EP0217390A2 - Device for dispensing portions of granular material, tablets or the like - Google Patents

Device for dispensing portions of granular material, tablets or the like Download PDF

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EP0217390A2
EP0217390A2 EP86113549A EP86113549A EP0217390A2 EP 0217390 A2 EP0217390 A2 EP 0217390A2 EP 86113549 A EP86113549 A EP 86113549A EP 86113549 A EP86113549 A EP 86113549A EP 0217390 A2 EP0217390 A2 EP 0217390A2
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Josef Wilken
Ludger Hackmann
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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
    • B65D83/0409—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 dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation
    • 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
    • B65D2583/0472—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets characterised by the dispensing action
    • B65D2583/0477—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets characterised by the dispensing action the container is maintained in the same position during the dispensing of several successive articles or doses
    • B65D2583/0481—One reciprocating action, e.g. to or from

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  • the invention relates to a device for portioned delivery of granular media, tablets or the like, from the storage space of a housing which has a removal opening which can be closed by means of a plunger which is spring-loaded in the closing direction and a recess in the region of which the plunger emerging from the housing wall is arranged Actuating handle sits, and which housing forms a shaft inside for storing the tappet at a distance from the housing walls.
  • a device of this type is the subject of Pat. P 35 02 282.5 of the applicant.
  • the object of the invention is to make a device of this type more economical to handle with improved injection molding conditions, so that even in the case of very small quantities a high level of output security and complete output is possible.
  • a generic device which, on the one hand, brings more favorable conditions in terms of injection technology and, on the other hand, allows good handling.
  • the space forming the distance to the housing walls is open towards the recess, which benefits the easier removal from the mold.
  • the recess is closed again by the operating handle.
  • the floor is used from the other side.
  • lying area of the housing partly forming the spacing space and partly forming the storage space, can be easily removed from the mold, the channel forming the removal opening forming a material bridge to the shaft leading to the tappet. This helps to stabilize the device.
  • the latter can be implemented as a pocket pack, in which case the highest possible internal stability of the housing is important.
  • the plunger has a passage opening that can be moved in front of the channel, the inside end of which is closed in the dispensing position by a guide wall of the insert part inserted into the storage space. This results in a further stiffening of the housing, which is open on the bottom edge.
  • the passage opening taken into account in the ram ensures reliable separation or precise dosing.
  • a good plunger guide serves the further measure that the actuating handle connected to the cantilevered plunger end slides along the inner surface of the outer wall of the spacing space.
  • the invention further proposes that a space open to the underside of the housing is provided below the channel forming the removal opening. This leaves the possibility open to effect the output path optionally over the floor cross-section.
  • the central shaft for the plunger and the space achieved by the appropriate distance from the housing walls offer an advantageous further training option with regard to child safety.
  • the procedure is such that the locking arm, which can be pivoted out of a bolt opening in the plunger, of an angled safety button can be pivoted into the spacing space.
  • the locking arm is crossing to the cross section of the shaft.
  • the shaft is thus also used to support the safety button, so that in a case in which the actuating handle is first pressed in the direction of releasing the content, the actuating force flowing in via the plunger goes onto the shaft; this protects the bearing points of the safety button.
  • the safety button is located below the bottom wall of the recess, stored between this bottom wall and and a parallel wall lying at a distance below, which walls limit a laterally open safety button receiving recess of the housing upwards and downwards.
  • a highly stable, ie stiffened housing zone is created, especially since a key press that is not quite deliberately carried out could deform the housing, particularly in the case of thin-walled devices.
  • the cross sections of the shaft and ram are square. The passage opening thus safely maintains its functional orientation.
  • the guide wall is the web of a U-profile, the leg of which, positively engaging the plunger, contribute to its guidance.
  • the insertion limit of the insert part forming the bottom of the storage space is stop-limited by webs of the housing.
  • the plunger forms a stop defining the basic position in the region of the lower shaft end.
  • the bottom surface of the passage opening in the basic position of the device is at a vertical distance from the ram-side edge of the bottom.
  • the corresponding cross-sectional offset of the passage opening to the remaining section determining the inlet cross section leads to a lower filler throat, which is practically neutralized with respect to the fill load pressure. There can be no jamming of the filling material directly on the output side in the passage opening.
  • the device designed as a dispenser for the metered dispensing of fine-grained, pearly (so-called pellets) or powdery contents up to tablets has a molded plastic housing 1.
  • the latter is kept relatively flat.
  • the basically long rectangular cross section results from FIG. 4.
  • the housing 1 takes into account a storage space V, which is filled from the open floor cross section and then closed by means of an insert part 3 forming a troughed floor 2.
  • the contents, which are small pearls, are marked with 4.
  • the ceiling 5 of the storage room V is closed.
  • the core of the injection mold is pulled off in the opposite direction, ie on the bottom side, or the housing 1 is blown off from it.
  • a recess 6 open at the top is partially taken into account.
  • the vertically displaceable plunger 8 of the same can be injection-molded in one piece with the actuating handle 7, which is spring-loaded in the direction of the basic position of the plunger 8 and is designed as a pushbutton, or, as is preferred in the present exemplary embodiment, can be connected thereto by means of a clip.
  • the cap-shaped actuating handle has a bushing 9 on its underside, that is, directed downward from the cap cover. Their interior has locking projections 10 which cooperate with locking recesses of the plunger end 8 'there.
  • the downward-facing end face 9 'of the bushing 9 acts to limit the vertical plunger movement against the corresponding end face 12' of a shaft 12 guiding the plunger 8.
  • the latter lies at a distance from the housing walls a to d on all sides.
  • the housing walls a and b the walls are Schmais side walls; the rest are broad side walls.
  • the space 13 having the distance x to the narrow side wall a on the left is open to the recess 6.
  • the core 13 that forms this space 13 and at the same time the recess 6 is upward, d. H. deducted from the ceiling.
  • the partition between the room 13 and the storage room V forms a vertical transverse wall 14, which in the upper area in a corresponding aligned section of the shaft 12 enters or forms this shaft section.
  • the transverse wall extends in the shortest possible way from broad side wall c to wide side wall d of the housing 1 and is rooted therein. In the vertical direction, it extends from the horizontal bottom wall 15 of the recess 6 to the bottom edge 16 of the housing. The top of the bottom wall 15 is level with the upper end 12 'of the shaft 12.
  • the right-hand projection of the bottom wall 15 almost corresponds to the depth (distance x) of the space 13, which extends in the opposite direction, so that the actuating force flows centrally into the plunger despite the relatively large tactile surface.
  • the actuating handle slides along the inner surface of the outer wall of the spacing space 13 formed by a narrow side wall a.
  • this guide surface also sits in the inner surfaces of the broad side walls c and d in the region of the recess 6.
  • a channel 19 forming a removal opening 18 for the filling material 4 extends between the left-hand narrow side wall a and the transverse wall 14. The latter drops slightly in the dispensing direction. Its width corresponds to that of the tappet 8 with a four-section cross-section. The channel height is chosen to be somewhat larger.
  • the shaft forming the channel 19 is free-standing towards the room 13, seen in the cross-sectional plane, that is to say also towards the underside of the housing 1.
  • the space below the channel 19 is designated 20.
  • the ram-side edge 2 'of the base 2 functions as a compartment finger, see above that an exactly dosed amount under the corresponding lower displacement of the St Graels is released to the channel 19 for the purpose of exit via the wall-side removal opening 18.
  • the side of the passage opening 21 previously closed by the transverse wall 14 has been released and the side facing the storage space V has been closed by the insert part 3.
  • This insert part continues below the bottom 2 in a vertical guide wall 22 which extends to just before the edge 16 of the housing 1.
  • the guide wall 22 is the web of a U-profile, the two legs 22 ', positively fitting against the plunger 8, contribute to its guidance in the lower region, so that an annular shaft is also realized there, but with the participation of two basic components, that is to say use of the section of the transverse wall 14 there as the fourth wall of the square cross section Well.
  • the passage opening 21 that falls between the bottom 2, which slopes downwards in the dispensing direction, and the passage 21, which is lower by the actuating stroke length of the plunger 8 and extends in the same direction at an angle, drops significantly steeper than the other parts that function as a slide.
  • the base 2 and the channel 19 preferably have an angle of inclination of 10 °, while the passage opening is approximately 30 °.
  • the insertion end position of the insert 3 forming the bottom 2 of the storage space V is formed by vertically arranged webs 23 on the inner wall surface of the housing.
  • the horizontal edge 24 of the insert 3 comes against the downward end face 23 'of the webs mentioned.
  • the side walls 26 of the insert 3, which are adapted to the inner contour of the housing, are provided with horizontally extending ribs 27, which act practically as a sealing lip and provide a friction fit between the inner surface of the housing 1 and the insert part 3.
  • the transverse wall 14 forms the ram-side wall end.
  • a plunger defining the basic position is formed on the plunger 8 in the region of the lower shaft end. It is a detent-like projection 28 with a beveled back. The horizontal flank of the nose engages under the lower end 12 "of the shaft 12. The bevel serves to facilitate the clip connection between the plunger 8 and shaft 12. Between the two there is a sufficient amount of guiding play.
  • the projection 28 is somewhat exaggerated.
  • the return spring for the plunger 8 is formed by the actuating handle molded leaf springs 29, which abut on the floor Find wall 15 of recess 6. They are rooted in the slide-guided, upper left corner of the actuating handle and, if necessary, extend slightly pretensioned in a slight curve up to the base wall mentioned, which to the right leaves the sufficient space for the spring deformation.
  • the narrow side wall a of the housing is flush with the top of the actuating handle 7.
  • the rest of the broad side walls c, d is cut back to the ceiling height.
  • the device is developed while maintaining its basic structure in the direction of creating a child lock.
  • a safety button is inserted in one broad side wall c of the housing 1, which must be operated before the actuation button is pressed down.
  • the safety button has the reference number 30. It is mounted near the wall on a vertical axis y-y. The axis is formed by two stub axles 31 which protrude in the opposite direction and are snapped into bearing eyes 32. The corresponding resilience is generated by the securing button 30 integrally formed tab 33, which protrude freely from the securing button 30 horizontally.
  • the end faces of the stub axles 31 are chamfered to run-up ramps.
  • One bearing eye 32 is located in the bottom wall 15 of the recess 6, while the second bearing eye 32 is located in a parallel wall 34 lying vertically below the bottom wall 15.
  • the safety button 30 is designed with two arms.
  • One arm 1 which runs exclusively in the plane of the one broad side wall c of the housing, forms the actual operating surface, while the arm 11 which is angled inward in the end region is the locking arm 37 which can be pivoted out of a locking opening 36 in the plunger 8. The latter swings into space 13 evasively.
  • the locking arm 37 also intersects with the four-sided cross section of the shaft 12, which is cut back accordingly in this area and, with its front end 12 'set apart in the corner region of two converging shaft walls, now forms a support shoulder which keeps loads away from the safety button 30.
  • Arched leaf springs 38 extend from arm I of the safety button 30 and load the safety button 30 in the direction of the tappet / shaft-protected basic locking position. They are the same as the fuse button 30. Its free end is supported on the inner surface of the broad side wall b of the housing facing away from the key.

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Abstract

A device for dispensing granular media or tablets in portions from a supply space therein is disclosed. The device comprises a casing having an outlet sealable by a normally closed spring-loaded tappet. The device also includes an actuating system located within a recess in the outer walls of the casing. The tappet emerges from an internal wall within the casing. The wall forms an internal shaft for supporting the tappet and spaces the tappet from the outer walls of the casing. The internal wall also forms a space between an outer walls and a supply space which is open towards the recess and allows for easy formation of the casing. The supply space has a lower portion from which there extends a duct which forms the outlet for the device. The tappet has an opening therethrough at a lower end thereof capable of being moved in front of the duct when in a dispensing position. The supply space is then sealed by an insert located within the lower portion of the supply space. The insert has a guide wall capable of isolating the supply space from the opening in the tappet when the tappet is in the dispensing position and wherein the actuating device slides within the recess and the casing walls to thereby move the tappet from its normally closed position to its dispensing position.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein Gerät zur portionierten Ausgabe körniger Medien, Tabletten oder dergleichen, aus dem Vorratsraum eines Gehäuses, welches eine mittels eines in Schließrichtung federbelasteten Stößels verschließbare Entnahmeöffnung besitzt und eine Aussparung, im Bereich welcher die auf dem aus der Gehäusewandung austretenden Stößel angeordnete Betätigungshandhabe sitzt, und welches Gehäuse im Inneren einen Schacht ausbildet zur Lagerung des Stößels mit Abstand zu den Gehäusewänden.The invention relates to a device for portioned delivery of granular media, tablets or the like, from the storage space of a housing which has a removal opening which can be closed by means of a plunger which is spring-loaded in the closing direction and a recess in the region of which the plunger emerging from the housing wall is arranged Actuating handle sits, and which housing forms a shaft inside for storing the tappet at a distance from the housing walls.

Ein Gerät dieser Art ist Gegenstand der Pat.-Anm. P 35 02 282.5 der Anmelderin.A device of this type is the subject of Pat. P 35 02 282.5 of the applicant.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, ein Gerät dieser Art bei spritztechnisch verbesserten Voraussetzungen auch in der Handhabung günstiger zu gestalten, so daß selbst im Falle von Kleinstmengen eine hohe Ausgabesicherheit und eine restlose Ausbringung möglich ist.The object of the invention is to make a device of this type more economical to handle with improved injection molding conditions, so that even in the case of very small quantities a high level of output security and complete output is possible.

Gelöst ist diese Aufgabe durch die im Anspruch 1 angegebene Erfindung.This object is achieved by the invention specified in claim 1.

Die Unteransprüche sind vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen des erfindungsgemäßen Gerätes.The subclaims are advantageous developments of the device according to the invention.

Zufolge solcher Ausgestaltung ist ein gattungsgemäßes Gerät geschaffen, welches zum einen spritztechnisch günstigere Verhältnisse bringt und zum anderen eine gute Handhabung erlaubt. Der den Abstand zu den Gehäusewänden bildende Raum ist zur Aussparung hin offen, was dem erleichterten Entformen zugutekommt. Die Aussparung wird wieder verschlossen durch die Betätigungshandhabe. Von der anderen Seite her wird der Boden eingesetzt. Auch der in dieser Richtung liegende, teils den Abstandsraum und teils den Vorratsraum bildende Bereich des Gehäuses läßt sich gut entformen, wobei der die Entnahmeöffnung bildende Kanal eine Materialbrücke zum den Stößel führenden Schacht bildet. Das trägt zur Stabilisierung des Gerätes bei. Letzteres kann als Taschenpackung realisiert sein, in welchem Falle sich eine möglichst hohe innere Stabilität des Gehäuses wichtig ist. Der Stößel besitzt eine vor den Kanal bewegbare Durchtrittsöffnung, deren innenseitiges Ende in Ausgabestellung durch eine Führungswand des in den Vorratsraum eingeführten Einsatzteiles verschlossen ist. Hierdurch entsteht eine weitere Aussteifung des bodenseitig randoffenen Gehäuses. Die im Stößel berücksichtigte Durchtrittsöffnung bringt eine sichere Vereinzelung bzw. genaue Dosierung. Einer guten Stößelführung dient die weitere Maßnahme,' daß die mit dem freiragenden Stößelende verbundene Betätigungshandhabe längs der Innenfläche der Außenwand des Abstandsraumes gleitet. Weiter bringt die Erfindung in Vorschlag, daß unterhalb des die Entnahmeöffnung bildenden Kanales ein zur Unterseite des Gehäuses hin offener Raum vorgesehen ist. Hierdurch ist die Möglichkeit offengelassen, den Ausgabeweg wahlweise auch über den Bodenquerschnitt zu bewirken. Der zentral liegende Schaft für den Stößel und der durch den entsprechenden Abstand zu den Gehäusewänden erzielte Raum bringen eine vorteilhafte Weiterbildungsmöglichkeit im Hinblick einer Kindersicherung. Diesbezüglich wird dabei so vorgegangen, daß in den Abstandsraum der aus einer Riegelöffnung des Stößels ausschwenkbare Sperrarm einer winkelförmig gestalteten Sicherungstaste einschwenkbar ist. Hierbei erweist es sich als vorteilhaft, daß der Sperrarm kreuzend liegt zum Querschnitt des Schachtes. Der Schacht wird so zugleich zur Abstützung der Sicherungstaste herangezogen, so daß in einem Falle, in dem zuerst die Betätigungshandhabe in Richtung der Freigabe des Inhalts gedrückt wird, die hierbei über den Stößel einfließende Betätigungskraft auf den Schacht geht; dies schont die Lagerstellen der Sicherungstaste. Dabei ist es zudem günstig, daß die Sicherungstaste unterhalb der Bodenwand der Aussparung liegt, gelagert zwischen dieser Bodenwand und und einer mit Abstand darunter liegenden Parallelwand, welche Wände eine seitlich offene Sicherheltstasten-Aufnahmenische des Gehäuses nach oben und unten hin begrenzen. Auch In diesem Bereich entsteht so eine hoch stabile, d. h. ausgesteifte Gehäusezone, zumal ein nicht ganz gezielt ausgeführter Tastendruck vor allem bei dünnwandigen Geräten gehäuseverformend wirken könnte. Weiter wird vorgeschlagen, daß die Querschnitte von Schacht und Stößel quadratisch gestaltet sind. Die Durchtrittsöffnung behält so sicher ihre funktionsgerechte Ausrichtung bei. In diesem Zusammenhang erweist es sich weiter als vorteilhaft, daß die Führungswand der Steg eines U-Profils ist, dessen Schenkel, formschlüssig am Stößel anliegend, zu dessen Führung beitragen. Zudem ist es günstig, daß die Einschub-Endbegrenzung des den Boden des Vorratsraumes bildenden Einsatzteiles durch Stege des Gehäuses anschlagbegrenzt ist. Auch besteht noch ein vorteilhaftes Merkmal der Erfindung darin, daß der Stößel im Bereich des unteren Schachtendes einen die Grundstellung definierenden Anschlag ausbildet. Schließlich ergibt sich eine für die Ausgabefunktion vorteilhafte Ausgestaltung dadurch, daß die sich zwischen dem in Ausgaberichtung schräg abfallenden Boden und dem um die Betätigungshublänge des Stößels tieferliegenden, in gleicher Richtung schräg abfallenden Kanal erstreckende Durchtrittsöffnung steiler abfällt. Letzteres führt zu einem günstigeren Rutschverhalten, so daß die als Dosierkammer fungierende Durchtrittsöffnung sich schlagartig und ohne Nutzung der Füllast vollkommen anfüllt. Endlich besteht noch ein vorteilhaftes Merkmal darin, daß die Bodenfläche der Durchtrittsöffnung in Grundstellung des Gerätes in vertikalem Abstand zur stößelseitigen Kante des Bodens liegt. Der entsprechende Querschnittsversatz der Durchtrittsöffnung zum den Zulaufquerschnitt bestimmenden Restabschnitt führt zu einer tieferliegenden Füllkehle, die in Bezug auf den Füllast-Druck praktisch neutralisiert ist. Es kann dort nicht zu Verklemmungen des unmittelbar ausgabeseitigen Füllguts in der Durchtrittsöffnung kommen.As a result of such a configuration, a generic device is created which, on the one hand, brings more favorable conditions in terms of injection technology and, on the other hand, allows good handling. The space forming the distance to the housing walls is open towards the recess, which benefits the easier removal from the mold. The recess is closed again by the operating handle. The floor is used from the other side. Also in this direction lying area of the housing, partly forming the spacing space and partly forming the storage space, can be easily removed from the mold, the channel forming the removal opening forming a material bridge to the shaft leading to the tappet. This helps to stabilize the device. The latter can be implemented as a pocket pack, in which case the highest possible internal stability of the housing is important. The plunger has a passage opening that can be moved in front of the channel, the inside end of which is closed in the dispensing position by a guide wall of the insert part inserted into the storage space. This results in a further stiffening of the housing, which is open on the bottom edge. The passage opening taken into account in the ram ensures reliable separation or precise dosing. A good plunger guide serves the further measure that the actuating handle connected to the cantilevered plunger end slides along the inner surface of the outer wall of the spacing space. The invention further proposes that a space open to the underside of the housing is provided below the channel forming the removal opening. This leaves the possibility open to effect the output path optionally over the floor cross-section. The central shaft for the plunger and the space achieved by the appropriate distance from the housing walls offer an advantageous further training option with regard to child safety. In this regard, the procedure is such that the locking arm, which can be pivoted out of a bolt opening in the plunger, of an angled safety button can be pivoted into the spacing space. Here it proves to be advantageous that the locking arm is crossing to the cross section of the shaft. The shaft is thus also used to support the safety button, so that in a case in which the actuating handle is first pressed in the direction of releasing the content, the actuating force flowing in via the plunger goes onto the shaft; this protects the bearing points of the safety button. It is also advantageous that the safety button is located below the bottom wall of the recess, stored between this bottom wall and and a parallel wall lying at a distance below, which walls limit a laterally open safety button receiving recess of the housing upwards and downwards. In this area, too, a highly stable, ie stiffened housing zone is created, especially since a key press that is not quite deliberately carried out could deform the housing, particularly in the case of thin-walled devices. It is also proposed that the cross sections of the shaft and ram are square. The passage opening thus safely maintains its functional orientation. In this context, it also proves to be advantageous that the guide wall is the web of a U-profile, the leg of which, positively engaging the plunger, contribute to its guidance. In addition, it is favorable that the insertion limit of the insert part forming the bottom of the storage space is stop-limited by webs of the housing. Another advantageous feature of the invention is that the plunger forms a stop defining the basic position in the region of the lower shaft end. Finally, an embodiment which is advantageous for the dispensing function results from the fact that the passage opening which falls between the bottom which slopes downwards in the direction of dispensing and the channel which is lower by the actuating stroke length of the plunger and which slopes downwards in the same direction drops more steeply. The latter leads to a more favorable slip behavior, so that the passage opening functioning as a metering chamber fills up suddenly and without using the filling load. Finally, there is an advantageous feature that the bottom surface of the passage opening in the basic position of the device is at a vertical distance from the ram-side edge of the bottom. The corresponding cross-sectional offset of the passage opening to the remaining section determining the inlet cross section leads to a lower filler throat, which is practically neutralized with respect to the fill load pressure. There can be no jamming of the filling material directly on the output side in the passage opening.

Der Gegenstand der Erfindung ist nachstehend anhand eines zeichnerisch veranschaulichten Ausführungsbeispieles näher erläutert. Es zeigt

  • Fig. 1 die Seitenansicht des Spenders in vergrößerter Wiedergabe,
  • Fig. 2 die Draufsicht hierzu,
  • Fig. 3 den Schnitt gemäß Linie III-III in Fig. 2,
  • Fig. 4 den Schnitt gemäß Linie IV-IV in Fig. 3,
  • Fig. 5 einen der Fig. 3 entsprechenden Vertikalschnitt durch ein im Hinblick auf eine Kindersicherung weitergebildetes Gerät,
  • Fig. 6 den Schnitt gemäß Linie VI-VI in Fig. 5, mit wechselndem Schnittebenen-Versatz,
  • Fig. 7 den Schnitt gemäß Linie VII-VII in Fig. 5 und
  • Fig. 8 eine Seitenansicht der Sicherungstaste in Einzeldarstellung.
The subject matter of the invention is explained in more detail below on the basis of an illustrative embodiment. It shows
  • 1 is a side view of the dispenser in an enlarged representation,
  • 2 is a top view of this,
  • 3 shows the section along line III-III in FIG. 2,
  • 4 shows the section along line IV-IV in FIG. 3,
  • 5 shows a vertical section corresponding to FIG. 3 through a device further developed with regard to child safety,
  • 6 shows the section according to line VI-VI in FIG. 5, with changing cutting plane offset,
  • Fig. 7 shows the section along line VII-VII in Fig. 5 and
  • Fig. 8 is a side view of the fuse button in a single representation.

Das als Spender ausgebildete Gerät zur dosierten Ausgabe feinkörnigen, perligen (sogenannte Pellets) bzw. pulverförmigen Inhalts bis hin zu Tabletten besitzt ein aus Kunststoff gespritztes Gehäuse 1. Letzteres ist relativ flach gehalten. Der im Grunde lang rechteckige Querschnitt ergibt sich aus Fig. 4.The device designed as a dispenser for the metered dispensing of fine-grained, pearly (so-called pellets) or powdery contents up to tablets has a molded plastic housing 1. The latter is kept relatively flat. The basically long rectangular cross section results from FIG. 4.

Das Gehäuse 1 berücksichtigt einen Vorratsraum V, der vom offenen Bodenquerschnitt her gefüllt und anschließend mittels eines einen gemuldeten Boden 2 bildenden Einsatzteiles 3 verschlossen wird. Das Füllgut, es handelt sich um kleine Perlen, ist mit 4 bezeichnet. Die Decke 5 des Vorratsraums V ist geschlossen. Der Kern der Spritzform wird in Gegenrichtung, also bodenseitig, abgezogen bzw. das Gehäuse 1 von diesem abgeblasen.The housing 1 takes into account a storage space V, which is filled from the open floor cross section and then closed by means of an insert part 3 forming a troughed floor 2. The contents, which are small pearls, are marked with 4. The ceiling 5 of the storage room V is closed. The core of the injection mold is pulled off in the opposite direction, ie on the bottom side, or the housing 1 is blown off from it.

Deckenseitig ist partiell eine nach oben hin offene Aussparung 6 berücksichtigt. Sie weist im Interesse einer möglichst großen, frei vorragenden Betätigungsfläche der Betätigungshandhabe 7 eine sich über die ganze Querbreite des Gehäuses erstreckende Weite auf und sitzt an einem aus der Gehäusewandung austretenden Stößel 8 der möglichst zentral im Gehäuse untergebrachten Spender-Ausgabemechanik M. Der vertikal verlagerbare Stößel 8 derselben kann mit dem in Richtung der Grundstellung des Stößels 8 federbelasteten, als Drucktaste ausgebildeten Betätigungshandhabe 7 einstückig gespritzt oder, wie dies im vorliegenden Ausführungsbeispiel bevorzugt ist, mit diesem klipstechnisch verbunden sein. Hierzu weist die kappenförmige Betätigungshandhabe an ihrer Unterseite, also von der Kappendecke ausgehend nach unten gerichtet, eine Büchse 9 auf. Deren Innenraum besitzt Rastvorsprünge 10, welche mit Rastvertiefungen des dortigen Stößelendes 8' zusammenwirken.On the ceiling side, a recess 6 open at the top is partially taken into account. In the interest of the largest possible, freely projecting actuating surface of the actuating handle 7, it has a width that extends over the entire transverse width of the housing and is seated on a plunger 8 emerging from the housing wall of the dispenser dispensing mechanism M which is accommodated as centrally as possible in the housing. The vertically displaceable plunger 8 of the same can be injection-molded in one piece with the actuating handle 7, which is spring-loaded in the direction of the basic position of the plunger 8 and is designed as a pushbutton, or, as is preferred in the present exemplary embodiment, can be connected thereto by means of a clip. For this purpose, the cap-shaped actuating handle has a bushing 9 on its underside, that is, directed downward from the cap cover. Their interior has locking projections 10 which cooperate with locking recesses of the plunger end 8 'there.

Das nach unten weisende Stirnende 9' der Büchse 9 tritt zur Begrenzung der vertikalen Stößelbewegung gegen das korrespondierende Stirnende 12' eines den Stößel 8 führenden Schachtes 12. Letzterer liegt in allseitigem Abstand zu den Gehäusewänden a bis d. Bezüglich der Gehäusewände a und b handelt es sich um Schmaiseitenwände; die restlichen sind Breitseitenwände.The downward-facing end face 9 'of the bushing 9 acts to limit the vertical plunger movement against the corresponding end face 12' of a shaft 12 guiding the plunger 8. The latter lies at a distance from the housing walls a to d on all sides. With regard to the housing walls a and b, the walls are Schmais side walls; the rest are broad side walls.

Der den Abstand x zur linksseitigen Schmalseitenwand a aufweisende Raum 13 ist zur Aussparung 6 hin offen. Der diesen Raum 13 und zugleich die Aussparung 6 formende Kern wird nach oben, d. h. deckenseitig abgezogen.The space 13 having the distance x to the narrow side wall a on the left is open to the recess 6. The core 13 that forms this space 13 and at the same time the recess 6 is upward, d. H. deducted from the ceiling.

Die Scheidewand zwischen Raum 13 und Vorratsraum V bildet eine vertikale Querwand 14, die im oberen Bereich in einen entsprechend ausgerichteten Abschnitt des Schachtes 12 einläuft bzw. diesen Schachtabschnitt bildet. Die Querwand reicht auf kürzestem Wege von Breitseitenwand c zu Breitseitenwand d des Gehäuses 1 und wurzelt darin. In vertikaler Richtung reicht sie von der horizontalen Bodenwand 15 der Aussparung 6 bis hin zum bodenseitigen Standrand 16 des Gehäuses. Die Oberseite der Bodenwand 15 schließt ebenengleich mit dem oberen Stirnende 12' des Schachtes 12 ab.The partition between the room 13 and the storage room V forms a vertical transverse wall 14, which in the upper area in a corresponding aligned section of the shaft 12 enters or forms this shaft section. The transverse wall extends in the shortest possible way from broad side wall c to wide side wall d of the housing 1 and is rooted therein. In the vertical direction, it extends from the horizontal bottom wall 15 of the recess 6 to the bottom edge 16 of the housing. The top of the bottom wall 15 is level with the upper end 12 'of the shaft 12.

Die rechtsseitige Ausladung der Bodenwand 15 entspricht fast der in Gegenrichtung ausladenden Tiefe (Abstand x) des Raumes 13, so daß trotz relativ goßrer Tastfläche die Betätigungskraft zentral in den Stößel einfließt. Wie den Fig. 2, 3 und 5 entnehmbar, gleitet die Betätigungshandhabe geführt längs der Innenfläche der von der einen Schmalseitenwand a gebildeten Außenwand des Abstandsraumes 13. Diese Führungsfläche setzt sich, wie vor allen Dingen aus Fig. 2 entnehmbar, auch noch in die Innenflächen der Breitseitenwände c und d im Bereich der Ausparung 6 fort. Zu der von der Bodenwand 15 ausgehenden, zur Decke 5 führenden Vertikalwand 17 hingegen besteht ein geringer lichter Abstand in Form eines mondsichelförmigen Spaltes zwischen der aussparungsseitigen Innenfläche und der korrespondierenden Fläche der Betätigungshandhabe 7.The right-hand projection of the bottom wall 15 almost corresponds to the depth (distance x) of the space 13, which extends in the opposite direction, so that the actuating force flows centrally into the plunger despite the relatively large tactile surface. As can be seen in FIGS. 2, 3 and 5, the actuating handle slides along the inner surface of the outer wall of the spacing space 13 formed by a narrow side wall a. As can be seen above all from FIG. 2, this guide surface also sits in the inner surfaces of the broad side walls c and d in the region of the recess 6. On the other hand, there is a slight clear distance in the form of a crescent-shaped gap between the recess-side inner surface and the corresponding surface of the actuating handle 7 from the vertical wall 17 starting from the bottom wall 15 and leading to the ceiling 5.

Zwischen der linksseitigen Schmalseitenwand a und der Querwand 14 erstreckt sich ein eine Entnahmeöffnung 18 für das Füllgut 4 bildender Kanal 19. Letzterer fällt in Ausgaberichtung leicht ab. Seine Breite entspricht der des dem Querschnitt vierkäntigen Stößels 8. Die Kanalhöhe ist etwas größer gewählt. Der den Kanal 19 bildende Schacht ist zum Raum 13 hin, in der Querschnittsebene gesehen, freistehend, also auch zur Unterseite des Gehäuses 1 hin offen. Der unterhalb des Kanales 19 liegende Raum ist mit 20 bezeichnet. Hierdurch steht der Bildung eines nach unten gerichteten Ausgabeweges für das Füllgut nichts im Wege. Die Entnahmeöffnung 18 wäre geschlossen zu halten und der bodenseitlge Abschnitt des Kanales durch einen nach unten hin ausziehbaren Kern offenzuhalten.A channel 19 forming a removal opening 18 for the filling material 4 extends between the left-hand narrow side wall a and the transverse wall 14. The latter drops slightly in the dispensing direction. Its width corresponds to that of the tappet 8 with a four-section cross-section. The channel height is chosen to be somewhat larger. The shaft forming the channel 19 is free-standing towards the room 13, seen in the cross-sectional plane, that is to say also towards the underside of the housing 1. The space below the channel 19 is designated 20. As a result, there is the formation of a downward discharge path for the filling material nothing in the way. The removal opening 18 would have to be kept closed and the bottom-side section of the channel would have to be kept open by a core which can be pulled out downwards.

Die praktisch schleusenartige Übergabe des Füllgutes 4 vom Vorratsraum V an den Kanal 19 wird durch eine entsprechend vertikal vor den Kanal 19 bewegbare Durchtrittsöffnung 21 im unteren Ende 8" des Stößels 8 erreicht. In der federbelasteten Grundstellung des Stößels ist diese Durchtrittsöffnung 21 zum Vorratsraum V hin offen und zur Querwand 14 hin, welche praktisch eine Verlängerung des Schachtes 12 darstellt, verschlossen. Die in Ausgaberichtung geneigt abfallende Bodenfläche 21' der Durchtrittsöffnung 21 erstreckt sich deutlich unterhalb der Ebene der geneigten Bodenfläche, und zwar in einem Verhältnis von ca. 1 : 3 der Höhe der Querschnittsöffnung 21. Das führt zu einer tieferliegenden Füllkehle. Durch Ausübung einer Betätigungskraft P in Richtung des Pfeiles z auf 7 taucht die Durchtrittsöffnung 21 voll unter die Ebene des Bodens 2. Die stößelseitige Kante 2' des Bodens 2 fungiert als Abteilfinger, so daß eine exakt dosierte Menge unter der entsprechenden Tieferverlagerung des Stößels an den Kanal 19 abgegeben wird zwecks Austritt über die wandseitige Entnahmeöffnung 18. In dieser Ausgabestellung ist die zuvor durch die Querwand 14 verschlossene Seite der Durchtrittsöffnung 21 freigegeben und die dem Vorratsraum V zugewandte Seite durch das Einsatzteil 3 verschlossen worden. Dieses Einsatzteil setzt sich unterhalb des Bodens 2 in eine vertikale Führungswand 22 fort, welche bis kurz vor den Standrand 16 des Gehäuses 1 reicht. Die Führungswand 22 ist der Steg eines U-Profiles, dessen beide Schenkel 22', formschlüssig am Stößel 8 anliegend, zu dessen Führung im unteren Bereich beitragen, so daß dort auch ein ringsgeschlossener Schacht verwirklicht ist, jedoch unter Beteiligung zweier Grundbauteile, also unter Nutzung des dortigen Abschnitts der Querwand 14 als vierte Wand des auch hier quadratischen Querschnitt aufweisenden Schachtes. Wie den Figuren 3 und 5 entnehmbar, fällt die sich zwischen dem in Ausgaberichtung schräg abfallenden Boden 2 und dem um die Betätigungshublänge des Stößels 8 tieferliegenden, in gleicher Richtung schräg abfallenden Kanal erstreckende Durchtrittsöffnung 21 deutlich steiler ab als die anderen als Rutsche fungierenden Partien. Vorzugsweise besitzen der Boden 2 und der Kanal 19 einen Neigungswinkel von 10°, die Durchtrittsöffnung dagegen von etwa 30°.The practically sluice-like transfer of the filling material 4 from the storage space V to the channel 19 is achieved through a correspondingly vertically movable passage opening 21 in the lower end 8 "of the plunger 8. In the spring-loaded basic position of the plunger, this passage opening 21 is towards the storage space V. open and closed towards the transverse wall 14, which practically represents an extension of the shaft 12. The bottom surface 21 'of the passage opening 21, which slopes downward in the dispensing direction, extends significantly below the plane of the inclined bottom surface, in a ratio of approximately 1: 3 the height of the cross-sectional opening 21. This leads to a lower filler throat. By exerting an actuating force P in the direction of the arrow z at 7, the passage opening 21 dips completely below the level of the base 2. The ram-side edge 2 'of the base 2 functions as a compartment finger, see above that an exactly dosed amount under the corresponding lower displacement of the St ößels is released to the channel 19 for the purpose of exit via the wall-side removal opening 18. In this dispensing position, the side of the passage opening 21 previously closed by the transverse wall 14 has been released and the side facing the storage space V has been closed by the insert part 3. This insert part continues below the bottom 2 in a vertical guide wall 22 which extends to just before the edge 16 of the housing 1. The guide wall 22 is the web of a U-profile, the two legs 22 ', positively fitting against the plunger 8, contribute to its guidance in the lower region, so that an annular shaft is also realized there, but with the participation of two basic components, that is to say use of the section of the transverse wall 14 there as the fourth wall of the square cross section Well. As can be seen from FIGS. 3 and 5, the passage opening 21 that falls between the bottom 2, which slopes downwards in the dispensing direction, and the passage 21, which is lower by the actuating stroke length of the plunger 8 and extends in the same direction at an angle, drops significantly steeper than the other parts that function as a slide. The base 2 and the channel 19 preferably have an angle of inclination of 10 °, while the passage opening is approximately 30 °.

Die Einschub-Endstellung des den Boden 2 des Vorratsraumes V bildenden Einsatzteiles 3 ist durch vertikal angeordnete Stege 23 an der Wandinnenfläche des Gehäuses gebildet. Der horizontale Rand 24 des Einsatzes 3 tritt gegen die nach unten gerichtete Stirnfläche 23' der genannten Stege. Im stößelseitigen Bereich findet ein Anschlag zwischen dem genannten Rand 24 und der nach unten gerichteten Stirnfläche U-förmiger Schenkelfortsetzungen 25 des Schachtes 12 statt. Außerdem sind die der Innenkontur des Gehäuses angepaßten Seitenwände 26 des Einsatzes 3 mit horizontal verlaufenden Rippen 27 versehen, die praktisch dichtlippenartig wirken und einen klemmsitzartigen Reibungsschluß zwischen Gehäuseinnenfläche 1 und dem Einsatzteil 3 vermitteln. Den stößelseitigen Wandabschluß bildet die Querwand 14.The insertion end position of the insert 3 forming the bottom 2 of the storage space V is formed by vertically arranged webs 23 on the inner wall surface of the housing. The horizontal edge 24 of the insert 3 comes against the downward end face 23 'of the webs mentioned. In the area of the ram, there is a stop between said edge 24 and the downwardly directed end face of U-shaped leg extensions 25 of shaft 12. In addition, the side walls 26 of the insert 3, which are adapted to the inner contour of the housing, are provided with horizontally extending ribs 27, which act practically as a sealing lip and provide a friction fit between the inner surface of the housing 1 and the insert part 3. The transverse wall 14 forms the ram-side wall end.

Dem Stößel 8 ist im Bereich des unteren Schachtendes ein die Grundstellung definierender Anschlag angeformt. Es handelt sich um einen rastnasenartigen Vorsprung 28 mit abgeschrägtem Rücken. Die horizontale Flanke der Nase untergreift das untere Stirnende 12" des Schachtes 12. Die Abschrägung dient der erleichterten Herbeiführung der Klipsverbindung zwischen Stößel 8 und Schacht 12. Zwischen beiden liegt ein genügendes Führungsspiel. Der Vorsprung 28 ist etwas übertrieben wiedergegeben.A plunger defining the basic position is formed on the plunger 8 in the region of the lower shaft end. It is a detent-like projection 28 with a beveled back. The horizontal flank of the nose engages under the lower end 12 "of the shaft 12. The bevel serves to facilitate the clip connection between the plunger 8 and shaft 12. Between the two there is a sufficient amount of guiding play. The projection 28 is somewhat exaggerated.

Die Rückholfeder für den Stößel 8 ist von der Betätigungshandhabe angeformten Blattfedern 29 gebildet, die ihr Widerlager auf der Bodenwand 15 der Aussparung 6 finden. Sie wurzeln in der gleitgeführten, linken oberen Ecke der Betätigungshandhabe und erstrecken sich gegebenenfalls leicht vorgespannt in schwachem Bogenverlauf bis auf die genannte Bodenwand, welche nach rechts den genügenden Ausweichraum für die Federverformung läßt.The return spring for the plunger 8 is formed by the actuating handle molded leaf springs 29, which abut on the floor Find wall 15 of recess 6. They are rooted in the slide-guided, upper left corner of the actuating handle and, if necessary, extend slightly pretensioned in a slight curve up to the base wall mentioned, which to the right leaves the sufficient space for the spring deformation.

Linksseitig schließt die Schmalseitenwand a des Gehäuses ebenengleich mit der Oberseite der Betätigungshandhabe 7 ab. Der in die Breitseitenwände c, d übergehende Rest ist bis auf die Deckenhöhe zurückgeschnitten.On the left side, the narrow side wall a of the housing is flush with the top of the actuating handle 7. The rest of the broad side walls c, d is cut back to the ceiling height.

Gemäß den Fig. 5 bis 8 ist das Gerät unter Beibehaltung seines prinzipiellen Aufbaues in Richtung der Schaffung einer Kindersicherung weitergebildet. Im Abstand zum Betätigungsbereich der Betätigungshandhabe ist dazu in der einen Breitseitenwand c des Gehäuses 1 eine Sicherungstaste eingesetzt, welche vor dem Abwärtsdrücken der Betätigungstaste bedient werden muß. Die Sicherungstaste trägt das Bezugszeichen 30. Sie ist in Wandnähe auf einer Vertikalachse y-y gelagert. Gebildet ist die Achse von zwei in Gegenrichtung überstehenden Achsstummeln 31, die in Lageraugen 32 eingeschnäppert sind. Die entsprechende Federfähigkeit wird von der Sicherungstaste 30 angeformten Lappen 33 erzeugt, die freifliegend horizontal von der Sicherungstaste 30 abstehen. Zur erleichterten Einschnäppbewegung sind die Stirnflächen der Achsstummel 31 zu Auflauframpen abgeschrägt. Das eine Lagerauge 32 befindet sich in der Bodenwand 15 der Aussparung 6, während das zweite Lagerauge 32 sich in einer mit vertikalem Abstand unter der Bodenwand 15 liegenden Parallelwand 34 befindet. Diese Wände einschließlich einer nach unten gerichteten Verlängerung 17' der Vertikalwand 17 umschreiben eine Sicherungstasten-Aufnahmenische 35, welche sich tiefenmäßig über die ganze Querbreite des Gehäuses erstreckt.5 to 8, the device is developed while maintaining its basic structure in the direction of creating a child lock. At a distance from the actuation area of the actuation handle, a safety button is inserted in one broad side wall c of the housing 1, which must be operated before the actuation button is pressed down. The safety button has the reference number 30. It is mounted near the wall on a vertical axis y-y. The axis is formed by two stub axles 31 which protrude in the opposite direction and are snapped into bearing eyes 32. The corresponding resilience is generated by the securing button 30 integrally formed tab 33, which protrude freely from the securing button 30 horizontally. To facilitate the snap-in movement, the end faces of the stub axles 31 are chamfered to run-up ramps. One bearing eye 32 is located in the bottom wall 15 of the recess 6, while the second bearing eye 32 is located in a parallel wall 34 lying vertically below the bottom wall 15. These walls, including a downward extension 17 'of the vertical wall 17, circumscribe a fuse key receiving recess 35 which extends in depth over the entire transverse width of the housing.

Die Sicherungstaste 30 ist doppelarmig gestaltet. Der eine, ausschließlich in der Ebene der einen Breitseitenwand c des Gehäuses verlaufende Arm 1 bildet die eigentliche Bedienungsfläche, während der im Endbereich gehäuseeinwärts abgewinkelte Arm 11 der aus einer Riegelöffnung 36 des Stößels 8 herausschwenkbare Sperrarm 37 ist. Letzterer schwenkt ausweichend in den Raum 13 ein. Wie ersichtlich, liegt der Sperrarm 37 auch kreuzend zum vierkäntigen Querschnitt des Schachtes 12, der in diesem Bereich entsprechend zurückgeschnitten ist und mit seiner im Eckbereich zweier zusammenlaufender Schachtwände abgesetzten Stirnende 12' nun eine Stützschulter bildet, welche Belastungen von der Sicherungstaste 30 fernhält.The safety button 30 is designed with two arms. One arm 1, which runs exclusively in the plane of the one broad side wall c of the housing, forms the actual operating surface, while the arm 11 which is angled inward in the end region is the locking arm 37 which can be pivoted out of a locking opening 36 in the plunger 8. The latter swings into space 13 evasively. As can be seen, the locking arm 37 also intersects with the four-sided cross section of the shaft 12, which is cut back accordingly in this area and, with its front end 12 'set apart in the corner region of two converging shaft walls, now forms a support shoulder which keeps loads away from the safety button 30.

Vom Arm I der Sicherungstaste 30 gehen gewölbte Blattfedern 38 aus, die die Sicherungstaste 30 in Richtung der stößel/schachtgeschützten Sperr-Grundstellung belasten. Sie sind der Sicherungstaste 30 gleich angeformt. Ihr freies Ende stützt sich auf der Innenfläche der tastenabgewandten Breitseitenwand b des Gehäuses ab.Arched leaf springs 38 extend from arm I of the safety button 30 and load the safety button 30 in the direction of the tappet / shaft-protected basic locking position. They are the same as the fuse button 30. Its free end is supported on the inner surface of the broad side wall b of the housing facing away from the key.

Die Funktion ist, kurz zusammengefaßt, wie folgt: Zur Ausgabe des Füllinhalts 4 ist, bei entsprechender Ausrüstung, zunächst die Sicherungstaste 30 zu betätigen. Dabei schwenkt der Sperrarm 37 aus der Riegelöffnung 36 des Stößels aus. Der Weg ist frei für das Verlagern des Stößels im Sinne der Ausgabe. Durch Loslassen beider Funktionsteile treten Sicherungstaste 30 und Spendermechanik federbelastet wieder in die Sperrgrundstellung.The function is, briefly summarized, as follows: To dispense the filling content 4, with the appropriate equipment, first press the safety button 30. The locking arm 37 swings out of the bolt opening 36 of the plunger. The way is clear for the displacement of the ram in the sense of the issue. By releasing both functional parts, the safety button 30 and the dispenser mechanism spring-loaded return to the basic locking position.

Alle in der Beschreibung erwähnten und in der Zeichnung dargestellten neuen Merkmale sind erfindungswesentlich, auch soweit sie in den Ansprüchen nicht ausdrücklich beansprucht sind.All the new features mentioned in the description and shown in the drawing are essential to the invention, even if they are not expressly claimed in the claims.

Claims (12)

1. Gerät zur portionierten Ausgabe körniger Medien, Tabletten oder dergleichen, aus dem Vorratsraum eines Gehäuses, welches eine mittels eines in Schließrichtung federbelasteten Stößels verschließbare Entnahmeöffnung besitzt und eine Aussparung, im Bereich welcher die auf dem aus der Gehäusewandung austretenden Stößel angeordnete Betätigungshandhabe sitzt, und welches Gehäuse im Inneren einen Schacht ausbildet zur Lagerung des Stößels mit Abstand zu den Gehäusewänden, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der den Abstand (x) bildende Raum (13) zur Aussparung (6) hin offen und vom Vorratsraum (V) getrennt ist, welcher einen Boden (2) besitzt, unterhalb dessen ein die Entnahmeöffnung (18) bildender Kanal (19) verläuft, und der Stößel (8) eine vor den Kanal (19) bewegbare Durchtrittsöffnung (21) besitzt, deren innenseitiges Ende in Ausgabestellung durch die Führungswand (22) eines in den Vorratsraum (V) eingeführten Einsatzteiles (3) verschlossen ist.1.Device for portioned delivery of granular media, tablets or the like, from the storage space of a housing which has a removal opening which can be closed by means of a plunger which is spring-loaded in the closing direction and a cutout in the region in which the actuating handle arranged on the plunger emerging from the housing wall is seated, and which housing forms a shaft inside for storing the tappet at a distance from the housing walls, characterized in that the space (13) forming the distance (x) towards the recess (6) is open and separated from the storage space (V), which one Has bottom (2), below which a channel (19) forming the removal opening (18) runs, and the plunger (8) has a passage opening (21) which can be moved in front of the channel (19), the inside end of which is in the dispensing position through the guide wall ( 22) of an insert part (3) inserted into the storage space (V) is closed. 2. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Betätigungshandhabe (7) längs der Innenfläche der Außenwand (Schmalseitenwand a) des Abstandsraumes (13) gleitet.2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the actuating handle (7) slides along the inner surface of the outer wall (narrow side wall a) of the spacing space (13). 3. Gerät nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß unterhalb des die Entnahmeöffnung (18) bildenden Kanales (19) ein zur Unterseite des Gehäuses (1) hin offener Raum (20) vorgesehen ist.3. Apparatus according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that a space (20) which is open towards the underside of the housing (1) is provided below the channel (19) forming the removal opening (18). 4. Gerät nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß in den Abstandsraum (13) der aus einer Riegelöffnung (36) des Stößels (8) ausschwenkbare Sperrarm (37) einer winkelförmig gestalteten Sicherungstaste (30) einschwenkbar ist.4. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that in the space (13) from one Latch opening (36) of the plunger (8) pivotable locking arm (37) of an angled safety button (30) can be pivoted. 5. Gerät nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Sperrarm (37) kreuzend liegt zum Querschnitt des Schachtes (12).5. Apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that the locking arm (37) is crossing to the cross section of the shaft (12). 6. Gerät nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Sicherungstaste (30) unterhalb der Bodenwand (15) der Aussparung (6) liegt, gelagert zwischen dieser Bodenwand (15) und einer mit Abstand darunter liegenden Parallelwand (34), welche Wände eine seitlich offene Sicherheitstasten-Aufnahmenische (35) des Gehäuses (1) nach oben und unten hin begrenzen.6. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the safety button (30) below the bottom wall (15) of the recess (6) is mounted between this bottom wall (15) and a parallel wall (34) lying at a distance below it Which walls delimit a side open safety button receiving recess (35) of the housing (1) up and down. 7. Gerät nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Querschnitte von Schacht (12) und Stößei (8) quadratisch gestaltet sind.7. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cross sections of the shaft (12) and tappet (8) are designed square. 8. Gerät nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Führungswand (22) der Steg eines U-Profils ist, dessen Schenkel (22') formschlüssig am Stößel (8) anliegend, zu dessen Führung beitragen.8. Apparatus according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the guide wall (22) is the web of a U-profile, the legs (22 ') of which form-fitting against the plunger (8) contribute to its guidance. 9. Gerät nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Einschub-Endstellung des den Boden (2) des Vorratsraumes (V) bildenden Einsatzes (3) durch Stege (23) des Gehäuses (1) anschlagbegrenzt ist.9. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the insertion end position of the bottom (2) of the storage space (V) forming insert (3) is limited by webs (23) of the housing (1). 10. Gerät nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Stößel (8) im Bereich des unteren Schachtendes einen die Grundstellung definierenden Anschlag ausbildet.10. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the plunger (8) forms a stop defining the basic position in the region of the lower shaft end. 11. Gerät nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die sich zwischen dem in Ausgaberichtung schräg abfallenden Boden (2) und dem um die Betätigungshublänge des Stößels (8) tieferliegenden, in gleicher Richtung schräg abfallenden Kanal (19) erstreckende Durchtrittsöffnung (21) steiler abfällt.11. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the passage opening (21) between the bottom (2), which slopes downwards in the direction of discharge, and the channel (19), which is lower by the actuating stroke length of the plunger (8) and slopes downwards in the same direction, drops more steeply. 12. Gerät nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Bodenfläche (21') der Durchtrittsöffnung (21) in Grundstellung In vertikalem Abstand zur stößelseitigen Kante (2') des Bodens (2) liegt.12. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bottom surface (21 ') of the passage opening (21) in the basic position is at a vertical distance from the ram-side edge (2') of the bottom (2).
EP86113549A 1985-10-03 1986-10-02 Device for dispensing portions of granular material, tablets or the like Expired - Lifetime EP0217390B1 (en)

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