Pill dispenser with indicating means

• US 3,227,127 A
• Filed: 07/15/1964
• Issued: 01/04/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert Gayle
• Original Assignee: Robert Gayle
• Inventors: ROBERT GAYLE
• Application Number:
  US04/384,041
• Time in Patent Office: 538 Days
• US Class Current: 116/308
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/04 Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2583/0409 of dates or follow-numbers
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/0454 the whole forming a circular container with rotating parts B65D83/0463 takes precedence

Claims

1. A PILL DISPENSER AND INDICATOR COMPRISING A DISC COVER HAVING AN OFF-CENTER AND APERTURE AND AN INWARDLY EXTENDING SPINDLE, SAID SPINDLE BEING PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID COVER AND POSITIONED AT A POINT BETWEEN THE PERIMETER OF SAID COVER AND SAID APERTURE ON THE RADIAL LINE INTERSECTING SAID APERTURE, A DISC BASE HAVING A PLURALITY OF PILL COMPARTMENTS ABOUT ITS PERIMETER, SAID BASE BEING ROTATABLY ENGAGED WITH SAID COVER ON A COMMON AXIS WHEREBY SAID COMPARTMENTS ARE CAPPED BY SAID COVER, A PLURALITY OF INNER GEAR TEETH CONCENTRICALY FIXED TO SAID BASE, AND A DIAL ROTATABLY MOUNTED ABOUT SAID SPINDLE WITHIN SAID COVER AND BASE, SAID DIAL HAVING AN INDEXED PORTION WITH A SEGMENT VISIBLE THROUGH SAID APERTURE, SAID BASE BEING IN DIFFERENTIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PERIMETER OF SAID DIAL WHEREBY SAID DIAL IS ROTATED UPON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BEWEEN SAID COVER AND BASE TO ADVANCE A SUCCEEDING INDEXED SEGMENT IN REGISTRY WITH SAID COVER APERTURE.