Magazine for platelike articles

Claim 1

A magazine for platelike articles, comprising a wall defining a storage space and a lowermost portion, a rigid unyielding inclined surface projecting into said storage space and extending downwardly and laterally inwardly with respect to said storage space, withdrawable claw means defining the lower end of said storage space and disengagably supporting superimposed platelike articles in said storage space, means comprising a pivotally movable pressure-applying lever is disposed on at least a side of said storage space opposite to said inclined surface and arranged to clear a lowermost of said articles and to apply pressure to a second platelike article from the bottom in said storage space so as to retain the second platelike article from the bottom and to support platelike articles superimposed thereon in said storage space pressing articles against said rigid unyielding inclined surface, said inclined surface is disposed only at said lowermost portion of said wall and extends lower than said lever, said claw means and said pressure-applying lever being disengageable from said platelike articles in said storage space in alternation to effect a delivery of successive ones of said superimposed platelike articles from said storage space, a pressure-applying plate disposed on said pressure-applying lever, said pressure-applying plate has an engaged surface which engages the articles, said pressure-applying plate engages a lower portion of said pressure-applying lever such that said engaging surface of said pressure-applying plate extends parallel to said inclined surface and is engageable with said articles, adjacent the bottom, and compression springs are mounted on said pressure-applying lever, said compression springs extend at right angles to said inclined surface and bias said pressure-applying plate toward said inclined surface.