Granule dispensing apparatus, particularly designed for a tube of homoepathic drugs, and method for the utilization thereof
OwnerJean-Claude Jeandaudinventor
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Abstract
Dispenser for pills or sweets contained in a tube closed by a lid. When not in use, a chimney prevents the pills from falling out of a hopper disposed within the body of the tube. When the lid is pushed in, a boss displaces the chimney towards the axial center of the tube. The pills are dispensed downwardly therein until they contact a cross-pin which acts as a fixed stop. Releasing the lid causes the chimney and the pills contained therein to move laterally such that the pills then fall to the bottom of the lid.
Claims11
A dispenser for facilitating removal of generally spherical objects stored in a conventional tubular container, said dispenser comprising:
- a body member axially aligned with said tubular container for cooperation therewith. said body member defining a fixed hopper adapted to receive said generally spherical objects from said tubular container:
- a longitudinal tubular chimney having a slot cut therein adjacent said body member, said longitudinal tubular chimney having one end and being positioned normally offset a predetermined distance from said fixed hopper of said body member, said fixed hopper selectively cooperating with said longitudinal tubular chimney to selectively permit conveyance of a predetermined number of spherical objects thereinto:
- a removable cover member mounted for relative movement with respect to said tubular container, said removable cover member being adapied io sealingly engage said tubular container to contain said longitudinal tubular chimney and said body member therein;
- said removeable cover member having a clearance space for receiving said spherical objects;
- means for displacing said longitudinal tubular chimney, said means for displacing being integral with said removable cover member, said means for displacing laterally displacing said longitudinal tubular chimney into axial alignment with said fixed hopper when a predetermined pressure is applied to said removable cover member such as to permit conveyance of said predetermined number of spherical objects into said longitudinal tubular chimney;
- means for regulating said predetermined number of spherical objects in said longitudinal tubular chimney, said means for regulating being spaced a predetermined distance from said one end of said longitudinal tubular chimney, said means for regulating cooperating wiih said longitudinal tubular chimney to selectively regulate said predetermined number of spherical objects conveyed into said longitudinal tubular chimney when said longitudinal tubular chimney is in alignment with said fixed hopper:
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- means for biasing said longitudinal tubular chimney, said means for biasing being juxtaposed said longitudinal tubular chimney and cooperating with said longitudinal tubular chimney to return said longitudinal tubular chimney to said normally offset position relative to said fixed hopper;
- whereby said predetermined number of spherical objects conveyed into said longitudinal tubular chimney pass into said clearance space in said removable cover member as said means for biasing biases said longitudinal tubular chimney to said normally offset position when said predetermined pressure applied to said removable cover member is removed therefrom.
The dispenser according to claim 15 wherein said skirt comprises a recessed portion, said recessed portion being adapted to recaive said means for biasing therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.