Pill dispenser

Claim 1

A PILL DISPENSER COMPRISING A CASE HAVING A COMPARTMENT FOR THE RECEPTION OF PILLS TO BE DISPENSED, A FIXED CYLINDRICAL MEMBER CARRIED BY SAID CASE AND HAVING INNER AND OUTER ENDS, AN ECCENTRIC LONGITUDINAL PASSAGEWAY IN SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID ENDS, THE INNER PORTION OF SAID PASSAGEWAY BEING FLARED TO FORM A FUNNEL LEADING INTO THE OUTER PORTION THEREOF, SAID FIXED MEMBER HAVING AN ANNULAR CIRCUMFERENTIAL GROOVE EXTENDING THROUGH THE CYLINDRICAL SURFACE THEREOF, AN OFFSET IN SAID GROOVE FORMING AN ABUTMENT EXTENDING IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION, A ROTATABLE MEMBER MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND HAVING A SLEEVE ENCIRCLING SAID FIXED MEMBER AND AN END WALL OVERLYING THE OUTER END OF SAID FIXED MEMBER, SAID END WALL SERVING AS A CLOSURE FOR THE OUTER END OF SAID PASSAGEWAY AND HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN ADAPTED TO REGISTER WITH THE OUTER END OF SAID PASSAGEWAY TO OPEN THE SAME, A BUTTON ON SAID SLEEVE ADAPTED TO ENTER SAID GROOVE AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID ABUTMENT, SAID FIXED MEMBER HAVING A SECOND ANNULAR CIRCUMFERENTIAL GROOVE DISPOSED OUTWARDLY OF THE THROAT OF SAID FUNNEL AND OF SAID FIRST ANNULAR GROOVE, SAID SECOND GROOVE INTERSECTING SAID PASSAGEWAY, AN INLET CLOSURE ISSUING INWARDLY FROM SAID SLEEVE AND RECEIVED IN SAID SECOND ANNULAR GROOVE, SAID SECOND ANNULAR GROOVE HAVING AN OFFSET THEREIN DIVIDING SAID SECOND GROOVE INTO TWO LONGITUDINALLY SPACED BRANCHES WITH A CONNECTING PORTION THEREBETWEEN, SAID SECOND OFFSET RECEIVING SAID INLET CLOSURE WHEN THE FIRST OFFSET RECEIVES SAID BUTTON, THE BRANCHES OF BOTH GROOVES BEING EQUALLY SPACED LONGITUDINALLY.