Abstract: A dispenser to dispense the top item from the stack of such items, in particular the uppermost inverted cup type coffee filter from an inverted stack of such filters, comprises a housing in which to receive a stack of inverted cup type coffee filters, positioned on an upwardly biased telescoping shaft to position the top filter in the stack for contact by the dispensing mechanism. A slidable carrier member of the dispensing mechanism, normally biased to its forward position, has a pivotably mounted ejection member therein with elongated contact arms extending forwardly which are pivotable between a raised position and lowered position.

Abstract: A coffee filter dispenser to dispense individual coffee filters of the cup type from a stack, comprising a housing having a bottom wall, side walls, a rear wall and an open front wall, dimensioned to receive a stack of cup type coffee filters therein facing upside down. A friction bar is positioned to slide on tracks secured to the side walls, first in a rearward direction in which it makes initial contact with the uppermost filter in the stack to slightly raise and loosen it and then in the foreword direction to eject the loosened filter from the stack and from the dispenser. The friction bar is normally biased to its forward position by a pair of coil springs connected to respective end regions of the bar and to respective brackets extending forwardly from the forward edges of the side walls.