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An apparatus adapted to receive, orient, and store a plurality of visible markers and to dispense said markers individually in a predetermined location under the control of a user. In one form, the apparatus comprises an upper portion having an enlarged, marker-receiving open end and sidewalls taper

An apparatus adapted to receive, orient, and store a plurality of visible markers and to dispense said markers individually in a predetermined location under the control of a user. In one form, the apparatus comprises an upper portion having an enlarged, marker-receiving open end and sidewalls tapering downwardly therefrom, and a body joined to said sidewalls of said upper portion. The body portion is cylindrical and includes a marker inlet opening, a marker dispensing opening and a main body portion between the openings. A plurality of chips or markers are stacked in the body, and a reduced diameter rib or spring disposed within the body portion engages and supports the lowermost marker in the stack of markers. The lower part of the body deflects radially outwardly in response to an axial force to permit passage of a marker past the support and through said discharge opening, permitting an individual marker to be dispensed each time an axial force is applied to the support. The cylindrical body preferably includes axial expansion slots and finger-receiving slots, and in one form, a rotatable slotted transparent cylinder surrounds the body.

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An apparatus adapted to receive, orient, and store a plurality of visible markers and to dispense said markers individually in a predetermined location under the control of a user, said apparatus comprising, in combination, an upper portion having an enlarged, marker-receiving open end and sidewalls

An apparatus adapted to receive, orient, and store a plurality of visible markers and to dispense said markers individually in a predetermined location under the control of a user, said apparatus comprising, in combination, an upper portion having an enlarged, marker-receiving open end and sidewalls extending downwardly therefrom, a body portion joined to said sidewalls of said upper portion, said body portion including means defining a marker inlet opening, a marker dispensing opening and a main body portion intermediate said openings, said body portion being adapted to store therein a plurality of said markers in stacked formation, means of reduced diameter disposed within said intermediate body portion, said reduced diameter means being adapted to engage and support the lowermost marker in said formation, said support means being adapted to deflect radially outwardly in response to an axial force to permit passage of a marker past said support means and through said discharge opening, said main body portion including wall surfaces having therein a pair of axially extending, finger receiving slots, said slots being sized to expose edge portions of said markers, whereby the fingers of a user may exert said axial force on said marker support means by applying force to said marker formation and an individual marker may be dispensed each time axial force is applied to said support means.