EP1424294B1 - Spender für Süssigkeiten oder Tabletten - Google Patents

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EP1424294B1
EP1424294B1 EP03015268A EP03015268A EP1424294B1 EP 1424294 B1 EP1424294 B1 EP 1424294B1 EP 03015268 A EP03015268 A EP 03015268A EP 03015268 A EP03015268 A EP 03015268A EP 1424294 B1 EP1424294 B1 EP 1424294B1
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Massimo Di Lonardo
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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

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  • the present invention relates to containers for sweets or tablets in the candy industry, with particular but not exclusive reference to the sweets having generally spherical shape produced by Ferrero S.p.A. under the trade name "Tic-Tac”.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a container for such sweets that can be used in convenient, practical and safe fashion in a configuration of stationary application on a support, and more specifically on the dashboard of a motor vehicle.
  • the container comprises, in accordance with claim 1, a case formed with dorsal appendages for its anchoring in suspended condition to a support structure, particularly to a ventilation outlet of a motor vehicle, said case having a bottom opening through which a slidable dispensing member is displaceable from a raised position to a lowered position by means of control member accessible on the front side of the case and against the action of elastic return means, said dispensing member and said bottom opening being shaped in such a way as to transfer below said bottom opening a single sweet each time the control member is operated.
  • the dispensing member consists of a body having a general hopper shape with lower end shaped substantially as a spoon and provided with an oscillatory separator element.
  • the body is formed integrally with the control member, with a pair of sprung legs which define the aforesaid elastic return means, and with an elastically springing tab which defines the oscillatory separator element.
  • the number 1 designates, in its totality, a container for sweets or tablets, such as are produced in the candy industry, in particular for sweets of generally spherical shape produced by Ferrero S.p.A. with the trade name "Tic-Tac".
  • One of such sweets is designated as C in Figures 2 and 3 (as well as 4-7) : the container 1 is such as to contain a plurality thereof.
  • the container 1 comprises a case made of plastic material, with generally parallelepiped shape, formed by a body 2 provided with a lid 3.
  • the body 2 has a bottom opening 4 through which the sweets C can be dispensed in the way set cut below.
  • the dorsal wall of the body 2 is formed with a series (three, in the example illustrated) of flexible integral tabs 5 through which the container 1 can be anchored in suspended condition to a support structure, and in particular to a ventilation grid or outlet of a motor car.
  • a dispensing member designated as 6, Inside the body 2 of the container 1 is housed a dispensing member designated as 6, also made of moulded plastic material.
  • the dispensing member 6 comprises, in a single piece, a front part 7 positioned against the front wall 8 of the body 2 and formed with a projection 9 which constitutes a manual control member and is able to slide within a slot 10 of said front wall 8.
  • the dispensing member 6 has an inclined and tapered rear part in the shape of a hopper 14 which joins a lower end part 11, which is substantially spoon shaped. This end part 11 can be moved through the bottom wall 4 in the way set out below, and centrally bears an integral, elastically springing tab 12 which, as shall also be shown below, constitutes an oscillatory separator element.
  • said elastic elements 13 are also formed integrally to the dispensing member 6.
  • Figures 1 through 3 show a resting configuration, in which the elastic elements 13 maintain the dispensing member 6 in a raised position in which the control member 9 is positioned in the upper part of the slot 10 and the end part 11 is recessed in the body 2, immediately above the bottom opening 4.
  • a sweet C is maintained between the end part 11 and the base of the front wall 8 of the body 2.
  • the control member 9 can thus be released, allowing the return of the dispensing member 6 to the starting position thanks to the return force exerted by the two elastic elements 13.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Confectionery (AREA)
  • Medicines Containing Material From Animals Or Micro-Organisms (AREA)
  • Medical Preparation Storing Or Oral Administration Devices (AREA)

Claims (8)

  1. Behälter für Süßigkeiten (C) oder Tabletten, mit einer Abgabeeinrichtung, um bei jeder Betätigung eine einzelne Süßigkeit oder Tablette abzugeben, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Behälter aus einer Schachtel (1) besteht, die mit Rückenansätzen (5) ausgebildet ist für ihre Verankerung im aufgehängten Zustand an einem Halteaufbau, insbesondere an einem Belüftungsausgang eines Motorfahrzeugs, und welche eine Bodenöffnung (4) aufweist, durch welche ein gleitbares Abgabebauteil (6) von einer angehobenen Position zu einer abgesenkten Position mit Hilfe eines Steuerbauteils (9), welches auf der Vorderseite (8) der Schachtel (1) zugänglich ist, und gegen die Wirkung einer elastischen Rückführeinrichtung (13) verschiebbar ist, wobei das Abgabebauteil (6) und die Bodenöffnung (4) derart geformt sind, um eine einzelne Süßigkeit (C) unter die Bodenöffnung (4) zu überführen, jedes Mal, wenn das Steuerbauteil (9) betätigt wird.
  2. Behälter nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Abgabebauteil (6) eine trichterähnliche Form (14) mit einer an seinem unteren Ende (11) im Wesentlichen Löffelform hat und mit einem oszillierenden Trennelement (12) versehen ist.
  3. Behälter nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Steuerbauteil (9) einstückig mit dem Abgabebauteil (6) ausgebildet ist.
  4. Behälter nach Anspruch 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die elastische Rückführeinrichtung aus einem Paar von federnden Beinen (13) besteht, die in der Nähe des löffelförmigen Endes (11) angeordnet und einstückig mit dem Abgabebauteil (6) ausgebildet sind.
  5. Behälter nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das oszillierende Trennelement (12) aus einem elastisch federnden Lappen (12) besteht, der einstückig mit dem unteren löffelförmigen Ende (11) des Abgabebauteils (6) ausgebildet ist.
  6. Behälter nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schachtel (1) eine im Allgemeinen parallelepipedische Form hat.
  7. Behälter nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Rückenansätze (5) einstückig mit der Schachtel (1) ausgebildet sind.
  8. Behälter nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schachtel (1) und das Abgabebauteil (6) aus geformtem Kunststoffmaterial bestehen.
EP03015268A 2002-11-26 2003-07-07 Spender für Süssigkeiten oder Tabletten Expired - Lifetime EP1424294B1 (de)

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IT000203U ITTO20020203U1 (it) 2002-11-26 2002-11-26 Contenitore per confetti o pastiglie

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ITMI20040265U1 (it) * 2004-06-04 2004-09-04 Perfetti Van Melle Spa Supporto per scatola-dispenser di pastiglie
ES1057978Y (es) * 2004-07-12 2005-01-16 Autonell Josep Maria Janes Dispositivo distribuidor de grageas

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US3968902A (en) * 1975-03-17 1976-07-13 Bachmann Mario E Tablet dispenser
US4405060A (en) * 1981-07-20 1983-09-20 American Hospital Supply Corporation Tablet dispensing device
NL8201605A (nl) * 1982-04-16 1983-11-16 Henricus Franciscus Koppelmans Systeem voor het distribueren en ter beschikking van de gebruiker stellen van voorwerpen.
US6029384A (en) * 1998-06-11 2000-02-29 Mclaughlin; Ron Picture frame for mounting a picture from an automobile dashboard
DE29907991U1 (de) * 1999-05-06 1999-07-15 RPC Bramlage GmbH, 49393 Lohne Tablettenspender

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