Tea-spoon dispenser with hopper - has slide in hopper bottom thrusting teaspoons out through opposite discharge opening

摘要

The dispenser is particularly for articles of cutlery such as knives, forks or spoons. It comprises a vertical hopper accommodating a stack of teaspoons etc. (C'), in the lower part of which there is a discharge opening (4) on one side. On the opposite side is a slot (5) in which a slide moves (6), thrusting the articles out one by one. The working stroke of the slide can be by a compression spring, acting between the rear face of the slide and a stop behind it. There can be a stop plate opposite and clear of the discharge opening, the height of the latter being adjustable.