| 摘要 |
A dispenser 10 comprises a clock 18 and a plurality of magazines 32, each magazine having a plurality of discrete compartments 40 for holding an item or items to be dispensed. The magazines dispense into respective dispensing chambers 66, from where the items are dispensed into a dispensing tray 26 at a particular time of day. Visual and audible alarms are activated on dispensing which turn off automatically on detection of removal of the items by a detector. The audible alarm may be a pre-recorded message, and an audio recording device may be provided for recording such a message. Each magazine 32 may have a fixed outer casing (35) an inner movable tray (33) which rotates about a central axis. Each dispensing chamber 66 may include a base member (68) movable by an actuator (72) between an open position in which an aperture is revealed for dispensing, and a closed position in which the aperture is covered and dispensing is prevented. The actuator (72) may be a solenoid. A detector may be provided for detecting when an item is removed from the dispensing tray 26. The items to be dispensed are preferably pills. |
