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US 4,767,023 AGranted
Dispenser for tablets
AssigneeBramlage Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
InventorsLudger Hackmann, Josef Wilken
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Abstract
A dispenser for tablets is disclosed which protects against inadvertent dispensing, e.g., by children. The dispenser includes a housing forming a tablet storage compartment, a movable slide and an operating key for the slide mounted adjacent a wall of the housing. A detent blocks movement of the slide toward a discharge position. The detent is mounted on the housing remote from the operating key. The slide is moved by simultaneous movement of the detent and operating key.
Claims17
A dispenser for dispensing tablets, said dispenser comprising:
- a housing defining a tablet storage compartment and having an outer wall;
- a slide movably mounted within said housing;
- an operating key disposed adjacent to said housing outer wall, said operating key being movable;
- spring means resisting movement of said operating key in one direction;
- said slide having a tablet dispensing portion;
- said housing having a tablet discharge opening;
- said operating key being effective when forced in said one direction to shift said slide to position said tablet dispensing portion in registry with said tablet discharge opening;
- means for selectively blocking movement of said slide, said means for blocking comprising a detent mounted upon said housing and spaced from said operating key;
- said detent being shiftable from a first position in which it engages and blocks said slide to a second position in which it is disengaged from said slide and permits movement thereof;
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- spring means resisting movement of said detent to said second position.
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