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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1993
Luis R Gonzalez, Tampa, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A housing arranged to dispense individual pen or pencil members is provided to include a housing having a front wall, with the front wall including an entrance opening and first and second ramp members arranged in a V-shaped configuration extending from the front wall opening terminating below a hopper mounting a plurality of the writing instruments. A rotary dispensing shaft having an elongate slot to receive individual writing instruments therewithin is rotatably mounted, including arcuate flanges to prevent additional writing instruments from access to the dispensing shaft and to the ramp structure, whereupon rotation of the dispensing shaft deposits a writing instrument upon the second ramp and the first ramp for access by an individual through the front wall opening.