Tablet dispenser

Claim 1

IN A TABLET DISPENSER, THE COMBINATION OF A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER HAVING A CLOSED END AND AN OPEN END AND INCLUDING A PERIPHERAL WALL, A HUB PROVIDED CENTRALLY IN THE OPEN END PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER, A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED RADIAL SPOKES EXTENDING FROM SAID PERIPHERAL WALL TO SAID HUB FOR SUPPORTING THE LATTER, THE SPACES BETWEEN SAID SPOKES FORMING A PLURALITY OF PASSAGES, MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID HUB OUTSIDE THE OPEN END OF THE CONTAINER FOR INDIVIDUALLY AND SUCCESSIVELY DISPENSING TABLETS FROM SAID PASSAGES, A CYLINDRICAL PROTUBERANCE PROVIDED ON SAID HUB IN THE CONTAINER AND EXTENDING TOWARD THE CLOSED END OF THE LATTER, SAID PROTUBERANCE BEING SPACED RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM THE PERIPHERAL WALL OF THE CONTAINER BY A DISTANCE SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE THICKNESS OF TABLETS POSITIONED IN THE CLOSED END PORTION OF THE CONTAINER WHEREBY TO GUIDE THE TABLETS FOR ENTERING EDGE FIRST INTO SAID PASSAGES, AN IMPERFORATE WEB EXTENDING FROM SAID PERIPHERAL WALL TO SAID HUB BETWEEN TWO ADJACENT OF SAID PASSAGES, AN AXIAL STUD PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM THE HUB THROUGH THE OPEN END OF THE CONTAINER, SAID DISPENSING MEANS COMPRISING A WHEEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID STUD AND PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS REGISTRABLE WITH THE RESPECTIVE PASSAGES, AND A DISC-SHAPED HEAD PROVIDED AT THE OUTER END OF SAID STUD FOR RETAINING SAID WHEEL THEREON AND CLOSING THE OPENINGS IN THE WHEEL WHEREBY TO RETAIN THEREIN TABLETS ENTERING THE WHEEL OPENINGS THROUGH SAID PASSAGES, A MARGINAL EDGE PORTION OF SAID HEAD IN LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID IMPERFORATE WEB BEING PROVIDED WITH AN OUTLET NOTCH FOR INDIVIDUALLY AND SUCCESSIVELY RELEASING TABLETS FROM SAID WHEEL OPENINGS WHEN THE WHEEL IS ROTATED.