Abstract: A modular display and dispensing assembly for the sale of items, includes a base adapted to be securely mounted to a substrate at a prescribed display and dispensing location on the substrate; and at least one display and dispensing module for mounting on the base, each display and dispensing module including a housing for mounting on the base, and a drawer for holding the items for sale, the drawer adapted to be removably positioned and secured in the housing for dispensing the items for sale while the drawer is secured in the housing, each drawer including a first lengthwise divider for varying at least one widthwise compartment size in the drawer and a second widthwise divider for varying at least one lengthwise compartment size in the drawer, for holding different size items for sale.

Abstract: An elongated web of stamps comprising a plurality of stamps connected together by a backing strip or longitudinally spaced transverse rows of perforations and formed into a roll is used in the dispensing apparatus disclosed. The stamp web is moved from the roll through an opening in the housing the distance required to position the desired number of stamps to be cut from the web each time the apparatus is actuated. To accurately position the web so that the web is cut along a connection between stamps such as a row of perforations, the web travels over a freely rotating indexing wheel having ridges positioned to engage the web at the connection between stamps only.

Abstract: High speed wire feeding means comprises a wire feed roll and a pressure roll, the wire feed roll being driven by a printed circuit motor under the influence of control means which maintains a high and constant level of acceleration and deceleration at the beginning and end of the feeding cycle. One embodiment has a single driven feed roll and a plurality of side-by-side pressure rolls for feeding a plurality of wires. This apparatus is capable of producing a bundle of wires having varying lengths in a minimum amount of time.