(57) A system for automatic cutlery dispensing, comprising: a plurality of items of cutlery
(10), each of which comprises an elongate gripping handle (11) which at an end thereof
bears a shaped appendage (12) for holding food and/or drinks, the shaped appendage
(12) projecting with respect to a surface of the gripping handle (11); a container
body (2) defining a vertically-developing corridor (20) in which a stack of the items
of cutlery (10) is housed and held, the stack of cutlery (10) being free to slide
vertically internally of the corridor (20), the corridor (20) being inferiorly closed
by a retaining surface (34, 131) which restingly receives a lowest item of cutlery
(10) of the stack, placing said item close to a lateral opening (25, 25') of the container
body (2), and a mobile pusher element (35, 132) which acts against a longitudinal
flank of the handle (11) of the lowest item of cutlery (10) in order to cause the
item to slide contacting against an item (10) superior thereto in the stack, and to
expel the lowest item of cutlery (10) from the corridor (20) through the lateral opening
(25, 25') of the container body (2).
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