SINGLE UNIT DISPENSING CAP

摘要

A cap for mounting over an opening in a container is configured for dispensing single units of items, such as pills, held in said container. The cap has a channel extending from an upper surface thereof to a lower end to providing a passageway through the cap sized to allow for a predetermined quantity of items within the container to be transferred through an exit port in an upper portion of the cap. The cap has a lid moveable from a closed position to a open position, the lid in its closed position preventing the dispensing of items from within the passageway and in its open position allowing dispensing of at least one item from within the passageway through the exit port. The cap can also include a gate that is operable, in a first orientation, to at least partially block the passageway to prevent movement of the item there through and, in a second orientation, to unblock the passageway to allow a single item, or a preset multiple of items, to pass there through when the container with cap is oriented for content delivery. In an alternative embodiment a diverter is incorporated to control flow of the contents.