Pill box in automatic pill dispenser

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10179689
APP PUB NO 20180029779A1
SERIAL NO

15239839

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A pill box which can be loaded by user with pills and which can dispense a particular desired pill or pills when the user presses or repeatedly presses a button of the pill box. The pill box includes a case defining a picking opening, a rotating member rotatably mounted in the case, and a thumb-operated pressing structure. The rotating member includes a ratchet wheel and a plurality of pill grips each containing a pill or pills. The pressing structure includes a sliding member slidably mounted to the case and a pawl abutting the ratchet wheel. The sliding member is slidable relative to the case and the pawl moves the ratchet wheel one click per thumbpress to rotate the ratchet wheel to align one of the plurality of pill grips with the picking opening for taking out the pill or pills.

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Patent Owner(s)

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HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO LTDNO 66 JHONGSHAN RD TUCHENG DIST NEW TAIPEI CITY 236038

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Go, Bharata New Taipei, TW 1 5

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