHER PLATE.