An Improved Receptacle for Pills and the like with Means for Single Delivery thereof.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Receptacle for Pills and the like with Means for Single
Delivery thereof.
I FRIEDRICH KOCH of Schöneberger Ufer N 10, Berlin in the Empire of Germany,
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention relates to boxes for holding pills and the like and consists in a receptacle
for said pills having means for allowing said pills to be delivered one by one from the
receptacle.
Reference being made to the accompanying drawings.
Figs. 1. 3 and 5 are respectively vertical central sections on lines vv ww and a a
of Figs. 2. 4 and 6 the latter being respectively cross sections of Figs. 1. 3 and 5 on
the line uu of Fig. 1, said figures 1 to 6 showing the improved pill receptacle and
delivery device in different positions.
Figs. 7. 8 and 9 show the different separate parts each in two views as will be
readily understood on reference to said figures.
The box a which contains the pills has in its bottom the opening c¹ sufficient for
the passage of one pill and also a central hole d' (Fig. 7) through which the spindle e
of the disc fextends. On the side of the box a is fixed the small pin g.
The
The box a is surrounded at the bottom by the capsule which has an opening c² in
its base for delivering a pill and a hole d² (Fig. 8) for receiving the spindle e.
capsule rotates on the box a and this rotation is limited by the notch i in the edge
of the capsule in connection with the pin g located on the box.
The spindle e is fixed in the hole 2 of the capsule and extends loosely through the
hole d' into the box a and there carries a disc f which therefore during a rotation of
the capsule will rotate likewise within the box. The disc f is inclined, and curved or
dished and has the notch or hole c³ large enough for allowing a pill to pass through.
The position of the lower opening and of the notch c³ which are in fixed relation
one to the other is arranged so that one does not coincide with the other (Fig. 8)
whilst the opening c of the box a located between both, corresponds during the
rotation of the capsule first with the notch c³ and then with the opening 2. The
bottoms band of the box and capsule respectively are kept apart somewhat less than
the diameter of the pill by a small washer or block l.
For the sake of clearness one pill x only is shown in dotted lines in the box a. In
Figs. 1 and 2 the pill rolls over the oblique disc finto the notch ea and arrives upon
the bottom of the box a. The box being held in one hand the capsule h with the
disc fare turned to the left, with the other hand so far as the pin g and the notch i
permit. By this rotation the notch c³ will come just above the opening c¹ the pill will
therefore fall through the latter upon the bottom k of the capsule (Figs. 3 and 4)
said pill however still projects partly into the opening c¹ so that with the rotation of
the capsule now made back to the right the pill sliding underneath the disc f is kept
in the opening c¹ until the latter and the opening coincide when the pill falls out
at c² (Fig. 5). The opening c¹ is, during this period covered again by the disc f so
that no pill can follow but another pill will have rolled into the notch so that when
the to and fro rotation of the capsule is repeated one pill will always fall out in the
described manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
In a receptacle for holding and delivering nilla and the like single the combination

page_text: of a box a having a hole c¹ in the bottom 6 thereof a rotary capsule h before said hole
said capsule h having the hole c² therein the disc f within the box having the hole c³
and the spindle e connecting said disc f and capsule h, the disc f bottom band
capsule being spaced from each other for passage of the pill in the manner
set forth.
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n T1000
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.