EP0246048A2 - Spender mit Drehausgaberad - Google Patents

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EP0246048A2
EP0246048A2 EP87304150A EP87304150A EP0246048A2 EP 0246048 A2 EP0246048 A2 EP 0246048A2 EP 87304150 A EP87304150 A EP 87304150A EP 87304150 A EP87304150 A EP 87304150A EP 0246048 A2 EP0246048 A2 EP 0246048A2
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magazine
dispenser
wheel
articles
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Edwin Raymond Pettengill
John Alfred Russo
Ronald Henry Vandenberg
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Chesebrough Ponds Inc
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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, 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, 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
    • B65D2583/049—One rotational action of a cylindrical, disc-like or sphere-like element around its own axis, e.g. step-by-step, reciprocating
    • B65D2583/0495—One rotational action of a cylindrical, disc-like or sphere-like element around its own axis, e.g. step-by-step, reciprocating the element being alveolate

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  • the present invention is a dispenser for articles, for example, confectionery articles, which employs a rotatable dispensing wheel.
  • U.S. Patent No. 3,3l8,491 to J. C. Williamson shows a container having a trap-chamber dispensing means.
  • a rotary dispensing element is adapted to receive an article in an article-receiving recess or pocket and to dispense it through a discharge port in a cap member.
  • the size of the discharge port approximates the size of the article (e.g., pills, tablets and the like) which is to be dispensed and the cap member substantially closes the container interior off from the exterior.
  • U.S. Patent No. 2,878,964 to W. R. Avis describes a flint carrier and dispenser which employs a rotary dispensing wheel.
  • the dispensing wheel is located in a generally open section of a magazine for the article (i.e., a flint) to be dispensed.
  • This patent specifies that the magazine for the flint articles is to be in the shape of a bore extending lengthwise of the body.
  • the bore may be cylindrical or square cross-section, but it must be of a width to freely receive the flint and only slightly wider than the flint so that the flint articles will be kept in a straight stacked column and will not be permitted to tumble about so as to crumble their edges.
  • the present invention is a dispenser for articles, such as confectionery articles which can be in pill or tablet form. It comprises a magazine for storing such articles.
  • the magazine has an opening at one end which is substantially larger than the size of the article to be dispensed.
  • the magazine of the present dispenser has an open storage space of both substantially greater length and width than the dimensions of an individual article it holds so as to be capable of accommodating a substantial plurality of articles therein.
  • a rotatable dispensing wheel is rotatably mounted on the interior surface of the magazine adjacent the open end of the magazine. This wheel contains at least one peripheral pocket which is designed to hold the article. Rotation of the wheel moves the article, when in the pocket, from within the magazine to outside the magazine through the opening at the end of the magazine.
  • Fig. 1 of the Drawings shows the dispenser of the present invention holding a plurality of generally round confectionery articles. It comprises a magazine 11 which is substantially open in regard to its internal dimensions so as to be capable of holding a substantial plurality of articles 12 therein.
  • the magazine of the present invention does not have the type of narrow bore which is described as being an essential requirement of the flint carrier and dispenser shown in U.S. Patent No. 2,878,964 to W. R. Avis, which is mentioned above.
  • the magazine 11 of the present invention said magazine preferably being formed of transparent plastic, has an opening 13 at one end thereof which is of substantially greater size than the individual articles 12 to be held in the magazine 11.
  • a rotatable dispensing wheel 14 is mounted on the interior surface of the magazine 11 adjacent the opening 13.
  • the mounting can be easily accomplished by having the raised central hub 15 of the wheel 14 mounted in an appropriate mounting hole 16 in the surface of magazine 11 adjacent opening 13.
  • the hole 16 would be centrally located along the width of the magazine 11 so that the round dispensing wheel 14 can be rotated, preferably in either direction as shown by the double-headed arrow in Fig. 1.
  • the preferred embodiment of the present invention calls for the provision of appropriate protrusions 17 on the surface of wheel 14 which are adapted to fit into locking hole 18 which can be formed in the surface of the magazine 11.
  • the rotatable dispensing wheel 14 can have one or more peripheral pockets 19 which are adapted to hold one or more of the articles 12, so that, when the wheel 14 is rotated, the articles are conveyed from a position inside the magazine 11, through opening 13, to the exterior of the dispenser. Generally, two or three substantially equally spaced peripheral pockets are satisfactory. When this has been done, the article 12 can be easily be removed as shown by the single-headed arrow in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates the shape of magazine 11 in somewhat greater detail when viewed in the direction of opening 13.
  • it can be generally rectangular in cross-section when viewed toward its open end 13, although other designs are possible.
  • the rectangular shape insures that a relatively thin dispensing wheel 14 can be fabricated in making a useful device.
  • the diameter and the thickness of the dispensing wheel 14 are each only slightly less than the respective dimensions of the opening 13.
  • Fig 4 illustrates the provision of dispensing hole 20 in the bottom side wall of magazine 11 for article 12 held in peripheral pocket 19 of wheel 14. If a person holds the apparatus with its wheel to either the extreme right (as shown in Fig. 1) or left, this dispensing hole can be approximately placed to face downwardly so the article 12 can be dropped into the hand of the user, rather than being extracted as shown by the arrow in Fig. 1. Users may prefer to have a dispensing hole oriented in this fashion.

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EP87304150A 1986-05-12 1987-05-11 Spender mit Drehausgaberad Withdrawn EP0246048A3 (de)

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US86188586A 1986-05-12 1986-05-12
US861885 1986-05-12

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WO1999023014A1 (en) * 1997-11-04 1999-05-14 Sensidos Ab A method and apparatus for dosing a medical preparation
CN1868824B (zh) * 2005-05-24 2010-04-07 韦伯糖果有限公司 小物品分配器

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FR1050937A (fr) * 1952-02-19 1954-01-12 étui distributeur automatique de pilules, bonbons ou autres petits objets sphériques
FR1349274A (fr) * 1962-11-14 1964-01-17 Chimie Atomistique Boîte distributrice de pastilles et produits similaires
CH537318A (de) * 1971-03-19 1973-07-13 Schneider Urs Sicherheitsverschluss an einem Behälter
US4522313A (en) * 1983-09-13 1985-06-11 Jennings Paul D Article dispenser

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1999023014A1 (en) * 1997-11-04 1999-05-14 Sensidos Ab A method and apparatus for dosing a medical preparation
US6269971B1 (en) 1997-11-04 2001-08-07 Sensidos Ab Method and apparatus for dosing a medical preparation
CN1108966C (zh) * 1997-11-04 2003-05-21 申西多斯有限公司 用于药品配剂的方法和装置
CN1868824B (zh) * 2005-05-24 2010-04-07 韦伯糖果有限公司 小物品分配器

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