Tablet dispenser
First Claim
1. In a tablet dispenser comprisinga tubular protective housing having a top end and provided at said top end with inwardly protruding detent means,a drawer, which is axially slidably mounted in said housing and protrudes from said housing at said top end and is adapted to be upwardly extracted from said housing to a top position, in which said drawer engages said detent means,a columnlike stack of tablets, which is contained in said drawer and comprises a plurality of tablets, each of which is in sliding contact with said drawer and said protective housing, said drawer being adapted to receive such a stack of tablets when said drawer is in said top position,two mutually opposite side guides, which are mounted on said housing and extend above said top end thereof and are adapted to receive one of said tablets from said stack and to guide said one tablet transversely to the axis of said drawer, andan ejector, which is movably mounted in said drawer outside said protective housing and is operable to eject said one tablet on one side of said drawer transversely to the axis of said drawer when said one tablet is disposed between said side guides,the improvement residing in thatsaid side guides comprise laterally spaced apart clamping holders, which are connected to said housing and extend above said top end thereof and hold said one tablet between them,said drawer has a bottom end disposed in said housing and near said bottom end is provided with a foot, which supports said stack of tablets, andafter the ejection of said one tablet said drawer is adapted to be raised in said housing to move the uppermost tablet of said stack to a position between said clamping holders.
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Abstract
The tablet dispenser comprises a drawer, which is adapted to be extracted into engagement with a stop from one end of a tubular protective housing and in its extracted position is adapted to be supplied with a columnlike stack of tablets. The tablets can be advanced as far as to an ejector, which is mounted on that portion of the drawer which protrudes from the protective housing. The ejector is operable to eject each tablet transversely to the longitudinal direction of the stack while the tablet is guided between spaced apart side guides. The side guides consist of clamping holders, which protrude beyond the end of the tubular protective housing and which receive one tablet at a time. Each tablet can be pushed between the clamping holders in that the drawer is raised. The drawer is provided near its bottom end with a foot for supporting the tablet stack. A tilting of the tablets in the housing is prevented by longitidinal guides.
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1. In a tablet dispenser comprising
a tubular protective housing having a top end and provided at said top end with inwardly protruding detent means, a drawer, which is axially slidably mounted in said housing and protrudes from said housing at said top end and is adapted to be upwardly extracted from said housing to a top position, in which said drawer engages said detent means, a columnlike stack of tablets, which is contained in said drawer and comprises a plurality of tablets, each of which is in sliding contact with said drawer and said protective housing, said drawer being adapted to receive such a stack of tablets when said drawer is in said top position, two mutually opposite side guides, which are mounted on said housing and extend above said top end thereof and are adapted to receive one of said tablets from said stack and to guide said one tablet transversely to the axis of said drawer, and an ejector, which is movably mounted in said drawer outside said protective housing and is operable to eject said one tablet on one side of said drawer transversely to the axis of said drawer when said one tablet is disposed between said side guides, the improvement residing in that said side guides comprise laterally spaced apart clamping holders, which are connected to said housing and extend above said top end thereof and hold said one tablet between them, said drawer has a bottom end disposed in said housing and near said bottom end is provided with a foot, which supports said stack of tablets, and after the ejection of said one tablet said drawer is adapted to be raised in said housing to move the uppermost tablet of said stack to a position between said clamping holders.
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