EP2515823A1

EP2515823A1 - Dispenser for wafer pockets containing wafers and wafer pocket assembly

Info

Publication number: EP2515823A1
Application number: EP10798810A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Kathrin Reichardt; Kirsten Gollin; Sven Filler; Uwe Karla
Original assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
Current assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
Priority date: 2009-12-23
Filing date: 2010-12-22
Publication date: 2012-10-31
Also published as: WO2011076831A1; CN102858303A; CA2785122A1; JP2013515527A; US20130026175A1

Abstract

The aim of the invention is to ensure a safe absorption of medicaments in the form of wafers, the easy removal of the medicaments from a dispenser and the easy refill of a dispenser (1). To this end, the dispenser (1) and a wafer pocket assembly (100) that can be inserted into the dispenser (1) are proposed. The wafers are packed into wafer pockets (20). The dispenser (1) according to the invention contains the wafer pockets (20). The dispenser (1) comprises a storage chamber (9), at least one holding element (19) and at least one discharge opening (5) for in each case one wafer pocket (20), wherein the wafer pocket (20) can be discharged from the dispenser (1) in a direction of discharge A. According to the invention, the at least one wafer pocket (20) comprises in each case one wafer region (21) containing the wafer and at least one remaining region (24) of the at least one wafer pocket (20), which remains in the dispenser (1) when the wafer region (21) is removed. The wafer region (21) is at least in some sections connected to the at least one remaining region (24) via at least one given separation line (28.1, 28.2) which has at least in some sections a component of extension (29) parallel to the direction of discharge A.

Description

Dispenser for Wafer-containing Wafer Bags and Wafer Pocketbook Description:

Field of the invention

The present invention relates to a dispenser for wafer containing wafer pouches and a booklet of such wafer pouches. Such dispensers are used, for example, for the preparation of medicaments and sweets in the form of wafers, in particular for hormone medicines and in particular for contraception or for hormone replacement therapy, for analgesics or nicotine-containing dosage forms.

State of the art

Wafer-shaped medicaments or confectionery are conventionally provided in a primary package in which the wafers between two sealing foils, in particular a carrier foil and a cover foil or a top foil and a bottom foil, are enclosed and stored in a moisture-tight and airtight manner by sealing or welding to the outside can be. The wafers are removed from these primary packaging by tearing the sealing foil and applied, usually via the oral cavity. For this purpose, the sealing foils are either released from each other, or they are torn, so that the wafer can be removed.

Such a package for active substance-containing films is given in DE 10 2006 041 921 A1. This packaging has a carrier layer and a releasably connected to this cover layer. In the special embodiment of the package, which can be found in this document, the packaging further comprises in a paired arrangement two opposite, separated by a web surface areas within which the cover layer is not connected to the carrier layer, whereby two separate, all sides enclosed spaces for pairwise recording of said films are formed. In addition, a further surface area is present within said web, in which the carrier layer is not connected to the cover layer, whereby an all-round enclosed cavity is formed. Finally, there is a perforation line inside the bridge. The further surface area within the web of the double packaging forms a tear-open, so that the space required for this purpose relative to the surface areas, which for housing of the packaged goods is reduced. The perforation line within the further surface area extends in the direction of this surface area. By tearing the carrier and the cover layer on the perforation line and subsequent tearing of the mentioned further surface area is approximately divided into two halves. The severing of the two layers of the package creates free edges that can serve as a tear-open, so that a tear-open is generated.

Another embodiment for packaging a wafer is disclosed in DE 10 2004 047 447 B4. The packaging described there has a first surface area for the wafer, which is enclosed on all sides in this area by a carrier film and a cover film by sealing or welding. The packaging has a second surface area in which the carrier layer is not connected to the cover film. Furthermore, a perforation line is present, which extends at least partially within the second surface area, wherein the perforation is mounted both in the carrier layer and in the cover layer. The severing of the perforation has the effect of producing a free edge of the cover layer, which serves as a grasping aid and enables manual detachment of the cover layer from the carrier layer.

These primary packages may continue to be offered in secondary packaging and provided for use:

For example, DE 101 59 746 A1 describes a dispensing device for storing and providing stacked foil bags filled with wafers. The film pockets are formed by a larger area carrier film and a smaller cover film, so that the carrier film protrudes beyond the cover film on one side. The dispensing device comprises an at least single-divided housing, on the lateral inner sides of which the side edges of the stacked film pockets abut, while on a front inner side that edge of the carrier film is present, which projects beyond the edge of the associated cover film. The foil pockets are spring-loaded pressed against the upper inside of the housing. The front upper portion of the housing has two slots for ejecting the film pocket parts and the wafers. Between the slots, a knife is arranged, on which the uppermost carrier film rests spatially in front of the front edge of the cover sheet. On the uppermost film bag is also a rotatable transport element, with which the uppermost film pocket can be conveyed out of the dispenser. The knife separates the carrier film from when conveying out the cover sheet, wherein the wafer adheres to the cover sheet. These two films are output through the two slots separately.

Furthermore, in DE 10 2006 022 198 B4 a bag-multipack disclosed. This multipack contains at least one sealed bag for a drug-containing wafer, each wafer being sealed in a sealed sealed bag. The sealed bags are stacked in the multipack and releasably secured by means of predetermined separation joints. Each sealed bag has a predetermined separation seam which limits a tear-open area. The handle is connected to the tear-open area. By pulling on the grip, the tear-open area is opened, and the active substance-containing product is exposed. By further pulling on the handle, the predetermined separation joint is separated. The individual sealed bags are in the stacked state in the multipack by means of two bolts that penetrate the bags in two through holes, or locked in other ways force or form-fitting. The multipack can be, for example, a cuboid box with a hinged, slide-on or removable lid.

The above-described primary and secondary packaging for wafers are complex and therefore can only be produced at relatively great expense. A further disadvantage is that the laundry bags are either individually inserted in the secondary packaging (DE 101 59 746 A1) or permanently connected to the secondary packaging (DE 10 2006 022 198 B4). This requires either - in the former case - a single filling of the secondary packaging with wafer bags by the user or a manufacturer or - in the other case - a release of the manufacturer already filled with wafer bags secondary packaging. This requires that the user either discards the emptied secondary packaging or returns it to the manufacturer for refilling. However, a filling of the secondary packaging with wafer pockets by a user is problematic when the wafer pockets have to be filled in a certain order in the secondary packaging, for example, in order to be able to adhere to a predetermined collection regime. Because in this case can result in filling errors, which then affects the stringent compliance of the intake of the wafer in the order given. In the event that the wafer bags are attached in the secondary packaging, the above problem can be solved. However, it is not desirable to discard a secondary package after using up the wafer bags, as this would create unnecessary waste and, moreover, each time a new secondary package would have to be provided. The alternative option, the secondary packaging for Re-filling to the manufacturer, is also disadvantageous because this would require a significant logistical effort.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to be able to ensure a precisely predetermined sequence of bags in the secondary packaging with conventional solutions for providing wafer bags in a secondary packaging with low logistical and material costs, wherein it should be ensured that a revenue regime can be stringently adhered to , Furthermore, the wafer bags should be easily removable from the secondary packaging.

Summary of the invention

These objects are achieved by the dispenser for wafer containing wafer bags according to claim 1, the wafer pocket booklet comprising at least two interconnected wafer bags in a stack according to claim 19 and the use of the dispenser according to claim 25. Preferred embodiments of the invention are specified in the subclaims.

Insofar as certain elements are hereinafter referred to singularly as, for example, a holding element, a receiving space, a wafer area of a wafer, a residual area of a wafer pocket, a predetermined separation line of a wafer pocket, a perforation section of a wafer pocket, a recess in a wafer pocket or a dispensing opening, this is in addition The plural also means, for example, a plurality of retaining elements, receiving spaces, wafer areas of a wafer pocket, remaining areas of a wafer pocket, predetermined breaking lines of a wafer pocket, perforation sections of a wafer pocket, cuts in a wafer pocket or dispensing openings, unless expressly stated otherwise.

The wafer container containing wafer dispenser according to the invention comprises a storage space, at least one holding element for at least one wafer pocket, and at least one dispensing opening for each wafer pocket, through which the wafer pocket can be dispensed from the dispenser in a dispensing direction. In accordance with the invention, the at least one wafer pocket has in each case one wafer area containing the wafer and at least one remaining area of the at least one wafer pocket remaining in the dispenser when the wafer area is dispensed. Furthermore, the wafer region is connected to the at least one residual region at least in sections, in each case via at least one predetermined separating line, which at least in sections has an extension component parallel to the dispensing direction of the wafer pockets from the dispenser.

In this way, the wafer pockets in the dispenser can be stacked together and housed in the dispenser, as well as easily detached from the stack by tearing for dispensing in the dispensing direction. After the consumption of the wafer pockets, a new stack can be inserted into the dispenser by manually removing the holding element with the remaining areas remaining and by using a new holding element with wafer stack. , By connecting the wafer area with the residual area remaining in the dispenser after the wafer area has been dispensed, a target separation line having at least partially an extension component parallel to the dispensing direction of the wafer pockets from the dispenser greatly simplifies the removal of a wafer pocket from the dispenser, because As a result of the tensile force in the dispensing direction, the wafer region can be easily separated from the at least one residual region. This facilitates the operation.

The extension component of the target separation line, which extends parallel to the dispensing direction of the wafer pockets from the dispenser, is the directional portion of the desired separation line - at least a portion of the desired separation line - which is orthogonal by breaking the direction of the desired separation line in a direction parallel to the dispensing direction and in a direction perpendicular to give. Thus, if the desired cutting line is at an angle of> 0 ° and <90 ° to the output direction, then the nominal cutting line has both an extension component that is parallel to the output direction and an extension component that is perpendicular or diagonal thereto. If the angle between the desired separation line and the output direction is 0 °, the target separation line has only one extension component parallel to the output direction. In this case, the amount of the extension component is the same as the length of the target separation line. If the angle between the desired separation line and the output direction were 90 °, then the desired separation line would have only one extension component perpendicular to the output direction, but no extension component parallel to the output direction. The latter case is therefore not according to the invention. The angle of the nominal cutting line to the dispensing direction is preferably 0 ° ^' , ie the desired cutting line runs parallel to the dispensing direction. If the angle is not 0 ° but <0 °, it should be at least partially, for example, less than 75 ° and preferably less than or equal to 45 °. By having the target separation line between the wafer region and the at least one residual region parallel to the dispensing direction, the wafer region of a wafer pocket can be easily disengaged from the at least one residual region of the wafer pocket by exerting a tensile force on the wafer pocket in the dispensing direction. This allows easy removal of a wafer bag from the dispenser. It is particularly preferred if the wafer region is connected to the at least one residual region exclusively via at least one predetermined separating line, which in each case has an extension component parallel to the dispensing direction. In this case, there is no desired separation line between the wafer region and the remaining regions, which at least in sections has no directional component parallel to the output direction.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, two predetermined breaking lines are present, the predetermined breaking lines being perforation sections.

In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the at least one predetermined separating line runs parallel to the dispensing direction.

In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the wafer region adjoins the at least one residual region in sections via the at least one predetermined separating line and additionally via at least one cut in the wafer bag.

In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the at least one retaining element has at least one retaining rivet which passes through openings in the wafer pockets and holds the at least one wafer pocket in the at least one retaining element.

In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the retaining element holding the at least one wafer pocket is releasably secured in the dispenser.

In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the at least one predetermined separating line is formed by a respective web between the wafer region and the at least one residual region.

In the latter case, it is particularly preferred if the at least one retaining element forms at least one receiving space in each case for a respective remaining area of the wafer pockets. has at least one connecting opening to the storage space through which the at least one wafer pocket may extend into the at least one receiving space, wherein the web is in the region of the connection opening.

The wafer pocket folder according to the invention comprises at least two, preferably 28 or 30, interconnected wafer pockets in a stack. The holder of the wafer pockets in the holding element is accomplished in the latter alternative embodiment of the invention in that in each case a residual region of a wafer pocket extends into at least one receiving space of the holding element and is held there in particular form-fitting manner. Preferably, the at least one retaining element in each case has a wall forming a receiving space for a respective remaining region of the wafer pockets, wherein at least one connecting opening is located in the wall, through which the wafer pockets can extend into the respective receiving space. The respective remaining regions of the wafer pockets, which extend into the receiving spaces, are connected via the connecting openings to the respective wafer region of the wafer pockets. In the area of a connection opening is in each case a bridge.

The wafer pocket booklet according to the invention is for use in the dispenser according to the invention. For this purpose, the dispenser has at least one of the abovementioned retaining elements with which the wafer pockets are held in the stack. Thus, the wafer bags are held in a stack in the dispenser. The holding element with the wafer pockets is accommodated in the dispenser, in particular fixed therein. Preferably, the holding element is releasably secured in order to remove the holding element after the use of the wafer pockets from the dispenser again. After the consumption of the wafer bags, after removing the old wafer bag stack, a new stack of wafer bags can be fastened in the dispenser via its holding element.

The fact that a booklet of wafer pockets bound into a holder via a holding element can be inserted into the dispenser and fastened there, the wafer bag booklet can be handled independently of the dispenser, in particular manufactured, stored, traded and delivered to a user. Finally, the user can handle this booklet separately, for example inserting it independently into a dispenser or simply storing it before he / she wants to use the booklet. A sequence of wafer pouches determined during the production process in such a booklet is therefore used at every handling. maintain the operation. Individual wafer pockets can thus not be interchanged. Therefore, even a predetermined collection regime, for example, with differently marked wafer bags by a user can be readily adhered to, without it due to improper handling by the user or on the way to him / her to a change during the Producing the wafer bag stack once set sequence comes. In addition, the presence and the order of the wafer pockets in the wafer pocket stack can be detected at any time via the remaining remaining areas of the wafer pockets.

Furthermore, the invention also offers the advantage that the user does not already have to purchase the wafer pocket stack together with the dispenser and mounted in it. Rather, it is sufficient for the user to procure the wafer pocket stack in which the wafer pockets are connected to each other separately. By connecting the wafer pockets in the stack ensures that their order is not changed during handling. Consequently, the dispenser can be used multiple times, i. the user does not have to discard the dispenser or return it to the manufacturer after using the wafer bags. The latter would represent a major logistical effort.

Typically, a wafer bag consists of a carrier foil and a cover foil or also of a lower foil and a top foil. The cover film or top film can be connected to the carrier film or lower film, for example glued or welded, via a preferably strip-shaped connection extending along the side edges of the cover film or top film, or vice versa. Furthermore, in a particularly preferred embodiment, the carrier film or lower film and the cover film or upper film can each have overlapping tabs on at least one side edge which are not connected to one another. Thus, a pulling apart and thus opening the wafer pockets for removal of the wafer contained therein is substantially simplified, because the two films can be easily grasped. A wafer is preferably enclosed between the carrier film or top film and the cover film or bottom film within an area formed by the compound, preferably in a manner that is impermeable to air and moisture. Due to their construction or only in the region of the wafer, the film pockets can have a small elevation due to this. Preferably, the dispenser of the invention may be used to store and provide drug wafers for which a stringent regimen is desirable.

Detailed description of the invention

The dispenser according to the invention typically comprises a base part and a lid part. These two parts can in particular be designed in each case in the form of half-shells and form the reservoir by connecting. The two parts can in particular friction, force or positively connected to each other. For example, the lid part can be plugged onto the base part and locked with this. Although both parts should remain firmly connected in use during use, in order to avoid that a contained therein wafer stack out again. However, the cover part should also be easily removable (detachable) from the base part in order to be able to re-insert a wafer pocket stack with holding element into the dispenser. The two parts are preferably shaped so that the dispenser has a substantially rectangular shape, the exact shape according to ergonomic or design aspects, that is, for example, with a side grip or grip corrugations or other structures and / or rounded and / or bevelled edges and Corners, can be influenced.

When using the dispenser, it contains a stack of wafer pockets containing wafers. This stack is held together by the at least one retaining element. The unit comprising the retaining element and the wafer pocket stack held by the retaining element, wherein the retaining element is preferably sealed against unauthorized or unintentional removal of the wafer pockets or remaining areas, for example with a retaining block lid fixedly frictionally, non-positively or positively, can in particular be releasably secured in the dispenser to be able to use this unit easily and to be able to easily remove the holding element after using up the wafer pockets again. For this purpose, suitable, known in the art snap connections or, for example, a hook and loop fastener or even just a compartment in which the holding element is inserted, can be used. Alternatively, a frictional connection may also be provided by pressing the retaining element into a recess or a compartment in the dispenser, for example. In any case, a suitable device for releasably holding the retaining element is provided on the inside of the dispenser, if necessary. Preferably, the holding member holding the wafer bag stack is inserted into the dispenser so that the wafer pockets can be detached from the holding member individually. For this purpose, an arrangement is particularly preferred in which an uppermost wafer pocket parallel to its main extension direction detached from the holding element, for example, demolished, can be. In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the holding element is therefore mounted in particular in an edge region of the dispenser on the inside, so that the wafer pockets can be detached by lateral removal from the holding element and removed from the dispenser in succession. The direction in which a wafer pouch is peeled off the stack by tearing is preferably the same as the direction in which the wafer pouch is dispensed from the dispenser. Therefore, in the dispenser, an exit direction can be defined in which the wafer pockets are dispensed from the dispenser.

In the first particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the wafer pockets have an opening through which at least one holding portion of the holding element can engage, so that the wafer pockets are held by the holding element. This results in the firmly connected stack of wafer pockets. This opening may be circular or even stretched long. In any case, its shape is preferably predetermined by the cross section of the at least one holding rivet such that the wafer pockets can be firmly held on the at least one holding rivet, but can easily slide thereon in the vertical direction. Furthermore, the retaining element may comprise clamping elements which are fixed onto the stack of wafer pockets from above or from below. on the stack of the remaining areas of the wafer pockets, press and which are located in the holding element or are the components of the holding element. In this way, slipping out of the residual areas of the holding element is reliably prevented.

There may be provided preferably two predetermined breaking lines, via which the wafer region is connected to the at least one remaining region. Otherwise, cuts can be provided in the wafer pocket, via which the wafer area and the remaining areas adjoin one another. Part of the boundary of the wafer area on the side of the remaining areas may also be formed by the at least one opening through which the at least one holding area engages. Therefore, in this particularly preferred embodiment, the wafer region and the at least one residual region are connected exclusively via the two desired separation lines. These can be easily separated.

In the alternative embodiment, the wall separating the at least one receiving space from the storage space can in particular be designed so that the wafer area a wafer pocket upon exertion of a pulling force on the wafer pocket in the dispensing direction of the wafer pocket from the dispenser from which dissolves the residual area of the wafer pocket extending into the at least one receiving space. This allows easy removal of a wafer bag from the dispenser.

For this purpose, the connection openings between the respective receiving spaces and the storage space in the dispenser are designed such that the wafer area can easily be separated from the remaining areas extending into the receiving spaces. These openings preferably extend in a direction having at least one component parallel to a dispensing direction for the wafer pockets from the dispenser. The respective directions of extension for the connection openings are defined by the boundaries on the walls delimiting them. The connecting openings may in particular run parallel to the dispensing direction or at an angle + 0 ° to the dispensing direction, for example at an angle to the dispensing direction, which is greater than 0 °, preferably greater than 20 ° and most preferably greater than 30 °, but smaller than 90 °, in particular less than 75 ° and very particularly preferably less than or equal to 45 °.

It is particularly preferred if the wall separating the at least one receiving space from the storage space is designed in the form of a notching tool for separating the remaining area extending into the at least one receiving space. The notch effect of the notching tool achieves easy detachment of the wafer area from the remaining area remaining in the receiving space. Thus, the part of the wafer pocket containing the wafer can be released from the holding element with a low tensile force and thus removed from the dispenser.

In particular, the wall may have a notched edge acting counter to the dispensing direction of the wafer pocket from the dispenser. For this purpose, this wall can be arranged parallel to the output direction of the wafer pockets and the notched edge of this wall against the dispensing direction and aligned perpendicular to this. For this purpose, the wall can form a cutting edge on the notched edge, for example by means of a one-sided or two-sided bevel towards the edge. By exerting the tensile force on the uppermost wafer pocket, this cutting edge cuts into the web of the wafer pocket, which is located in the region of the connection opening in the wall and causes by its notch effect a slight tearing of the wafer pocket in the region of its web. The wall preferably runs in a straight line parallel to the discharge direction. Alternatively, it may also extend at an angle to the dispensing direction, which is greater than 0 °, preferably greater than 20 ° and very particularly preferably greater than 30 °, but which is less than 90 °, in particular less than 75 ° and very particularly preferably smaller or equal to 45 °, is.

In a further alternative embodiment, the wall separating the at least one receiving space from the storage space can be repeatedly interrupted in the region of the connecting opening, that is, a plurality of mutually spaced partial wall elements form a plurality of openings between them, which pass through the wafer pockets inserted into the holding element in corresponding openings, these perforations preferably taken together give a perforation. This perforation also makes it possible to easily detach the wafer area from the remaining area located in the receiving space and thus to allow easy removal of the wafer pocket from the dispenser.

For example, as in the case of the wall having a notched edge, the perforation may preferably run in a straight line parallel to the dispensing direction. Alternatively, it may also extend at an angle to the dispensing direction, which is greater than 0 °, preferably greater than 20 ° and very particularly preferably greater than 30 °, but which is less than 90 °, in particular less than 75 ° and very particularly preferably smaller or equal to 45 °, is. In particular, if the perforation is rectilinear at an angle greater than 20 ° to the discharge direction, easy separation and dispensing of a wafer pouch is enabled.

The above embodiments for easily separating the main part of the wafer bag from the portion extending into the receiving space may also be combined with each other, such as by each wall portion of the perforation passing through the wall again having a notched edge.

In a particularly favorable embodiment of the invention, in which receiving spaces are provided, the dispenser according to the invention is designed such that a holding element with two receiving spaces for a respective remaining area can be accommodated therein. The remaining areas received by the receiving spaces of this holding element can be provided at each corner of the wafer bag. Between the two receiving spaces of the holding element, there may be another space for the wafer pocket which is open towards the storage space and into which a central area of the wafer pocket protrudes. This central area remains with Separating the wafer area from the remaining areas extending into the receiving spaces is preferably connected to the main part of the wafer pocket and can in particular serve as a tear-open aid, for example by the carrier film or lower film and the cover film or upper film not being connected to one another in this area. Thus, the holding element, which have two receiving spaces, each with a connecting opening and each having a wall for separating the respective receiving space from the storage space, may be provided for receiving two remaining areas at adjacent corners of the wafer pocket.

It is furthermore particularly advantageous if a holding element is designed as a holding block which can be inserted into the dispenser. In the former particularly preferred embodiment, the holding block preferably has an outer wall arranged on one longitudinal side and two outer walls arranged on narrow sides, which adjoin one another and rest on a base plate. Furthermore, one or more hold rivets may rest on the baseplate. A cover plate may be placed and secured to the walls after insertion of the wafer pockets on the hold rivet or hold rivets to secure the wafer pockets in the support block. In particular, the cover plate is intended to prevent the sections from falling out of the receiving spaces or being removed, so that the wafer pockets in the wafer pocket stack are positively connected to the holding block. For example, the cover plate can be frictionally connected, but preferably non-positively, positively or materially, connected to the upper edges of the walls. For example, recesses are included in the upper region of the walls, engage in the projections of the cover plate during insertion, and / or the cover plate is welded or glued to the walls. Preferably, the cover plate is welded to the walls, for example with ultrasound.

Alternatively, in the second alternative embodiment, especially when two or more receiving spaces are provided, they may be combined in a holding block. For this purpose, a one-piece (integral) unit is formed. For example, the walls forming the receiving spaces can be connected to one another via a further wall. In addition, it may be advantageous that the walls are additionally connected to one another via a base plate, on which the walls are seated and with which the walls are preferably materially connected. The base plate together with the walls in each case the receiving spaces. The holding block may also have a cover plate, which additionally close the receiving spaces. The retaining block is preferably designed for attachment to the base part of the dispenser, so that the retaining block with the wafer pockets fastened therein remains attached to the base part when the dispenser is opened by removing the cover part.

The at least one retaining element can be arranged on a side of the dispenser opposite the dispensing opening for the wafer pockets. The dispensing opening may be formed in particular in the form of a dispensing slot.

In order to be able to dispense a wafer bag from the dispenser without hindrance, a starting bevel for a wafer pocket to be dispensed is preferably introduced into the storage space, which guides the wafer pocket to be dispensed through the dispensing opening.

In order to be able to dispense an uppermost wafer pocket from the dispenser, a handle opening allowing manual advancement of the uppermost wafer pocket can be introduced into a main outer surface of the dispenser, for example in the cover part. This handle opening is preferably elongated and introduced parallel to the dispensing direction in the outer surface of the dispenser. The uppermost wafer pocket can be pushed through this handle opening with a finger and pushed out through the discharge opening.

Alternatively, a device may be present as in the case of DE 10 2008 014 533 A1, that is, a transport roller or a transport wheel, which is in frictional contact with the uppermost wafer pocket and this transported by manual rotation of the dispenser.

Furthermore, a display surface may be provided adjacent to the dispensing opening on the dispenser according to the invention, on the time dimension data can be applied. This time measurement data can be, for example, calendar data, in particular weekday information. In the latter case, 7 adjacent fields can be mounted on the display surface, preferably parallel to the dispensing slot. The time measurement data may be applied to the display area by, for example, sticking a sign containing the time measurement data.

This time measurement data serve to enable the user to check, when dispensing a wafer bag, whether this wafer bag should be taken within a prescribed time interval. To achieve this, the wafer bags continue to point each other a marker in one of a plurality of marker portions juxtaposed in a region adjacent a marker edge on the wafer pocket, wherein the respective labels within the stack are arranged incrementally from one wafer pocket to the next wafer pocket in successive marker sections. The marker portions at the marker edge are juxtaposed in accordance with the fields of the time dimension data on the dispenser and, when a wafer pocket is dispensed, aligned therewith. The width of the fields of the time measurement data on the display surface and the width of the marking sections are for this purpose in particular the same size. In a revenue regimen with daily intake of one wafer, the time measurement data are weekdays. On the display surface are in this case 7 such days of the week. In the same way there are 7 marking sections, each with a marking on each wafer bag. When a wafer bag is dispensed, the mark on that wafer pocket is aligned with one of the weekday indications so that the user can check if the marked day of the week matches the current day of the week.

The dispenser according to the invention is preferably executed counterfeit-proof. For this purpose, one or more security features may be provided on the dispenser, which allow verification of the genuineness of the dispenser, for example micropcripts, holograms, tilts or other security features. In the same way, such security features can also be provided on the wafer pockets in order to be able to rule out a forgery.

The figures described below show inventive and preferred embodiments. However, the invention is not limited to these embodiments. These are merely illustrative of the invention.

Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of an upwardly open holding block with a separately shown cover plate and a wafer pocket, which can be inserted into the holding block, in a first embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 1a shows a perspective view of a wafer pocket in a variant of that shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a wafer pocket booklet obtained by mounting a wafer bag stack in a holding block according to the first embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the wafer pocket booklet of Fig. 2 after tearing off the uppermost wafer pocket;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of an upwardly-open holding block and a wafer pocket which can be inserted into the holding block in a second embodiment according to the invention;

Fig. 5 shows a perspective view of an upwardly open holding block and a wafer pocket, which can be inserted into the holding block, in a third embodiment according to the invention;

6 shows a perspective view of a wafer pocket booklet from a stack of wafer pockets held together by a holding block according to the second or third embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 7 shows a perspective view of a wafer pocket booklet from one by means of a

Holding block held together stack of wafer pockets, in which the uppermost wafer pocket has been cut out of the holding block, according to the second or the third embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the dispenser-forming base and lid members according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

9 shows a perspective view of a dispenser according to the invention in ready-to-use state;

10 shows a perspective view of a dispenser according to the invention with a rotatable transport wheel.

Like reference numerals in the figures designate like elements, respectively.

The holding block 10 shown in Fig. 1 in the first embodiment according to the invention comprises a base plate 1 1, side walls, namely a left wall 12.1 and a right wall 12.2 and a rear wall 12.3, and a cover plate 13. The cover plate 13 is placed on the Walls 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 placed to mount the holding block 10 with wafer pockets 20 therein. The holding block 10 is used as a holding element for the wafer pockets 20. The holding block 10 also has a Halteiet 19 which rests on the base plate 1. The cover plate 13 also has latching webs 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, which engage in the assembly of the support block 10 in corresponding recesses 12.1 1, 12.21 of the walls 12.1, 12.2 or in a recess 19.1 of the rivet 19 and lock there. The wafer pocket 20 has a wafer area 21 and a remaining area 24. In addition, an opening 26 is provided, through which the latching rivet 19 engages in the mounted state, so that the wafer pocket 20 is held by the holding block 10. The wafer area 21 and the remaining area 24 adjoin one another via notches 27 in the wafer pocket 20. In the area of the notches 27, the wafer area 21 and the remaining area 24 are not connected to one another. The wafer area 21 and the remaining area 24 are connected to one another only via two perforation sections, namely a left-hand perforation section 28.1 and a right-hand perforation section 28.2. These two perforation sections 28.1, 28.2 extend parallel to an output direction A of the wafer pocket 20, in which the wafer region 21 is removed from the dispenser. Thus, the perforation sections have extension components (represented by lines 29) parallel to the exit direction A.

A variant of the wafer pocket 20 is shown in Fig. 1 a. This differs from that shown in Fig. 1 in that the perforation sections 28.1, 28.2 are not parallel to the output direction A but at an angle + 0 ° thereto. The resulting extension components 29 parallel to the output direction A are also displayed.

Still referring to FIG. 1, wafer pocket 20 is placed in mounting block 10 so that retaining rivet 19 slides into opening 26 of wafer pocket 20. As a result, the remaining area 24 of the wafer pocket is located in the holding block 10, while the wafer area 21 is located outside of the holding block 10. After the assembly of, for example, 28 or 30 wafer pockets 20 in the holding block 10, the cover plate 13 is placed on the walls 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 and the holding rivet 19 and locked there and / or welded there, for example by means of ultrasound.

Such a mounted wafer pocket booklet 100, consisting of holding bracket 10 and the stack of wafer pockets 20 is shown in Fig. 2.

FIG. 3 further shows that the wafer area 21 'of an uppermost wafer pocket 20' has been torn out of the holding block 10. For this purpose, a tensile force has been applied in the delivery direction A, so that the wafer region 21 'of the uppermost wafer pocket 20' in the region of the previously existing perforation sections 28.1, 28.2 is torn off from the remaining region remaining in the holding block 10. The holding block 10 shown in Fig. 4 in the second embodiment of the invention comprises a base plate 1 1 and side walls, namely left walls 12.1 and right walls 12.2, on. The holding block 10 further has a cover plate 13 which is placed on the walls 12.1, 12.2 as soon as the wafer pockets 20 are inserted into the holding block 10. The walls 12.1., 12.2 surround two receiving spaces, a left receiving space 14.1 and a right receiving space 14.2. The walls 12.1, including the left walls 15.1, 15.3 and a part of the rear wall 12.3, form the left receiving space 14.1, and the walls 12.2, including the right walls 15.2, 15.4 and a part of the rear wall 12.3, form the right receiving space 14.2. By the receiving spaces 14.1, 14.2 and walls 12.1, 15.1, 15.3, 12.3 and 12.2, 15.2, 15.4, 12.3 respectively holders for the wafer pockets 20 are formed. Each of the walls 15.3, 15.4 leaves an opening 18.1, 18.2 free, so that the wafer pockets 20 can extend into the respective receiving spaces 14.1, 14.2. These connection openings 18.1, 18.2 are limited by the oblique wall body 12.31 or 12.32 on one side and by the respective wall 15.3 or 15.4 on the other side. The connecting openings extend approximately parallel to the dispensing direction A of the wafer pockets 20. The respective walls, namely the left dividing wall 15.3 and the right dividing wall 15.4, have a left notched edge 16.1 and a right notched edge 16.2, respectively. These notched edges 16.1, 16.2 are arranged so that they act counter to the discharge direction A of the wafer pockets 20. The notched edges 16.1, 16.2 are formed by a one-sided bevel from the respective receiving space 14.1, 14.2 to the outside. The chamfers result in sharp (cutting) edges which exert the notch effect for easier tearing off of the wafer regions 21 of the wafer pockets 20 from the respective remaining regions 24.1, 24.2.

The wafer pockets 20 initially have a wafer area 21 in which the wafer is welded or sealed in, and two remaining areas 24.1, 24.2 which, as shown in FIG. 4, are shaped in accordance with the shape of the holding block 10: on a narrow side of a wafer table. The residual areas 24.1, 24.2 are connected by webs, namely a left web 25.1 and a right web 25.2, to a central area 23 of the wafer area 21. Alternatively, only a single receiving space can be provided with only one web. In the central region 23, the carrier film or lower film and the cover film or upper film are preferably not connected to one another, so that the user can grasp and pull apart these two films with one hand. The webs 25.1, 25.2 are made so wide that the remaining regions 24.1, 24.2 are kept stable by the central region 23, but on the other hand, when the traction force is exerted on the wafer region 21 of the wafer pouch 20, they are easily torn again. You can do this the webs 25.1, 25.2 (or even a web) in a particularly advantageous embodiment, in addition to be provided with perforations (indicated) to make the tearing even easier. For fixing the wafer pocket 20 in the holding block 10, the remaining areas 24.1,

24.2 inserted into the receiving spaces 14.1, 14.2. The central area 23 of the wafer pocket 20 is then located in the connecting space 17 located between the receiving spaces 14.1, 14.2, and the wafer area 21 of the wafer pocket 20 (but without the connecting area 23) protrudes from the holding block 10, while the central area 23 of the wafer area 21 is located in the holding block 10. The webs 25.1, 25.2 border directly on the notched edges 16.1, 16.2. When a pulling force is exerted on the wafer pocket 20 in the dispensing direction A, notch forces from these notched edges 16.1, 16.2 on the webs 25.1, 25.2 act so that the wafer area 21 is sheared off from the remaining areas 24.1, 24.2 and can be detached from the holding block 10.

The holding block 10 shown in Fig. 5 in the third embodiment of the invention has, as in the case of the first embodiment of the invention, a base plate 1 1 and side walls 12.1, 12.2. The holding block 10 further has a cover plate 13 which is placed on the walls 12.1, 12.2 as soon as the wafer pockets 20 are inserted into the holding block 10. The wall 12.1, including the walls 15.1, 15.3 and a part of the rear wall 12.3, or the wall 12.2, including the walls 15.2, 15.4 and a part of the rear wall 12.3, each enclosing a receiving space, namely a left receiving space 14.1 and a right receiving space 14.2. The walls 12.1, including the left walls 15.1, 15.3 and a part of the rear wall 12.3, form the left receiving space 14.1, and the walls 12.2, including the right walls 15.2, 15.4 and a part of the rear wall 12.3, form the right receiving space 14.2. Different from the first embodiment according to the invention, the receiving spaces 14.1, 14.2 are furthermore formed by perforation palisades, namely left perforation palisades 17.1 and right perforation palisades 17.2. Openings 18.1, 18.2 are respectively left between the perforation palisades 17.1, 17.2, through which the wafer pockets 20 extend into the respective receiving spaces 14.1, 14.2. The connection openings are formed in the present case by the totality of all openings 18.1, 18.2. The connection openings are again through the rear wall 12.3 and the walls

15.3 or 15.4 limited. The connection openings extend at an angle of> 0 ° to the output direction A of the wafer pockets 20.

The wafer pockets 20 initially have a wafer area 21, in which the wafer is welded or sealed, and two remaining areas 24.1, 24.2, which, as shown in FIG. The remaining areas 24.1, 24.2 of the pocket 20 are located on a narrow side of a wafer pocket 20. The remaining areas 24.1, 24.2 are provided with perforations, namely a left perforation 26.1 and a right perforation 26.2 Central region 23 of the wafer bag 20 connected. Alternatively, only a single receiving space can be provided with only one perforation. In the central region 23, the carrier and cover sheets are preferably not welded or sealed together. The central region 23 is part of the wafer region 21 of the wafer pocket 20 and, after the separation of the wafer region 21, preferably serves as a tear-open aid. The perforations 26.1, 26.2 are designed so that the remaining regions 24.1, 24.2 are held stable by the central region 23, but on the other hand can easily be detached again from the remaining regions 24.1, 24.2 when the main part 21 of the wafer bag 20 is torn off. To fix the wafer pocket 20 in the holding block 10, the remaining areas 24.1, 24.2 are inserted into the receiving spaces 14.1, 14.2. For this purpose, the perforation palisades 17.1, 17.2 enforce the respective perforations 26.1, 26.2. When the wafer bag 20 is set in the holding block 10, the central portion 23 of the wafer pocket 20 is in the communication space 17 located between the receiving spaces 14.1, 14.2, and the main portion of the wafer portion 21 of the wafer pocket 20 protrudes from the holding block 10. The perforations 26.1, 26.2 directly adjoin the walls 15.3, 15.4. The exertion of a pulling force on the wafer pocket 20 in the delivery direction A then causes the wafer area 21 to be torn off from the remaining areas 24.1, 24.2 and detached from the holding block 10.

In Fig. 6, a wafer pocket 100 is shown, which is formed by a mounted stack of wafer pockets 20 and a holding block 10 according to the first embodiment of the invention, which holds the wafer pockets 20 together.

FIG. 7 shows the wafer pocket book 100 shown in FIG. 6. The wafer pocket folder 100 comprises the stack of wafer pockets 20 with a central area 23 which can still be partially seen above. The wafer pockets 20 are held together by means of the holding block 10. However, in this case, the uppermost wafer pocket 20 ', together with its central area 23', has already been separated from the holding block 10 in the delivery direction A. The remaining areas of this wafer pocket 20 'have remained in the receiving spaces in the holding block 10.

In Fig. 8, the two a dispenser according to the invention 1 forming base and cover parts are shown. The base part is designated by the reference numeral 2 and the cover part by the reference numeral 3. A holding block 10 with wafer pockets 20 leading from the holding block 10 to a stack are held together, is inserted into the base part 2. The holding block 10 is shown in the open position for illustrative purposes, that is to say the cover plate is not put on. In normal operation, however, the holding block 10 is closed by means of the cover plate, so that the wafer pockets 20 can not fall out or be removed. The holding block 10 is locked in the base part 2 so that it can not fall out even when the dispenser 1 is opened. In addition, the holding block 10 and thus the entire stack of wafer pockets 20 are held in the base part 2 in order to push the uppermost wafer pocket 20 out of the dispenser 1. The parts 2, 3 together form a storage space 9 for the stack of wafer pockets 20.

The lid part 3 is placed after the insertion of the holding block 10 with the stack of wafer pockets 20 on the base part 2 and locked.

To dispense the uppermost wafer pocket 20 from the dispenser, it is pushed out manually with a finger through the opening 4 in the cover part 3 in the dispensing direction A. In this case, a tensile force is exerted on the uppermost wafer pocket 20, so that the wafer area 21 of the wafer pocket 20 is torn off by the remaining areas 24.1, 24.2 of the wafer pocket 20 located in the receiving spaces 14.1, 14.2 of the holding block 10, so that the wafer area 21 is the uppermost one Wafer bag 20 of the holding block 10 triggers. To output the wafer area 21 of this uppermost wafer pocket 20 after its detachment from the remaining wafer stack is a discharge slot 5 in the lid part 3, which is located on a narrow side of the lid part 3 and approximately at the side edge of the lid part 3. In order for the severed uppermost wafer pocket 20 to be guided safely into and through the dispensing slot 5, a run-on slope 6 is present in the base part 2, which is located on the inner wall of the base part 2 on the narrow side, which lies opposite the narrow side, on which the holding block 10 The force exerted on the uppermost wafer pocket 20 in the discharge direction A, the wafer region 21 of the uppermost wafer pocket 20 is transported after detachment from the holding block 10 in the discharge direction A and passes through the run-on slope 6 directly through the Issue slot 5 to the outside, where it can be removed by the user.

Furthermore, a weekday strip 7 can be seen on the lid part 3, which is applied on a display surface adjacent and parallel to the dispensing slot 5. There are 7 juxtaposed weekday fields which are aligned with corresponding marker portions in an area adjacent a marker edge 22 on the wafer pockets 20 when a wafer pocket 20 is dispensed from the dispensing slot 5. On every wafer bag 20 is a mark on one of the marking sections and thus shows in alignment with one of the weekday fields on which day of the week the wafer contained in the dispensed wafer area of the wafer pocket 20 is to be taken (not shown). Thus, a consistent review of the intake of the respective wafer is possible. Stacked successive wafer pockets 20 contain the marks in successive marking portions because the wafers contained in the wafer pockets 20 are to be taken on successive days. In a corresponding manner, other revenue rhythms can be specified.

In Fig. 9, the dispenser 1 according to the invention is shown in ready state. For this purpose, the cover part 3 are placed on the base part 2. Both parts 2, 3 are locked together In this case, the weekday strip is not applied. For illustration, only the display surface 8 is shown, on which the weekday strip can be applied.

FIG. 10 shows a further embodiment of a dispenser according to the invention with a rotatable transport wheel 30 in each case in the open and closed position. The transport wheel 30 serves to convey the uppermost wafer pocket 20 in the delivery direction A and to push it out of the delivery slot 5.

Claims

claims:

1 . Dispenser (1) having at least one wafer pocket (20) containing a wafer, the dispenser (1) having a storage space (9), at least one holding element (19) for the at least one wafer pocket (20) and at least one dispensing opening (5) for each a wafer pocket (20), through which the wafer pocket (20) can be dispensed from the dispenser (1) in an exit direction (A), characterized in that the at least one wafer pocket (20) comprises a respective wafer area (21 ) and in each case at least one remaining area (24, 24.1, 24.2) of the at least one wafer pocket (20) remaining in the dispenser (1) when the wafer area (21) is dispensed, and in that the wafer area (21) is connected to the at least one remaining area (24, 24.1 , 24.2) is at least partially connected in each case via at least one predetermined separating line, which has at least in sections an extension component (29) parallel to the dispensing direction (A).

2. dispenser (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that two predetermined separating lines are present and that the predetermined separating lines are Perforationsabschnitte.

3. dispenser (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one predetermined separating line parallel to the dispensing direction (A).

4. Dispenser (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wafer region (21) in sections via the at least one predetermined separation line and additionally at least one incision in the wafer pocket (20) to the at least one remaining region (24, 24.1, 24.2 ) adjoins.

5. Dispenser (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one holding element (19) at least one through openings in the Waferta-'s (20) passing through holding rivet for holding the at least one wafer pocket (20) in the at least a holding element (19).

6. dispenser (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding element (19) in the dispenser (1) is releasably attached.

7. Dispenser (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one predetermined separation line is formed by a respective web (25.1, 25.2) between the wafer area (21) and the at least one residual area (24.1, 24.2).

8. A dispenser (1) according to claim 7, characterized in that the at least one holding element (19) at least one receiving space (14.1, 14.2) for a respective residual area (24.1, 24.2) of the wafer pockets (20) forming and of the storage space (9) separating wall (15.1, 15.3, 15.2, 15.4), wherein in the wall (15.1, 15.3, 15.2, 15.4) in each case at least one connection opening (18.1, 18.2) to the storage space (9) is through which the at least one wafer pocket (20) can extend into the at least one receiving space (14.1, 14.2), wherein the web (25.1, 25.2) is located in the region of the connecting opening (18.1, 18.2).

9. A dispenser (1) according to claim 8, characterized in that the wall (15.1, 15.3, 15.2, 15.4) is formed so that the wafer area (21) upon exertion of a tensile force on the wafer pocket (20) in the output direction ( A) from which in the at least one receiving space (14.1, 14.2) located residual area (24.1, 24.2) dissolves.

10. Dispenser (1) according to any one of claims 8 and 9, characterized in that the wall (15.3, 15.4) as a notching tool for separating the remaining region (24.1, 24.2) of the wafer region (21) is formed.

1 1. Dispenser (1) according to claim 10, characterized in that the wall (15.3, 15.4) has a counter to the dispensing direction (A) acting notched edge (16.1, 16.2).

12. Dispenser (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one holding element (19) in the dispenser (1) arranged at a dispensing opening (5) for the wafer pockets (20) opposite side of the dispenser (1) is.

13. Dispenser (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in the storage space (9) has a run-on slope (6) for a dispensed wafer bag (20). is located so that the ejected wafer pocket (20) is passed through the discharge opening (5) therethrough.

14. Dispenser (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in a main outer surface of the dispenser (1) a manual advancement of an uppermost wafer pocket (20) permitting handle opening (4) is introduced.

15. Dispenser (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the dispensing opening is designed in the form of a dispensing slot (5).

16. Dispenser (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a display surface (8) is provided adjacent to the dispensing opening (5), can be applied to the Zeitmaßdaten.

17. Dispenser (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wafer pockets (20) in the dispenser (1) are contained in a stack and in each case a marking in one of a plurality of side by side in a region adjacent to a marking edge (8 ) on the wafer pocket (20) arranged marking portions, wherein the respective markers within the stack are arranged stepwise from one wafer pocket (20) to the next wafer pocket (20) in successive Markierungsabschnitten.

18. Dispenser (1) according to claim 17, characterized in that the marking sections are aligned with fields for the time measurement data on the display surface (8).

19. A wafer pocket booklet (100) comprising at least two interconnected wafer pockets (20) in a stack each having a wafer area (21) containing a wafer and at least one remaining area (24) remaining in the dispenser (1) when dispensing the wafer area (21) , 24.1, 24.2), wherein the wafer pockets (20) by means of at least one holding element (19) are interconnected, characterized in that the wafer region (21) with the at least one remaining region (24, 24.1, 24.2) at least in sections, respectively over at least a target separation line is connected, which at least in sections has an extension component (29) parallel to the output direction (A).

20. wafer pocket booklet (100) according to claim 19, characterized in that two predetermined breaking lines are present and that the predetermined breaking lines are Perforationsabschnitte.

21. Wafertaschenheft (100) according to any one of claims 19 and 20, characterized in that at least one predetermined separating line parallel to the dispensing direction (A).

22 wafer pocket booklet (100) according to any one of claims 19 - 21, characterized in that the wafer region (21) in sections over the at least one predetermined breaking line and additionally at least one incision (27) in the wafer pocket (20) to the at least one residual area ( 24, 24.1, 24.2) adjoins.

23 wafer pocket booklet (100) according to any one of claims 19 - 22, characterized in that the wafer pockets (20) have openings through which for summarizing the wafer pockets (20) to the stack by means of the at least one holding element (19) holding a holding member (19) can reach through.

24. wafer pocket booklet (100) according to any one of claims 19-23, characterized in that the wafer pockets (20) each have a marking in one of a plurality of adjacent to one another in a region adjacent to a marking edge (8) on the wafer pocket (20) arranged marking sections wherein the respective markers within the stack are arranged stepwise from one wafer pocket (20) to the next wafer pocket (20) in successive marker sections.

25. Use of the dispenser (1) according to one of claims 1-18 for the storage and provision of medicaments for contraception or hormone replacement therapy.