EP0104710A2 - Récipient muni d'un couvercle - Google Patents

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EP0104710A2
EP0104710A2 EP83201367A EP83201367A EP0104710A2 EP 0104710 A2 EP0104710 A2 EP 0104710A2 EP 83201367 A EP83201367 A EP 83201367A EP 83201367 A EP83201367 A EP 83201367A EP 0104710 A2 EP0104710 A2 EP 0104710A2
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container
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Marinus Josephus Antonius Merks
Louis Jozeff Van Zuiden
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ZUIDEN LOUIS JOZEFF VAN
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/04—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
    • B65D83/0445—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills all the articles being stored in individual compartments
    • B65D83/0454—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills all the articles being stored in individual compartments the whole forming a circular container with rotating parts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2215/00—Child-proof means
    • B65D2215/02—Child-proof means requiring the combination of simultaneous actions

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  • the invention relates to a container comprising a series of successively disposed compartments for objects or groups of objects and, attached to this container, a cover having an opening for providing accessibility to one compartment only, said cover being displaceable with its opening, along the successive compartments.
  • Containers of this type usually in the form of a round box with a cover rotatable thereon, are known in the art. Said known containers are used for storing small objects, such as pills, flints or groups of objects, for instance plummets, etc, each compartment housing in succession a group of objects of a specific size.
  • Such means for example, consist in providing a slide-up cam on the side of the cover facing the compartments, said cam snapping over a partition between two suc- - cessive compartments each time when being turned.
  • the snap action is in this case produced by the resilience of the material of the cover.
  • a container of the type as described above which is characterized in that parts of the cover are positioned along parts of the container in a direction transverse to the direction of displacement of the cover, a zigzag-shaped groove having saw-tooth-shaped flanks,being provided in parts of the one kind, into which fit one or several protrusions of parts of the other kind, the dimensions of said protrusions, in a direction perpendicular to the direction of displacement of the cover, being smaller, at least to the extent of the height of one saw tooth, than the width of the zigzag-shaped groove at the location of two straight opposite parts of the saw teeth at the flanks of the groove.
  • Snap action allowing turning in one particular direction only is made possible for the container according to the invention, in that the bottom of the zig-zag-shaped groove is also zig-zag-shaped and in that each protrusion, when moving the cover with respect to the container, can slide up against the bevel parts of the saw-toooth-shaped bottom, due to the resilience of the material.
  • the container with cover is so designed that the zig-zag-shaped groove and the protrusions are situated in and upon respective peripheral surfaces, directed towards one another, of container and cover parts concentrically fitting about each other.
  • the container 1 is formed as a basin and comprises in its upper part in the peripheral direction, successively disposed compartments for objects or groups of objects, said compartments being formed by partitions 2 running in radial direction with respect to the container.
  • a cover 3 On the container there is provided a cover 3, a peripheral rim 4 of which engages a portion of the periphery of the container 1.
  • the cover 3 comprises an opening 5 whose shape roughly corresponds to the shape of a compartment of the container.
  • the container 1 is provided with a central part surrounded by a wall 6, the purpose of which will be explained hereinafter.
  • the cover 3 with its rim in overlapping engagement with the container, likewise has a central part formed by a cylindrical peripheral wall 7 whose portion 8 has a smaller outer diameter.
  • a cylindrical peripheral wall 7 whose portion 8 has a smaller outer diameter.
  • protrusions in the form of cams 9 Said cams fit into a zigzag-shaped groove in the central part of the container 1. This central part is surrounded by a peripheral wall 6 whose inner circumference has a narrowed portion 10.
  • said narrowed portion 10 is provided with a zigzag-shaped groove 11 having saw-tooth-shaped flanks 12 and 13.
  • the cylindrical wall 7 of the cover 3 fits inside the peripheral wall 6 and the portion 8 fits inside the portion 10 of the container, the cams 9 being located in groove 11.
  • a development of the groove having a cam 9 drawn therein in different positions, is partially shown in fig. 5.
  • parts 7, 8 of the cover are disposed in a direction transverse to the direction of displacement of the cover, so transverse to the direction of rotation of the cover, along parts 6, 10 of the container 1, a zigzag-shaped groove 11 having saw-tooth-shaped flanks 12, 13 being provided in parts 10 of the one kind, into which fit one or several protrusions 9 of parts 7, 8 of the other kind, the dimensions of said protrusions in a direction perpendicular to the direction of displacement of the cover being smaller, at least to the extent of the height of one saw tooth, than the width of the zigzag-shaped groove at the location of two opposite straight parts of the saw teeth at the flanks of the groove.
  • the width of the zigzag-shaped groove at the location of the bevelled parts of the saw-tooth-shaped flanks is, in a direction perpendicular to the direction of displacement of the cover, adapted to the dimensions of each protrusion 9 extending in the same direction. If, when turning the cover, it is lifted somewhat, the cam 9a is detached from the saw tooth which is in abutment against it, (see the left-hand portion of fig. 3) and the cover can be displaced together with the cam 9a, through the bevelled portion of the groove 11 until it comes into abutment with the next straight flank of a saw tooth.
  • the cover can be rotated in opposite directions. However, this is less desirable because it is better to pass through the compartments in succession for the purpose of placing the opening 5 over them, and it is definitely less desirable for the cover to be turned backwards, in the event the container is used, for instance, for storing medicines.
  • the container of the invention is so designed, that the bottom 14 of the zigzag-shaped groove is also provided with saw teeth and that each protrusion 9 can slide up against the bevelled parts of the saw-tooth-shaped bottom, when the cover is displaced in relation to the container, due to the resilience of the material.
  • the zigzag-shaped bottom is shown in fig. 6 along with the corresponding cam positions 9a, 9b, 9c.
  • the straight sides of the saw teeth of the bottom 14 of the groove then coincide with the straight sides of the saw teeth 12 on one of the flanks of the zigzag-shaped groove 11.
  • the zigzag-shaped groove 11 and the protrusions 9, respectively, are located in and on peripheral surfaces, directed towards one another, of parts 10 and 8 of the container 1 and of the cover 3 which fit about each other concentrically.
  • the invention is embodied in a container 1 having compartments which are carousel-like disposed, and a rotatable cover 3 having an opening provided therein in radial direction, the peripheral surfaces 10 and 8 directed towards one another and disposed adjacent one another being located in the central part of the container 1, the cover 3, in addition to its rotational movement, also being capable of performing a movement in the direction perpendicular to its surfaces with respect to the container.
  • a container 1 having compartments which are carousel-like disposed, and a rotatable cover 3 having an opening provided therein in radial direction, the peripheral surfaces 10 and 8 directed towards one another and disposed adjacent one another being located in the central part of the container 1, the cover 3, in addition to its rotational movement, also being capable of performing a movement in the direction perpendicular to its surfaces with respect to the container.

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EP83201367A 1982-09-24 1983-09-23 Récipient muni d'un couvercle Withdrawn EP0104710A3 (fr)

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NL8203711A NL8203711A (nl) 1982-09-24 1982-09-24 Houder met deksel.
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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2220132A (en) * 1988-06-30 1990-01-04 Kevin Mahon Dispenser for granular material
WO1997047534A1 (fr) * 1996-06-14 1997-12-18 Akzo Nobel N.V. Distributeur de pilules
FR2990420A1 (fr) * 2012-05-11 2013-11-15 Eric Lailler Dispositif de distribution du type pilulier

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US3073433A (en) * 1961-09-06 1963-01-15 Tapper Samuel Tablet or capsule dispenser
US3678884A (en) * 1970-12-28 1972-07-25 Mead Johnson & Co Dispensing and recording container
US3895737A (en) * 1974-03-07 1975-07-22 Int Tools 1973 Ltd Child-proof dispensing container and cover assembly
US4078661A (en) * 1976-12-20 1978-03-14 Ryder International Corporation Pill dispenser device

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3073433A (en) * 1961-09-06 1963-01-15 Tapper Samuel Tablet or capsule dispenser
US3678884A (en) * 1970-12-28 1972-07-25 Mead Johnson & Co Dispensing and recording container
US3895737A (en) * 1974-03-07 1975-07-22 Int Tools 1973 Ltd Child-proof dispensing container and cover assembly
US4078661A (en) * 1976-12-20 1978-03-14 Ryder International Corporation Pill dispenser device

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2220132A (en) * 1988-06-30 1990-01-04 Kevin Mahon Dispenser for granular material
WO1997047534A1 (fr) * 1996-06-14 1997-12-18 Akzo Nobel N.V. Distributeur de pilules
US6193103B1 (en) 1996-06-14 2001-02-27 Akzo Nobel N.V. Pill dispenser
FR2990420A1 (fr) * 2012-05-11 2013-11-15 Eric Lailler Dispositif de distribution du type pilulier

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