Diskette transport

An apparatus for singulating and feeding diskettes one at a time from a stack and transporting each diskette to a disk drive station, said apppartus comprising:

• means for supporting the plurality of diskettes in a vertical stack including a hopper,
• means for pushing the bottommost diskette in the stack from beneath the stack including a pair of spaced rails disposed beneath said hopper, a carriage plate mounted for travel along said rails, means mounted to said carriage plate for separating the bottommost diskette from the stack and pushing said diskette from under the stack as the carriage plate moves beneath the stack along said rails, a chain drive extending in a direction parallel to said rails, said carriage plate being operatively connected to said chain drive, means for operating said chain drive and moving said carriage plate along said rails, and further comprising a lost motion connection including a spring operatively connected between said carriage plate and said chain drive, said spring allowing said chain drive to operate without advancing said carriage plate if carriage plate movement is obstructed.