EP1590266B1 - Spender für in einer blisterverpackung enthaltenen produckte - Google Patents

Spender für in einer blisterverpackung enthaltenen produckte Download PDF

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EP1590266B1
EP1590266B1 EP04708391A EP04708391A EP1590266B1 EP 1590266 B1 EP1590266 B1 EP 1590266B1 EP 04708391 A EP04708391 A EP 04708391A EP 04708391 A EP04708391 A EP 04708391A EP 1590266 B1 EP1590266 B1 EP 1590266B1
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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
    • B65D83/0445—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 all the articles being stored in individual compartments
    • B65D83/0463—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 all the articles being stored in individual compartments formed in a band or a blisterweb, inserted in a dispensing device or container
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J1/00—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes
    • A61J1/03—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
    • A61J1/035—Blister-type containers
    • 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
    • B65D83/0445—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 all the articles being stored in individual compartments
    • B65D83/0454—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 all the articles being stored in individual compartments the whole forming a circular container with rotating parts
    • 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
    • B65D2215/00—Child-proof means
    • B65D2215/04—Child-proof means requiring the combination of different actions in succession
    • 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
    • B65D2585/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D2585/56—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for medicinal tablets or pills

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  • This invention relates to dispensing arrangements incorporating blister packs and also to dispensers for use with blister packs.
  • blister packs to store and dispense various products such as, but not limited to, pharmaceutically active compositions in the forms of tablets, capsules, caplets, granules, fine powders, creams and liquids is well known. Blister packs are also used for healthcare products generally and also for products outside this field. The blister pack is a cost effective way of presenting a product in unit dose form.
  • blister packs containing pharmaceutically active products or other products capable of misuse pose a hazard because the packs are not child-resistant and there is a risk that young children may be attracted to the product and manage to dispense one or more products from the blister pack and consume them with potentially fatal consequences.
  • US Patent 5,110,007 discloses a rotary blister pack dispensing arrangement in which a rigid circular plate is fitted over the dispensing side of the blister pack and defines a dispensing window to facilitate one-handed operation; there is no teaching of a child-resistant blister pack dispenser.
  • US Patent 4,627,432 discloses an inhaler device in which the medicament to be inhaled is stored in the pockets of a rotary blister pack, to be dispensed by a plunger, but again there is no teaching of a child resistant arrangement.
  • a dispenser for dispensing a product in use from a blister pack of the type comprising a support member defining a plurality of pockets arranged in a circle around a blister pack axis, and a cover sheet provided on a dispensing side of said blister pack having rupturable portions which close each of said pockets, said dispenser comprising:-
  • said housing comprises a base portion and a lid portion which together generally enclose said blister pack in use, with the dispensing window being provided in the base portion.
  • said base portion and said lid portion connect together through at least one snap-fitting.
  • said base portion and said lid portion are integrally formed and joined by a hinge portion.
  • said locating means comprises a central boss portion provided in one of said lid portion and said base portion.
  • Said snap fitting is conveniently between said boss portion and a facing element provided on the other of said lid portion and said base portion.
  • said locking means comprises at least one rockable arm having a locking end biased into engagement with the periphery of the blister pack in use, and the exposed end externally accessible from outside the housing, whereby in use pressure on the exposed end urges said locking end out of engagement with the circumference of said blister pack.
  • Said locking means may comprise two rockable arms spaced apart on the periphery of the housing, and each lockable arm may be formed integrally with said housing.
  • the housing may include an ejector means disposed opposite said dispensing window and operable in use to eject an item contained in an adjacent blister pack through said dispensing window.
  • the invention also extends to a dispenser' in combination with a blister pack.
  • the various embodiments of child-resistant blister pack dispenser illustrated in the Figures are made up of a circular blister pack with the blister pockets disposed concentrically about a central axis at equal angular increments save for an empty "starter" pocket.
  • the dispensing side of the blister pack is substantially wholly shielded by a cover or closure member, apart from at a dispensing window.
  • the blister pack may be moved incrementally with respect to the cover to present successive product-containing pockets to the dispensing window, but the blister pack and/or the cover is designed to prevent or resist rotation thereof by young children. In this way, if the dispenser is left unattended and picked up by a small child, the risk of the child gaining access to the product in the blister pack is considerably reduced.
  • the blister pack 200 includes peripheral notches 202 between each blister pocket 204.
  • the blister pack 200 is provided with a central circular aperture which fits around a hub 206 which upstands from the base portion 208 of an integral, injection moulded, clam shell housing arrangement made up of the base portion 208 and a lid 210 hinged to the base portion by an integral hinge region 212.
  • the clam shell housing may be hinged from the open position shown in Figure 1 , to the closed position shown in Figure 2 , and locked in the closed position by means of a series of sprung teeth 214 which releasably engage an inwardly directed rim on the hub 206 in a snap-fit.
  • the base portion 208 of the housing includes two rockable locking members 216 integral with the base 208 on opposite sides of the base.
  • Each locking member 216 comprises an arm 218 attached adjacent its mid point by a flexible strut 220 to a projection 222 of the floor of the base unit.
  • the locking arm 218 also includes a stub shaft 224 which, when the lid portion is closed, is rotatably received in a respective blind bore 226 in the lid portion 210, so that the locking arm 218 may be rotated about an axis concentric with the stub shaft 224 against the resilient biass afforded by the flexible strut 220.
  • the lid portion 210 has a slot 231 formed therein so as to provided a flexible tongue 232 on the end of which is provided an ejection projection 234.
  • the base portion 208 has a dispensing aperture 236 through which the contents of an aligned blister pocket 204 may be ejected.
  • the lid portion 210 and the base portion 208 each have respective cut away regions 240 and 242 so that, when the housing is closed as shown in Figure 4 , there is manual access to the periphery of the blister pack.
  • a blister pack is loaded into the housing and the housing closed for a snap-fit action generally enclosing the blister pack apart from the access slot afforded by cut-away regions 240 and 242.
  • the blister pack will normally be loaded into the housing with the blank starter pocket adjacent the dispensing aperture 236.
  • the locking wedges 230 engage respective notches 202 in the blister pack to prevent rotation. In this position the tongue 232 is flush with the remainder of the external surface of the lid 210.
  • the user When it is desired to dispense the contents of a blister pocket, the user must depress the operating ends 228 of each of the locking members 218 so as to withdraw the locking wedges 230 from the notches and, whilst holding the ends depressed, the user must increment the blister pack to bring the next pocket into alignment with the dispensing aperture 236, by engaging the periphery of the blister pack through the slot 240/242. As shown in Figures 4 and 5 , as the next, uncrushed, blister pocket moves towards the dispensing aperture, the blister portion engages the ejection projection 234 and pushes it upwardly so that the tongue 232 is pushed slightly clear of the surface of the lid portion 210. This gives a useful indicator that the device is ready to dispense. The user then depresses the tongue 232 thus ejecting the contents of the pocket through the dispensing aperture 236. This operation is repeated at intervals until the blister pack is empty.
  • this embodiment comprises a clam-shell cover 130 comprising upper and lower portions 132 and 134 respectively connected by an integral hinge 136.
  • an upstanding hub 138 designed to snap fit with a complementary toothed male fitting 140 in the upper portion 132.
  • a disc-shaped blister pack 142 is provided with a central aperture 144 which fits over the hub 138 so that the blister pack 142 is rotatably carried by the hub 138.
  • the blister pack 142 carries a number of equally spaced pockets 146 together with a "blind" starter position 148. Between each pocket, in the rim of the blister pack 142 is provided a notch 150 as can be seen more particularly in Figure 9 .
  • the outer peripheral wall of the lower portion 134 is provided with two spaced levers 152 which carry a tooth 154 at one end and which are each integrally hinged to the lower portion 134 by integral hinges 156.
  • the teeth of the levers 152 are pitched so that they engage in respective notches in the blister pack 142 and normally prevent rotation of the blister pack within the housing.
  • the teeth 154 may be withdrawn radially outwardly from the notches 150 by pressing the other end of the levers so that each rotates about the hinge 156.
  • the upper portion 132 has a dispensing projection or anvil 158 protruding internally and the lower portion 134 has a dispensing aperture 160 which is angularly aligned with the dispensing anvil 158.
  • a blister pack 142 is loaded into the clam-shell cover with the blind position 148 in registration with the dispensing aperture 160, as shown in Figure 9 .
  • the cover is then hinged closed with the two portions snap fitting together.
  • the lower portion 134 of the cover is cut away at a location adjacent the dispensing aperture 160 as seen in Figure 10 to provide an access slot 162 through which the periphery of the blister pack 142 is externally accessible.
  • the rim is accessible it is not possible to rotate the blister pack to bring a blister pocket 146 into alignment with the anvil 158 and the aperture 160, and so the device is child-resistant in this condition.
  • a cover 10 or closure member is generally of disc form, having a generally sector-shaped dispensing window 12 extending inwardly from the circumference thereof and subtending an angle of approximately 30°.
  • a fixed stop 14 At the radially inner end of the dispensing window 12 are provided two stops, a fixed stop 14 and a resiliently movable stop 16. These cooperate with projections on the blister pack to be described below.
  • the blister pack 18 is of generally conventional construction comprising a vacuum-drawn or otherwise suitably formed plastic support member 20 defining (in this particular embodiment) twelve pockets 22, with the dispensing side of.the support member being covered by a frangible membrane 24 of foil or the like.
  • the blister pack is disc-shaped with a central aperture 26.
  • the support member includes, radially inwardly of each pocket, a projecting bubble 28 which projects from the dispensing side of the blister pack and is designed to be received with clearance in the apex of the sector-shaped dispensing window 12.
  • the cover 10 has a projecting annular hub 30 with an externally directed rib 32 and the outer edge of the cover likewise has a projecting rim 34 with an internally directed rib 36.
  • the pockets 22 of the support member 20 are filled with product apart from the "starter" pocket 23 which is left empty, and the pockets then sealed in the usual manner by laminating a foil or membrane 24 to close the pockets.
  • the dispenser is assembled by offering the dispensing side of the blister pack 18 to the cover 10 so that the annular hub snap fits through the central aperture 26 and the rim 34 of the cover snap-fits around the circumference of the blister pack, so that the blister pack is rotatably supported with respect to the cover, and can only be disassembled with extreme difficulty.
  • the blister pack 18 is oriented such that the empty "starter" pocket 23 is presented at the dispensing window 12.
  • this embodiment is of generally similar form, but uses pairs of projecting pips on the dispensing side of the blister pack which cooperate with a lug on the cover.
  • child resistance is provided by designing the pips and the lug so that the blister pack cannot be rotated by a small child.
  • the cover 40 has a dispensing window 42 at the apex of which is provided a projecting lug 44.
  • the cover has a central annular hub 50 with an externally directed rib 52, and a peripheral rim 54 with an internally directed rib 56 similar to those of the previous embodiment.
  • the blister pack 46 comprises a support member defining pockets 48 as before which are covered by a membrane. Radially inwardly of each pocket 48 is a pair of pips 58 which project from the dispensing side of the blister pack.
  • the blister pack and cover are assembled as before by snap fitting together, with the empty pocket 49 aligned with the dispensing window 42. In this position, the lug 44 sits between the associated pair of pips 58 and resists rotational movement of the blister pack relative to the cover thereby resisting access to the full pockets by small children, but being movable by an adult.
  • the fifth, sixth and seventh embodiments make use of a clam shell housing which generally encloses the blister pack, with the two halves of the clam shell housing being squeezable together to eject a product from the blister pocket.
  • the fifth to seventh embodiments have various ways of inhibiting rotation of the blister pack and/or ejection of the product by young children.
  • this comprises a two-piece cover made up of an upper half 60 hingedly attached to a lower half 62; the hinge may be of conventional pin and lug construction or it may be an integral "live" hinge whereby the upper and lower halves of the closure can be hingeably moulded in a single operation.
  • the lower half 62 corresponds generally to the covers 10 and 40 of the previous two embodiments. It has a central hub 64 which snap fits through a central aperture in the blister pack 68. It also includes a dispensing window 70 through which product ejected from a pocket in the blister pack may be presented.
  • the upper half 60 of the enclosure includes a dispensing anvil 72 which is designed to cooperate with an aligned pocket in the blister pack, and a dispensing window 70 to eject product from the pocket when the device is armed and the upper and lower halves squeezed together.
  • the blister pack is provided with a ratchet surface 74 on its outer circumference.
  • a lever mechanism 76 is mounted in the lower half 62 of the enclosure and is designed so that, when slid in the appropriate sense, it rotates the blister pack to bring the next pocket into alignment with the dispensing window 70.
  • the upper and lower halves 60, 62 of the enclosure incorporate a locking arrangement including two diametrically opposed locking spring clips 78 provided on the upper half 60.
  • the locking clips are received in respective diametrically opposed locking recesses 80 on the lower half 62.
  • the locking arrangement engages and locks automatically at the end of the stroke when the upper and lower halves have been pushed together to eject a product from the pocket aligned with the dispensing window, and so locks the device in the position shown in Figure 21 , otherwise referred to as the "safe" position. In this position the anvil 72 projects through the emptied pocket, thus preventing rotation of the blister pack to bring a new pocket into alignment.
  • the enclosure can only be released from the "safe" position to an "armed” position by releasing the locking arrangement to allow the anvil to be withdrawn out of the pocket and out of the path of movement of the next blister.
  • Release of the locking device requires the locking spring clips 78 to be moved out of the locking recesses 80 by pressing the edges of the upper half of the enclosure inwardly adjacent the spring clips 78.
  • the upper half 60 may be lifted to bring the anvil 72 out of engagement with the empty pocket and to allow the lever 76 to index the blister pack round to bring a next, filled, pocket into engagement with the dispensing window.
  • the upper and lower halves may have a bias arrangement which urges them apart once the locking arrangement has been released.
  • the blister pack is rotated by means of a thumb wheel 90 rotatably mounted on the lower half 62 of the enclosure and having a cogged drive surface designed to mesh with a complementary cogged drive surface 92 provided on the circumference of the blister pack.
  • Operation of the device is substantially the same as that of the fifth embodiment except that the thumb wheel 90 is used to index the blister pack.
  • an escapement mechanism or the like (not shown) designed to ensure that the blister pack stops with the next full pocket adjacent the dispensing window. The design and implementation of such a mechanism is well within the competence of one skilled in the art.
  • the outer enclosure is in the form of an upper half 100 hinged to a lower half 102.
  • a rotatable hub 104 with a toothed cog or drive surface and an outer drive flange 106 with upstanding location pins 108.
  • the lower half 102 includes a dispensing window 110 as previously.
  • the blister pack 112 is similar to those previously being of disc form but with a plain outer circumference and an enlarged central aperture 114 with four equally spaced holes 116 designed such that the blister pack 112 can fit over the rotatable hub 114 with the pins 108 locating in the holes 116.
  • a drive member 118 having an externally accessible hand wheel 120 and an internally directed drive surface 103.
  • the upper cover and lower cover are connected by a child-resistant locking device comprising locking spring clips 122 which engage in locking recesses 124 and the lower half 102.
  • a child-resistant locking device comprising locking spring clips 122 which engage in locking recesses 124 and the lower half 102.
  • the drive surfaces 103 and 104 are held out of engagement by a spring 126.
  • the drive wheel 118 is however mounted so that it can be urged downwardly to bring the drive surfaces into engagement so that the hand wheel 120 can be turned to index the next pocket of the blister pack into alignment with the dispensing window 110.
  • product may be dispensed from the blister either manually, by providing a thumb aperture or the like in the upper half 100 of the enclosure or the upper half of the enclosure may include a dispensing anvil similar to those of previous embodiments which serves both to restrict rotation of the blister pack when the enclosure is in its "safe” configuration and to dispense product from the blister when it has been released from its safe position to its "armed” position.
  • the device may be readily modified to allow two or more adjacent pockets to be dispensed at the same time, by suitable enlargement of the dispensing window and the dispensing anvil where provided.
  • the blister pack and/or enclosure may be designed so as to identify each dose by day or time of day.
  • the blister pack may have printed thereon the day of the week adjacent each of the pockets and this may be viewable through a window.
  • the enclosure and blister pack may be designed so that a programmed relative movement of the upper and lower half of the enclosure is used to cause the blister pack to be indexed to its next position.
  • a programmed relative movement of the upper and lower half of the enclosure is used to cause the blister pack to be indexed to its next position.
  • the enclosure is released or moved from a "safe" position to an "armed” position
  • the separating movement of the parts of the enclosure may be harnessed to drive the blister pack to its next position.
  • a stored energy device may be provided whereby separating movements of the upper and lower halves of the enclosure release the blister pack so that it may be driven to its next position by means of the stored energy device.
  • this comprises a cover made up of an upper part 170 and a lower part 172 which are snap fitted together through central hub portions 174 and 176 respectively.
  • the upper cover 170 has a dispensing projection or anvil 178 and the lower portion 172 has a dispensing aperture 180.
  • the dispensing anvil 178 is not aligned with the dispensing aperture 180.
  • the upper and lower portions 170, 172 are urged angularly towards this position by means of a central tension spring (not shown) acting between the upper and lower portions and disposed in the hub region 174, 176.
  • the upper portion and lower portion are provided with co-operating castellated portions 177, 178 disposed concentrically with the hub region and arranged such that, when the cover is in its equilibrium position, with the dispensing anvil 178 out of alignment with the dispensing aperture 180, the castellated portions co-operate to prohibit movement of the upper portion 170 and lower portion 172 towards each other.
  • the castellated portions co-operate to allow the upper portion 170 to be squeezed towards the lower portion 172 to cause the anvil 178 to expel a product from a blister pocket, through the dispensing aperture 180.
  • Figure 35 shows a configuration where the castellated portions are co-operating to prevent movement of the upper portion 170 and the lower portion 172 towards each other
  • Figure 36 shows the angularly displaced position where the castellated portions allow movement of the upper and lower portions towards each other.
  • the castellated portions also function to limit the extent of angular rotation of the upper portion with respect to the lower portion so that this is the same angular extent as the pitch between adjacent pockets in the blister pack.
  • the blister pack is provided with a circularly extending set of ratchet teeth 182 which co-operate with a flexible ratchet finger (not shown) such that when the upper part 170 is rotated in a clockwise sense relative to the lower part at the start of a dispensing cycle, the blister pack rotates with the upper part to be driven round to present the next pocket adjacent the dispensing aperture 180 ready for expulsion by the anvil 178.
  • the upper and lower covers are then pushed together to dispense the product from the pocket and then released so that the upper part 170 moves away from the lower part and also returns to its angular rest position, with the flexible ratchet finger moving over the inclined plane of the ratchet tooth without rotating said blister pack.

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  1. Spender zum Spenden eines Gebrauchsproduktes aus einer Blisterverpackung, die einen Tragkörper aufweist, der mehrere Taschen (204) bildet, welche auf einem Kreis rund um eine Blisterverpackungsachse angeordnet sind, sowie ein Deckblatt, das auf einer Spenderseite dieser Blisterverpackung vorgesehen ist und abreißbare Teile besitzt, die jede der Taschen verschließen, wobei der Spender folgendes aufweist:
    ein Gehäuse (208, 210);
    eine Einrichtung (206) zur Anordnung zwecks einer Blisterverpackung (200), um diese in dem Gehäuse (208, 210) zu drehen;
    ein Spenderfenster (236), das in dem Gehäuse so angeordnet ist, daß bei Benutzung eine Blisterverpackung gedreht werden kann, um jede Tasche (204) einer Blisterverpackung mit dem Fenster in Überdeckung zu bringen und dadurch das Auswerfen des Inhalts einer Blisterverpackung durch das Fenster hindurch zu ermöglichen;
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Spender des weiteren eine Zugangsöffnung (240, 242) aufweist, durch die hindurch im Falle der Benutzung ein Benutzer mit der Hand einen freiliegenden Teil des Umfangs der Blisterverpackung (200) ergreifen kann, um ihn in Drehung zu versetzen, und daß eine von Hand lösbare Verriegelungseinrichtung (216) vorhanden ist, die mit der benutzten Blisterverpackung zusammenarbeiten kann und von Hand gegen eine Federkraft aus einer Verriegelungsstellung, in der die Blisterverpackung gegen Drehen gesichert ist, in eine Freigabestellung bringbar ist, in der die in Benutzung befindliche Blisterverpackung gedreht werden kann, um eine nächste Tasche an das Spenderfenster zu bringen.
  2. Spender nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Gehäuse einen Basisteil (208) und einen Deckelteil (210) aufweist, die im allgemeinen die benutzte Blisterverpackung umschließen, wobei das Spenderfenster in dem Basisteil vorgesehen ist.
  3. Spender nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Basisteil (208) und der Deckelteil (210) durch wenigstens einen Schnappsitz (206, 214) verbunden sind.
  4. Spender nach Anspruch 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Basisteil (208) und der Deckelteil (210) einteilig ausgebildet und durch einen Gelenkteil (212) verbunden sind.
  5. Spender nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Anordnungseinrichtung einen zentralen Nabenteil (206) aufweist, der in einem der Teile, also im Deckelteil und im Basisteil vorgesehen ist.
  6. Spender nach Anspruch 5, in Abhängigkeit vom Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Schnappsitz zwischen dem Nabenteil (206) und einem gegenüberliegenden Element (214) ausgebildet ist, das sich auf dem anderen Teil, also entweder dem Deckelteil oder dem Nabenteil, befindet.
  7. Spender nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Verriegelungseinrichtung wenigstens einen hin- und herbeweglichen Arm (218) aufweist, der ein Verriegelungsende (230) besitzt, das mit dem Umfang der in Benutzung befindlichen Blisterverpackung (200) in Eingriff gedrückt wird, und daß das freiliegende Ende (228) von der Außenseite des Gehäuse zugänglich ist, um dadurch bei Benutzung auf das freiliegende Ende (228) Druck auszuüben, der das Verriegelungsende (230) mit dem Umfang dieser Blisterverpackung außer Eingriff bringt.
  8. Spender nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Verriegelungseinrichtung zwei hin- und herbewegliche Arme (218) aufweist, die auf dem Umfang des Gehäuses mit Abstand nebeneinander angeordnet sind.
  9. Spender nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jeder hin- und herbewegliche Arm (218) mit dem Gehäuse ein einheitliches Ganzes bildet.
  10. Spender nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Gehäuse eine Auswerfereinrichtung (234) aufweist, die gegenüber dem Spenderfenster angeordnet und bei Benutzung betätigbar ist, um ein in einer benachbarten Blisterverpackung enthaltenes Produktteilchen durch das Spenderfenster auszufwerfen.
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