Patent ID: 7523841

Claim:
A magazine for a tablet dispenser for receiving and sequentially dispensing tablets, which comprises (a) a substantially cuboid housing (1) a floor, (2) a head opposite the floor and comprising an output device, and (3) a longitudinal side extending between the floor and the head, the longitudinal side having an opening, (b) a longitudinally guided slider received in the housing, and (c) a helical spring comprised of a coiled wire and supported between the floor of the housing and the longitudinally guided slider, an end of the helical spring supported on the floor being inserted in a clamping gap extending between the floor of the housing and a projecting wall disposed upstream of the floor, the winding of the helical spring at the end being aligned towards the longitudinal wall, and the clamping gap having a width between the floor and the projecting wall which is larger than twice the diameter of the coiled wire and smaller than the distance between the windings of the unloaded helical spring.