Patent ID: 6062420
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
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 and upper parts interfitting with each other with relative rotational movement and forming a generally thin housing;wherein at least one of said lower and upper parts have 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 pre-mounted 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.