Patent ID: 7963201

Claim:
An apparatus for dispensing packages of medication, comprising: a plurality of separate bodies each having an internal cavity and an outlet; an actuator received in each of said cavities; a separate feed mechanism received in each of said cavities, each said feed mechanism being arranged in operable communication with an associated one of said actuators, each of said feed mechanism having a first pair of elongate feed rollers with outer surfaces spanning the width of the packages and terminating at opposite ends, said feed rollers being arranged to simultaneously engage a common one of the packages on opposite sides of the package and to engage one another in the absence of the packages therebetween, one of said outer surfaces having a convex contour extending between its opposite ends, the other of said outer surfaces being substantially cylindrical and compliant and conforming with said convex contour of said one outer surface; and a processing unit in operable communication with each of said actuators to regulate the dispensation of the packages by said feed mechanisms through each outlet.