Abstract: Disclosed is a dispenser of the type having a suspended, upwardly biased, carrier plate for holding trays, plates, etc. and for automatically advancing the load of articles to present the uppermost article at a predetermined position near the open top of the dispenser. The dispenser has an improved biasing system for achieving the automatic advancement of the load employing compression or tension springs as the biasing means and a deformer supported for vertical movement with the carrier plate and for horizontal movement relative to the carrier plate so that it can bear upon the biasing means to cause deformation thereof. A cam member is obliquely supported on the frame within which the carrier moves and horizontally deflects the deformer as the carrier tray is depressed. Thus, the further the carrier plate is depressed (e.g.