Article dispenser

Claim 1

In combination with a plurality of cloth absorbent articles such as gauze pads, whereby said articles tend to normally adhere to one another thereby making it difficult to extract a single article from the remaining articles, a dispensing device comprising: a tubular chamber having a closed end and an open end, said open end being just slightly less in area than the cross-sectional area of said chamber; a spring biasing means located within said chamber adjacent said closed end; a platform movable within said chamber by said biasing means, said platform being movable from a position adjacent said closed end to a position adjacent said open end; and a strip of restrictive material attached to the wall of said chamber and located within said chamber directly about said open end, said restrictive material comprises a plurality of vertically spaced rows of rigid projections, said articles being supported upon said platform and biased by said biasing means into contactual relationship with said restrictive material, the area of the opening determined by said restrictive material being just slightly less than the area of said open end, said inward extension of said restrictive material being of a sufficient length to retain the ungrasped articles within said chamber upon removal of the uppermost article or articles, said inward extension of said restrictive material being of a length to substantially unhinder locating of a group of said articles into said chamber through said open end.