Patent ID: 6325241
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A tablet dispenser for consecutive administering of tablets, comprising:a circular container part having a number of compartments along the perimeter of the container for storing tablets, anda circular lid part concentric with the container, which lid part is rotatable relative to said container, which has a dispensing opening allowing access to one compartment at a time when the lid part is rotated relative to the container, and which covers the remaining compartments,wherein one of said parts includes a pawl wheel provided with teeth, each tooth having a ramp shaped surface and a steep edge surface, and the other said part is provided with at least one elongated, flexible pawl which has one end fixed to the other said part and an opposite, free, flexible end, wherein said pawl, in a direction starting at its fixed end toward its free, flexible end, is oriented to include a directional component towards said steep edge surface and is positioned so that said free, flexible end engages the teeth of the pawl wheel.