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1. A knife blade dispenser comprising:
a frame including a back wall and a bottom wall extending outwardly from the back wall, the bottom wall including a groove and the back wall including a locking detent, cover apertures, and a mounting aperture, the mounting aperture configured to hang the dispenser; a cover including a plurality of protrusions each extending into one of the cover apertures of the frame to couple the cover to the frame to define a storage volume between the cover and the frame for the plurality of knife blades, the cover further including a trapezoidal end wall and three side walls that extend perpendicularly from a periphery of the end wall, a used blade slot located proximate an intersection of the trapezoidal end wall and one of the three side walls, and a rib that extends along an inside surface of at least one of the three side walls, a spacer assembly positioned within the storage volume to separate the storage volume into a new knife blade region for storing a plurality of knife blades and a used knife blade region for storing a plurality of used knife blades that is in communication with the used blade slot, the spacer assembly is movable within in the storage volume along the rib to increase a volume of the used knife blade region while decreasing the volume of the new knife blade region; and a shuttle to dispense at least one of the plurality of knife blades from within the new knife blade region, the shuttle including a projection received in the groove of the frame to guide sliding movement of the shuttle between a set position where the shuttle is located substantially within the storage volume and a deployed position where the shuttle extends at least partially out of the cover to access one of the plurality of knife blades, the shuttle further including a support surface with a finger notch and a ridge that extends around the support surface, the ridge extends upwardly from the support surface a distance substantially corresponding to a thickness of one of the plurality of knife blades; wherein the spacer assembly includes a first end plate defining an upper boundary of the new knife blade region, a second end plate defining a lower boundary of the used knife blade region and spaced a distance from the first end plate in a direction measured between the used knife blade region and the new knife blade region, and a spacer extending between the first end plate and the second end plate; wherein the first end plate, the second end plate, and the spacer are separate elements that are assembled together. |
