DISPENSING APPARATUS

This invention pertains to an apparatus for dispensing articles of uniform size, such as, tablets, pills and the like. An outer housing encloses a dispensing member. The dispensing member comprises an upper and lower portion. The lower portion includes a cavity for placement of a plurality of the articles to be dispensed and an opening in one end thereof for dispensing articles from the apparatus. The upper portion includes a button protruding external of the outer housing for translating the dispensing member from a first position to a second position when depressed and spring bias means for applying constant dispensing pressure to the articles. A second spring bias means is also provided to return the dispenser from the second position to the first position when the depressed button is released. A retaining member is provided on the inner end of the outer housing opposite from the button for allowing a single article to be dispensed when the dispenser is in the second position and ready the next single article for dispensing when the button is released and the dispensing member returns to its first position.