Dispenser for consecutive dispensing of tablets

A dispenser for consecutive dispensing tablets in a fixed order, the dispenser comprising:

• (a) a cylindrical body comprising one or more peripheral juxtaposed vertical chutes each accommodating one or more tablets piled on edge radially orientated in the cylindrical body;
• (b) a cup shaped dispensing part comprising a bottom plate and an upstanding cylindrical wall on the bottom plate, the plate forming a stop at the lower end of the chutes, and the cylindrical wall comprising at its upper end a stop ring comprising one or more peripheral walls which in step positions of the dispensing part form continuations of the chutes, the stop ring being secured to the dispensing part to rotate with the dispensing part in relation to the cylindrical body;
• the cylindrical wall comprising at its lower end adjacent to the bottom plate a slot forming an opening allowing a tablet on edge to pass from the outside of the cup into the inner space thereof, a protrusion above the slot extending radially outwards from the cylindrical wall into the space between a tablet abreast of the slot and a possible overlying tablet in the chute, and a radially outward extending wall adjacent to the slot and extending into the lower ends of the chutes, and
• (c) a detent mechanism making the body and the dispensing part stepwise unidirectionally rotatable in relation to each other, the number of steps corresponding to the number of chutes, and the direction of rotation being so that the chutes are moved from a position abreast of the slot towards the radially extending wall.