Article dispensing – With recorder – register – indicator – signal or exhibitor
Patent
1997-08-14
1998-12-22
Terrell, William E.
Article dispensing
With recorder, register, indicator, signal or exhibitor
221 3, 221 5, 221 8, 221 12, 221 15, G07F 1162
Patent
active
058509372
ABSTRACT:
A pill dispenser with means is provided for alerting a user when medication must be taken. The dispenser includes a housing having a top face with at least one compartment formed therein and a lid having a first orientation for allowing access to the corresponding compartment and a second orientation for precluding access thereto. A real time clock is situated within the interior space of the housing for tracking a present time. Memory is included for storing a plurality of medication time. Further provided is a selector mechanism including a plurality of buttons for allowing the entering and storage of a plurality of medication times within the memory by a user. A plurality of alarm mechanisms are included and adapted to alert a user upon the actuatin thereof. Finally, a control mechanism is included for actuating at least one selected alarm mechanism upon the matching of the present time and at least one of the medication times within the memory.
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Mackey Patrick
Terrell William E.
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