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US 11,198,553 B2Granted
Pill dispenser
OwnerMichel Poirier, Paul-André Bouchardinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a dispenser for use with a pill container. The dispenser comprises a base, a reciprocating element, a revolving distributor and a cam assembly, whereby the cam assembly translates a reciprocation of the reciprocating element into a rotation of the revolving distributor and allow dispensing a single pill at each reciprocation cycle. The dispenser of the present invention allows patients to be provided with medications by an easy-to-use means for dispensing of a single dosage by a simple press of a hand.
Claims22
A dispenser for use with a container having a body and an orifice, the dispenser comprising:
- a) a base including teeth, a base recess and a dispensing opening;
- b) a reciprocating element mounted in the base recess for reciprocation between an uncompressed position and a compressed position, the reciprocating element including an annular recess and a dispensing channel configured to engage the dispensing opening of the base and to allow the passage of a pill from the annular recess, the reciprocating element further including a means for securing the dispenser to the container and teeth;
- c) a first biasing assembly operatively coupled to the reciprocating element and configured to bias the first biasing assembly toward the uncompressed position;
- d) a revolving distributor rotatably mounted in the annular recess of the reciprocating element, the revolving distributor including at least one dispensing space, the revolving distributor being rotatable about a rotation axis for allowing the at least one dispensing space to move between a filling position for allowing a pill to be dispensed to be received in the at least one dispensing space and a dispensing position in which the at least one dispensing space is in alignment with the dispensing channel of the reciprocating element, the revolving distributor further comprising teeth;
- e) a means for preventing rotation of the reciprocating element relative about the rotation axis;
- f) a blocker for blocking access to the at least one dispensing space in the dispensing position;
- g) a cam assembly including, the teeth of the base, the teeth of the reciprocating element and the teeth of the revolving distributor, wherein when the reciprocating element is moved between the compressed and the uncompressed positions, the cam assembly forces a rotation of the revolving distributor such that the at least one dispensing space moves from the filling position to the dispensing position, whereby the rotation is caused by the collaboration of the teeth of the revolving distributor with the teeth of the base and the teeth of the reciprocating element.
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A dispenser comprising:
- a) a container having a body and an orifice;
- b) a base including teeth, a base recess and a dispensing opening;
- c) a reciprocating element mounted in the base recess for reciprocation between an uncompressed position and a compressed position, the reciprocating element including an annular recess and a dispensing channel configured to engage the dispensing opening of the base and to allow the passage of a pill from the annular recess, the reciprocating element further including a means for securing the reciprocating element to the container and teeth;
- d) a first biasing assembly operatively coupled to the reciprocating element and configured to bias the first biasing assembly toward the uncompressed position;
- e) a revolving distributor rotatably mounted in the annular recess of the reciprocating element, the revolving distributor including at least one dispensing space, the revolving distributor being rotatable about a rotation axis for allowing the at least one dispensing space to move between a filling position for allowing a pill to be dispensed to be received in the at least one dispensing space and a dispensing position in which the at least one dispensing space is in alignment with the dispensing channel of the reciprocating element, the revolving distributor further comprising teeth;
- f) a means for preventing rotation of the reciprocating element relative about the rotation axis;
- g) a blocker for blocking access to the at least one dispensing space in the dispensing position;
- h) a cam assembly including, the teeth of the base, the teeth of the reciprocating element and the teeth of the revolving distributor, wherein when the reciprocating element is moved between the compressed and the uncompressed positions, the cam assembly forces a rotation of the revolving distributor such that the at least one dispensing space moves from the filling position to the dispensing position, whereby the rotation is caused by the collaboration of the teeth of the revolving distributor with the teeth of the base and the teeth of the reciprocating element.
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