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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1999
Philip Stankus, Coldwaltham, GB;
Paul Gocher, Billingshurst, GB;
A. Nelson & Co. Ltd., , GB;
Abstract
A pill dispenser for dispensing pills is provided that has a container for holding the pills to be dispensed. The container is closed at one end and open at the opposite end. The container is slidably received in a sleeve. The dispenser has an outlet through which a pill can pass from the container and a gate for closing the outlet to prevent a pill from passing through the outlet. The arrangement is such that the gate is opened when the container is moved in the sleeve, so that a pill can pass through the open end of the container to the outlet to be dispensed from the dispenser. The dispenser may be arranged so that one and only one pill is dispensed at a time.