EP1052189B1 - Distributeur de comprimés - Google Patents

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EP1052189B1
EP1052189B1 EP00109409A EP00109409A EP1052189B1 EP 1052189 B1 EP1052189 B1 EP 1052189B1 EP 00109409 A EP00109409 A EP 00109409A EP 00109409 A EP00109409 A EP 00109409A EP 1052189 B1 EP1052189 B1 EP 1052189B1
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tablet dispenser
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Martin Presche
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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 tablet dispenser for single issue of tablets or the like, with a container for tablets and a one-piece manufactured Metering mechanism, which is inserted into the container and with its bottom plate this closes it, and that by a push-button in a wall of the container is actuated.
  • a tablet dispenser which consists of a first container part, which in a second container part against the Force of a spring is inserted.
  • a scoop-shaped part at the inner end the first container part forms with a partition at the bottom of the second container part a downwardly closed channel for at least two tablets, when the tablet dispenser is in its neutral position. If the tablet dispenser by pushing the first into the second container part is actuated, enters the channel closing floor at the partition over, releasing the lowest tablet. At the same time two arrive Fingers into the space on the sides of the channel between the two lowest Tablets. This will ensure that only the lowest tablet is released becomes.
  • This tablet dispenser has the disadvantage that it has an additional Having lid for the first container part, which after filling with tablets glued or welded must.
  • German patent application DE 37 16 307 A1 describes a solution a container for single-positioned dispensing of tablets, below a pantry a tablet-failure opening is provided and in which a sprung slide stop limit is displaced.
  • the slider each releases one of the tablets to failure. He sits outside in an operation key continues.
  • This solution proposes to achieve a simple and issue favorable design that the tablet failure opening of the at the bottom of the container in a transitional position passing mouth of the chamber part formed by the slider is formed. In front of this estuary is in the basic position of the slider central to the mouth area the only one Part of the mouth-engaging front end of a finger.
  • These too Solution has the disadvantage that several components are required.
  • German Utility Model DE 297 20 351 U1 discloses a pellet dispenser for single-positioned dispensing of spherical products, so-called Pellets, described with a preferably prismatic or cylindrical Housing for receiving the dispensed pellets, in the one Output device is inserted, the output slider stroke limited in its position is changeable, in which only open at the bottom housing the Output device is inserted from below so that the lower part of the Output device closes the case tight and the output slide the output device perpendicular to the housing axis within the Output device is arranged displaceably.
  • This pellet dispenser is Although easy to fill, but the variety of required for its construction Parts is disadvantageous.
  • a similarly trained tablet dispenser is from the German utility model DE 297 20 350 U1. Again, it is in an open only below Housing inserted from below an output device, wherein the lower Part tightly closes the housing.
  • this dispenser is here made of two one-piece construction parts, the two Connecting elements are interconnected. These two construction parts are collapsed inserted into the housing, with the two Connectors bow-shaped maintain the connection and through their bias the position of a dispensing spool in the closed position hold. To dispense the tablet, press the dispensing spool in a lateral opening of the housing of this stroke limited laterally displaced, whereby the movable output shaft with its lower opening on the Output port is placed in the bottom plate of the dispenser.
  • the Housing of the tablet dispenser is preferably prismatic and for inserting the folded output device open at the bottom. It has inside walls in its upper half partitions which cover the case above divided into two smaller lateral chambers and a larger central chamber.
  • the middle chamber represents the storage space for the tablets.
  • the two fasteners are inserted, which are isolated in this way from the tablets and thus none Can cause tablet abrasion.
  • DE 297 20 350 U1 includes all features according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the functional principle to be described later in detail is based on the fact that the Dosing mechanism is moved when dosing as a whole and thereby separated makes mobile dosing unnecessary.
  • the education and arrangement The components are chosen so that the metering mechanism undercut and can be sprayed with only two drawing cores.
  • the components of the metering mechanism is a hopper, which opens into a dosing shaft and one with this by a Plastic spring having flexibly connected bottom plate. All components are made together in one piece.
  • the hopper in the container movement play and the bottom plate Have tight fit or snap fit. This is a tilt of hopper and metering shaft in the container and a closure of the container by the bottom plate allows.
  • the hopper and the Dosing shaft are in the container to a contact edge of the hopper edge on a corresponding flattening arranged tiltably on the inner circumference of the container.
  • the support of the contact edge of the under the pressure of the plastic spring standing funnel at the corresponding flattening on the inner circumference the container causes a rotational tilting movement of the dosing shaft, which is required for its dosing function.
  • a web arranged on an outer side of the metering shaft which is pressurizable by the flexible push button and the Tilting movement of the dosing shaft leads.
  • the flexible button when spraying the container is molded in the wall, allows a liquid-tight Actuation of the dosing mechanism.
  • the metering shaft has a breakthrough in which when tilting the Dosierschachtes engages a locking plate attached to the bottom plate and thus retains tablets, which are above this in the dosing shaft. In this way it is achieved that only one tablet at a time falls out of the dispensing opening.
  • plastic spring in the container a bias having the dosing shaft after discharge of the flexible push button in returns his starting position. This will give an immediate readiness for reached another tablet donation.
  • a possible embodiment of the tablet dispenser is that the Container above the area of the flexible pushbutton one by inflation can be realized, any shape. That way, there can be differences in age, sex and tastes of customers in the external design of the tablet dispenser.
  • Figure 1 is a tablet dispenser 1 with a cut container 2 and one shown in this inserted metering 3.
  • the container 2 has preferably cylindrical shape with a flattening 4, compared to a flexible Pushbutton 5 is arranged.
  • the flexible pushbutton 5 consists of a thin-walled membrane 6 and the pressure field 7. It is used in injection molding of the container 2 formed in the cylinder wall.
  • the metering mechanism 3 has a hopper 8 with a contact edge 9, which opens into a metering shaft 10 (shown in section in FIG. 1).
  • a metering shaft 10 shown in section in FIG. 1).
  • Below the metering shaft 10 is a bottom plate 11, which is firmly seated sits flush in the container 2 and this closes. It is about a plastic spring 12 connected to the metering shaft 10, so that hopper 8, metering shaft 10, bottom plate 11 and plastic spring 12 are integrally formed.
  • a discharge opening 13 In the bottom plate 11 is a discharge opening 13.
  • a shut-off hook 14 is provided on the bottom plate 11 and firmly connected to this.
  • the metering shaft 10 is shown in a tilted position, in which his Lower opening 19 (Fig. 4) with the discharge opening 13 covers.
  • FIG. 2 shows the same view of the tablet dispenser 1 as in FIG. 1, however the metering shaft 10 is not cut and not tilted; therefore coincides the lower opening 19 of the metering shaft 10 not with the discharge opening 13.
  • a web 16 is arranged, which is pressurizable by the push button 5, causing the tilting movement of the dosing shaft 10 leads.
  • FIG 3 the cut tablet dispenser 1 is shown rotated so that a rear side 17 of the metering shaft 10 is visible.
  • a breakthrough 18 is provided, in which the shut-off hook 14 when tilting the Dosierschachtes 10 engages.
  • FIG. 4 shows the metering mechanism 3 outside the container 2 in a perspective view Presentation. It is composed of the hopper 8 with the Dosing shaft 10, the plastic spring 12 and the bottom plate 11. At the dosing shaft 10, the web 16, the opening 18 and the lower opening 19 to detect. The plastic spring 12 is not bent, whereby the metering shaft 10 has an inclination to the bottom plate 11. The bottom plate 11 is connected to the Output port 13 and the shut-off hook 14 shown.
  • FIG. 6 shows the metering mechanism 3 in the direction of the tilting plane of the filling funnel 8 and metering shaft 10 seen while
  • Figure 7 is a plan view of the hopper 8 and the metering shaft 10 shows, in particular the parallel to the rear and outside of the metering shaft 10 extending contact edge. 9 is apparent.
  • the tablet dispenser 1 functions as follows: First is the container 2 with upward opening on a conventional Filling plant filled with tablets. Then the metering mechanism 3 inserted from above into the filled container 2. The one-piece and the Mounting direction of the metering mechanism 3 and the movement of the hopper 8 facilitate the installation of the same. Also, a mounting rib 21 facilitates the mounting of the metering mechanism 3, z. B. by the axial pressure a stamp. By stuck in the container 2 bottom plate 11 and the dense pushbutton 5, the container 2 is waterproof except for the discharge opening 13 locked. An in the bottom plate 11 depressed from the outside lid (not shown) could make the tablet cover completely waterproof.
  • the metering 10 In built state of the metering 3 is the metering 10 at prestressed, bent plastic spring 12 perpendicular to the bottom plate eleventh and its web 16 abuts on the push button 5.
  • the lower opening 19 of the metering shaft 10 does not coincide with the discharge port 13 in the bottom plate 11.
  • the locking hook 14 is located in the tilting direction before the Breakthrough 18 of the metering shaft 10. This allows tablets 20 the metering shaft 10 to fill up on the bottom plate 11 without falling out.
  • Pressure on the push button 5 are funnel 8 and dosing 10 over the web 16 to the contact edge 9 against the flattening 4 of the container 2 against the force of the plastic spring 12 tilted.
  • inventive measures and embodiments are not on the in The embodiment shown in the drawing figures limited. Possible Modifications of the device according to the invention may consist of that, for example, the container has a different cross-sectional shape and the metering mechanism designed in a different way than suggested is, if the indicated inventive features are met.
  • the size of the tablet dispenser can also be adapted to any filling quantity be.
  • the respective structural design is in adaptation to particular Uses at the discretion of the skilled person.

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Claims (6)

  1. Distributeur de comprimés (1) pour délivrer individuellement des comprimés (20) ou similaires, avec un réservoir (2) pour les comprimés (20) ainsi qu'un mécanisme de dosage (3) réalisé monobloc et comprenant une trémie de remplissage (8) débouchant dans un puits de dosage (10), ce mécanisme de dosage étant glissé dans le réservoir (2) et relié par sa plaque de fond (11) à celui-ci qu'il obture ainsi, avec, dans une paroi du réservoir (2) un bouton-poussoir (5) qui peut être actionné pour dégager une ouverture de sortie (13) prévue dans la plaque de fond (11),
    caractérisé en ce que
    a) le réservoir (2) est réalisé avec un bouton-poussoir (5) flexible, disposé de préférence en face d'un méplat (4) prévu sur la périphérie interne du réservoir (2),
    b) le mécanisme de dosage présente des composants suivants qui sont reliés entre eux, à savoir la trémie de remplissage (8) débouchant dans le puits de dosage (10) et présentant sur son bord une arête d'appui (9), la plaque de fond (11) qui est reliée de manière flexible au puits de dosage (10) par un ressort en matière plastique (12), la trémie de remplissage (8) et le puits de dosage (10) pouvant se déplacer avec un certain jeu à l'intérieur du réservoir (2), seule la plaque de fond (11) comportant un siège fixe ou un siège d'arrêt,
    c) le mécanisme de dosage (3) du réservoir (2) est disposé de manière que la trémie de remplissage (8) et le puits de dosage (10) peuvent basculer le long du méplat (4) du réservoir (2) autour de l'arête d'appui (9) de la trémie de remplissage (8).
  2. Distributeur de comprimés selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    sur une face externe (15) du puits de dosage (10), se trouve une barrette (16) qui peut être actionnée par le bouton-poussoir flexible (5) en produisant un mouvement de basculement du puits de dosage (10).
  3. Distributeur de comprimés selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    caractérisé en ce qu'
    une ouverture inférieure (19) du puits de dosage basculé (10) recouvre l'ouverture de sortie (13) existant dans la plaque de fond (11).
  4. Distributeur de comprimés selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le puits de dosage (10) présente une ouverture (18) dans laquelle le crochet d'arrêt (14) fixé à la plaque de fond (11) vient s'engager quand le puits de dosage (10) bascule, en maintenant ainsi les comprimés (20) qui se trouvent au-dessus de lui dans le puits de dosage (10).
  5. Distributeur de comprimés selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 4,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le ressort en matière plastique (12) présente dans le récipient (2) une précontrainte qui, après relâchement du bouton-poussoir flexible (5), ramène le puits de dosage (10) à sa position initiale.
  6. Distributeur de comprimés selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 5,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le réservoir (2) a une forme cylindrique ou une forme conique s'évasant vers son extrémité ouverte, avec des géométries de sections diverses, et la zone du bouton-poussoir flexible (5) constitué par une membrane mince (6) moulée dans la paroi du réservoir, est relativement plate.
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DE29907991U DE29907991U1 (de) 1999-05-06 1999-05-06 Tablettenspender
DE29907991U 1999-05-06

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ATE300486T1 (de) 2005-08-15
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