| 摘要 |
An apparatus for dispensing plates includes a housing for containing a stack of the plates, the housing including a flexible side walls and plate supporting members, the side wall having an open portion with a width of at least the diameter of one of the plates, and a top member extending above the open portion, and a retaining member extending downwardly from the top member for blocking the withdrawal of all but the lowermost plate in the stack. The retaining member has an inner face directed toward the stack, and the inner face is preferably made of a high-friction material. The flexible retaining member preferably has two spaced apart, downwardly directed lobe portions and a narrowed portion between the lobe portions, such that the lobe portions extend essentially to the level of the lowermost plate and each lobe portion makes contact with a plurality of the plates in the stack, when the lowermost plate is pulled through the open portion of the side wall. The housing preferably includes two opposing, vertical side walls, each side wall being attached to an inwardly directed plate support flange. A securing structure is preferably provided on the housing for securing the housing to the underside of horizontal member, such as the bottom panel of a kitchen cabinet.
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