Box for dispensing pastilles and the like

Claim 1

A POCKET DISPENSER FOR PASTILLERS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A BOX HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, A TOP WALL, AND A PERIPHERAL LATERAL WALL DEFINING THE PERIMETER OF SAID BOX BETWEEN SAID TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS, SAID THREE WALLS DEFINING A FIRST CAVITY THEREIN FOR STORING PASTILLES AND THE LIKE, A PARTIALLY CIRCULAR SECOND CAVITY IN SAID BOX ADJACENT SAID FIRST CAVITY, A PORTION OF SAID LATERAL WALL FORMING A PASSAGEWAY CONNECTING SAID TWO CAVITIES, A DISPENSING WHEEL HAVING ITS MAJOR PORTION ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID SECOND CAVITY IN CLOSE RELATION TO SAID WALLS; THE OUTER FACE OF SAID BOTTOM WALL HAVING A CIRCULAR RECESS THEREIN ADJACENT AN EDGE THEREOF, A CONTROL KNOB FOR SAID DISPENSING WHEEL SEATED IN SAID RECESS, THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID KNOB BEING FLUSH WITH THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE BOX AND A PORTION OF SAID KNOB PROJECTING LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID LATERAL WALL; A PIVOT PIN ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID BOTTOM WALL, SAID PIN BEING FIXED TO AND INTERCONNECTING SAID WHEEL AND KNOB, SAID WHEEL HAVING SPACED NOTCHES IN THE PERIPHERY THEREOF, EACH NOTCH BEING OF SUCH SIZE AS TO RECEIVE A SINGLE PASTILLE FROM SAID FIRST CAVITY, SAID LATERAL WALL HAVING A DISCHARGE OPENING THEREIN COMMUNICATING WITH SAID SECOND CAVITY FOR THE DISCHARGE OF SAID PASTILLES UPON ROTATION OF SAID KNOB.