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A dispenser for dispensing tablets one at a time which includes a feature which prevents children from dispensing tablets. The dispenser has a reservoir, a chamber below the reservoir in which the tablets are arranged in a single layer and a dispensing passageway which leads to a dispensing orifice.

A dispenser for dispensing tablets one at a time which includes a feature which prevents children from dispensing tablets. The dispenser has a reservoir, a chamber below the reservoir in which the tablets are arranged in a single layer and a dispensing passageway which leads to a dispensing orifice. The passageway is of such a width that a single column of tablets can be accommodated. The passageway is defined by portions of a moving slider member and can be moved from a non-dispensing position to a dispensing position, after an unlocking plunger is depressed. The plunger presses down a biased locking plate to disengage a locking projection on the slider from a locking face in the container. In the dispensing position, the lowermost tablet is dispensed whereas the remaining tablets in the column are retained in the passageway by a fixed protuberance. One side of the passageway is resilient to minimize tablet damage. The slider member is adapted to assist the passage of tablets from the reservoir to the chamber.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.] A child-resistant dispenser for dispensing tablets one at a time which comprises:an outer casing comprising a reservoir and a dispensing opening;a locking face;a slider mechanism, said slider mechanism comprising portions which define a dispensing passageway, said slider mechanism b

[ I claim:] [1.] A child-resistant dispenser for dispensing tablets one at a time which comprises:an outer casing comprising a reservoir and a dispensing opening;a locking face;a slider mechanism, said slider mechanism comprising portions which define a dispensing passageway, said slider mechanism being moveable within said outer casing from a first position, in which a column of abutting tablets is contained within said outer casing, and a second tablet dispensing position, in which a tablet is aligned with said dispensing opening, said slider mechanism comprising a locking projection movable from a locking position, wherein said locking projection is engaged with said locking face, to an unlocking position, wherein said locking projection is disengaged from said locking face; andan unlocking element, one end of said unlocking element engaging said slider in said first position, another end of said unlocking element projecting outside said outer casing, movement of said unlocking element from a first position to a second position moving said locking projection from said locking position to said unlocking position.