Apparatus for dispensing pills from a blister pack

A pocket dispenser for dispensing pills installed in a pill pack in which cavities containing pills are distributed, comprising:

• a lower ring shaped part for supporting the pill pack in a ring shape, an upper ring shaped part fitting onto the lower part and surrounding the pill pack together with the lower part, said lower part and/or upper part having a passage opening through which a pill to be dispensed can be aligned, and push out means which can be positioned in radial alignment with the various pills in the pill pack and the passage opening for radially pushing out a pill to be dispensed through the passage opening;
• a fixture having outwardly directed openings and containing a premounted pill pack in a ring shaped position, with the openings in the fixture being in circumferential alignment with the cavities within the pill pack so as to enable an outward dispensing of pills held by the pill pack by the push out means and wherein the fixture bears numbers respectively aligned with the cavities in the pill pack.

A pocket dispenser for dispensing pills installed in a pill pack in which cavities containing pills are distributed, comprising:

• a lower ring shaped part for supporting the pill pack in a ring shape, an upper ring shaped part fitting onto the lower part and surrounding the pill pack together with the lower part, said lower part and/or upper part having a passage opening through which a pill to be dispensed can be aligned, and push out means which is positioned in radial alignment with the various pills in the pill pack and the passage opening for radially pushing out a pill to be dispensed through the passage opening;
• a fixture having outwardly directed openings and containing a premounted pill pack in a ring shaped position, with the openings in the fixture being in circumferential alignment with the cavities within the pill pack so as to enable an outward dispensing of pills held by the pill pack by the push out means and wherein one of said parts bears a date indication and wherein the fixture is provided with positioning members to lock the fixture with its pill pack to the part of the dispensing apparatus bearing a date indication.

A pocket dispenser for dispensing pills installed in a pill pack in which cavities containing pills are distributed, comprising:

• a lower ring shaped part for supporting the pill pack in a ring shape, an upper ring shaped part fitting onto the lower part and surrounding the pill pack together with the lower part, said lower part and/or upper part having a passage opening with which a pill to be dispensed can be aligned, and push out means which is positioned in radial alignment with the various pills in the pill pack and the passage opening for radially pushing out a pill to be dispensed through the passage opening;
• a fixture having outwardly directed openings and containing a premounted pill pack in a ring shaped position, with the openings in the fixture being in circumferential alignment with the cavities within the pill pack so as to enable an outward dispensing of pills held by the pill pack by the push out means and wherein the push out means is connected to the upper part, and the lower part comprises means for locking the fixture with its pill pack in a rotationally fixed manner with respect to the lower part, and wherein the upper part is rotatably moveable relative to the lower part and has a passage opening for each pill to be simultaneously pushed out.