Chip dispenser

A chip dispenser for dispensing a plurality of chips of a given thickness and outer diameter, said dispenser comprising

• a dispensing structure retaining a plurality of stacks of chips,
• each of said plurality of stacks having a longitudinal axis,
• all of said longitudinal axes being parallel to each other,
• said dispensing structure having a discharge hole from which all of said chips are discharged,
• a plurality of slides for use with said dispensing structure wherein each of said plurality of slides will move at least one chip of one of said stacks of chips to said discharge hole upon a movement of said slide,
• each of said plurality of slides moveable in a direction perpendicular to said axes,
• said slides receivable in a plurality of passages, one of said passages for each of said stacks of chips, and
• said slides replaceable in said passages wherein a first slide for dispensing a first number of chips is replaceable with a second slide for dispensing a second number of chips, and said first number of chips is not equal to said second number of chips.

A chip dispenser for dispensing a plurality of chips of a given thickness and outer diameter, said dispenser comprising

• a base having generally planar parallel horizontal upper and lower surfaces, an outer wall, and an inner cavity,
• said lower surface having a central opening in communication with said inner cavity, said central opening sized to allow a chip to pass therethrough,
• said outer wall having a plurality of apertures,
• said base having a plurality of passages therein with one passage extending radially from each of said apertures in said outer wall into said inner cavity,
• said upper surface having a plurality of apertures therein with each of said apertures in said upper surface communicating with one of said passages,
• a retainer above each of said apertures in said upper surface wherein each retainer will retain a stack of said chips aligned to fall through said upper surface and into said associated passage,
• a moveable slide fitted in each of said passages,
• each of said moveable slides having an inner end, an outer end, and a thickness,
• each said slide moveable between an outward position and an inward position,
• each said slide having a surface at said inner end for contacting at least one of said chips of said stack of chips extending into said associated passage wherein said surface will move said at least one of said chips to said central opening when said slide is moved to said inward position.