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PILL DISPENSER

  • US 20170231871A1
  • Filed: 01/27/2017
  • Published: 08/17/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A pill dispenser comprising:

  • a floor adapted to be coupled to a shell to define an inner cavity disposed above the floor for receiving a plurality of pills, the floor having a funneled opening extending therethrough, wherein the funneled opening has an entrance at a top of the floor and a smaller exit below the entrance at a bottom of the floor;

    a rotor rotatably coupled adjacent the bottom of the floor and having a plurality of pill receptacles extending from a top surface to a bottom surface of the rotor and a plurality of corresponding separation ramps, wherein each separation ramp extends from the top surface downward to connect with one side of the corresponding pill receptacle; and

    a base coupled to the rotor opposite the floor and having a pill-dispense opening; and

    an indexing mechanism coupled to the rotor to index the rotor in a rotational direction relative to the base to a plurality of index positions, wherein in each of the index positions one of the pill receptacles aligns with the exit of the funneled opening and another of the pill receptacles aligns with the pill-dispense opening.

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