Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
221 words
A card storage and dispensing device comprising a cabinet having vertically disposed side walls, a vertically disposed front wall, a vertically disposed rear wall, a horizontally disposed bottom wall means, and a horizontally disposed top wall, said walls forming a card enclosure for receiving a stack of cards to be dispensed, one at a time, the upper edge of said rear wall being spaced below and in close spaced relation to the bottom surfce of said top wall providing a discharge slot therebetween through which a single card may be dispensed, said top wall having a central, longitudinally disposed, dispenser guide slot therein; a slide guide means mounted on said guide slot; and a finger actuated, card-engaging member mounted for sliding traveling movement in said slide guide means to engage the surface of the top card of a stack of cards in one direction of its travel and to slide over said top card in its other direction of travel, said card-engaging member comprising a slide member mounted on said slide guide means, a tiltable finger-engaging piece having a lower end portion movable into and out of engagement with the upper surface of the topmost card of said stack of cards in said card enclosure, and pivot means carried by said slide member and positioned crosswise of the dispenser guide slot.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
221 words
A card storage and dispensing device comprising a cabinet having vertically disposed side walls, a vertically disposed front wall, a vertically disposed rear wall, a horizontally disposed bottom wall means, and a horizontally disposed top wall, said walls forming a card enclosure for receiving a stack of cards to be dispensed, one at a time, the upper edge of said rear wall being spaced below and in close spaced relation to the bottom surfce of said top wall providing a discharge slot therebetween through which a single card may be dispensed, said top wall having a central, longitudinally disposed, dispenser guide slot therein; a slide guide means mounted on said guide slot; and a finger actuated, card-engaging member mounted for sliding traveling movement in said slide guide means to engage the surface of the top card of a stack of cards in one direction of its travel and to slide over said top card in its other direction of travel, said card-engaging member comprising a slide member mounted on said slide guide means, a tiltable finger-engaging piece having a lower end portion movable into and out of engagement with the upper surface of the topmost card of said stack of cards in said card enclosure, and pivot means carried by said slide member and positioned crosswise of the dispenser guide slot.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
81 words
The combination of claim 1, wherein said bottom wall means comprises spaced apart ledge means carried by said side walls, a first bottom wall supported by and slidingly mounted on said ledge means, a second bottom wall means on which the stack of cards may be positioned and compression coil spring means supported by said first bottom wall and resiliently urging upwardly said second bottom wall and cards supported thereby, into frictional engagement with the bottom surface of the top wall.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
82 words
The combination of claim 1, wherein a base is provided for said side walls, rear walls, and bottom wall means and is provided with a storage compartment having a card storage drawer therein, said drawer comprising front, bottom and rear walls, two triangular pieces connecting the front wall to the bottom wall and two triangular pieces connecting the rear wall to the bottom wall, permitting cards to be picked up by their center side portions for insertion and removal from said drawer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The combination of claim 1, wherein the front wall also comprises the front of said drawer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The combination of claim 1, wherein said lower end portion of the finger-engagable piece is formed of rubber.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
The combination of claim 1, wherein the rear wall of the cabinet is detachably connected with the side walls and is adjustable mounted relative to the top wall providing for adjustment of said discharge slot through which single cards of different thicknesses may be dispensed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The combination of claim 2, wherein said second bottom wall means has a depending arcuate ridge to engage the top of the coil spring when the second bottom wall is slidingly removed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The combination claim 1, wherein the top wall carries a depending ledge preventing discharge of said card in a direction toward the rear end vertical wall.