Article dispensing – Cellular magazine type – Rolled or folded web type magazine
Patent
1991-11-14
1992-06-09
Skaggs, H. Grant
Article dispensing
Cellular magazine type
Rolled or folded web type magazine
414412, 221 25, B65H 528
Patent
active
051199696
ABSTRACT:
A pill strip dispenser (4) is used with a pill strip (6) having a series of pill-containing packets (8) so the pills (10) can be dispensed individually. The dispenser includes a housing (14) defining a supply region (18) within which the pill strip is housed. The pill strip extends from the supply region along a dispensing path within the housing to a discharge position (12) next to but external of the housing. The packets are dispensed one at a time by a manually actuated drive assembly (46) including a user operated plunger (80). The pill strip is captured between a pair of toothed drive wheels (48), positioned at each lateral edge (36, 38) of the pill strip, and overlying resilient rollers (50). The tooth drive wheels not only drive the pill strip, but also perforate the pill strip packets so that the contents of the dispensed packet can be easily accessed. A pair of pill guides (70) are used along the dispensing path to push the pill within the pocket towards the center of the packet and away from the drive wheels.
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