Dispenser

US4832229A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Bramlage Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung · DE

Inventors

• Ludger Hackmann · Löhne, DE
• Guenther Pohlmann · Lohne (Oldenburg), DE
• Viktor Seifert · Berlin, DE
• Johannes Weid · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 1986
• Grant date: May 23, 1989
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T225/245
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A dispenser is disclosed for dispensing strips which contain medicine and can be divided into individual sections as they are dispensed. The dispenser includes a housing having a storage space for strips and a discharge passageway through which strips are dispensed. A ramp interconnects the storage space and passageway. A feed wheel having a peripheral gear feeds strips along the ramp. The feed wheel is actuated by a member operable from outside the housing. The actuating member shifts a drive pawl which engages the peripheral gear on the feed wheel. A cap is secured over the dispensing end of the housing and is held in place by a snap connection.