Multiple compartment pill dispenser
US7240795B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 14, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D83/0481
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The multiple compartment pill dispenser has a rotatable cap mechanism having two holes associated with the cap which are displaceable to be aligned with each of the compartments of the dispenser. There are two standard sized holes, one for small pills and one for large pills. The dial cap mechanism is used to rotate one of the two holes into alignment with a particular pill compartment and allow a pill to be dispensed therefrom. As a closure device, an alignment plate is rotatably mounted in the cap mechanism. The alignment plate also includes two different sized holes, identical in diameter, respectively, to the two holes in the cap mechanism.
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