Disclosed is a small parts feeder designed to supply a shell primer between the thumb and forefinger of the operator from a supply upon the depression of a handle by the little finger of the same hand. The feeder includes a motion multiplying mechanism to actuate an ejector ram which advances the lower most of the stack of hat shaped shotgun shell primers or other small parts to a delivery region. The mechanism includes a restricted passage which allows only one primer in the upright position to be delivered at a time. The feeder includes provision for ejection of inverted primers. The driving mechanism for the ram ejector includes spring means which prevents undue load upon the mechanism in the case of jamming.

The normal practice in serve yourself coffee outlets, such as cafeteria-style restaurants and some convenience stores, is to provide loose lids in a cardboard box. A common result is that lids are knocked on the floor and spread around so that different sizes of lids become mixed together. A simple solution to the problem is a lid dispenser which dispenses lids one at a time when a lever is pressed downwardly. The lever extends through the front wall of the dispenser for actuating a pusher arm which engages the flange of the lowermost lid of a stack of lids and pushes the lid through a slot in the dispenser housing. A helical spring returns the lever and the pusher arm to the rest position in which the arm is suitably located for another lid dispensing operation.

A cutlery utensil dispenser for dispensing cutlery utensils one at a time upon hand operation of an externally accessible utensil delivery controller. The dispenser includes a housing having at least one interior compartment in communication with an exit opening. At least partially accommodateable within the interior compartment is a stack of utensils within a cartridge capable of universally accommodating knives or forks or spoons and provided with a portal through which a single utensil can pass and wherein a dispensable utensil is situated. The portal is situated in a pathway aligned with the exit opening. Finally, the utensil delivery controller is an externally accessible hand operable ejector engageable with the dispensable utensil and situated for ejecting the dispensable utensil from the portal of the cartridge and thereafter through the pathway to the exit opening for ultimate user retrieval. The utensil dispenser accomplishes maintenance of cleanliness of all utensils without individual wrap while delivering clean utensils one at a time to respective individual users.