Patent ID: 8944280
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B65B,B65D,G07F

Abstract:
1. A tablet dispenser comprising: a device body; a plurality of tablet cassettes vertically disposed on one face of the device body, each tablet cassette being capable of accommodating a plurality of tablets and of dispensing the tablets contained therein in a lateral direction; and a plurality of chutes in communication with the plurality of tablet cassettes in a one-to-one relationship, each chute being vertically disposed on the one face of the device body and adjacent to a corresponding tablet cassette, wherein each chute retains tablets dispensed from the corresponding tablet cassette and dispenses the retained tablets in a downward direction into a tablet container, wherein each tablet cassette is detachably coupled to the device body independent of the coupling of each corresponding chute to the device body such that each of the plurality of tablet cassettes is detachable from the device body while the corresponding chute remains coupled to the device body, wherein the plurality of chutes comprise an entrance ortion and an exit portion, and wherein the entrance portion is adjacent to a side of the respective tablet cassette and the exit portion extends away from the one face of the device body toward a front of the tablet dispenser.