EP0337146A1 - Spender für Pillen, Tabletten o.dgl. - Google Patents

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EP0337146A1
EP0337146A1 EP89104661A EP89104661A EP0337146A1 EP 0337146 A1 EP0337146 A1 EP 0337146A1 EP 89104661 A EP89104661 A EP 89104661A EP 89104661 A EP89104661 A EP 89104661A EP 0337146 A1 EP0337146 A1 EP 0337146A1
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Lucien Debont
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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
    • B65D83/049—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 forming a part of a removable closure, e.g. gripping teeth, cavity
    • 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 relates to a dispenser for granules, pills, tablets or similar products.
  • Certain pharmaceutical products and in particular homeopathic products consisting of granules can preferably not be touched with the hands and are sold in suitable containers fitted with a stopper in which the granules are collected in order to bring them to the mouth without touching them.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy these drawbacks by presenting a dispenser making it possible to extract the prescribed number of granules, or similar products, from the container while preventing the granules, or similar products, from escaping freely.
  • Patent GB 1 385 900 describes three embodiments of a dispenser which has the disadvantage of requiring an intermediate container or an additional tool to catch the granules extracted from the dispenser and to carry them to the mouth.
  • the distributor described in US 3,099,365 suffers from the same drawback.
  • the invention further aims to provide a dispenser which not only works entirely weakly but which is also of simple construction.
  • the dispenser according to the invention comprising or mounted on a container containing the products, is characterized by a subdivided annular space by means of resilient separation into sectors provided with one or more orifices calibrated to the dimensions of the products, the orifices of certain sectors being open towards the container, the orifices of the other sectors being open towards the outside; and is further characterized by a rotor, which can be actuated from the outside, provided with several notches, calibrated to the dimensions of the products, collecting the products falling from the container through the openings open towards the container and carrying the products, by rotation from the rotor, beyond the resilient separators to the other sectors, where the products can leave the annular space through the openings open to the outside.
  • the dispenser according to the invention is provided with a cover which, placed on the dispenser, covers the orifices open towards the outside to catch the products leaving the annular space of the dispenser and to which the rotor.
  • the dispenser according to the invention is placed on a container (1), Figure 2, which can contain the products (9) to be dispensed, such as granules, pills or tablets.
  • this container (1) can consist of a small cylindrical tank (2), generally made of glass, introduced into the external body (3) of the dispenser through its open bottom (4) whose outline is provided with small projections (5) which prevent the reservoir (2) from escaping from the dispenser once this reservoir (2), filled with products, has been introduced into the dispenser.
  • this opening is partially closed by a central cylindrical core (6) and the bottom (7), supporting the cylindrical core (6), two circular sectors of which are open constituting the orifices (8) through which the products (9) can leave the container (1) to arrive in an annular space (10).
  • This annular space (10) is located around the central cylindrical core (6), inside the cylindrical space (1) delimited by the external body (3) of the distributor, between the bottom (7) of the space cylindrical (11) and a disc (12) constituting the end of the cylindrical core (6) and ensuring the partial closure of the annular space (10).
  • This disc (12) is provided with an orifice (13) through which the proudits (9) can leave the annular space (10) towards the outside.
  • the orifice (13) is not located opposite 'none of the openings (8) but is located opposite the closed part of the bottom (7).
  • the resilient fingers (14) have a triangular section, the base of which faces the central core (6) and the other two faces of which can be flat or rounded (FIGS. 3a, 3b). This resilient fingers (14) can be inclined radially under the action of an external force which can thus give free passage to dimensions larger than those of the products (9), which, in this case, pass from the sector (15) to the sector (16).
  • the dispenser according to the invention comprises a cover (17), provided with an interior space (18), and which can be placed on the exterior body (3) of the dispenser by covering the orifices (13).
  • a cover (17) provided with an interior space (18)
  • the dispenser according to the invention is also provided with a rotor which can rotate in the annular space (10).
  • This rotor can be turned from the outside by the user of the dispenser.
  • the rotor is part of the cover (17), Figures 1, 2 and consists of a cylindrical jacket (19) provided with several notches (20) calibrated to the dimensions of the products (9).
  • a circular notch (21) between the disc (12) and the external body (3) of the distributor, allows the introduction of the cylindrical mantle (19) into the annular space when the cover (17) is placed in position on the body outside (3) of the dispenser.
  • the resilient fingers (14) leave free a passage whose dimensions are always sufficient to allow the rotor to rotate in the annular space.
  • the user hears or, with a transparent cover (17), sees the products (9) falling into the cover, can count them and extract the desired number of proudits (9) from the container (1) by stopping turning the cover ( 17) and raising the cover (17) after waiting for the last product (9) to fall into the cover (17).
  • the container (1) can also consist of a small bottle with a threaded neck which is screwed into a corresponding thread provided inside the external body (3) of the dispenser.
  • the dispenser according to the invention can also be used to eject one by one round objects which would not necessarily be pharmaceutical products.

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EP19890104661 1988-04-15 1989-03-16 Spender für Pillen, Tabletten o.dgl. Expired - Lifetime EP0337146B1 (de)

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FR8805420A FR2630089B1 (fr) 1988-04-15 1988-04-15 Distributeur pour pilules, granules, comprimes ou produits analogues
FR8805420 1988-04-15

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Cited By (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2724367A1 (fr) * 1994-09-13 1996-03-15 Addas Abdel Mounem Dispositif a deux bouchons et toupie concentriques pour comptage de granules spheriques contenus dans un tube rigide particulierement de section carree
DE102004001645A1 (de) * 2004-01-10 2005-08-04 Westfälische-Wilhelms Universität Münster Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Dosierung einer frei wählbaren Anzahl von stückigen Festkörpern

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3243081A (en) * 1963-11-29 1966-03-29 Edward F Schmank Tablet dispenser
EP0002403A1 (de) * 1977-11-28 1979-06-13 LABORATOIRES SUPPO-STERIL Société à responsabilité limitée dite: Zähl- und Abgabeverschluss für in einem Behälter angeordnetes kornförmiges Material
EP0155711A1 (de) * 1984-03-09 1985-09-25 UNDA, société anonyme Behälter zur Ausgabe von Tabletten, Pillen, körnigem Material oder ähnlicher kugelförmiger Gegenstände

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3243081A (en) * 1963-11-29 1966-03-29 Edward F Schmank Tablet dispenser
EP0002403A1 (de) * 1977-11-28 1979-06-13 LABORATOIRES SUPPO-STERIL Société à responsabilité limitée dite: Zähl- und Abgabeverschluss für in einem Behälter angeordnetes kornförmiges Material
EP0155711A1 (de) * 1984-03-09 1985-09-25 UNDA, société anonyme Behälter zur Ausgabe von Tabletten, Pillen, körnigem Material oder ähnlicher kugelförmiger Gegenstände

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2724367A1 (fr) * 1994-09-13 1996-03-15 Addas Abdel Mounem Dispositif a deux bouchons et toupie concentriques pour comptage de granules spheriques contenus dans un tube rigide particulierement de section carree
DE102004001645A1 (de) * 2004-01-10 2005-08-04 Westfälische-Wilhelms Universität Münster Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Dosierung einer frei wählbaren Anzahl von stückigen Festkörpern

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FR2630089A1 (fr) 1989-10-20
DE68923030D1 (de) 1995-07-20
EP0337146B1 (de) 1995-06-14

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