EP0147572A1 - Tablets storing and dispensing device - Google Patents

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EP0147572A1
EP0147572A1 EP84113267A EP84113267A EP0147572A1 EP 0147572 A1 EP0147572 A1 EP 0147572A1 EP 84113267 A EP84113267 A EP 84113267A EP 84113267 A EP84113267 A EP 84113267A EP 0147572 A1 EP0147572 A1 EP 0147572A1
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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
    • B65D83/0481—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 the articles passing through a small opening or passage, without additional dispensing devices and without retaining means for the following article
    • 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
    • B65D2583/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D2583/04—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets
    • B65D2583/0431—Disc-like articles arranged in a pile on their flat side

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  • the invention relates to a device for storing tablet units and for their individual removal.
  • tablette units When “tablet units” are mentioned above or below, this means units which, depending on the need, consist of one or possibly also several tablets, each of which together with a packaging consisting of a closed film or the like form a unit, the content of a tablet unit is usually sufficient for one application. This is the case, for example, with cleaning tablets for denture prostheses, for which the present invention is primarily intended and suitable.
  • Such tablets are, as mentioned above, depending on the given needs or applications, often in tablet units of this type on the market, the users often endeavoring for cost reasons, larger ones in cardboard boxes or the like. to buy packaged containers, from which a tablet unit can be removed if necessary.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a device of the type described above, which should be designed so that it does not bother the user in the presence of constant presence, should be attachable in the vicinity of the site, without this on a storage compartment or same place. lost, make it possible to donate tablet units individually in the simplest way, be refillable in a simple manner and give the possibility of being able to accommodate a cleaning can or the like without additional devices.
  • this object is achieved by a device of the type described at the outset with at least one tablet shaft present in an essentially closed housing for receiving a multiplicity of tablet units stacked one above the other, the width of which is at least equal to the width of a tablet unit and the depth of which is at least equal to the length of a tablet unit, and At its lower end there is a support bearing for supporting the stored tablet units, the housing at the lower end of the tablet shaft having a removal opening, the width of which is at least equal to the width of a tablet unit and the height of which is at least equal to the height or thickness of a tablet unit, which thereby is characterized in that the rear wall and / or a side wall of the housing runs out over at least one height section of the housing into a side flap, which together with a bottom running at right angles to it and possibly one from the B oden upstanding flange forms a holding compartment for a cleaning can or the like.
  • the holding compartment provided according to the invention makes it possible, in a device of the type mentioned at the beginning of the patent alone. (patent application No. 82 112 088.8), to accommodate a cleaning can or the like in a simple and expedient manner in the device itself .
  • a preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the side flap is essentially semicircularly curved.
  • the curvature of the side flap is opposite to the curvature of the housing front wall.
  • fastening means are provided on the rear wall of the housing and the side plate.
  • the drawing shows a brief description above and below.
  • Device designated as a tablet dispenser 1 for storing tablet units 2 and for removing them individually.
  • the tablet dispenser 1 is made of plastic and has an essentially closed housing 3, in which a tablet shaft 4 is designed to accommodate a large number - in the present case 32 - of tablet units 2, each of which, in the exemplary embodiment shown, is individually provided with a film packaged cleaning tablets for denture prostheses, the film packaging is square and has an edge length of about 5 cm.
  • the tablet shaft 4 is delimited or formed by two side walls 6 and 7, a rear wall 8, a top side 9, a bottom 11 and a front wall 12 designed as a pivoting door.
  • a support bearing 13 for supporting the stored tablet units 2.
  • the upper side 14 of the support bearing 13 runs obliquely downward from its front edge 16 to the rear edge 17, like this one 2 can be seen.
  • a finger recess 18 is provided, the width b of which is approximately 2 cm and is therefore adapted to the width of a finger.
  • the front wall 12 of the housing 3 is designed as a pivoting door and accordingly can be pivoted away from the remaining part of the housing about a vertical pivot axis 19, this pivot axis being formed by pins 21, by means of which the pivoting door 12 is articulated on the remaining part of the Housing 3 is articulated so that it is also pivotable in the direction of arrow 22 from its closed state shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.
  • the tablet shaft 4 has a rectangular, almost square cross section, its clear width s being somewhat larger than the width (edge length) of a tablet unit 2, and the depth t of the tablet shaft 4 being approximately equal to the edge length of a tablet unit 2.
  • the height h of the removal opening 23 of the housing 3 or its pivoting door 12 is in alignment with the finger recess 18 of the support bearing 13, the width b of the finger recess 18 corresponding, also rounded recess 24 enlarged.
  • a snap lock 26 is formed on the side of the swing door 12 opposite the pivot axis 19 or on the side wall 6 of the housing 3 there.
  • the rear wall 8 and the side wall 6 of the housing 3 end in a substantially semicircular side tab 27 which, together with a bottom 28 running at right angles to it and a flange 29 projecting from the bottom 28, form a holding compartment 31 for receiving a denture cleaning can 32.
  • the swing door 12 is also curved, namely opposite to the curvature of the side plate 27, so that the entire device has a roughly inverted S-shaped contour in a horizontal section on its front, while the rear wall 8 is essentially flat and only in her in Fig. 1 part lying to the left runs from its flat section forward.
  • Fastening means namely adhesive strips 33 and through bores 34 are provided on the at least substantially flat sections of the rear wall 8.
  • An acquirer and potential user of a tablet dispenser 1 will therefore first fix the device at a suitable location on a wall, preferably near a water connection in a bathroom or the like, by means of the holding means 33 and / or 34, with the swing door open (front wall). 12 tablets 4 bay with tablets fill unit 2 (see Fig. F ig. 2) and then the swing door opposite arrow 22 back to the in Fig. 1 shown bring closed position, whereby the device is already ready for use.
  • a user To remove a tablet unit 2, a user guides his index finger from below into the finger recess 18 and the thumb into the recess 24, so that he can grasp the bottom tablet unit 2 of the tablet stack at its front edge and in the direction of arrow 36 through the slit-shaped removal opening 23 can pull out to the front.
  • the tablet shaft 4 is inspected once in order to check the size of the tablet supply still present, it is ensured by the inclined upper side 14 of the support bearing 13 that the tablet units 2 do not move forward from the tablet dispenser when the swing door 12 is opened in the direction of arrow 22 fall out.
  • the user can then tear open the film of a tablet unit 2, remove the cleaning box 32 from the holding compartment 31, and after removing its lid 37 water pour into this and add the exposed tablet, whereupon the denture can then be cleaned.
  • the holding compartment 31 also clearly forms an expedient place for storing the denture prosthesis in the cleaning can 32 during the cleaning time.

Abstract

The device for storing tablet units and for their individual dispensing has at least one tablet shaft provided in an essentially closed housing for receiving a plurality of tablet units stacked one above the other, whose width is at least equal to the width of a tablet unit and whose depth is at least equal to the length of a tablet unit, and on whose lower end a support bearing is arranged for supporting the stored tablet units. The housing has at the lower end of the tablet shaft a dispensing opening whose width is at least equal to the width of a tablet unit and whose height is at least equal to the height or thickness of a tablet unit, characterised in that the rear wall (8) and/or a side wall (6) of the housing (3) runs out via at least one vertical section of the housing (3) into a side tab (27) which, together with a base (28) extending at right angles to it and, if appropriate, a flange (29) protruding from the base (28), forms a holding compartment (31) for a cleaning container or the like. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zur Bevorratung von Tabletteneinheiten sowie zu deren einzelner Entnahme.The invention relates to a device for storing tablet units and for their individual removal.

Wenn vor- oder nachstehend von "Tablettenheinheiten" die Rede ist, so sind hiermit Einheiten gemeint, die je nach Bedarfsfall aus einer oder ggf. aber auch aus mehreren Tabletten bestehen, welche zusammen mit einer aus einer geschlossenen Folie oder dergleichen bestehenden Verpackung jeweils eine Einheit bilden, wobei der Inhalt einer Tabletteneinheit im Regelfall für einen Anwendungsfall ausreicht. Dieses ist beispielsweise bei Reinigungstabletten für Gebißprothesen der Fall, für welche die vorliegende Erfindung in erster Linie bestimmt und geeignet ist.When "tablet units" are mentioned above or below, this means units which, depending on the need, consist of one or possibly also several tablets, each of which together with a packaging consisting of a closed film or the like form a unit, the content of a tablet unit is usually sufficient for one application. This is the case, for example, with cleaning tablets for denture prostheses, for which the present invention is primarily intended and suitable.

Derartige Tabletten sind, wie vorstehend erwähnt, je nach den gegebenen Bedarfs- bzw. Anwendungsfällen häufig in derartigen Tabletteneinheiten auf dem Markt, wobei die Anwender schon aus Kostengründen häufig bestrebt sind, größere in Pappschachteln o.dgl. verpackte Gebinde zu kaufen, aus denen dann jeweils bei Bedarf eine Tabletteneinheit entnommen wird.Such tablets are, as mentioned above, depending on the given needs or applications, often in tablet units of this type on the market, the users often endeavoring for cost reasons, larger ones in cardboard boxes or the like. to buy packaged containers, from which a tablet unit can be removed if necessary.

Nun ist es aber nicht sonderlich zweckmäßig, in Badezimmern o.dgl. insbesondere größere Gebinde über einen längeren Zeitraum herumstehen zu haben, da diese einen entsprechenden Platz beanspruchen, im Verlaufe der Zeit verschmutzen etc. Dieses hat zur Folge, daß eine entsprechende Pappschachtel o.dgl. an einem anderen Ort bevorratet wird, so daß ein Benutzer dann stets gehalten ist, sich bei Bedarf vom Bevorratungsort eine entsprechende Tabletteneinheit zu holen. Dieses ist ersichtlich recht umständlich.Now it is not particularly useful, or the like in bathrooms. in particular to have larger containers standing around for a longer period of time, since they take up a corresponding amount of space, become dirty over time, etc. This has the consequence that a corresponding cardboard box or the like. is stored in a different location, so that a user is then always required to get a corresponding tablet unit from the storage location if necessary. This is obviously quite cumbersome.

Entnimmt ein Benutzer zur Vermeidung dieser Unannehmlichkeiten einem solchen Gebinde aber zugleich mehrere Tabletteneinheiten, die nicht sogleich benötigt und demgemäß nicht benutzt werden, so liegen diese wiederum herum, können verschmutzen, beschädigt werden etc.If, to avoid this inconvenience, a user simultaneously removes several tablet units from such a container, which are not immediately required and accordingly are not used, these in turn lie around, can be soiled, damaged, etc.

Der vorliegenden Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Vorrichtung der vorstehend beschriebenen Art zu schaffen, die formschön ausgestaltet sein soll, so daß sie dem Benutzer bei ständiger Präsens nicht stört, in der Nähe des Einsatzortes anbringbar sein soll, ohne daß hierfür auf einem Ablagefach oder dergleichen Platz. verlorengeht, es ermöglichen, auf einfachste Weise Tabletteneinheiten einzeln zu spenden, auf einfache Art und Weise wieder nachfüllbar sein und die Möglichkeit geben, ohne Zusatzeinrichtungen eine Reinigungsdose oder dergleichen unterbringen zu können.The present invention has for its object to provide a device of the type described above, which should be designed so that it does not bother the user in the presence of constant presence, should be attachable in the vicinity of the site, without this on a storage compartment or same place. lost, make it possible to donate tablet units individually in the simplest way, be refillable in a simple manner and give the possibility of being able to accommodate a cleaning can or the like without additional devices.

Erfindungsgemäß wird diese Aufgabe gelöst durch eine Vorrichtung der eingangs beschriebenen Art mit wenigstens einem in einem im wesentlichen geschlossenen Gehäuse vorhandenen Tablettenschacht zur Aufnahme einer Vielzahl übereinander gestapelter Tabletteneinheiten, dessen Breite wenigstens gleich der Breite einer Tabletteneinheit und dessen Tiefe wenigstens gleich der Länge einer Tabletteneinheit ist und an dessen unterem Ende ein Stützlager zum Abstützen der bevorrateten Tabletteneinheiten angeordnet ist, wobei das Gehäuse am unteren Ende des Tablettenschachtes eine Entnahmeöffnung aufweist, deren Breite wenigstens gleich der Breite einer Tabletteneinheit und deren Höhe wenigstens gleich der Höhe bzw. Dicke einer Tabletteneinheit ist, welche dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, daß die Rückwand oder/und eine Seitenwand des Gehäuses über wenigstens einen Höhenabschnitt des Gehäuses in eine Seitenlasche ausläuft, die zusammen mit einem rechtwinkelig zu ihr verlaufenden Boden und ggf. einem vom Boden hochstehenden Flansch ein Haltefach für eine Reinigungsdose oder dergleichen bildet.According to the invention, this object is achieved by a device of the type described at the outset with at least one tablet shaft present in an essentially closed housing for receiving a multiplicity of tablet units stacked one above the other, the width of which is at least equal to the width of a tablet unit and the depth of which is at least equal to the length of a tablet unit, and At its lower end there is a support bearing for supporting the stored tablet units, the housing at the lower end of the tablet shaft having a removal opening, the width of which is at least equal to the width of a tablet unit and the height of which is at least equal to the height or thickness of a tablet unit, which thereby is characterized in that the rear wall and / or a side wall of the housing runs out over at least one height section of the housing into a side flap, which together with a bottom running at right angles to it and possibly one from the B oden upstanding flange forms a holding compartment for a cleaning can or the like.

Das erfindungsgemäß vorgesehene Haltefach ermöglicht es bei einer den Gegenstand des Patentes ....... (Patentanmeldung Nr. 82 112 088.8) bildenden Vorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art, eine Reinigungsdose oder dergleichen auf einfache und zweckmäßige Weise in der Vorrichtung selbst unterbringen zu können.The holding compartment provided according to the invention makes it possible, in a device of the type mentioned at the beginning of the patent ....... (patent application No. 82 112 088.8), to accommodate a cleaning can or the like in a simple and expedient manner in the device itself .

Eine bevorzugte Ausführungsform der Erfindung ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Seitenlasche im wesentlichen halbkreisförmig gekrümmt ausgebildet ist.A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the side flap is essentially semicircularly curved.

Weiterhin kann vorgesehen sein, daß in dem Fall, daß das Gehäuse im Bereich seiner Vorderwand im wesentlichen halbkreisförmig gekrümmt ausgebildet ist, die Krümmung der Seitenlasche entgegengesetzt zu der Krümmung der Gehäusevorderwand verläuft.Furthermore, it can be provided that in the event that the housing is designed to be essentially semicircularly curved in the region of its front wall, the curvature of the side flap is opposite to the curvature of the housing front wall.

Auch kann erfindungsgemäß vorgesehen sein, daß an der Rückwand des Gehäuses und der Seitenlasche Befestigungsmittel vorgesehen sind.It can also be provided according to the invention that fastening means are provided on the rear wall of the housing and the side plate.

Selbstverständlich eignet sich die Erfindung auch besonders in Verbindung mit den übrigen Merkmalen der Vorrichtung nach Patent ....... (Patentanmeldung Nr. 82 112 088.8).Of course, the invention is also particularly suitable in connection with the other features of the device according to patent ....... (patent application No. 82 112 088.8).

Die Erfindung ist nachstehend an einem Ausführungsbeispiel unter Bezugnahme auf eine Zeichnung weiter erläutert. Es zeigt:

  • Fig. 1 eine perspektivische Darstellung eines erfindungsgemäßen Tablettenspenders und
  • Fig. 2 eine etwas vereinfachte Schnittdarstellung durch den Tablettenschacht in Richtung der Schnittlinie II-II in Fig. 1 gesehen.
The invention is explained below using an exemplary embodiment with reference to a drawing. It shows:
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a tablet dispenser according to the invention and
  • Fig. 2 seen a somewhat simplified sectional view through the tablet shaft in the direction of section line II-II in Fig. 1.

Die Zeichnung zeigt eine vor- und nachstehend auch kurz. als Tablettenspender 1 bezeichnete Vorrichtung zur Bevorratung von Tabletteneinheiten 2 sowie zu deren einzelner Entnahme.The drawing shows a brief description above and below. Device designated as a tablet dispenser 1 for storing tablet units 2 and for removing them individually.

Der Tablettenspender 1 besteht aus Kunststoff und besitzt ein im wesentlichen geschlossenes Gehäuse 3, in welchem ein Tablettenschacht 4 zur Aufnahme einer Vielzahl - im vorliegenden Fall von 32 - Tabletteneinheiten 2 ausgebildet ist, bei denen es sich bei dem dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel um jeweils einzeln mit einer Folie verpackte Reinigungstabletten für Gebißprothesen handelt, wobei die Folienverpackung quadratisch ausgebildet ist und eine Kantenlänge von etwa 5 cm aufweist.The tablet dispenser 1 is made of plastic and has an essentially closed housing 3, in which a tablet shaft 4 is designed to accommodate a large number - in the present case 32 - of tablet units 2, each of which, in the exemplary embodiment shown, is individually provided with a film packaged cleaning tablets for denture prostheses, the film packaging is square and has an edge length of about 5 cm.

Der Tablettenschacht 4 wird begrenzt bzw. gebildet von zwei Seitenwänden 6 und 7, einer Rückwand 8, einer Oberseite 9, einem Boden 11 und einer als Schwenktür ausgebildeten Vorderwand 12.The tablet shaft 4 is delimited or formed by two side walls 6 and 7, a rear wall 8, a top side 9, a bottom 11 and a front wall 12 designed as a pivoting door.

Am unteren Ende des Tablettenschachtes 4 befindet sich über dem Boden 11 ein.Stützlager 13 zum Abstützen der bevorrateten Tabletteneinheiten 2. Die Oberseite 14 des Stützlagers 13 verläuft von ihrem vorderen Rand 16 zum hinteren Rand 17 schräg nach unten, wie dieses aus Fig. 2 erkennbar ist. In der Mitte des Stützlagers 13 ist eine Fingerausnehmung 18 vorgesehen, deren Breite b etwa 2 cm beträgt und damit der Breite eines Fingers angepaßt ist.At the lower end of the tablet shaft 4 there is a support bearing 13 for supporting the stored tablet units 2. The upper side 14 of the support bearing 13 runs obliquely downward from its front edge 16 to the rear edge 17, like this one 2 can be seen. In the middle of the support bearing 13, a finger recess 18 is provided, the width b of which is approximately 2 cm and is therefore adapted to the width of a finger.

Wie bereits vorstehend erwähnt ist, ist die Vorderwand 12 des Gehäuses 3 als Schwenktür ausgebildet und demgemäß von dem restlichen Teil des Gehäuses um eine vertikale Schwenkachse 19 abschwenkbar, wobei diese Schwenkachse durch Stifte 21 gebildet ist, mittels welcher die Schwenktür 12 gelenkig am übrigen Teil des Gehäuses 3 angelenkt ist, so daß sie in Richtung des Pfeiles 22 aus ihrem in Fig. 1 der Zeichnung dargestellten, geschlossenen Zustand auch schwenkbar ist.As already mentioned above, the front wall 12 of the housing 3 is designed as a pivoting door and accordingly can be pivoted away from the remaining part of the housing about a vertical pivot axis 19, this pivot axis being formed by pins 21, by means of which the pivoting door 12 is articulated on the remaining part of the Housing 3 is articulated so that it is also pivotable in the direction of arrow 22 from its closed state shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

Am unteren Endabschnitt der Schwenktür 12 befindet sich im Bereich unmittelbar oberhalb des Stützlagers 13 eine schlitzförmige Entnahmeöffnung 23, deren Breite B etwas größer ist als die Breite (Kantenlänge) einer Tabletteneinheit 2, und deren Höhe h etwas größer ist als die Höhe bzw. Dicke einer Tabletteneinheit 2.At the lower end section of the pivoting door 12 there is a slot-shaped removal opening 23 in the area immediately above the support bearing 13, the width B of which is slightly larger than the width (edge length) of a tablet unit 2, and the height h of which is somewhat larger than the height or thickness of one Tablet unit 2.

Der Tablettenschacht 4 besitzt einen rechtwinkligen, nahezu quadratischen Querschnitt, wobei seine lichte Breite s etwas größer ist als die Breite (Kantenlänge) einer Tabletteneinheit 2, und wobei die Tiefe t des Tablettenschachtes 4 etwa gleich der Kantenlänge einer Tabletteneinheit 2 ist.The tablet shaft 4 has a rectangular, almost square cross section, its clear width s being somewhat larger than the width (edge length) of a tablet unit 2, and the depth t of the tablet shaft 4 being approximately equal to the edge length of a tablet unit 2.

Wie aus Fig. 1 erkennbar ist, ist die Höhe h der Entnahmeöffnung 23 des Gehäuses 3 bzw. dessen Schwenktür 12 durch eine fluchtend über der Fingerausnehmung 18 des Stützlagers 13 liegende, der Breite b der Fingerausnehmung 18 entsprechende, ebenfalls abgerundete Ausnehmung 24 vergrößert.As can be seen from FIG. 1, the height h of the removal opening 23 of the housing 3 or its pivoting door 12 is in alignment with the finger recess 18 of the support bearing 13, the width b of the finger recess 18 corresponding, also rounded recess 24 enlarged.

An der der Schwenkachse 19 gegenüberliegenden Seite der Schwenktür 12 bzw. an der dortigen Seitenwand 6 des Gehäuses 3 ist ein Schnappverschluß 26 ausgebildet.A snap lock 26 is formed on the side of the swing door 12 opposite the pivot axis 19 or on the side wall 6 of the housing 3 there.

Die Rückwand 8 sowie die Seitenwand 6 des Gehäuses 3 laufen in eine im wesentlichen halbkreisförmige Seitenlasche 27 aus, die zusammen mit einem rechtwinklig zu ihr verlaufenden Boden 28 und einem vom Boden 28 hochstehenden Flansch 29 ein Haltefach 31 zur Aufnahme einer Prothesen-Reinigungsdose 32 bilden. Die Schwenktür 12 ist ebenfalls gekrümmt, und zwar entgegengesetzt zu der Krümmung der Seitenlasche 27, so daß die gesamte Vorrichtung in einem Horizontalschnitt an ihrer Vorderseite eine etwa umgekehrt S-förmige Kontur besitzt, während die Rückwand 8 im wesentlichen eben ausgebildet ist und nur in ihrem in Fig. 1 links liegenden Teil aus ihrem ebenen Abschnitt gekrümmt nach vorn läuft. An den zumindest im wesentlichen ebenen Abschnitten der Rückwand 8 sind Befestigungsmittel, nämlich Klebstreifen 33 sowie Durchgangsbohrungen 34 vorgesehen.The rear wall 8 and the side wall 6 of the housing 3 end in a substantially semicircular side tab 27 which, together with a bottom 28 running at right angles to it and a flange 29 projecting from the bottom 28, form a holding compartment 31 for receiving a denture cleaning can 32. The swing door 12 is also curved, namely opposite to the curvature of the side plate 27, so that the entire device has a roughly inverted S-shaped contour in a horizontal section on its front, while the rear wall 8 is essentially flat and only in her in Fig. 1 part lying to the left runs from its flat section forward. Fastening means, namely adhesive strips 33 and through bores 34 are provided on the at least substantially flat sections of the rear wall 8.

Ein Erwerber und potentieller Benutzer eines erfindungsgemäßen Tablettenspenders 1 wird die Vorrichtung mithin zunächst an geeigneter Stelle einer Wand, vorzugsweise in der Nähe eines Wasseranschlusses in einem Badezimmer o.dgl., mittels der Haltemittel 33 und/oder 34 befestigen, bei geöffneter Schwenktür (Vorderwand) 12 den Tablettenschacht 4 mit Tabletteneinheit 2 füllen (s. Fig. 2) und die Schwenktür sodann entgegen dem Pfeil 22 wieder in die in Fig. 1 dargestellte geschlossene Stellung bringen, womit die Vorrichtung bereits einsatzbereit ist.An acquirer and potential user of a tablet dispenser 1 according to the invention will therefore first fix the device at a suitable location on a wall, preferably near a water connection in a bathroom or the like, by means of the holding means 33 and / or 34, with the swing door open (front wall). 12 tablets 4 bay with tablets fill unit 2 (see Fig. F ig. 2) and then the swing door opposite arrow 22 back to the in Fig. 1 shown bring closed position, whereby the device is already ready for use.

Zur Entnahme einer Tabletteneinheit 2 führt ein Benutzer seinen Zeigefinger von unten her in die Fingerausnehmung 18 sowie den Daumen in die Ausnehmung 24, so daß er die unterste Tabletteneinheit 2 des Tablettenstapels an ihrem vorderen Rand ergreifen und in Richtung des Pfeils 36 durch die schlitzförmige Entnahmeöffnung 23 nach vorn herausziehen kann.To remove a tablet unit 2, a user guides his index finger from below into the finger recess 18 and the thumb into the recess 24, so that he can grasp the bottom tablet unit 2 of the tablet stack at its front edge and in the direction of arrow 36 through the slit-shaped removal opening 23 can pull out to the front.

Da die Tabletteneinheiten 2 im Tablettenschacht 4 mit verhältnismäßig großem Spiel geführt sind, rutscht der gesamte Tablettenstapel sodann um die Dicke d einer Tabletteneinheit 2 nach unten, so daß sogleich wiederum eine Tabletteneinheit 2 zur Entnahme bereit ist u.s.f.Since the tablet units 2 are guided in the tablet shaft 4 with a relatively large amount of play, the entire stack of tablets then slides down by the thickness d of a tablet unit 2, so that a tablet unit 2 is again ready for removal and the like.

Falls der Tablettenschacht 4 einmal inspiziert wird, um die Größe des noch vorhandenen Tablettenvorrates zu überprüfen, so ist durch die schräge Oberseite 14 des Stützlagers 13 sichergestellt, daß die Tabletteneinheiten 2 beim öffnen der Schwenktür 12 in Richtung des Pfeiles 22 nicht nach vorn aus dem Tablettenspender herausfallen.If the tablet shaft 4 is inspected once in order to check the size of the tablet supply still present, it is ensured by the inclined upper side 14 of the support bearing 13 that the tablet units 2 do not move forward from the tablet dispenser when the swing door 12 is opened in the direction of arrow 22 fall out.

Der Benutzer kann sodann die Folie einer Tabletteneinheit 2 aufreißen, die Reinigungsdose.32 aus dem Haltefach 31 entnehmen, nach Abnahme ihres Deckels 37 Wasser in diese einfüllen und die freigelegte Tablette hinzugeben, woraufhin sodann die Gebißprothese gereinigt werden kann. Dabei bildet das Haltefach 31 ersichtlich zugleich auch einen zweckmäßigen Platz, um die Gebißprothese während der Reinigungszeit in der Reinigungsdose 32 zu verwahren.The user can then tear open the film of a tablet unit 2, remove the cleaning box 32 from the holding compartment 31, and after removing its lid 37 water pour into this and add the exposed tablet, whereupon the denture can then be cleaned. In this case, the holding compartment 31 also clearly forms an expedient place for storing the denture prosthesis in the cleaning can 32 during the cleaning time.

Die in der vorstehenden Beschreibung, in der Zeichnung sowie in den Ansprüchen offenbarten Merkmale der Erfindunc können sowohl einzeln als auch in beliebigen Kombinationen für die Verwirklichung der Erfindung in ihren verschiedenen Ausführungsformen wesentlich sein.The features of the invention disclosed in the above description, in the drawing and in the claims can be essential both individually and in any combination for realizing the invention in its various embodiments.

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1. Vorrichtung zur Bevorratung von Tabletteneinheiten sowie zu deren einzelner Entnahme, mit wenigstens einem in einem im wesentlichen geschlossenen Gehäuse vorhandenen Tablettenschacht zur Aufnahme einer Vielzahl übereinander gestapelter Tabletteneinheiten, dessen Breite wenigstens gleich der Breite einer Tabletteneinheit und dessen Tiefe wenigstens gleich der Länge einer Tabletteneinheit ist und an dessen unterem Ende ein Stützlager zum Abstützen der-bevorrateten Tabletteneinheiten angeordnet ist, wobei das Gehäuse am unteren Ende des Tablettenschachtes eine Entnahmeöffnung aufweist, deren Breite wenigstens gleich der Breite einer Tabletteneinheit und deren Höhe wenigstens gleich der Höhe bzw. Dicke einer Tabletteneinheit ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Rückwand (8) oder/und eine Seitenwand (6) des Gehäuses (3) über wenigstens einen Höhenabschnitt des Gehäuses (3) in eine Seitenlasche (27) ausläuft, die zusammen mit einem rechtwinkelig zu ihr verlaufenden Boden (28) und ggf. einem vom Boden (28) hochstehenden Flansch (29) ein Haltefach (31) für eine Reinigungsdose oder dergleichen bildet.1. Device for storing tablet units and for their individual removal, with at least one tablet shaft present in an essentially closed housing for receiving a plurality of stacked tablet units, the width of which is at least equal to the width of a tablet unit and the depth of which is at least equal to the length of a tablet unit and at the lower end of which a support bearing for supporting the stored tablet units is arranged, the housing having a removal opening at the lower end of the tablet shaft, the width of which is at least equal to the width of a tablet unit and the height of which is at least equal to the height or thickness of a tablet unit, characterized in that the rear wall (8) and / or a side wall (6) of the housing (3) runs out over at least one height section of the housing (3) into a side flap (27) which, together with a bottom (28 ) and a if necessary em from the floor (28) upstanding flange (29) forms a holding compartment (31) for a cleaning can or the like. 2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Seitenlasche (27) im wesentlichen halbkreisförmig gekrümmt ausgebildet ist.2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that d a ß the side flap (27) is curved substantially semi-circular. 3. Vorrichtung nach Anspurch 1 oder 2, bei der das Gehäuse im Bereich seiner Vorderwand im wesentlichen halbkreisförmig gekrümmt ausgebildet ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Krümmung der Seitenlasche (27) entgegengesetzt zu der Krümmung der Gehäusevorderwand (12) verläuft.3. Anspurch 1 or 2, in which the housing is formed in the region of its front wall substantially semicircularly curved, characterized in that the curvature of the side plate (27) runs opposite to the curvature of the housing front wall (12). 4. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß an der Rückwand (8) des Gehäuses (3) und der Seitenlasche (27) Befestigungsmittel (33; 34) vorgesehen sind.4. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that on the rear wall (8) of the housing (3) and the side plate (27) fastening means (33; 34) are provided.
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