Pharmaceutical dispenser for dispensing a variable and predetermined number of tablets or similar products packaged in a blister band

A dispenser for a variable and predetermined number of tablets or similar products packaged in a blister band, the blister band rolled longitudinally so as to form a reel, the dispenser having at least one dispensing unit comprising:

• means for driving the blister band so that the blister band is gradually unrolled from the reel and pushed toward a delivery opening;
• means for checking the number of dispensed products in accordance with a predetermined number of products;
• means for cutting the blister band, operated after the predetermined number of the products has been counted and after the driving means have been stopped;
• means for operating the driving means and cutting means;
• said operating means being an electric motor, a first ratchet one-way rotation transmission mechanism and a second ratchet one-way rotation transmission mechanism, each driven by the electric motor, a first belt means linking the first mechanism to a first wheel means, integral with said driving means, a second belt means linking the second mechanism, to a second wheel means, combined with a pinion that engages the cutting means.