Business card dispenser

A dispensing apparatus for dispensing generally planar articles such as business and calling cards which are attacked in a vertical array comprising a casing having ends, side and bottom walls, a lid slideably engagable with said side walls, an article support plate mounted within said casing, an opening in said casing adjacent one end wall thereof through which articles may be slideably discharged, first resilient means mounted within said casing for resiliently urging said article support plate toward alignment with said opening, an ejector means slideably mounted within said casing, means extending outwardly of said casing for operating said ejector means, second resilient means connecting said article support plate to said ejector means, said ejector means being movable between a first and second position and being normally urged to said first position by said second resilient means, said ejector means having contact means for engaging an article carried by said article support plate as said ejector means is moved from said first to said second position, said second resilient means acting to apply a force on said article support plate away from alignment with said opening as said ejector means is moved from said first to said second position.

A dispensing apparatus for dispensing generally planar articles stacked in a vertical array comprising a casing having ends, side, top and bottom walls, an article support plate mounted within said casing, an opening in said casing adjacent one end wall thereof through which articles may be slideably discharged, first resilient means mounted within said housing for resilient urging said article support plate toward said opening, an ejector means slideably mounted within said casing between a first and second position, second resilient means connecting said ejector means to said article support plate and acting to urge said ejector means to said first position, said ejector means having contact means for engaging an article carried by said article support plate as said ejector means is moved from said first to said second position, and yieldable restriction means adjacent said opening for restricting the number of articles which may be simultaneously discharged through said opening.

A dispensing apparatus for dispensing generally planar articles stacked in a vertical array comprsing a casing having ends, side, top and bottom walls, an article support plate mounted within said casing, an opening in said casing adjacent one end wall thereof through which articles may be slideably discharged, first resilient means mounted within said housing for resiliently urging said article support plate toward said opening, an ejector means slideably mounted within said casing between a first and second position, said ejector means having contact means for engaging an article carried by said article support plate as said ejector means is moved from said first to said second position, said contact means including at least one depending edge, at least one friction means disposed adjacent said depending edge for engaging an edge of the article as said ejector means is moved from said first to said second position, said depending edge of said contact means including a rear surface which extends slightly beyond said resilient means whereby said resilient means will be spaced from an adjacent article as said ejection means is moved from said second position to said first position.