| 摘要 |
The invention provides a cup dispenser for sequentially dispensing a stacked column of disposable cups, including a mounting plate provided with means for attaching the dispenser to a vertical surface, a cup-retaining and dispensing body attachable thereto and suspendable therefrom, the body being provided with an annular opening having a lower edge and with retaining means consisting essentially of at least two wedge-like protrusions extending from the inner walls thereof and positioned within a same imaginary first semi-annular, co-planar segment of the opening, the wedge-like protrusions each having an apex, an inside face and a base, wherein the bases face the lower edge and the protrusions taper into the opening from the respective apexes to the respective bases along the inside face, and wherein at least one inner wall segment of the opening, positioned between the protrusions within the same imaginary semi-annular, co-planar segment of the opening, is provided with a recess to facilitate the local outward expansion of the rim of a downwardly-extending cup to be dispensed during removal thereof from the dispenser; and a third protrusion, positioned in a second imaginary, semi-annular, co-planar segment of the opening, opposite the first semi-annular, co-planar segment of the opening; whereby the retaining means provide rim support for the retention of each sequential cup to be dispensed until removal thereof from the dispenser.
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