Dispenser for flattened articles

A test strip dispenser, comprising:

• a hollow body containing a stack of test strips and defining an opening through which the test strips are dispensed;
• a pusher head positioned above the stack of test strips and slidably disposed in the body between a home position and a dispensed position, movement of the pusher head from the home position to the dispensed position defining a dispense stroke in which the pusher head frictionally engages a top surface of the top test strip and pushes the top test strip from the stack at least partially through the opening, movement of the pusher head from the dispensed position to the home position defining a return stroke;
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• a guide assembly that biases the pusher head against the top surface of the top test strip of the stack during at least a portion of the dispense stroke, the guide assembly rotating the pusher head to engage the top surface of the top test strip during the dispense stroke, the guide assembly rotating the pusher head away from the top test strip as the dispense stroke ends.

A dispenser for flattened articles, comprising:

• a housing containing a stack of the articles and defining an opening through which the articles are dispensed;
• a flexible seal disposed in the opening, the flexible seal comprising two resilient members for sealing the opening, the article passing between the two resilient members upon being dispensed;
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• a biasing member positioned adjacent the flexible seal, the biasing member configured to contact and squeeze the two resilient members together.