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A pill dispenser having a rotatable cap with special opening means for dispensing a pill at the proper time for medication. The dispenser comprises a housing having openings corresponding to each time for medication in a repetitive cycle such as in a day or week. A rotatable indicator cap or lid has

A pill dispenser having a rotatable cap with special opening means for dispensing a pill at the proper time for medication. The dispenser comprises a housing having openings corresponding to each time for medication in a repetitive cycle such as in a day or week. A rotatable indicator cap or lid has means cooperating with the housing to provide by a detent means stagewise movement and in a modification ratchet means for one way rotation. An opening in the cap is provided for view of indicia means on the top of the housing with a selected time for taking indicia. When the time for taking the pill arrives the cap is rotated to present a dispensing opening in registry with one of the housing openings for dispensing a pill. The indicator cap and a bottom fill cap may be press fitted on the bottle housing for simple fabrication and refilling the contents.

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A pill dispenser having provisions for sequential dispensing operation, said dispenser being comprised of a cylindrical integral hollow housing constituting a reservoir for pills cooperating with a fill cap and a turn cap, said housing having a top wall bridging a circumferential downwardly extendin

A pill dispenser having provisions for sequential dispensing operation, said dispenser being comprised of a cylindrical integral hollow housing constituting a reservoir for pills cooperating with a fill cap and a turn cap, said housing having a top wall bridging a circumferential downwardly extending side wall, said housing being provided with a plurality of circumferential housing openings and a plurality of first ratchet means, said turn cap rotatably seated on top of said housing, said cap being provided with a cap opening and a plurality of second ratchet means circumferentially arranged on an inner surface of said turn cap, said first and second ratchet means coacting so as to facilitate unidirectional registering of said cap opening with a selected one of said housing openings, indicia on the top wall of the housing corresponding to designate separate times for dispensing said pills, said indicia being positioned between said housing openings to provide a separate time indicia for dispensing in advance of each of said openings, said cap being rotatable in one direction through said ratchet means to progressively present the cap opening in registry with the indicia on the housing and the housing openings.