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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1992
Paul Demoss, Atlanta, GA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A display apparatus is disclosed herein for dispensing a quantity of literature sheets or brochures stored in an ordered stack so that a portion of the uppermost piece of literature is visually displayed. Mechanism is provided for advancing the stack of literature within a housing so that the uppermost piece of literature bears against an advancement mechanism including rollers which advances the uppermost piece of literature so as to be partially exposed externally of a dispensing slot whereby a user may readily grasp the exposed portion and withdraw the literature. The stack of literature is carried on a spring-biased platform normally urging the stack upward against the underside of the advancement mechanism. An adjustable tension and system maintains the platform in a centered disposition with respect to the storage housing.