Dispenser

Claim 1

A DISPENSER FOR REMOVING CUPS ONE AT A TIME FROM A NESTED STACK, SAID CUPS HAVING A RIM AT THE TOP EDGE THEREOF, COMPRISING AN UPPER CYLINDER, A LOWER CYLINDER ALIGNED WITH SAID UPPER CYLINDER AND HAVING ITS TOP EDGE ADJACENT THE BOTTOM EDGE OF SAID UPPER CYLINDER, BAND MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CYLINDERS AT SAID ADJACENT EDGES FOR% SECURED SAID CYLINDERS TOGETHER, THE LOWER EDGE OF THE BAND BEING SPACED FROM THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID LOWER CYLINDER, SAID LOWER CYLINDER TERMINATING AT ITS LOWER END IN A PERIPHERAL SEAT, A BRISTLE-SUPPORTING STRIP HAVING RESILIENT BRISTLES PROJECTING THEREFROM, SAID STRIP BEING DISPOSED WITHIN SAID LOWER CYLINDER WITH THE BRISTLES EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY, THE LOWER EDGE OF THE STRIP BEING SEATED IN SAID PERIPHERAL SEAT AND THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID STRIP BEING INTERPOSED IN SAID SPACE, THEREBY SECURING SAID STRIP TO SAID LOWER CYLINDER, SAID BRISTLES BEING SUFFICIENTLY STIFF TO SUPPORT SAID STACK OF CUPS BY ENGAGING THE RIMS OF SEVERAL OF THE LOWERMOST CUPS IN SAID STACK AND SUFFICIENTLY RESILIENT TO SNAP INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE RIMS OF ADJACENT NESTED CUPS TO SEPARATE THEM WHEN THE BRISTLES ARE RIFFLED BY REMOVING THE BOTTOM CUP FROM SAID STACK.