Roll stamp dispenser

Abstract

A stamp dispensing arrangement for dispensing stamps, such as postage stamps, one at a time from a roll of such stamps. The dispensing arrangement has a unitary body comprised of a base and a cover hingedly interconnected for relative pivotal movement therebetween from a closed to an open position. A roll of stamps is contained within a cavity defined in a stamp storage portion of the body and the stamps extend outwardly between spaced apart planer surfaces of the cover and the base at a dispensing end. First fingers with stamp engaging tabs thereon are positioned in an aperture in the planer wall of the base and are adapted to engage the stamps in the perforations thereof to prevent movement of the stamps in a first direction which is opposite to the second or dispensing direction. A manually operable slide is mounted for reciprocal motion in the first and second directions in an aperture in the planer wall of the cover and has second stamp engaging fingers with tabs thereon for engaging the stamps in the perforations thereof and moving the stamps the preselected distance corresponding to approximately the distance between rows of perforations until a full stamp projects from the dispensing end edge of the dispensing end of the body where such individual stamp may be manually served. The slide is then returned to its original position by movement in the first direction and the tabs on the second finger means slide over the surface of the stamps as the slide is moved in the first direction, the tabs on the first finger means preventing movement of the roll of stamps during such movement in the first direction by the slide.