EP2117959B1 - Refillable single-hand dispenser for tablets - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a dispenser, in particular a refillable single-handed dispenser for tablets according to the preamble of claim 1.
- a through the EP-A-1 292 512 discloses a dispenser for sweets has a magazine for receiving and occasional dispensing of tablets having a substantially cuboid, on a longitudinal side open housing, which receives a longitudinally guided sliding floor and a supporting between sliding bottom and a housing base coil spring.
- an output device is provided on a housing head opposite the housing bottom.
- the magazine is inserted on the bottom side to the housing head in a sleeve and serves as a storage container and ejector for refreshment tablets and lozenges, which have a stackable basic shape.
- the tablets are inserted in batches through an open narrow side into the magazine housing between housing head and sliding floor.
- the stack of tablets is pressed against the housing head and the dispenser via the sliding bottom due to the pressure load by the spring.
- An actuation of the dispensing device then pushes each of the top tablet from the stack transversely to the stacking direction out of the housing and releases it for removal.
- the coil spring engages with its bottom winding end in a nip in the bottom region of the housing. This prevents the spring from jumping out of the housing if the magazine is handled improperly or if the sleeve is damaged or broken.
- the magazine To fill the dispenser, the magazine must be pulled out of the sleeve against the spring force of the coil spring and the sweets filled into the magazine.
- the packaging of the tablets must be completely removed, which is not optimal from a hygienic point of view.
- a bag container with tilting lid for tablets known in addition to the US Pat. No. 2,620,061 A is from the CH 278812 a bag container with tilting lid for tablets known.
- the tablets are over each other and are biased by a spring.
- the uppermost tablet is held by a stop provided at the upper end of the container shell.
- the tilting lid has a Vorschiebeglied that presses when opening the tilting lid laterally against the uppermost tablet and thereby advances this transverse to the container axis over the edge of the container shell.
- the container casing is formed in two layers.
- An outer sleeve is provided with a bottom.
- An inner sleeve forms a magazine for the tablets and carries the tilting lid.
- the inner sleeve is telescopically extendable from the outer sleeve together with the tilting lid.
- a spring is between a pressure member in tablet size, which is arranged under the stack of tablets, and the ground under tension. She pushes the stack of pills against the stop.
- the inner sleeve can be pulled axially out of the upper sleeve, whereby the distance between the stop and bottom increases and therefore the spring is relaxed.
- the inner sleeve is open on a narrow side. Through this opening now tablet can be inserted into the inner sleeve. In the subsequent insertion of the inner sleeve in the outer sleeve, the spring is tensioned.
- the invention has the object to provide a dispenser which avoids the disadvantages mentioned above.
- it is an object to suggest a dispenser which can be easily filled.
- Another object is to provide a dispenser that can be produced with little effort.
- One more goal is to suggest a donor that risks that the spring could pop out is eliminated.
- It is also an objective to provide a child-proof an donor.
- Another object is to propose a dispenser, a tablet pack and a method which, when filling the dispenser, allow the tablets to be packaged so far that they do not have to be touched directly to meet stringent hygiene requirements.
- one goal is to keep packaging as low as possible and avoid waste.
- the object is achieved in a dispenser mentioned above by the sliding floor is taken with so much game in the magazine that between the sliding floor and the magazine room for a tablet packaging.
- This has the advantage that the tablets can be inserted with a banderole-like packaging tube in the magazine and pushed with the sliding floor through the packaging tube and out of the packaging tube addition.
- the cross-sectional dimensions of the sliding floor in the magazine approximately correspond to the inner dimensions of the magazine minus at least twice the thickness of the packaging wall.
- the invention relates to a dispenser or more precisely a one-handed dispenser with a sleeve which has an opening at the head end and a bottom opposite the opening.
- a sleeve which has an opening at the head end and a bottom opposite the opening.
- a magazine for tablets which can be pulled out of the sleeve.
- a sliding floor is slidably received in the magazine.
- a spring in the magazine engages the sliding floor.
- the object is achieved in that a tube-shaped tablet pack can be placed or added in the magazine and the sliding base has external dimensions that correspond at most to the internal masses of the tubular tablet pack.
- the magazine Since the magazine has an opening on the bottom side and the spring means is supported by the bottom opening at the bottom of the sleeve, the magazine, when it is pulled out of the sleeve, is not biased. This has the advantage that the Magazine can be filled without danger; that this snaps back into the sleeve.
- the sleeve and the bottom is made in two pieces.
- This has the great advantage that the spring means from the ground in the sleeve resp. can be inserted into the magazine.
- a clamping or latching device is provided on the bottom side of the sleeve and on the bottom part. This makes it possible to connect the bottom part and sleeve by plugging together form fit.
- the latching means can be designed so that a nondestructive pulling out of the bottom part is impossible.
- the latching means may be formed by cooperating locking lugs and undercuts or the like, which are provided on the bottom part and on the sleeve.
- the skilled person however, other types of snap connections or welding are known, which allow a permanent connection of bottom part and sleeve.
- the spring means is a zigzag spring.
- a zigzag spring has a suitable spring characteristic over the desired range.
- the length and spring characteristic of the zigzag spring are chosen so that the sliding bottom comes to lie in the relaxed state of the zigzag spring in the region of the magazine head. This makes it possible to eject all the tablets from the magazine.
- the spring can also be a helical spring whose cross-section is round or oval.
- An oval cross-section has the advantage that the coil spring on the magazine, or better on the wall of a loaded in the magazine packaging, and thus the spring force always acts in the magazine longitudinal direction.
- the zigzag spring has the advantage that it does not cause any rotation of the sliding floor.
- a broadside of the magazine serves as a filling opening for the tablet or lozenge pack.
- the tablets can be filled much easier than through a narrow side.
- the filling is made impossible by the broadside, because in the magazine on the narrow side a practically over the entire length of the magazine guided guide slot was present.
- the closed broadside gave the magazine the necessary rigidity.
- a disadvantage of the filling of the broad side is that the formed on the narrow side discharge opening in the magazine can not be part of the filling. Therefore, the mold for the magazine is built slightly more complicated than if the filling opening and the discharge opening were the same. Nonetheless, the benefits to the user outweigh the disadvantages in manufacturing.
- the opposite side of the filling opening of the magazine has one or more openings. Through these openings, the remaining packaging in the magazine can be pushed out well with a finger. If the filling opening is formed on a broad side, even with lozenges of small dimensions, these openings are still large enough to lightly lift the packaging with a finger through the opening.
- the sliding floor is designed as a cuboid with a bottom-side opening. Through the opening, a cavity is formed, in which the head-side end of the screw or zigzag spring can engage.
- the sliding floor has a cone-shaped head end.
- the cone-shaped head end may serve to engage in a depression of the tablets stacked in the magazine. This can be done by the tablets a leadership of the sliding floor.
- the tapered edges of the cone-shaped head end serve primarily for the resistance-free insertion of the sliding floor into the packaging tube of the tablet pack.
- a broadside of the magazine is formed as a filling opening.
- the use of a broad side as a filling opening has the advantage that the magazine is much easier to fill than if the filling is done by a narrow side. Further advantageous embodiments of such a dispenser have already been described above.
- Another aspect of the invention relates to a method for the discrete dispensing of stacked tablets or pastilles from a dispenser.
- the tablets, which are received stacked in a magazine of the dispenser are biased by means of acting in the magazine longitudinal direction spring means in the direction of a dispensing position.
- a single tablet is transversely output to magazine longitudinal direction.
- the method is now characterized in that the tablets, which are received in a band-like packaging, which is open at the opposite end sides of the stack, are inserted with this in the magazine, and that the spring means at the opposite end to the dispensing position of the inserted stack and push the tablets out of the package toward the dispensing position.
- the tablets with packaging can be inserted into the magazine and not have to be taken in the hand.
- the tablets are wrapped with a small clearance prior to placement in the magazine in the banderole-like packaging. This facilitates the ejection of the tablets from the package.
- a package is used for the tablets whose end faces are removable frontally before inserting the packaging of the tablets in the magazine. This can be done, for example, by providing perforations.
- the packaging may also have a second sheath closing the openings of the tube.
- the tube ends may also be sealed with a removable lid that is stuck in the tube or on the tube.
- the invention further relates to a tablet pack comprising a stack of tablets in a packaging tube having openings at both ends thereof.
- the openings are each provided with a removable closure of the openings.
- Such a tablet pack is suitable for being inserted into a single-handed dispenser according to the invention and thus filling it with tablets or refilling it.
- the openings must be closed and the closures removed at both ends. This can be accomplished by having a sheath around the tube. Further, at the end of the tube there may be a perforation along which the openings may be torn open. The openings can also be closed with a lid.
- the packaging tube can be made of paper or cardboard, or even of plastic. Cardboard tubes are suitable for perforations, while plastic tubes are more suitable for plastic lids. Both are suitable for wrapping in a wrapper. This envelope may be wrapped around perforated opening closures or around lids. But it can also advantageously close the openings directly and thus form the closure of the openings themselves.
- the packaging tube may also have on a broad side a longitudinal, continuous slot, so that it is C-shaped in cross section.
- This slot allows the sliding bottom in the slot and / or through the slot to pass through the sleeve. This has the advantage of a reduced risk of jamming when moving the sliding floor within the packaging tube.
- Such a C-shaped tube for example, requires a tight and easily removable envelope around the tube which closes the slot and advantageously also the ends.
- the packaging When inserting, the packaging can be opened at one end and inserted with the open end facing the sliding floor.
- the envelope closing the ends of the packaging tube or a lid on the other end can now be removed while the packaging tube is completely or partially inserted in the magazine. This can prevent the tablets from becoming detached from the composite when they are placed in the package and having to be lost or touched.
- FIGS. 1 . 2 and 5 show a dispenser according to the invention, the essential components thereof a sleeve 13, an accommodated in the sleeve 13, pull-out magazine 15 with an output device, and a cooperating with a zigzag spring 19 movable sliding floor 21 are.
- a tablet pack 20 having a plurality of stackable tablets 22 therein which tablet pack can be received in the magazine 15.
- the sleeve 13 is formed as a cuboid elongated housing with a head opening 23 and a bottom opening 25 (FIG. Fig. 1 ).
- the bottom opening 25 can be closed by a bottom part 27.
- the bottom part 27 has on the inside one or more webs 28 (FIG. Figs.
- this latching or clamping device can consist of a latching nose 29 and an undercut 31 formed on the sleeve (see detailed view of FIG Fig. 11 ).
- the magazine 15 also has a cuboid shape, in which, however, a broad side and the bottom part are omitted. While the open broadside of the magazine serves as a filling opening 33 for the tablet pack, the bottom-side magazine opening 35 allows a penetration of the zigzag spring 19, as will be described in more detail below.
- the magazine 15 has a magazine head 37 ( Figs. 1 . 8 to 10 ) which, when the magazine 15 is pushed into the sleeve 13, protrudes out of the sleeve 13 ( FIGS. 3 and 4 ).
- the top wall of the cuboidal magazine 15 forms a stop surface 39 against which the uppermost tablet rests in the ready-for-use and filled state of the dispenser.
- the abutment surface 39 is at inserted magazine 15 about a tablet thickness outside the upper sleeve edge 41. The distance between the abutment surface 39 and the edge 41 of the magazine 15 defines the dispensing position for the top in the magazine tablet.
- a pivoting part 43 is articulated.
- the pivoting part 43 has an extension 45 (FIG. Figs. 4 . 5, 5A ), which for outputting the uppermost tablet provided in a narrow side of the magazine head 37 slot 47 (see Figs. 5 . 9 ).
- a latched on the magazine head 37 spring 51 ensures an automatic Return of the pivoting part 43 in the normal position.
- the pivot member engages by means of two, formed on the inside axle journals 52 in corresponding circular holes 53 on the magazine head 37 a ( Fig. 1 ).
- the sliding floor 21 is taken longitudinally displaceable.
- the sliding floor 21 has a trough-shaped with a cavity which serves to receive the head-side end of the zigzag spring 19.
- the head-side end of the zigzag spring 19 can be attached to a web 56 (FIG. Fig. 5 ) are trapped.
- the head end 57 of the sliding floor is preferably conical or with rounded edges.
- the bottom end of the zigzag spring is - as already mentioned above - clamped in the ready state of the dispenser in the gap between the bottom part 27 and the web 28.
- the head area front and rear locking lugs 59a are in the head area front and rear locking lugs 59a, and in the foot area only a rear locking lug 59b ( Fig. 1 ) are formed.
- the locking lugs 59a, 59b cooperate with grooves 61, which are provided opposite each other at a short distance from the head-side edge on the flat inner sides of the sleeve 13 (see detail of Figs. 5 and 11 ).
- the locking lugs 59a snap and when the magazine is pulled out, the latching lug 59b engages in the grooves 61.
- the detents engage with an audible click in the grooves.
- a spring tongue is formed on the magazine 15 (or vice versa on the sleeve 13) which engages positively with a nose in the wall of the sleeve 13 (or vice versa in the wall of the magazine 15) ,
- the spring tongue is in a relaxed state with the nose in engagement in the opening and in the tensioned state out of engagement.
- the bottom part 27, however, is locked in such a way in the sleeve 13 or connected to the sleeve, that it is not non-destructive of this sleeve solvable.
- the magazine edge 41 protrudes on the inside of the magazine into the interior of the magazine. Between the above magazine edge 41 and the abutment surfaces of the strips 63 is in FIG. 5 the tubular tablet pack 20 inserted. The distance of these strips 63 from the magazine edge 41 is selected so that a packaging tube of a stack of tablets with little play in the magazine 15 is added. The strips 63 and the magazine edge 41 prevent slipping of the packaging tube in the direction of the spring force of the tension spring 19th
- the distance between the narrow sides of the magazine 15 is such that a stack of tablets with packaging 20 can be inserted (s. Fig. 5 ).
- the sliding bottom 21 pushes the tablets 22 out of the tube-shaped packaging 20, and the emptied packaging remains in the magazine.
- the packaging can be made of paper, cardboard or plastic.
- FIG. 5 there is already a tablet 22 in the dispensing position.
- the empty package 20 can then be removed from the magazine by pushing it with your fingers through the openings in the bottom of the magazine.
- the thickness of the wall 65 of the package 20 and the dimensions of the magazine and sliding floor are selected such that the package 20 fills the magazine in cross section and the sliding bottom 21 fits into the tubular package.
- the difference in mass between the sliding floor and the magazine is therefore at least twice the thickness of the wall 65 of the packaging 20.
- the dispenser according to the invention is filled by removing the end-face packaging parts and placing the stack of tablets with the remaining tube-shaped packaging 20 between the strips 63 and the magazine edge 41 in the withdrawn magazine 15 of the dispenser 11. Thereafter, the magazine is pushed against the spring force again in the sleeve 13 until the locking lugs 59 a audibly engages in the grooves 61.
- the spring 19 By the spring 19, the sliding floor is in the package and the tablets 22 are pushed out of the packaging with the sliding floor.
- the topmost tablet can are removed when the pivoting part 43 is actuated.
- the pivoting part 43 By pivoting the pivoting part 43, the tablet 22 is pushed by the extension 45 transversely to the stacking direction from the magazine. As soon as the tablet has been removed and the pivoting part 43 has returned to its original position, the next tablet moves on.
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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft einen Spender, insbesondere einen wieder befüllbaren Einhandspender für Tabletten gemäss Oberbegriff von Anspruch 1.The present invention relates to a dispenser, in particular a refillable single-handed dispenser for tablets according to the preamble of claim 1.
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Die Tabletten werden stapelweise durch eine offene Schmalseite in das Magazingehäuse zwischen Gehäusekopf und Schiebeboden eingesetzt. Der Tablettenstapel wird aufgrund der Druckbelastung durch die Feder über den Schiebeboden gegen den Gehäusekopf und zur Ausgabeeinrichtung gedrückt. Eine Betätigung der Ausgabeeinrichtung schiebt dann jeweils die oberste Tablette vom Stapel quer zur Stapelrichtung aus dem Gehäuse heraus und gibt sie zur Entnahme frei.The tablets are inserted in batches through an open narrow side into the magazine housing between housing head and sliding floor. The stack of tablets is pressed against the housing head and the dispenser via the sliding bottom due to the pressure load by the spring. An actuation of the dispensing device then pushes each of the top tablet from the stack transversely to the stacking direction out of the housing and releases it for removal.
Die Schraubenfeder greift mit ihrem bodenseitigen Wicklungsende in einen Klemmspalt im Bodenbereich des Gehäuses ein. Dadurch wird verhindert, dass die Feder bei unsachgemässer Handhabung des Magazins oder bei einer Beschädigung oder Bruch der Hülse aus dem Gehäuse herausspringen kann.The coil spring engages with its bottom winding end in a nip in the bottom region of the housing. This prevents the spring from jumping out of the housing if the magazine is handled improperly or if the sleeve is damaged or broken.
Zum Auffüllen des Spenders muss das Magazin entgegen der Federkraft der Schraubenfeder aus der Hülse herausgezogen und die Süssigkeiten in das Magazin eingefüllt werden. Dabei muss die Verpackung der Tabletten vollständig entfernt werden, was aus hygienischer Sicht nicht optimal ist.To fill the dispenser, the magazine must be pulled out of the sleeve against the spring force of the coil spring and the sweets filled into the magazine. The packaging of the tablets must be completely removed, which is not optimal from a hygienic point of view.
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Eine Feder ist zwischen einem Druckteil in Tablettengrösse, welches unter dem Tablettenstapel angeordnet ist, und dem Boden unter Spannung. Sie drückt den Tablettenstapel gegen den Anschlag. Zum Befüllen des Taschenbehälters kann die innere Hülse axial aus der oberen Hülse herausgezogen werden, wodurch der Abstand zwischen Anschlag und Boden zunimmt und daher die Feder entspannt wird. Die innere Hülse ist auf einer Schmalseite offen. Durch diese Öffnung können nun Tablette in die innere Hülse eingelegt werden. Bei dem anschliessenden Einschieben der inneren Hülse in die äussere Hülse wird die Feder gespannt.A spring is between a pressure member in tablet size, which is arranged under the stack of tablets, and the ground under tension. She pushes the stack of pills against the stop. To fill the bag container, the inner sleeve can be pulled axially out of the upper sleeve, whereby the distance between the stop and bottom increases and therefore the spring is relaxed. The inner sleeve is open on a narrow side. Through this opening now tablet can be inserted into the inner sleeve. In the subsequent insertion of the inner sleeve in the outer sleeve, the spring is tensioned.
Jeder, der einen solchen Spender schon wiederbefüllt hat, weiss, dass es äusserst schwierig ist, die Schublade in der gespannten oder nicht gespannten Offenposition zu halten und gleichzeitig Tabletten einzufüllen. Dabei ist praktisch unvermeidlich, einzelne Tabletten anzufassen. Die Tatsache, dass die Süssigkeiten durch die Schmalseite des herausgezogenen Magazins eingefüllt werden müssen, erschwert das Wiederbefüllen zusätzlich.Anyone who has already refilled such a dispenser knows that keeping the drawer in the cocked or unstretched open position is extremely difficult and at the same time filling tablets. It is practically unavoidable to handle individual tablets. The fact that the sweets have to be filled through the narrow side of the withdrawn magazine makes refilling even more difficult.
Ausgehend von diesem Stand der Technik stellt sich die Erfindung zur Aufgabe, einen Spender bereitzustellen, welcher die eingangs erwähnten Nachteile vermeidet. Insbesondere ist es ein Ziel, einen Spender vorzuschlagen, welcher leicht befüllt werden kann. Ein weiteres Ziel ist es, einen Spender bereitzustellen, welcher mit geringem Aufwand herstellbar ist. Noch ein Ziel ist es, einen Spender vorzuschlagen, bei welchem die Gefahr, dass die Feder herausspringen könnte, eliminiert ist. Auch ist es ein Ziel, einen punkto Kindersicherheit tadellosen Spender bereitzustellen. Ein weiteres Ziel ist es, einen Spender, eine Tablettenpackung und ein Verfahren vorzuschlagen, welche erlauben, beim Befüllen des Spenders die Tabletten so weit verpackt zu belassen, dass diese nicht direkt berührt werden müssen, damit auch strenge Hygieneanforderungen erfüllt werden. Andererseits ist es ein Ziel, die Verpackung so gering wie möglich zu halten und überflüssigen Müll zu vermeiden.Based on this prior art, the invention has the object to provide a dispenser which avoids the disadvantages mentioned above. In particular, it is an object to suggest a dispenser which can be easily filled. Another object is to provide a dispenser that can be produced with little effort. One more goal is to suggest a donor that risks that the spring could pop out is eliminated. It is also an objective to provide a child-proof impeccable donor. Another object is to propose a dispenser, a tablet pack and a method which, when filling the dispenser, allow the tablets to be packaged so far that they do not have to be touched directly to meet stringent hygiene requirements. On the other hand, one goal is to keep packaging as low as possible and avoid waste.
Erfindungsgemäss wird die Aufgabe bei einem eingangs erwähnten Spender gelöst, indem der Schiebeboden mit soviel Spiel im Magazin aufgenommen ist, dass zwischen dem Schiebeboden und dem Magazin Platz für eine Tablettenverpackung ist. Dies hat den Vorteil, dass die Tabletten mit einem banderolenartigen Verpackungsröhrchen in das Magazin eingelegt und mit dem Schiebeboden durch das Verpackungsröhrchen hindurch und aus dem Verpackungsröhrchen hinaus gestossen werden können.According to the invention, the object is achieved in a dispenser mentioned above by the sliding floor is taken with so much game in the magazine that between the sliding floor and the magazine room for a tablet packaging. This has the advantage that the tablets can be inserted with a banderole-like packaging tube in the magazine and pushed with the sliding floor through the packaging tube and out of the packaging tube addition.
Vorzugsweise entsprechen die Querschnittsabmessungen des Schiebebodens im Magazin ungefähr den Innenabmessungen des Magazins minus mindestens der doppelten Stärke der Verpackungswandung.Preferably, the cross-sectional dimensions of the sliding floor in the magazine approximately correspond to the inner dimensions of the magazine minus at least twice the thickness of the packaging wall.
Anders ausgedrückt betrifft die Erfindung einen Spender oder genauer einen Einhandspender mit einer Hülse, welche kopfseitig eine Öffnung und der Öffnung gegenüberliegend einen Boden besitzt. In dieser Hülse liegt ein Magazin für Tabletten vor, welches aus der Hülse herausziehbar ist. Ein Schiebeboden ist im Magazin verschiebbar aufgenommen. Ein im Magazin aufgenommenes Federmittel greift am Schiebeboden an. Bei diesem Spender ist die Aufgabe dadurch gelöst, dass im Magazin eine röhrchenförmige Tablettenpackung platzierbar oder aufgenommen ist und der Schiebeboden Aussenmasse aufweist, die höchstens den Innenmassen der röhrchenförmigen Tablettenpackung entsprechen.In other words, the invention relates to a dispenser or more precisely a one-handed dispenser with a sleeve which has an opening at the head end and a bottom opposite the opening. In this sleeve is a magazine for tablets, which can be pulled out of the sleeve. A sliding floor is slidably received in the magazine. A spring in the magazine engages the sliding floor. In this dispenser, the object is achieved in that a tube-shaped tablet pack can be placed or added in the magazine and the sliding base has external dimensions that correspond at most to the internal masses of the tubular tablet pack.
Da das Magazin bodenseitig eine Öffnung besitzt und das Federmittel durch die bodenseitige Öffnung hindurch sich am Boden der Hülse abstützt, ist das Magazin, wenn es aus der Hülse herausgezogen wird, nicht vorgespannt. Dies hat den Vorteil, dass das Magazin befüllbar ist, ohne dass die Gefahr besteht; dass dieses in die Hülse zurückschnellt.Since the magazine has an opening on the bottom side and the spring means is supported by the bottom opening at the bottom of the sleeve, the magazine, when it is pulled out of the sleeve, is not biased. This has the advantage that the Magazine can be filled without danger; that this snaps back into the sleeve.
Vorteilhaft ist die Hülse und der Boden zweistückig ausgeführt. Dies hat den grossen Vorteil, dass das Federmittel vom Boden her in die Hülse resp. in das Magazin eingesetzt werden kann. Dadurch besteht die Möglichkeit, die Herstellung weitgehend zu automatisieren. Zweckmässigerweise ist bodenseitig an der Hülse und am Bodenteil eine Klemm- oder Einrasteinrichtung vorgesehen. Dies ermöglicht es, Bodenteil und Hülse durch Zusammenstecken formschlüssig miteinander zu verbinden. Die Einrastmittel können dabei so ausgebildet sein, dass ein zerstörungsfreies Herausziehen des Bodenteils verunmöglicht ist.Advantageously, the sleeve and the bottom is made in two pieces. This has the great advantage that the spring means from the ground in the sleeve resp. can be inserted into the magazine. This makes it possible to automate the production largely. Conveniently, a clamping or latching device is provided on the bottom side of the sleeve and on the bottom part. This makes it possible to connect the bottom part and sleeve by plugging together form fit. The latching means can be designed so that a nondestructive pulling out of the bottom part is impossible.
Dies ist von besonderer Bedeutung, wenn der Spender an Kinder abgegeben werden soll. Die Einrastmittel können durch miteinander zusammenwirkende Rastnasen und Hinterschneidungen oder dergleichen gebildet sein, welche am Bodenteil und an der Hülse vorgesehen sind. Dem Fachmann sind jedoch weitere Arten von Schnappverbindungen oder Verschweissung bekannt, welche eine dauerhafte Verbindung von Bodenteil und Hülse erlauben.This is of particular importance if the donor is to be delivered to children. The latching means may be formed by cooperating locking lugs and undercuts or the like, which are provided on the bottom part and on the sleeve. The skilled person, however, other types of snap connections or welding are known, which allow a permanent connection of bottom part and sleeve.
Vorzugsweise ist das Federmittel eine Zickzackfeder. Eine Zickzackfeder hat eine geeignete Federkennlinie über den gewünschten Bereich. Vorteilhaft sind die Länge und Federcharakteristik der Zickzackfeder so gewählt, dass der Schiebeboden im entspannten Zustand der Zickzackfeder im Bereich des Magazinkopfes zu liegen kommt. Dies ermöglicht es, alle Tabletten aus dem Magazin auszustossen. Grundsätzlich kann die Feder auch eine Schraubenfeder sein, deren Querschnitt rund oder oval ist. Ein ovaler Querschnitt hat den Vorteil, dass die Schraubenfeder am Magazin, oder besser an der Wandung einer in das Magazin eingelegten Verpackung, anliegen kann und somit die Federkraft immer in Magazinlängsrichtung wirkt. Die Zickzackfeder hat aber den Vorteil, dass sie keine Verdrehung des Schiebebodens bewirkt.Preferably, the spring means is a zigzag spring. A zigzag spring has a suitable spring characteristic over the desired range. Advantageously, the length and spring characteristic of the zigzag spring are chosen so that the sliding bottom comes to lie in the relaxed state of the zigzag spring in the region of the magazine head. This makes it possible to eject all the tablets from the magazine. In principle, the spring can also be a helical spring whose cross-section is round or oval. An oval cross-section has the advantage that the coil spring on the magazine, or better on the wall of a loaded in the magazine packaging, and thus the spring force always acts in the magazine longitudinal direction. However, the zigzag spring has the advantage that it does not cause any rotation of the sliding floor.
Gemäss einer besonders bevorzugten Ausführungsform dient eine Breitseite des Magazins als Einfüllöffnung für die Tabletten- oder Pastillen-Packung. Durch die Breitseite des Magazins können die Tabletten viel leichter eingefüllt werden als durch eine Schmalseite. Im bekannten Stand der Technik ist die Befüllung durch die Breitseite verunmöglicht, weil im Magazin auf der Schmalseite ein praktisch über die gesamte Länge des Magazins geführter Führungsschlitz vorhanden war. Die geschlossene Breitseite gab dem Magazin die notwendige Steifigkeit. Nachteilig an der Befüllung von der Breitseite her ist, dass die auf der Schmalseite ausgebildete Ausgabeöffnung im Magazin nicht Teil der Befüllöffnung sein kann. Deshalb ist die Gussform für das Magazin etwas komplizierter gebaut, als wenn die Befüllöffnung und die Ausgabeöffnung gleich gerichtet wären. Nichtsdestotrotz überwiegen die Vorteile für den Anwender die Nachteile bei der Herstellung deutlich.According to a particularly preferred embodiment, a broadside of the magazine serves as a filling opening for the tablet or lozenge pack. Through the broadside of the magazine, the tablets can be filled much easier than through a narrow side. In the prior art, the filling is made impossible by the broadside, because in the magazine on the narrow side a practically over the entire length of the magazine guided guide slot was present. The closed broadside gave the magazine the necessary rigidity. A disadvantage of the filling of the broad side is that the formed on the narrow side discharge opening in the magazine can not be part of the filling. Therefore, the mold for the magazine is built slightly more complicated than if the filling opening and the discharge opening were the same. Nonetheless, the benefits to the user outweigh the disadvantages in manufacturing.
Zweckmässigerweise hat die der Einfüllöffnung gegenüberliegende Seite des Magazins eine oder mehrere Öffnungen. Durch diese Öffnungen hindurch kann die im Magazin zurückbleibende Verpackung mit einem Finger gut herausgestossen werden. Wenn die Einfüllöffnung auf einer Breitseite ausgebildet ist, sind auch bei Pastillen geringer Abmessungen diese Öffnungen noch genügend gross, um mit einem Finger durch die Öffnung hindurch die Verpackung leicht anzuheben.Conveniently, the opposite side of the filling opening of the magazine has one or more openings. Through these openings, the remaining packaging in the magazine can be pushed out well with a finger. If the filling opening is formed on a broad side, even with lozenges of small dimensions, these openings are still large enough to lightly lift the packaging with a finger through the opening.
Vorteilhaft ist der Schiebeboden als Quader mit einer bodenseitigen Öffnung ausgebildet. Durch die Öffnung ist ein Hohlraum gebildet, in welchem das kopfseitige Ende der Schrauben- oder Zickzackfeder eingreifen kann. Vorzugsweise hat der Schiebeboden einen konusförmigen Kopfabschluss. Der konusförmige Kopfabschluss kann dazu dienen, in eine Vertiefung der im Magazin gestapelten Tabletten einzugreifen. Dadurch kann eine Führung des Schiebebodens durch die Tabletten erfolgen. Die angeschrägten Kanten des konusförmigen Kopfabschlusses dienen jedoch in erster Linie der widerstandslosen Einführung des Schiebebodens in das Verpackungsröhrchen der Tablettenpackung.Advantageously, the sliding floor is designed as a cuboid with a bottom-side opening. Through the opening, a cavity is formed, in which the head-side end of the screw or zigzag spring can engage. Preferably, the sliding floor has a cone-shaped head end. The cone-shaped head end may serve to engage in a depression of the tablets stacked in the magazine. This can be done by the tablets a leadership of the sliding floor. However, the tapered edges of the cone-shaped head end serve primarily for the resistance-free insertion of the sliding floor into the packaging tube of the tablet pack.
Gemäss einem anderen unabhängigen Aspekt der Erfindung ist eine Breitseite des Magazins als Einfüllöffnung ausgebildet. Die Verwendung einer Breitseite als Einfüllöffnung hat den Vorteil, dass das Magazin viel leichter befüllbar ist als wenn das Einfüllen durch eine Schmalseite erfolgt. Weitere vorteilhafte Ausführungsformen eines solchen Spenders wurden bereits weiter oben beschrieben.According to another independent aspect of the invention, a broadside of the magazine is formed as a filling opening. The use of a broad side as a filling opening has the advantage that the magazine is much easier to fill than if the filling is done by a narrow side. Further advantageous embodiments of such a dispenser have already been described above.
Ein weiterer Aspekt der Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren für die vereinzelte Ausgabe von gestapelten Tabletten oder Pastillen aus einem Spender. Bei dem Verfahren werden die Tabletten, die in einem Magazin des Spenders gestapelt aufgenommen sind, mittels eines in Magazinlängsrichtung wirkenden Federmittels in Richtung einer Ausgabeposition vorgespannt. Bei Betätigung eines Ausgabeorgans wird jeweils eine einzelne Tablette quer zur Magazinlängsrichtung ausgegeben. Das Verfahren ist nun dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Tabletten, die in einer banderolenartigen Verpackung, welche an den gegenüberliegenden Stirnseiten des Stapels offen ist, aufgenommen sind, mit dieser in das Magazin eingelegt werden, und dass das Federmittel am zur Ausgabeposition gegenüberliegenden Ende des eingelegten Stapels angreift und die Tabletten in Richtung der Ausgabeposition aus der Verpackung heraus drückt. Dieses Verfahren hat den grossen Vorteil, dass die Tabletten mit Verpackung in das Magazin eingelegt werden können und nicht in die Hand genommen werden müssen. Vorteilhaft werden die Tabletten vor der Platzierung im Magazin in der banderolenartigen Verpackung mit geringem Spiel eingewickelt. Dies erleichtert das Ausstossen der Tabletten aus der Verpackung. Zweckmässigerweise wird für die Tabletten eine solche Verpackung eingesetzt, deren Stirnseiten vor dem Einlegen der Verpackung der Tabletten in das Magazin stirnseitig entfernbar sind. Dies kann beispielsweise durch Vorsehen von Perforationen geschehen. Die Verpackung kann auch eine die Öffnungen des Röhrchens verschliessende zweite Hülle aufweisen. Die Röhrchenenden können auch mit einem entfernbaren Deckel verschlossen sein, der im Röhrchen oder auf dem Röhrchen klemmt.Another aspect of the invention relates to a method for the discrete dispensing of stacked tablets or pastilles from a dispenser. In the method, the tablets, which are received stacked in a magazine of the dispenser, are biased by means of acting in the magazine longitudinal direction spring means in the direction of a dispensing position. Upon actuation of a dispensing member, a single tablet is transversely output to magazine longitudinal direction. The method is now characterized in that the tablets, which are received in a band-like packaging, which is open at the opposite end sides of the stack, are inserted with this in the magazine, and that the spring means at the opposite end to the dispensing position of the inserted stack and push the tablets out of the package toward the dispensing position. This method has the great advantage that the tablets with packaging can be inserted into the magazine and not have to be taken in the hand. Advantageously, the tablets are wrapped with a small clearance prior to placement in the magazine in the banderole-like packaging. This facilitates the ejection of the tablets from the package. Conveniently, such a package is used for the tablets whose end faces are removable frontally before inserting the packaging of the tablets in the magazine. This can be done, for example, by providing perforations. The packaging may also have a second sheath closing the openings of the tube. The tube ends may also be sealed with a removable lid that is stuck in the tube or on the tube.
Die Erfindung betrifft weiter eine Tablettenpackung mit einem Stapel von Tabletten in einem Verpackungsröhrchen mit Öffnungen an seinen beiden Enden. Die Öffnungen sind jeweils mit einem entfernbaren Verschluss der Öffnungen versehen. Eine solche Tablettenpackung eignet sich, um in einen erfindungsgemässen Einhandspender eingelegt zu werden und so diesen mit Tabletten zu befüllen oder wieder zu befüllen.The invention further relates to a tablet pack comprising a stack of tablets in a packaging tube having openings at both ends thereof. The openings are each provided with a removable closure of the openings. Such a tablet pack is suitable for being inserted into a single-handed dispenser according to the invention and thus filling it with tablets or refilling it.
Um das Röhrchen als Nachfüllpackung verkaufen zu können müssen die Öffnungen verschlossen sein und die Verschlüsse an beiden Enden entfernbar sein. Dies kann erreicht werden, indem eine Hülle um das Röhrchen vorhanden ist. Weiter kann am Röhrchenende eine Perforation vorhanden sein, entlang welcher die Öffnungen aufgerissen werden können. Die Öffnungen können auch mit einem Deckel verschlossen sein. Das Verpackungsröhrchen kann aus Papier oder Karton gefertigt sein, oder aber auch aus Kunststoff. Kartonröhrchen eignen sich für Perforationen, Kunststoffröhrchen hingegen eher für Kunststoffdeckel. Beide eignen sich für das Einpacken in eine Hülle. Diese Hülle kann um perforierte Öffnungsverschlüsse oder um Deckel herum gewickelt sein. Sie kann aber vorteilhaft auch die Öffnungen direkt verschliessen und somit selber den Verschluss der Öffnungen bilden.To be able to sell the tube as a refill pack, the openings must be closed and the closures removed at both ends. This can be accomplished by having a sheath around the tube. Further, at the end of the tube there may be a perforation along which the openings may be torn open. The openings can also be closed with a lid. The packaging tube can be made of paper or cardboard, or even of plastic. Cardboard tubes are suitable for perforations, while plastic tubes are more suitable for plastic lids. Both are suitable for wrapping in a wrapper. This envelope may be wrapped around perforated opening closures or around lids. But it can also advantageously close the openings directly and thus form the closure of the openings themselves.
Das Verpackungsröhrchen kann auch auf einer Breitseiten einen längsgerichteten, durchgehenden Schlitz aufweisen, so dass es im Querschnitt C-förmig ausgebildet ist. Dieser Schlitz erlaubt, den Schiebeboden im Schlitz und/oder durch den Schlitz hindurch an der Hülse zu führen. Dies hat den Vorteil einer verminderten Verkantungsgefahr beim Verschieben des Schiebebodens innerhalb des Verpackungsröhrchens. Ein solches C-förmiges Röhrchen benötigt beispielsweise eine dichte und leicht entfernbare Einhüllung, um das Röhrchen herum, die den Schlitz und vorteilhaft auch die Enden verschliesst.The packaging tube may also have on a broad side a longitudinal, continuous slot, so that it is C-shaped in cross section. This slot allows the sliding bottom in the slot and / or through the slot to pass through the sleeve. This has the advantage of a reduced risk of jamming when moving the sliding floor within the packaging tube. Such a C-shaped tube, for example, requires a tight and easily removable envelope around the tube which closes the slot and advantageously also the ends.
Beim Einlegen kann die Verpackung einenends geöffnet werden und mit dem geöffneten Ende zum Schiebeboden hin gerichtet eingelegt werden. Die die Enden des Verpackungsröhrchens verschliessende Hülle oder ein Deckel auf dem anderen Ende kann nun entfernt werden, während das Verpackungsröhrchen ganz oder teilweise im Magazin eingelegt ist. Dadurch kann verhindert werden, das sich Tabletten beim Einlegen der Verpackung aus dem Verbund lösen und verloren gehen oder angefasst werden müssen.When inserting, the packaging can be opened at one end and inserted with the open end facing the sliding floor. The envelope closing the ends of the packaging tube or a lid on the other end can now be removed while the packaging tube is completely or partially inserted in the magazine. This can prevent the tablets from becoming detached from the composite when they are placed in the package and having to be lost or touched.
Die Erfindung wird nachfolgend unter Bezugnahme auf die Figuren anhand eines Ausführungsbeispiels näher im Detail beschrieben. Dabei sind in den Figuren für gleiche Teile jeweils gleiche Bezugsziffern verwendet. Es zeigt
- Fig. 1
- Eine explosionsartige Zusammenstellung der Einzelteile des erfindungsgemässen Spenders mit einem in einer banderolenartigen Verpackung Tablettenstapel;
- Fig. 2
- Eine Draufsicht auf den Tablettenstapel und den Spender, bei welchem das Magazin zur Wiederbefüllung herausgezogen ist;
- Fig. 3
- Eine Draufsicht auf den Spender bei geschlossenem Magazin;
- Fig. 4
- Eine Seitenansicht des Spenders;
- Fig. 5
- Einen Längsschnitt durch den gefüllten Spender;
- Fig. 5A
- Den Längsschnitt gemäss
Figur 5 , jedoch während dem Ausschieben der letzten Tablette; - Fig. 6 und Fig. 7
- Zwei unterschiedliche perspektivische Ansichten des Magazins;
- Fig.8 bis 10
- Eine Unteransicht, eine Seitenansicht und eine Draufsicht auf das Magazin;
- Fig. 11
- Die Hülse des Spenders perspektivisch und geschnitten und mit Detailansichten des Boden- und Kopfbereichs.
- Fig. 1
- An explosive compilation of the individual parts of the dispenser according to the invention with a stack of tablets in a band-like packaging;
- Fig. 2
- A plan view of the stack of tablets and the dispenser, in which the magazine is pulled out for refilling;
- Fig. 3
- A top view of the dispenser with the magazine closed;
- Fig. 4
- A side view of the donor;
- Fig. 5
- A longitudinal section through the filled dispenser;
- Fig. 5A
- The longitudinal section according to
FIG. 5 but while pushing out the last tablet; - Fig. 6 and Fig. 7
- Two different perspective views of the magazine;
- 8 to 10
- A bottom view, a side view and a top view of the magazine;
- Fig. 11
- The sleeve of the dispenser in perspective and cut and with detailed views of the floor and head area.
Die Figuren zeigen einen erfindungsgemässen Spender, dessen wesentliche Bestandteile eine Hülse 13, ein in der Hülse 13 aufgenommenes, herausziehbares Magazin 15 mit einer Ausgabevorrichtung, sowie ein mit einer Zickzackfeder 19 zusammenwirkender beweglicher Schiebeboden 21 sind. In den
Das Magazin 15 besitzt ebenfalls eine quaderförmige Gestalt, bei der jedoch eine Breitseite und das Bodenteil weggelassen sind. Währenddem die offene Breitseite des Magazins als Einfüllöffnung 33 für die Tablettenpackung dient, erlaubt die bodenseitige Magazinöffnung 35 einen Durchgriff der Zickzackfeder 19, wie das weiter unten noch näher beschrieben wird.The
Das Magazin 15 besitzt einen Magazinkopf 37 (
Am Magazinkopf 37 ist ein Schwenkteil 43 angelenkt. Das Schwenkteil 43 besitzt einen Fortsatz 45 (
Im Magazin 15 ist der Schiebeboden 21 längsverschiebbar aufgenommen. Der Schiebeboden 21 besitzt eine wannenförmige Gestalt mit einem Hohlraum, welcher der Aufnahme des kopfseitigen Endes der Zickzackfeder 19 dient. Das kopfseitige Ende der Zickzackfeder 19 kann an einem Steg 56 (
Aussen an den Schmalseiten des Magazins 15 sind im Kopfbereich vordere und hintere Rastnasen 59a, und im Fussbereich lediglich eine hintere Rastnase 59b (
Bei einer bevorzugten Ausführung der Verrastung zwischen Hülse 13 und Magazin 15 ist am Magazin 15 (oder umgekehrt an der Hülse 13) eine Federzunge ausgebildet, die mit einer Nase formschlüssig in die Wandung der Hülse 13 (oder umgekehrt in die Wandung des Magazins 15) einrastet. Durch Drücken auf die Federzunge (oder Ziehen an der Federzunge) kann dann die Nase ausser Eingriff mit der die Nase aufnehmenden Öffnung in der Wandung gebracht werden, worauf das Magazin verschieblich ist. Die Federzunge ist in entspannten Zustand mit der Nase in Eingriff in der Öffnung und in gespannten Zustand ausser Eingriff. Das Bodenteil 27 hingegen ist derart in die Hülse 13 eingerastet oder mit der Hülse verbunden, dass es nicht zerstörungsfrei von dieser Hülse lösbar ist.In a preferred embodiment of the latching between the
Diese beiden Massnahmen haben den Vorteil, dass sich das Bodenteil nicht unbeabsichtigt von der Hülse löst und das Magazin sich nicht unbeabsichtigt öffnet. Die Federkraft des Federmittels kann sich daher lediglich kontrolliert entspannen.These two measures have the advantage that the bottom part does not unintentionally detach from the sleeve and the magazine does not open unintentionally. The spring force of the spring means can therefore relax only controlled.
An den Innenseiten des Magazins sind im Bodenbereich vorstehende Leisten 63 oder Anschlagsflächen ausgebildet. Der Magazinrand 41 ragt auf der Innenseite des Magazins in den Innenraum des Magazins hinein. Zwischen dem vorstehenden Magazinrand 41 und den Anschlagflächen der Leisten 63 ist in
Gemäss einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform ist der Abstand zwischen den Schmalseiten des Magazins 15 so, dass ein Tablettenstapel mit Verpackung 20 eingelegt werden kann (s.
Der erfindungsgemässe Spender wird befüllt, indem die stirnseitigen Verpackungsteile entfernt und der Tablettenstapel mit der übrigen, röhrchenförmigen Verpackung 20 zwischen den Leisten 63 und dem Magazinrand 41 in das herausgezogene Magazin 15 des Spenders 11 gelegt wird. Danach wird das Magazin entgegen der Federkraft wieder in die Hülse 13 gestossen, bis die Rastnasen 59a hörbar in den Rillen 61 einrastet. Durch die Feder 19 wird der Schiebeboden in die Verpackung hinein und werden die Tabletten 22 mit dem Schiebeboden aus der Verpackung herausgestossen. Die jeweils oberste Tablette kann entnommen werden, wenn das Schwenkteil 43 betätigt wird. Durch Verschwenken des Schwenkteils 43 wird die Tablette 22 durch den Fortsatz 45 quer zur Stapelrichtung aus dem Magazin gestossen. Sobald die Tablette entnommen und das Schwenkteil 43 wieder in die ursprüngliche Lage zurückgekehrt ist, rückt die nächste Tablette nach.The dispenser according to the invention is filled by removing the end-face packaging parts and placing the stack of tablets with the remaining tube-shaped
- 1111
- Spenderdonor
- 1313
- Hülseshell
- 1515
- Magazinmagazine
- 1919
- Zickzackfederzig-zag spring
- 2020
- Tablettenpackungtablet package
- 2121
- Schiebebodensliding floor
- 2222
- Tablettentablets
- 2323
- Kopföffnunghead opening
- 2525
- Bodenöffnungbottom opening
- 2727
- Bodenteilthe bottom part
- 2828
- Stegweb
- 2929
- Rastnaselocking lug
- 3131
- Hinterschneidungundercut
- 3333
- Einfüllöffnungfill opening
- 3535
- Bodenseitige MagazinöffnungBottom magazine opening
- 3737
- Magazinkopfmagazine head
- 3939
- Anschlagflächestop surface
- 4141
- Rand des MagazinsEdge of the magazine
- 4343
- Schwenkteilpivoting part
- 4545
- Fortsatzextension
- 4747
- Schlitzslot
- 5151
- Federfeather
- 5252
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Achszapfen des Schwenkteils 43Spigot of the pivoting
part 43 - 5353
- Rundlöcher im Magazinkopf für die Aufnahme der AchszapfenRound holes in the magazine head for receiving the stub axles
- 5555
- Hohlraum des SchiebebodensCavity of the sliding floor
- 5656
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Steg im Schiebeboden 21Bridge in sliding
floor 21
- 5757
- Kopfabschluss des SchiebebodensHead end of the sliding floor
- 5959
- Rastnasen an den Schmalseiten des MagazinLatches on the narrow sides of the magazine
- 6161
- Kopfseitige Rillen an den schmalen Innenseiten der HülseHead-side grooves on the narrow inner sides of the sleeve
- 6363
- Leisten mit AnschlagflächenMoldings with stop surfaces
- 6565
- Röhrchenförmige Verpackung der TablettenstapelsTubular packing of the tablet stack
Claims (16)
- A refillable, one-hand dispenser for tablets with- a sleeve (13) which on the head side comprises an opening (23), and has a base part (27) lying opposite the opening;- a magazine (15) which serves for receiving the tablets, lozenges or likewise and which may be pulled out of the sleeve (13) and has an opening on the base side,- a sliding base (21) which is displaceably received in the magazine (15), as well as- a spring means (19) which is received in the magazine (15) and which on the one hand engages on the sliding base (21) and on the other hand is supported through the base-side opening of the magazine (15), on the base part (27) of the sleeve (13),
characterised in that
the sliding base (21) is received in the magazine (15) with such a play, that space for a tubelet-like tablet packaging is present between the sliding base (21) and the magazine (15), and the sliding base is designed such that it may be pushed by the spring means (19) into the mentioned tubelet-like tablet packaging. - A dispenser according to claim 1, characterised in that the sleeve (13) and the base part (27) are designed in a two-piece manner.
- A dispenser according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that a clamping or lock-in device (29, 31) is provided on the base side, on the sleeve (13) and on the base part (27), said device being formed for example by way of locking lugs (29) and undercuts (31), said locking lugs and undercuts being provided on the base part (27) and on the sleeve (13).
- A dispenser according to one of the claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the length and the spring characteristics of the spring means (19) are selected such that the sliding base (21) in the relaxed condition of the spring means (19) comes to lie in the region of the magazine head (37).
- A dispenser according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the spring means is a zigzag spring (19) or a helical spring (19) which is wound in an oval manner.
- A dispenser according to one of the claims 1 to 5, characterised in that a wide side of the magazine (15) serves as a filling opening (33) for the tablets or lozenges.
- A dispenser according to one of the claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the cross-sectional dimensions of the sliding base (21) in the magazine (15) corresponds roughly to the inner dimensions of the magazine (15) minus at least double the thickness of the packaging wall (65) for the tablets (22) or lozenges.
- A dispenser according to one of the claims 1 to 7, characterised in that the side of the magazine (15), said side lying opposite a filling opening (33), comprises one or more openings.
- A dispenser according to one of the claims 1 to 8, characterised in that the sliding base (21) is designed as a cuboid with a base-side opening and preferably has a cone-like head termination.
- A dispenser according to one of the claims 1 to 9, characterised in that the sleeve (13) and the magazine (15) are rectangular in cross section.
- A method for the singularised output of stacked tablets (22) or lozenges from a dispenser, with which method- the tablets (22), which are received in a magazine (15) of the dispenser as a stack, are biased in the direction of an output position by way of a spring means (19) acting in the longitudinal direction of the magazine, and- on actuating an output element (42), in each case an individual tablet (22) is outputted
transversely to the longitudinal direction of the magazine,
characterised in that
the tablets (22) in a packaging tubelet (65), which is open at both oppositely lying end-sides of the stack, are applied into the magazine (15) and
that the spring means (19) engages on the end of the stack, said end lying opposite the output position, and pushes the tablets (22) through the packaging tubelet (65) and out of the packaging tubelet (65) in the direction of the output position. - A method according to claim 11, characterised in that the tablets (22) are arranged with a small play in the packaging tubelet (65), before the placing in the magazine (15).
- A method according to claim 11 or 12, characterised in that the packaging (65) of the tablets (22) or lozenges, and which is closed at the end-side, is opened at the end side before insertion into the magazine (15), so that an open packaging tubelet (65) according to claim 11 is present.
- A tablet packaging (20) with a stack of tablets (22) in a packaging tubelet (65) with openings at its both ends, and with in each case a removable closure of the openings at the tubelet ends, characterised in that the packaging tubelet is designed such that the tablets (22) may be pushed through the tubelet open at both ends.
- A tablet packaging according to claims 14, characterised in that a sleeve around the tubelet (65) is present, that preferably a perforation is present at the tubelet ends, along which perforation the openings may be torn open or the openings may be closed with a cover.
- A dispenser system, in particular a one-hand dispenser with- sleeve (13), which on the head side comprise an opening (23), and has a base (27) lying opposite the opening;- a magazine (15) for tablets (22), said magazine being able to be pulled out of the sleeve (13),- a sliding base (21) which is displaceably received in the magazine, as well as- a spring means (19) which is received in the magazine (15) and which engages on the
sliding base (21),
characterised in that
a tablet packaging (20) with a tubular packaging (65) is received in the magazine (15), said packaging being open at both opposite ends, and the sliding base (21) has outer dimensions which at the most correspond to the inner dimensions of the tubelet-like packaging (65).
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