Dispenser for selected quantities of articles

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR SELECTIVELY DISPENSING SMALL BODIES COMPRISING A MEANS FORMING A SUPPORT, A PLURALITYOF TUBES OF UNIFORM CROSS SECTION SECURED IN VERTICAL PARALLEL SPACED RELATION ON SAID SUPPORT, EACH OF SAID TUBES HAVING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED SLOTS THROUGH OPPOSITE WALLS THEREOF AND CENTRAL WITH RESPECT TO A PLANE THROUGH THE AXIS OF EACH OF SAID TUBES, A PAIR OF ELONGATED LEVER MEANS PIVOTED IN SAID SUPPORT IN ADJACENT RELATION TO EACH OF SAID TUBES WITH THE SIDE OF EACH LEVER NORMALLY POSITIONED A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM SAID PLANE AND MOVABLE OUTWARD FROM EACH OTHER A PREDETERMINED ANGLE TO AN OPERATED POSITION, INDEPENDENT SPRING MEANS BIASED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT AND EACH SAID LEVER MEANS FOR URGING THE LATTER INTO SAID NORMAL POSITION, AN ELECTRIC SWITCH MEANS OPERATIVELY RELATED TO ONE OF SAID LEVER MEANS FOR MOVEMENT FROM A NORMAL OPEN TO A CLOSED POSITION WHEN SAID LEVER IS MOVED TO SAID OPERATED POSITION, AN ELECTRO-MAGNETIC SHUTTER MEANS ON SAID SUPPORT NORMALLY POSITIONED ADJACENT AND ACROSS THE LOWER END OF EACH OF SAID TUBES AND MOVABLE THEREFROM TO A DISCHARGE POSITION WHEN ENERGIZED, A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY, A CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID SOURCE OF ENERGY AND SAID SWITCH MEANS AND SAID ELECTRO-MAGNETIC MEANS, A CYLINDRICAL PIN MEANS DIMENSIONED TO BE MANUALLY MOVED THROUGH A SELECTED SLOT IN A SELECTED ONE OF SAID TUBES NORMAL SAID AXIS THEREOF AND ENGAGING AND MOVING SAID LEVER MEANS FROM ITS SAID NORMAL TO ITS SAID CLOSED POSITION WHEREBY A PLURALITY OF BODIES IN SAID TUBE WILL BE SELECTIVELY DISPENSED BY INSERTING SAID PIN MEANS THROUGH SAID TUBE ABOVE THE SELECTED NUMBER OF BODIES WHICH WILL OPERATE AND CLOSE SAID SWITCH MEANS AND MOVE SAID SHUTTER TO SAID DISCHARGE POSITION AND PERMIT SAID SELECTED NUMBER OF BODIES TO GRAVITATE DOWNWARD OUT OF SAID TUBE.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR SELECTIVELY DISPENSING SMALL BODIES COMPRISING A MEANS FORMING A SUPPORT, A PLURALITYOF TUBES OF UNIFORM CROSS SECTION SECURED IN VERTICAL PARALLEL SPACED RELATION ON SAID SUPPORT, EACH OF SAID TUBES HAVING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED SLOTS THROUGH OPPOSITE WALLS THEREOF AND CENTRAL WITH RESPECT TO A PLANE THROUGH THE AXIS OF EACH OF SAID TUBES, A PAIR OF ELONGATED LEVER MEANS PIVOTED IN SAID SUPPORT IN ADJACENT RELATION TO EACH OF SAID TUBES WITH THE SIDE OF EACH LEVER NORMALLY POSITIONED A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM SAID PLANE AND MOVABLE OUTWARD FROM EACH OTHER A PREDETERMINED ANGLE TO AN OPERATED POSITION, INDEPENDENT SPRING MEANS BIASED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT AND EACH SAID LEVER MEANS FOR URGING THE LATTER INTO SAID NORMAL POSITION, AN ELECTRIC SWITCH MEANS OPERATIVELY RELATED TO ONE OF SAID LEVER MEANS FOR MOVEMENT FROM A NORMAL OPEN TO A CLOSED POSITION WHEN SAID LEVER IS MOVED TO SAID OPERATED POSITION, AN ELECTRO-MAGNETIC SHUTTER MEANS ON SAID SUPPORT NORMALLY POSITIONED ADJACENT AND ACROSS THE LOWER END OF EACH OF SAID TUBES AND MOVABLE THEREFROM TO A DISCHARGE POSITION WHEN ENERGIZED, A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY, A CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID SOURCE OF ENERGY AND SAID SWITCH MEANS AND SAID ELECTRO-MAGNETIC MEANS, A CYLINDRICAL PIN MEANS DIMENSIONED TO BE MANUALLY MOVED THROUGH A SELECTED SLOT IN A SELECTED ONE OF SAID TUBES NORMAL SAID AXIS THEREOF AND ENGAGING AND MOVING SAID LEVER MEANS FROM ITS SAID NORMAL TO ITS SAID CLOSED POSITION WHEREBY A PLURALITY OF BODIES IN SAID TUBE WILL BE SELECTIVELY DISPENSED BY INSERTING SAID PIN MEANS THROUGH SAID TUBE ABOVE THE SELECTED NUMBER OF BODIES WHICH WILL OPERATE AND CLOSE SAID SWITCH MEANS AND MOVE SAID SHUTTER TO SAID DISCHARGE POSITION AND PERMIT SAID SELECTED NUMBER OF BODIES TO GRAVITATE DOWNWARD OUT OF SAID TUBE.