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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2008
Jean-pierre Giraud, Auburn, AL (US);
Michel Zbirka, Jouy sur Morin, FR;
Jean-Pierre Giraud, Auburn, AL (US);
Michel Zbirka, Jouy sur Morin, FR;
CSP Technologies, Inc., Norristown, PA (US);
Abstract
A dispenser () is disclosed for dispensing a single object () at a time, such as a tablet or the like. The dispenser includes a reservoir () to contain tablets and an opening in the reservoir sized to pass the tablets. A chute () is defined by a wall adjacent to the opening in the reservoir, and defines a dispensing path (). The movable dispensing guide () has a retracted position that does not prevent the advance of tablets along the dispensing path, and an advanced position that intersects the dispensing path between the first and second tablets () in the dispensing path. When advanced, the movable dispensing guide allows the first tablet in line to be dispensed from the path, and prevents the second tablet in line from advancing. An actuator is operable to move the movable dispensing guide from its retracted position to its advanced position.