Patent ID: 8292205

Claim:
A device for crushing one or more tablets, the device comprising: a lower body portion having a substantially rectangular base and a planar bottom surface; an upper body portion placed atop the lower body portion to create a first internal cavity having at least one opening for accepting a tablet, a substantially vertical rear wall, and an anvil; a platen body adapted to travel along a substantially vertical axis between an open and closed position and having a lower crushing surface parallel to the anvil surface where the crushing surface and the anvil are positioned at an oblique angle relative to the vertical axis of travel of the platen body, a vertical rack, and a rear surface adapted to translate along the rear wall as the platen body travels between the open and closed positions; a pivot means on the upper body portion and placed above the internal cavity; an elongate member adapted to pivot about the pivot means; and a pinion on the elongate member and operatively engaged with the vertical rack so that movement of the elongate member causes the platen body to move vertically between the open and closed positions.