Patent ID: 7264137
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: A61J,B65D

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for releasing tablets from a blister pack containing a plurality of tablets, each held in a respective blister, the apparatus comprising receiving means for receiving the blister so that the pack is moveable on the receiving means, and an abutment member moveable into engagement with the blister in registry therewith so as to eject a tablet from that blister, wherein the apparatus includes indexing means for moving a blister pack on the receiving means to bring each of a succession of blisters in turn into registry with the abutment member, wherein the apparatus also includes an actuating member, so linked to the indexing means and the abutment member as to operate both, and wherein the indexing means comprises a rod pivotally attached to the actuating member, such that, in use, a succession of operating strokes of the actuating member causes the rod to engage the blister pack at each of a succession of positions along its length to move the blister pack along the receiving means in a step-wise fashion, wherein the rod has a cross-piece at the end remote from the connection to the actuating member to enable the rod to engage a pair of corresponding blisters in parallel rows so as to eject two pills from the blister pack simultaneously.