Device for storage and distribution of e.g. pills, has tilting mechanism ensuring pivoting of pill according to pivot axis prior to introduction into cell to orient pill in longitudinal direction corresponding to largest dimension of cell

摘要

The device has a reservoir (10), an outlet (12), and a slide (14) with a cell (16) that accommodates a single pill e.g. tablet. The slide is movable between one position in which the slide prevents the pill from coming out of the device, and another position in which the pill is allowed to move into the cell. The cell communicates with the outlet upon movement of the slide. A tilting mechanism (82) ensures pivoting of the pill according to a pivot axis (86) prior to its introduction into the cell to orient the pill in a longitudinal direction corresponding to largest dimension of the cell.