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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2000
Werner Petzold, Lohne, DE;
Ludger Südkamp, Lohne, DE;
RPC Bramlage GmbH, Lohne, DE;
Abstract
The invention pertains to a tablet dispenser for distributing tablets in individual portions. The tablet dispenser described in the invention comprises a prismatic enclosure (,), the bottom face (,) of which presents an aperture (,) offset relative to a front face (,), the top face of which is open in its whole cross-section, and the side faces (,) of which have a recess (,) on top. The described dispenser also comprises an internal component (,) with limited displacement, nested into the enclosure (,) by the open top (,) and featuring a tablet feed chamber (,), preferably prismatic, the bottom of which comprises a substantially vertical (,) tablet supply duct extending through the bottom aperture (,) provided in the enclosure (,), as well as a spring (,) resting upon the bottom face (,) of the enclosure and a blade (,) to limit the stroke. In order to substantially improve the safety of operation, a blade is provided on the internal side wall (,) of the enclosure (,) to interact with the external side wall (,) of the internal component (,) when the latter (,) is moving (,). In addition, elements which are arranged in a particularly appropiate manner on the external side faces (,) of the internal component (,) increase the tightness and reduce the frictional resistance between the enclosure (,) and the internal component (,).