Abstract: A tablet dispenser comprises a tubular protective housing, from which a stack of tablets can be pushed. Lateral guides for the top tablet of said stack are provided in the working range of an ejector. Said lateral guides are constituted by side walls, which have side wall extensions, which are provided with outwardly directed pivot pins, which have been snap-fitted into bearing bores of the ejector when said side wall extensions have resiliently been deflected. The tablet dispenser comprises a U-shaped spring, the upper leg of which has a free end portion, which bears under pressure on a stop ledge of the ejector and is adapted to resiliently oppose a movement of said ejector out of a stand-by position.

Abstract: A tablet dispenser comprises a tubular protective housing that has a guide shaft provided with longitudinal tracks for tablets that can be inserted in the form of a columnlike stack. A pressure-loaded ram for one end of the stack of tablets, feeds the tablets along the longitudinal tracks to an ejector that engages the stack adjacent to its other end, by which the tablets, which are guided between lateral guides adjacent to the ejector, can individually be displaced transversely to the longitudinal direction of the stack. In order to simplify the assembling and to increase the reliability in function and/or operation, the spring biasing the ram is accomodated in a spring shaft that is disposed beside the shaft for guiding and accomodating the tablets. The spring biases a guiding member that is guided in the spring shaft and carries the ram on an arm that extends out through a longitudinal slot through which the two shafts communicate with each other.