Patent ID: 7793875

Claim:
An improved apparatus for decomposing compressed tablets comprising: a housing defining a hopper therein, said hopper suitably configured for receiving tablets, said housing further defining a discharge chute for receiving processed tablets; a cylindrical aperture extending through said housing and positioned between said hopper and said discharge chute; a rotor suitably sized to fit within said cylindrical aperture, said rotor comprising a rotor-first-end and a rotor-second-end and wherein said rotor-first-end is associated with a crank and wherein said rotor is positioned within said cylindrical aperture so that said rotor-first-end is positioned at a first side of said cylindrical aperture and said rotor-second-end is positioned at a second side of said cylindrical aperture; a blade positioned between said rotor-first-end and rotor-second-end, said blade protruding from said rotor a predefined distance; a pressor foot associated with said housing, said pressor foot configured for pressing tablets into said hopper; an end cap defining a latching surfacing configured for releasably associating with said rotor-second-end, said end cap further defining an annular discontinuous ring associated with at least one partially cylindrical surface that extends perpendicularly from said ring to a distal end and wherein said rotor-second-end is configured to receive said latching surface associated with said end cap thereby securing said rotor at least partially within said cylindrical aperture; and wherein said end cap is appropriately configured to allow the end cap to be disassociated from said rotor without the need for end cap removal tools thereby allowing the rotor to be disassociated from said apparatus without the need for removal tools.