EP0629562A1 - Dispositif de distribution - Google Patents

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EP0629562A1
EP0629562A1 EP94304226A EP94304226A EP0629562A1 EP 0629562 A1 EP0629562 A1 EP 0629562A1 EP 94304226 A EP94304226 A EP 94304226A EP 94304226 A EP94304226 A EP 94304226A EP 0629562 A1 EP0629562 A1 EP 0629562A1
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Richard Paul Hayes-Pankhurst
John Henry Murray
Nigel Timothy Court
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Lilly Industries Ltd
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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
    • B65D2583/005—Dispensers provided with a replaceable cartridge, recharge or pouch located within the dispenser
    • 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
    • B65D2583/0436—Receiving device other than a removable closure
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D2583/0486—Linear action transformed in a rotational movement of the dispensing element

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  • This invention relates to dispensing devices for objects, for example for pills, tablets or capsules containing medicament.
  • a device for dispensing objects comprises a store part for receiving objects to be dispensed, and a separate operating part, the store and operating parts being movable into and out of co-operative engagement to dispense an object from the store part.
  • the object may be dispensed when the parts move into cooperative engagement.
  • the operating part may be adapted to receive an object as the object is dispensed.
  • the operating part may comprise an upwardly open receptacle which faces upwards when the object is dispensed.
  • the store part may be adapted to confine the objects in a single plane.
  • the store part may comprise a dispensing aperture, the operating part including a movable member blocking exit from the aperture when the store and operating parts are disengaged and movable on engagement of the parts to unblock the aperture.
  • the movable member may be adapted, on engagement of the parts, to block entry into the aperture of a further object.
  • the store part may comprise a channel for receiving objects in aligned orientation and communicating with the aperture.
  • the channel may be in part defined by the movable member.
  • the movable member may be adapted, on engagement of the parts, to disturb objects in the store part.
  • the movable member may comprise two portions adapted to disturb the objects at different locations.
  • the operating part may include an operating element engageable with the movable member on co-operative engagement of the parts, the operating element entering into a recess in the store part.
  • the recess may be sized and shaped to correspond closely to the shape of the operating element.
  • a dispenser 10 for small objects for example capsules, tablets or pills containing medicament, comprises a store part 11 and a receiver and operating part 12.
  • the store part 11 and receiver and operating part 12 are brought into co-operative engagement and an object is transferred or dispensed from the store to the receiver.
  • a user can only remove the dispensed object from the receiver after the store and receiver parts have been disengaged.
  • the receiver part 12 has a flat base 13 for resting on a flat surface and a wall 14 upstanding from the upper surface 15 of the base 13 and generally providing four sides 16, 17, 18, 19, defining a receiving zone 20 generally rectangular as seen in plan. Sides 17, 19 may as shown be partly cut away at 20a in a central part which may also include recesses 21 in the base.
  • the wall 14 has a peripheral flange 13a. A vertical rib 22 upstands in the zone 20.
  • the store part 11 includes external ribs 11a (not shown in Figs. 2 to 5) and comprises an upper housing region 23 and a lower dispensing region 24.
  • the store 11 may be a self contained unit intended to be disposed of when all the objects initially contained therein have been dispensed but preferably the store part 11 is arranged to removably receive a container 25 for the objects having for example a peel-off element 26 closing an outlet 27. With the store 11 inverted from the position shown in Fig. 1 and the element 26 removed, the store 11 can be slid over the container 25 and the assembly returned to the position shown in Fig. 2 when the objects pass into the lower part of housing region 23. When empty, the container 25 can thus be removed and replaced by another full similar container.
  • the dispensing region includes an internal wall 30 having an aperture 31 therein through which an object is dispensed.
  • the aperture 31 is closed (Fig. 6) on one side by section 32 of a movable member or dispensing element 33 which is mounted for sliding movement in the dispensing region.
  • the flat rib 22 enters into a correspondingly shaped recess 34 (Fig. 1) in the part 11 and engages a lower part 35 of the member 33 (Figs. 4, 7) to move the member 33 upwards so that section 32 is moved away from the aperture 31 and an object 40 is allowed to pass through the aperture 31 and fall into the zone 20 in the receiver 12 (Fig. 7).
  • the member 33 which may be of plastics, includes an elongate bendible portion 42 having at its outer end an enlargement 41 received in an internal recess in the part 11. Upward movement of member 33 flexes or bends portion 42 (see 43 Fig. 3) to produce a downward force on member 33 which assists in moving member 33 to the Fig. 6 position on disengagement of parts 11, 12. If desired a separate spring could be provided arranged to bias member 33 downwards.
  • the assembly channel 37 is defined also by wall 45 and by portion 46 of member 33.
  • the objects 40 are all of the same size and shape. It will be seen from Fig. 6 that the interior 47 of the container 25 is such as to confine the objects to a single plane and the channel 37 forms a continuation of the interior of the container 25 so that the objects remain in that plane.
  • the walls 45 and portion 46 cause the objects in the channel 37 to be orientated in a common direction end to end.
  • the member 33 when member 33 moves upwards the portion 46 disturbs the objects 40 in the lower part of the store and this assists in enabling the objects to enter the assembly channel 37.
  • the member 33 includes a further upwardly extending elongate portion 50 guided by walls 51, 52 which also disturbs the undispensed objects, and does so in a region further from the channel 37 than the portion 47, to further assist in enabling the channel 37 to be full with appropriately orientated objects 40 to be dispensed.
  • the narrow recess 34 is of such a size and shape that the member 33 cannot be engaged by a user's or a child's or baby's finger; this is a safety feature to prevent undesirable dispensing of an object.
  • the user separates the parts 11, 12 leaving the dispensed object in the receiver 12.
  • the user can then remove the object from the receiver 12, or, in case of infirmity and if the object is a pill for example, the user can use the receiver or receptacle 12 to transfer the pill to the user's mouth.
  • the shape and size of the store, assembly channel and aperture 31 will, in different devices, be appropriate to the different size and shape of objects to be dispensed in those devices.
  • the part 12 acts both as a key or operating element to effect the dispensing of an object, and as a receptacle to receive the object when dispensed.
  • the aperture 31 and co-operating portions of member 33 are sized to dispense two objects in a single dispensing motion of member 33.
  • the operating part 12 may be such as not to receive a dispensed object.
  • Figs. 8 and 9 show another embodiment in which a store part 60 has an outlet channel 61 shaped to orientate an object in a desired direction, and a dispensing member 62 is rotatably mounted in the part 60 and includes a diametral aperture 63 shaped to receive two objects 60a, 60b when in line with channel 61 (Fig. 9).
  • the member 62 includes an extension 64.
  • an upstanding portion 66 of the part 65 engages the extension 64 to rotate the member 62, thus blocking the outlet from the channel 61, and allowing the objects 60a, 60b to fall into a receiving zone 67 of the part 65.
  • the member 62 is returned by gravity to the Fig. 9 position on release from the part 65 allowing two more objects 60 to enter the aperture 63.
  • the receiver part 65 can be mounted on a receptacle 70 for liquid 71 and the dispensed objects can for example if the objects are pills either be placed in the liquid, where they may be dissolved and the liquid subsequently drunk, or the pill can be transferred to a user's mouth, possibly using the part 65, and the liquid 71 being used in swallowing the pill.
  • the store part 60 is separate from the receiver part.
  • the part 60 may include depending portions 80 to embrace the part 65 and assist in locating the part 60 on the part 65 in the assembled condition.

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EP94304226A 1993-06-17 1994-06-13 Dispositif de distribution Withdrawn EP0629562A1 (fr)

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GB2297318A (en) * 1995-01-12 1996-07-31 Chit Hing Metal & Plastic Mfg Dispenser for sweets
EP0822151A1 (fr) * 1996-07-30 1998-02-04 Kerplas Neuenburg Gmbh Kunststoffverpackungen Distributeur de pilules avec boítier extérieur et récipient
FR2764583A1 (fr) * 1997-06-17 1998-12-18 Airsec Sa Tube de conditionnement avec mecanisme distributeur pour granules ou produits similaires
NL1011561C2 (nl) * 1999-03-15 2000-09-18 Sara Lee De Nv Zakdispenser voor producten zoals zoetjes en pillen.
EP1411004A1 (fr) * 2001-05-14 2004-04-21 Kabushiki Kaisha Bandai Boitier distributeur d'article
US7036681B2 (en) 2001-11-06 2006-05-02 Kabushiki Kaisha Sudax Article retrieving container
ITRE20090026A1 (it) * 2009-03-20 2010-09-21 Pibiplast S P A Dispenser per pastiglie dotato di serbatoio di ricarica
US8622246B2 (en) 2012-02-13 2014-01-07 Ecolab Usa Inc. Fluid reservoir docking station
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FR1092770A (fr) * 1954-02-04 1955-04-27 Gazzoni & C A étui pour pastilles, dragées, pilules et produits de forme analogue, avec dispositif distributeur à déclenchement pour distribuer un seul élément à la fois
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FR2494229A1 (fr) * 1980-11-14 1982-05-21 Gay Louis Dispositif de distribution unite par unite de medicaments contenus dans un recipient
FR2496607A2 (fr) * 1980-11-14 1982-06-25 Gay Louis Dispositif de distribution unite par unite de medicaments contenus dans un recipient
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FR1092770A (fr) * 1954-02-04 1955-04-27 Gazzoni & C A étui pour pastilles, dragées, pilules et produits de forme analogue, avec dispositif distributeur à déclenchement pour distribuer un seul élément à la fois
US3332576A (en) * 1966-03-04 1967-07-25 Robert S Hamilton Dentifrice dispensing head
FR2494229A1 (fr) * 1980-11-14 1982-05-21 Gay Louis Dispositif de distribution unite par unite de medicaments contenus dans un recipient
FR2496607A2 (fr) * 1980-11-14 1982-06-25 Gay Louis Dispositif de distribution unite par unite de medicaments contenus dans un recipient
EP0284557A1 (fr) * 1987-03-20 1988-09-28 Alfatechnic Patent AG Distributeur de comprimés

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GB2297318A (en) * 1995-01-12 1996-07-31 Chit Hing Metal & Plastic Mfg Dispenser for sweets
GB2297318B (en) * 1995-01-12 1998-12-09 Chit Hing Metal & Plastic Mfg Article dispenser
EP0822151A1 (fr) * 1996-07-30 1998-02-04 Kerplas Neuenburg Gmbh Kunststoffverpackungen Distributeur de pilules avec boítier extérieur et récipient
FR2764583A1 (fr) * 1997-06-17 1998-12-18 Airsec Sa Tube de conditionnement avec mecanisme distributeur pour granules ou produits similaires
NL1011561C2 (nl) * 1999-03-15 2000-09-18 Sara Lee De Nv Zakdispenser voor producten zoals zoetjes en pillen.
EP1038797A1 (fr) * 1999-03-15 2000-09-27 Sara Lee/DE N.V. Distributeur de poche pour produits comme bonbons ou pilules
EP1411004A1 (fr) * 2001-05-14 2004-04-21 Kabushiki Kaisha Bandai Boitier distributeur d'article
EP1411004A4 (fr) * 2001-05-14 2006-07-12 Bandai Co Boitier distributeur d'article
US7156256B2 (en) 2001-05-14 2007-01-02 Kabushiki Kaisha Bandai Item taking-out container
US7036681B2 (en) 2001-11-06 2006-05-02 Kabushiki Kaisha Sudax Article retrieving container
ITRE20090026A1 (it) * 2009-03-20 2010-09-21 Pibiplast S P A Dispenser per pastiglie dotato di serbatoio di ricarica
US8622246B2 (en) 2012-02-13 2014-01-07 Ecolab Usa Inc. Fluid reservoir docking station
CN109733748A (zh) * 2019-03-01 2019-05-10 青岛市市北区蓝天心理研究所 一种可定量取药瓶
CN109733748B (zh) * 2019-03-01 2020-06-30 王政乾 一种可定量取药瓶

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