DE1917347A1 - Pill dispenser - Google Patents

Description

Richardson - Merrell Inc., New tark / USA

Pill dispenser

The invention relates to a container for small ones to be taken off.

With the introduction and the widespread use iron birth control pills »which voa a specific day must be taken to and over a beautiful lake * Eioh revealed the need for a cheap, compliant j appropriate and safe container for storage and

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Taking these birth control pills on a specific and safe way «The new pill dispenser according to the invention fulfills these conditions ·

The most appropriate version for this purpose such a container is probably the im U.S. Patent 3,288,277, which issued on November 29th Published in 1966. Although the container according to the invention with the above-mentioned patent is superficial Shows similarity, there are some key differences available, which emerge from the following description.

The invention provides a container for small, individual items to be removed from a round cover part and a similar one provided with several tabs extending radially from a central disk Grundteil besteiitj these lobes each have a cavity for storing the small item and are made of pliable material so that they can be bent downwards by pressing * the Lid is essentially ring-shaped with a U-shaped Cross-section, covers the object-containing cavities the base plate and is identified by devices which attach the lid to the base plate but one Allow rotation of these two parts in relation to each other, as well as a series of vertically arranged ones Locking notches in the inner wall of the outer surface the circular central part; these notches lie at a certain distance from one another and their number corresponds to the various objects containing them Flaps, at least one of which forms an index part,

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a device ate itself on the outermost side wall .; is located which snap into each of the locking notches of the inner Ivane and thus the rotation of the lid in the Can prevent the relationship to the base plate if said iniiex part is not pressed down «

in the following is for further explanation and for better understanding an embodiment of the invention in aen drawings described and explained in more detail.

ι ig. 1 is a front view of the container with half of the lid missing;

rip :, 2 is a cross-section in line 2-2 from t'ig. 1;

ric. 3 is a cross-section through one of the 1-illes holding Cavities of the donor, with the unit slightly open to remove the fille can;

“Eat. h is a front view of the lower half of the container viewed from above;

i <ig. Figure 5 is a front cross-section through the index and the locking tab of the container in line 5-5 by ΐΊ.Γ. 4;

rig. ο is a front cross-section through one of the irilien-containing units of the lower container half in the .Linie 6-6 of Fig. 4;

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Fig. 7 is a front view of part of the upper _; Container half seen from below;

Figure 8 is a partial cross-section through the annular lid taken on line 8-8 of Figure 7;

Figure 9 is a cross-section through the partially opened Index and locking tabs so that the lid is attached can turn and

Fig. Io is a front cross-section through the index and Barrier tabs in their right place.

It can be seen from the drawings that the pill dispenser according to the invention comprises an annular upper part Ii, the inner hanging part of which is open and an inner wall 12 and an outer wall 13. As can be seen from FIG. 8, an edge 19 extends inward from the annular wall 12. The middle part of the Beokelß can be opened. The inner surface of the outer wall 13 has ik $ WIFS in Fig. 7 can be seen, several at spaced intervals * "". "Lying indentations 15 on l6undl7 * The AuB'enrand. 43 \ .-"'■.' of the annular cover is also as In Figo B ge »: _ shows inwardly extending, albgegöh ^ ilgtisä with a - provided belt 18. '.'.

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Corresponding to the number of cavities in the container containing the pills.

The top of the container k shown in Fig. 1 in front view and in Fig., In partial front view, there is, as described below, of integrally molded in injection molded plastics material. This base plate 2o, FIG. 2, consists of a thin, disk-shaped round part 21 with a plurality of radially arranged and outwardly extending units 22 which contain the pill. The number of these lobes can vary, but essentially corresponds to the number of birth control pills that are taken in a month. The construction of these units containing the pills is evident from several drawings, e.g. from FIG. These weakened portions allow the outwardly extending tabs as shown in FIG. 3 to be pushed downward when a pill is to be withdrawn. As shown in FIG -, beveled inwards. This allows the leading edge of the container when it is pressed down from the outer band riijiörmigen% J of the lid to be removed ·

Except the different ones! sioh to the outside of JiIn extending Rags containing pills are also one Index tabs and a locking tab 25 available. This

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outwardly extending index part has no cavity for storing the pill and the tabs has a different external shape than the others in order to be more easily recognized. To when casting the units plastic To save, this part can be hollow, as well as through the upward cavity 2? shown.

The indexing and locking tabs have, as shown in Fig. 5 and 9, a locking rib 28 and preferably a pair of pressure ribs 29 at the edge inneen,

The base plate of the pill dispenser can have locking notches 31 »32, and 33 so that the two halves of the container simply together · ^ can be set that these three lock notches be pressed over the inner edge 3o of the lid, usually when the lower half of the container with Pills has been filled.

The functional catfish of the new pill dispenser is running out the drawings. The ones who keep the pills Flaps of the lower half of the container are made accordingly filled with pills or other small objects, the lid is placed on the base plate and the Locking notches are aligned with the inner rim 30 / snap into place with light pressure * In this way put together, the two halves can only difficult to separate. Nevertheless, the lid can still be used rotate when the locking notch 25, as in Pig. 9, is in the open position * The lower half can then be rotated until the index countersink

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is at a desired starting position of the container and is then pushed back in its place. The locking ribs located in the channel 15 of the lid. 28 prevent, as in Pig. 9 and in other figures of the drawings shown that the two parts of the pill dispenser rotate. In this position the cover can open the base plate are not rotated as long as the locking notch is not pushed down so that the Lid can rotate. Individual pills or objects in the small cavities of the container can be removed by touching the outermost part with your finger of the rag. After the pill has been removed, the flap goes back to its original position return.

As mentioned above, the pill dispenser according to the invention is cast in two pieces by injection molding. The lower part of the container should ^ ial made of flexible possible Mafee we3 * d ^ a ₃ so that the pills aufbeisahF © Adesi Lappoa "si Sliipsm asrasterklappbaren sites do not" - can such break in Figo 3 laaii $ gsiseigt The this end ezi & gppoöh & ndan materials. are polyethylene, nylon, rubber tand various other known flexible plastics. the upper part 4ss container can be made of the same plastic as the Deckelj can but- stiffer selsij sUB "polystyrenes, Polpiethylacrylats ^ Gellulose-Aoeta" fce ₈ Gelliil © se ~ Butyz * ate and others _o preferential price © should 2WsisieL © 3t des? "absre rope made of GiirOhsichfeigeii material hergeooQllfc ΐ? Θ ·? θΜ & _ΰ that the user of the Filleaspsaders ropes kgasi whether in the Pilloa frosted sup SBtestee lies -

Claims (2)

Claims ΜΛ Container for small, individual items to be removed, consisting of a round cover part and a similar one, with several, radially from a central disc outgoing and provided with a flap base part, these flaps each having a hair space for storing the have small objects and are made of flexible material so that they are bent downwards by pressure The cover is essentially ring-shaped with a U-shaped cross-section and covers the objects-containing cavities in the base plate, thereby g e k e η η indicates that devices (31, 32, 33) are present are the cover (Ii) on the base plate (Ho) hold, but a rotation of these two parts to each other allow, and that a height of perpendicular arranged locking notches (15, l6, 17) in the inner wall (1 ^) of the outer wall of said annular Lid (ll) are provided, these notches (15, 16, 17) / lie a certain distance from one another and their number corresponds to that of the various objects * Corresponds to rag (22), with at least one of these Flap (22) forms an index part (25) on the outer On the side wall there is a device that will snap into each of the locking notches in the inner wall so can prevent the rotation of the cover in relation to the base plate if said index part is not pushed down is. 2. Container according to claim l, characterized in that g e k en 21 * draws that the lid (11) on its upper Area is provided with markings that point to the blocking 909843/1244 "'-.' ■■ BATH notches in the inner wall (1 »are matched, see above that each of the objects receiving cavities (22) the base plate (2o) can be recognized, 3, container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that g e that the outwardly extending index tab (25) for easy identification has a different shape than the one holding the objects Rag (22), k. Container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that all of the radially arranged tabs have a larger outer diameter * than the round lid (11) and are provided with devices for bending the tabs down. 5 »Container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the base plate (2o) is made from an elastic photomer and the cover (11) is made from a more rigid, transparent polymer · 909843/1244