EP1266841A1 - Einsatz für Tablettenbehälter - Google Patents

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EP1266841A1
EP1266841A1 EP02011091A EP02011091A EP1266841A1 EP 1266841 A1 EP1266841 A1 EP 1266841A1 EP 02011091 A EP02011091 A EP 02011091A EP 02011091 A EP02011091 A EP 02011091A EP 1266841 A1 EP1266841 A1 EP 1266841A1
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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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/26—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with means for keeping contents in position, e.g. resilient means

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  • This invention relates to a tablet presser put in a tablet bottle to prevent vitamin and drug tablets in the bottle from moving.
  • the packing of resin film is not good in appearance. Also, tablets tend to get into gaps and wrinkles formed in the film, so that when the packing is taken out of the bottle, tablets clinging thereto is often taken out together and scatter around.
  • the legs are preferably provided with circumferential protrusions.
  • the protrusions engage the shoulder portion on the inner surface of the bottle, so that the position retaining ability improves, thereby stabilizing the pressing of tablets.
  • the legs With the tablet presser in which thin hinge portions are provided at the roots of the legs, the legs are bent more smoothly, so that the tablet presser can be put into a bottle more easily.
  • the tablet presser in which bulged portions are provided adjacent to the roots of the legs a difference in rigidity is present between the bulged portions and the bulge-free portions, so that the roots of the legs act as the hinge.
  • the provision of the hinge portion decreases the bending radius of the legs and thus the gap between the bottle wall and the legs, so that even small tablets are pressed stably.
  • the tablet presser can be easily taken out of the bottle by holding the projections with fingers.
  • the legs 3 are squeezed by the mouth of the bottle and bent rearwardly when the flat plate portion 2 is pushed into the tablet bottle A as shown in Fig. 2. Under the elastic restoring force, they will contact the inner surface of the bottle A to maintain the position of the flat plate portion 2 which is pressed against the tablets B.
  • the number and pitch of these legs 3 are preferably set so that the roots of the adjacent legs 3 will not interfere with each other.
  • the tablet presser 1 of Fig. 3 is provided with circumferential protrusions 3a and 3b on the legs 3.
  • the protrusions preferably comprise a combination of the protrusions 3a and 3b that protrude in opposite directions. But either one alone would reveal the effect.
  • the protrusions 3a, 3b protrude sideways and engage the inner surface of the shoulder of the bottle A provided between its trunk and mouth as shown in Fig. 4.
  • the position retaining effect by the tablet presser 1 stabilizes.
  • tablet loopholes formed on the outer periphery of the flat plate portion 2 are reliably closed by the protrusions 3a, 3b, so that movement of the tablets can be suppressed more stably.
  • Figs. 6A and 6B show another embodiment in which preferable elements are further added.
  • the tablet presser 1 of Fig. 6 is provided with a thin-walled hinge portion 4 at the root of each leg 3, so that when pushed into a bottle, the legs 3 are bent smoothly at the hinge portions 4.
  • a rib-like portion may be provided adjacent to the root of each leg 3 as shown in Fig. 6B by dotted line.
  • the root of each leg acts as a hinge.
  • the rib-like portion is provided on the upper side, it may be provided on the opposite side.
  • the rib-like portion increases the rigidity and at both sides of the portion where the rigidity changes, the legs 3 tend to bend as hinges.
  • the hinge may be provided in plural according to the size of the bottle.
  • projections 5 projecting toward one side are formed at the tips of the legs 3. Since the tips of the legs can be pinched and pulled out of the bottle by catching the projections 5 with fingers. Thus the tablet presser 1 can be easily taken out of the bottle.
  • a projection 6 is provided at the center of the flat plate portion 2.
  • Flat tablet pressers closely contact each other. Thus, especially during automated working, it is difficult to reliably peel off the topmost one. But by providing the projection 6, gaps are formed between stacked plates, so that the plates can be separated easily. This will prevent trouble in insertion into a bottle.
  • the projection 6 may be e.g. a small embossed portion. If the projecting amount is small, it may protrude to the front side of the flat plate portion 2.
  • the projection 6 should be provided on the flat plate portion 2. If it was provided on one of the legs 3, the legs might not align due to position displacement and it become impossible to achieve the purpose of separating sheets.
  • the flat tablet presser of Figs. 1 and 3 can be mass-produced by cutting out or blanking a material sheet such as a soft resin sheet. Since a plurality of material sheets can be stacked and processed, mass-production is possible.
  • the tablet presser of Figs. 6A, 6B is formed by injection molding, it can be formed with a single manufacturing step. But it can also be manufactured by cutting out a material sheet and hot-pressing into an intended shape.
  • the tablet pressers according to this invention can be automatically inserted into a tablet bottle efficiently e.g. by stacking many of them, setting at a supply portion, sucking the topmost one by a vacuum pad mounted on a vertically movable and swinging arm, transferring to a portion where it is to be pushed into a bottle, and lowering the vacuum pad to push it into a tablet bottle.
  • the tablet presser of this invention has a flat or substantially flat shape, and will not be bulky even if many of them are stacked, so that storage and transportation are easy.
  • the protrusions engage the shoulder of the bottle, so that the position retaining force increases. This further stabilizes pressing of tablets.

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  • Medical Preparation Storing Or Oral Administration Devices (AREA)
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EP02011091A 2001-06-11 2002-05-17 Einsatz für Tablettenbehälter Expired - Lifetime EP1266841B1 (de)

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JP2001175298A JP3566942B2 (ja) 2001-06-11 2001-06-11 錠剤押え
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JP3566942B2 (ja) 2004-09-15
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US20020185463A1 (en) 2002-12-12
DE60200910D1 (de) 2004-09-16
JP2002362636A (ja) 2002-12-18

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