EP2794426B1 - Tablet dispenser for the single delivery of tablets - Google Patents

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EP2794426B1
EP2794426B1 EP12821099.4A EP12821099A EP2794426B1 EP 2794426 B1 EP2794426 B1 EP 2794426B1 EP 12821099 A EP12821099 A EP 12821099A EP 2794426 B1 EP2794426 B1 EP 2794426B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/04—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
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    • B65D83/0427—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation the articles being dispensed by inverting the container each time, by which action movable parts may be displaced by their own weight
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
    • A61J7/0076—Medicament distribution means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/04—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
    • B65D83/0409—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation
    • B65D83/0418—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation the articles being substantially flat and stacked one upon the other and the dispensing-closing device sliding the article to be dispensed along the flat side of the next article

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  • the invention relates to a tablet dispenser for the single dispensing of tablets with a housing and with a reservoir for the tablets, followed by a separating device for the tablets and with a separating device downstream ejector associated with a longitudinal side of the housing, along this in a discharge shaft slidably mounted in the housing and stop limited against the force of a spring, wherein the ejector has a receptacle for a tablet and wherein the receptacle is spanned by at least three ejector walls and an ejector floor.
  • the DE 2638164 A1 discloses a tablet dispenser comprising a reservoir, an adjoining separating device and the ejector which is followed by the separating device and which is assigned to a longitudinal surface of the dispenser.
  • tablet dispensers are also known (US Pat. WO 99/07621 A1 ), which consist of a prismatic housing with a storage space for tablets forming a housing insert, which has a against the housing bottom projecting discharge shaft and can be displaced against the force of a spring in the direction of the discharge chute between a rest position and a delivery position in which the discharge shaft the Caseback penetrated, so that an output opening of the frontally closed discharge shaft projecting for tablet removal via the housing bottom.
  • the spring is designed as a leaf spring, which is made in one piece with the existing plastic housing insert and is supported with its free end at the bottom of the housing.
  • a side wall of the storage space is set off to form a sloping shoulder, projecting against a housing web.
  • the sloping shoulder runs on the housing web, whereby the adjoining the shoulder side wall of the insert is elastically pressed with the effect that bridging in the field of tablet accumulation in the reservoir are prevented and trouble-free refilling of the discharge shaft are ensured can.
  • a disadvantage of these designs of a tablet dispenser is that in particular tablets with cuboid or prismatic geometry and / or fruit gums, so sweets or lozenges with elastic structure when tilting in the discharge chute or when ejecting from the discharge chute in the discharge chute oftmalig, thus a proper ejection the tablets is stopped.
  • tablets are in this context, in particular chewy sweets, lozenges, fruit gums u. Like to subsume more.
  • An abovementioned tablet dispenser for the single dispensing of tablets with a housing and with a storage space for the tablets, to which a separating device for the tablets connects is from the EP 0 221 413 A2 known.
  • the dispenser has a box-shaped housing made of a cap-shaped outer housing part and a housing inner part, which are stop limited relative to each other displaced.
  • the separating device is part of the housing inner part, whereas the discharge opening is formed by an opening in the cap-shaped housing outer part. Tablets to be dispensed are sent to a separating device. This separating device opens on the housing wall in a discharge shaft, in the tablet to be delivered subsequently comes to rest.
  • the dispensing opening is released next to the tablet and the tablet can be removed from the tablet dispenser or falls out of the tablet dispenser.
  • a device for separating tablets which has a separating chamber, which is arranged downstream of a magazine. Due to gravity, tablets are introduced from the magazine into the separating device.
  • the separating device Upon actuation of the ejection mechanism, on the one hand the separating device is separated from the magazine and at the same time the ejection opening is released.
  • The-like is equally from the FR 2735110 A1 known.
  • the tablet is fed to a tray-shaped receptacle which accommodates exactly one tablet and is assigned to the magazine, with which receptacle the tablet can be dispensed one tablet from the device when the receptacle is actuated.
  • the invention is thus based on the object, a tablet dispenser of the type described in such a way that a secure separation and a clean ejection of tablets with cuboid or prismatic geometry and / or fruit gums can be guaranteed.
  • the invention solves the stated object according to claim 1, characterized in that the ejector is displaceable against the force of the spring from a opening in the housing between the separating device and discharge shaft discharge position in a retracted into the discharge shaft, the opening releasing receiving position, wherein facing the opening Auswerferwand an opening alternately releasing and blocking slide forms.
  • the recording takes the tablet at least for the most part in it, which is essentially to say that at least 50% of the tablet volume are included in the recording.
  • the receptacle is spanned by at least three ejector walls and an ejector floor. One of the side walls can thus be omitted, for example, if the container wall covering the missing side wall is made transparent and monitoring of the transfer of the tablet out of the container should be possible.
  • the ejector wall facing the opening forms a slide which alternately opens and closes the opening, it can be ensured in a simple manner that exactly one tablet is always transferred into the receptacle in the case of matching size ratios between tablets, separating device and ejector and that clamping in the delivery shaft is assured be avoided.
  • the bottom of the receptacle is at least partially pierced and optionally beveled, it is possible to avoid a misuse of the dispenser as a launcher for various objects, in particular by children. It is particularly recommended in particular if the bottom of the receptacle is an oblique plane sloping down towards the aperture and, if appropriate, only three ejector walls are provided. Objects with a smaller cross section than the tablets to be dispensed with the dispenser, such as pencil leads, wires and the like; Like., Can then be fired with the misappropriated device not readily.
  • the housing may have on its longitudinal side opposite the ejector a closable with a flap or a lid feed opening.
  • a tablet dispenser 1 for dispensing individual tablets 2, which are in particular of cuboid shape and are formed with, for example, four bulged circumferential surfaces.
  • the tablet dispenser 1 comprises, inter alia, a housing 3 with a storage space 4 for the tablets 2.
  • the storage space 4 is adjoined by a separating device 5 for the tablets 2.
  • the separating device 5 is in turn downstream of an ejector 6, which is associated with a longitudinal side 7 of the housing 3 and slidably mounted along this longitudinal side 7 in a discharge shaft 8 in the housing 3 and against the force of a spring 9 stop-limited from an opening 10 in the housing between the singulator 5 and the delivery shaft 8 blocking delivery position ( Fig.
  • the opening 10 releasing receiving position ( Fig. 3 ) is displaceable.
  • the ejector 6 has a receptacle 11 for a tablet 2.
  • the receptacle 11 is spanned by at least three, optionally four, ejector walls 12, 12 'and an ejector bottom 13.
  • an operation engages 14, which passes through a guide in the longitudinal side 7 of the housing 3 and with which the ejector 6 is displaceable between the delivery position and the receiving position.
  • the opening 10 facing the ejector 12 ' forms an opening 10 alternately releasing and blocking slide.
  • the bottom 13 of the receptacle 11 is partially broken, wherein the opening 15 in particular Fig. 4 can be seen.
  • the fact that the bottom 13 of the receptacle 11 is a sloping plane sloping down towards the opening 15 can be particularly pronounced Fig. 2 be seen.
  • the ejector 6 upstream singulator 5 comprises a subsequent from an opening bottom side to the discharge shaft 8, the reservoir 4 partially overlapping inner container wall 16, the upper edge preferably extends beyond the upper opening edge by a dimension x.
  • the housing 3 is provided on its ejector 6 opposite longitudinal side with a feed opening which is closed by a flap 17.
  • the singling device 5 includes guide blades 18 which protrude from the housing wall toward the singling space and which support a feeding of the tablets 2 to the container wall 16. In addition, these guide blades 18 are aligned at least substantially the same as the container wall sixteenth

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf einen Tablettenspender zur Einzelabgabe von Tabletten mit einem Gehäuse und mit einem Vorratsraum für die Tabletten, an den eine Vereinzelungseinrichtung für die Tabletten anschließt und mit einem der Vereinzelungseinrichtung nachgeordneten Auswerfer, der einer Längsseite des Gehäuses zugeordnet, entlang dieser in einem Abgabeschacht im Gehäuse verschiebbar gelagert und gegen die Kraft einer Feder anschlagbegrenzt verschiebbar ist, wobei der Auswerfer eine Aufnahme für eine Tablette aufweist und wobei die Aufnahme von wenigstens drei Auswerferwänden und einem Auswerferboden aufgespannt wird.The invention relates to a tablet dispenser for the single dispensing of tablets with a housing and with a reservoir for the tablets, followed by a separating device for the tablets and with a separating device downstream ejector associated with a longitudinal side of the housing, along this in a discharge shaft slidably mounted in the housing and stop limited against the force of a spring, wherein the ejector has a receptacle for a tablet and wherein the receptacle is spanned by at least three ejector walls and an ejector floor.

Stand der TechnikState of the art

Die DE 2638164 A1 offenbart einen Tablettenspender, der einen Vorratsraum, eine daran anschließende Vereinzelungseinrichtung und der einen der Vereinzelungseinrichtung nachgeschlossenen Auswerfer umfasst, der einer Längsfläche des Spenders zugeordnet ist. Zur Ausgabe von vereinzelten Tabletten sind zudem Tablettenspender bekannt ( WO 99/07621 A1 ), die aus einem prismatischen Gehäuse mit einem einen Vorratsraum für Tabletten bildenden Gehäuseeinsatz bestehen, der einen gegen den Gehäuseboden vorstehenden Abgabeschacht besitzt und gegen die Kraft einer Feder in Richtung des Abgabeschachtes zwischen einer Ruhestellung und einer Ausgabestellung verlagert werden kann, in der der Abgabeschacht den Gehäuseboden durchsetzt, so dass eine Ausgabeöffnung des stirnseitig geschlossenen Abgabeschachtes zur Tablettenentnahme über den Gehäuseboden vorsteht. Wird der Gehäuseeinsatz freigegeben, so wird er durch die Feder in die Ruhestellung zurückbewegt, in der der Abgabeschacht mit seiner geschlossenen Stirnseite die für ihn im Gehäuseboden vorgesehene Durchtrittsöffnung verschließt. Die Feder ist als Blattfeder ausgebildet, die einstückig mit dem aus Kunststoff bestehenden Gehäuseeinsatz gefertigt ist und sich mit ihrem freien Ende am Boden des Gehäuses abstützt. Um ein sicheres Befüllen des Abgabeschachtes aus dem Vorratsraum zu sichern, ist eine Seitenwand des Vorratsraumes unter Ausbildung einer abfallenden Schulter abgesetzt, gegen die ein Gehäusesteg vorsteht. Bei einer Verstellung des Gehäuseeinsatzes zur Tablettenentnahme läuft die abfallende Schulter auf den Gehäusesteg auf, wodurch die an die Schulter anschließende Seitenwand des Einsatzes mit der Wirkung elastisch eingedrückt wird, dass Brückenbildungen im Bereich der Tablettenanhäufung im Vorratsraum unterbunden werden und ein störungsfreies Nachfüllen des Abgabeschachtes gewährleistet werden kann. Nachteilig bei diesen Konstruktionen eines Tablettenspenders ist allerdings, dass insbesondere Tabletten mit quaderförmiger bzw. prismatischer Geometrie und/oder Fruchtgummis, also Bonbons oder Lutschtabletten mit elastischer Struktur beim Gleiten in den Abgabeschacht oder beim Auswerfen aus dem Abgabeschacht im Abgabeschacht oftmalig verkanten, womit ein ordnungsgemäßes Auswerfen der Tabletten unterbunden wird. Unter Tabletten sind in diesem Zusammenhang insbesondere Kaubonbons, Lutschpastillen, Fruchtgummis u. dgl. mehr zu subsummieren.The DE 2638164 A1 discloses a tablet dispenser comprising a reservoir, an adjoining separating device and the ejector which is followed by the separating device and which is assigned to a longitudinal surface of the dispenser. For dispensing individual tablets, tablet dispensers are also known (US Pat. WO 99/07621 A1 ), which consist of a prismatic housing with a storage space for tablets forming a housing insert, which has a against the housing bottom projecting discharge shaft and can be displaced against the force of a spring in the direction of the discharge chute between a rest position and a delivery position in which the discharge shaft the Caseback penetrated, so that an output opening of the frontally closed discharge shaft projecting for tablet removal via the housing bottom. Will the housing insert released, it is moved back by the spring in the rest position, in which the discharge shaft closes with its closed end face provided for him in the housing bottom passage opening. The spring is designed as a leaf spring, which is made in one piece with the existing plastic housing insert and is supported with its free end at the bottom of the housing. In order to secure a secure filling of the discharge chute from the storage space, a side wall of the storage space is set off to form a sloping shoulder, projecting against a housing web. In an adjustment of the housing insert for tablet removal, the sloping shoulder runs on the housing web, whereby the adjoining the shoulder side wall of the insert is elastically pressed with the effect that bridging in the field of tablet accumulation in the reservoir are prevented and trouble-free refilling of the discharge shaft are ensured can. A disadvantage of these designs of a tablet dispenser, however, is that in particular tablets with cuboid or prismatic geometry and / or fruit gums, so sweets or lozenges with elastic structure when tilting in the discharge chute or when ejecting from the discharge chute in the discharge chute oftmalig, thus a proper ejection the tablets is stopped. Among tablets are in this context, in particular chewy sweets, lozenges, fruit gums u. Like to subsume more.

Ein eingangs erwähnter Tablettenspender zur Einzelabgabe von Tabletten mit einem Gehäuse und mit einem Vorratsraum für die Tabletten, an den eine Vereinzelungseinrichtung für die Tabletten anschließt ist aus der EP 0 221 413 A2 bekannt. Der Spender besitzt ein kastenförmiges Gehäuse aus einem kappenförmigen Gehäuseaußenteil und einem Gehäuseinnenteil, die anschlagbegrenzt relativ zueinander verlagerbar sind. Die Vereinzelungseinrichtung ist Teil des Gehäuseinnenteils, wohingegen die Ausgabeöffnung von einer Durchbrechung im kappenförmigen Gehäuseaußenteil gebildet wird. Auszugebende Tabletten werden einer Vereinzelungseinrichtung zugeleitet. Diese Vereinzelungseinrichtung mündet an der Gehäusewand in einem Abgabeschacht, in dem die abzugebende Tablette in weiterer Folge zu liegen kommt. Wird das Gehäuseaußenteil gegen die Kraft einer Feder verlagert, so wird die Ausgabeöffnung neben der Tablette freigegeben und die Tablette kann aus dem Tablettenspender entnommen werden bzw. fällt aus dem Tablettenspender heraus. Aus der US 2005/0236419 A1 ist eine Vorrichtung zum Vereinzeln von Tabletten vorgesehen, die eine Vereinzelungskammer aufweist, welche einem Magazin nachgeordnet ist. Tabletten werden schwerkraftbedingt vom Magazin in die Vereinzelungseinrichtung eingebracht. Bei Betätigung des Auswurfmechanismusses wird einerseits die Vereinzelungseinrichtung vom Magazin getrennt und wird gleichzeitig die Auswurföffnung freigegeben. Der-artiges ist gleichermaßen aus der FR 2735110 A1 bekannt. Gemäß der US 2009/194556 A1 wird die Tablette einer genau eine Tablette aufnehmenden, dem Magazin zugeordneten, ladenförmige Aufnahme zugeleitet, mit welcher Aufnahme die Tablette bei Betätigung der Aufnahme jeweils eine Tablette aus der Vorrichtung ausbringbar ist.An abovementioned tablet dispenser for the single dispensing of tablets with a housing and with a storage space for the tablets, to which a separating device for the tablets connects is from the EP 0 221 413 A2 known. The dispenser has a box-shaped housing made of a cap-shaped outer housing part and a housing inner part, which are stop limited relative to each other displaced. The separating device is part of the housing inner part, whereas the discharge opening is formed by an opening in the cap-shaped housing outer part. Tablets to be dispensed are sent to a separating device. This separating device opens on the housing wall in a discharge shaft, in the tablet to be delivered subsequently comes to rest. If the housing outer part is displaced against the force of a spring, the dispensing opening is released next to the tablet and the tablet can be removed from the tablet dispenser or falls out of the tablet dispenser. From the US 2005/0236419 A1 a device for separating tablets is provided, which has a separating chamber, which is arranged downstream of a magazine. Due to gravity, tablets are introduced from the magazine into the separating device. Upon actuation of the ejection mechanism, on the one hand the separating device is separated from the magazine and at the same time the ejection opening is released. The-like is equally from the FR 2735110 A1 known. According to the US 2009/194556 A1 the tablet is fed to a tray-shaped receptacle which accommodates exactly one tablet and is assigned to the magazine, with which receptacle the tablet can be dispensed one tablet from the device when the receptacle is actuated.

Darstellung der ErfindungPresentation of the invention

Der Erfindung liegt somit die Aufgabe zugrunde, einen Tablettenspender der eingangs geschilderten Art so auszugestalten, dass eine sichere Vereinzelung und ein sauberer Auswurf von Tabletten mit quaderförmiger bzw. prismatischer Geometrie und/oder Fruchtgummis gewährleistet werden kann.The invention is thus based on the object, a tablet dispenser of the type described in such a way that a secure separation and a clean ejection of tablets with cuboid or prismatic geometry and / or fruit gums can be guaranteed.

Die Erfindung löst die gestellte Aufgabe gemäß Anspruch 1 dadurch, dass der Auswerfer gegen die Kraft der Feder aus einer eine Öffnung im Gehäuse zwischen Vereinzelungseinrichtung und Abgabeschacht sperrenden Abgabestellung in eine in den Abgabeschacht zurückgezogene, die Öffnung freigebende Aufnahmestellung verschiebbar ist, wobei die der Öffnung zugewandte Auswerferwand einen die Öffnung wechselweise freigebenden und sperrende Schieber bildet.The invention solves the stated object according to claim 1, characterized in that the ejector is displaceable against the force of the spring from a opening in the housing between the separating device and discharge shaft discharge position in a retracted into the discharge shaft, the opening releasing receiving position, wherein facing the opening Auswerferwand an opening alternately releasing and blocking slide forms.

Da vom Vorratsraum über die Vereinzelungseinrichtung in den Abgabeschacht übergeführte Tabletten vom Auswerfer in einer Aufnahme aufgenommen und in dieser beim Auswerfen geführt werden, kann in einfacher Weise eine sichere Vereinzelung und ein sauberer Auswurf von Tabletten mit quaderförmiger bzw. prismatischer Geometrie und/oder Fruchtgummis gewährleistet werden kann. Die Aufnahme nimmt die Tablette dabei wenigstens zum größten Teil in sich auf, was im Wesentlichen heißen soll, dass wenigstens 50% des Tablettenvolumens von der Aufnahme umfasst werden. Die Aufnahme wird von wenigstens drei Auswerferwänden und einem Auswerferboden aufgespannt. Eine der Seitenwände kann also beispielsweise dann entfallen, wenn die die fehlende Seitenwand überdeckende Behälterwand transparent ausgeführt wird und ein beobachten des Überführens der Tablette aus dem Behälter möglich sein soll.Since tablets transferred from the storage space via the separating device into the discharge shaft are taken up by the ejector in a receptacle and guided therein during ejection, reliable separation and clean ejection of tablets with parallelepiped or prismatic geometry and / or fruit gums can be ensured in a simple manner can. The recording takes the tablet at least for the most part in it, which is essentially to say that at least 50% of the tablet volume are included in the recording. The receptacle is spanned by at least three ejector walls and an ejector floor. One of the side walls can thus be omitted, for example, if the container wall covering the missing side wall is made transparent and monitoring of the transfer of the tablet out of the container should be possible.

Dadurch dass die der Öffnung zugewandte Auswerferwand einen die Öffnung wechselweise freigebenden und sperrenden Schieber bildet, kann auf einfache Weise sichergestellt werden, dass bei aufeinander abgestimmten Größenverhältnissen zwischen Tabletten, Vereinzelungseinrichtung und Auswerfer stets exakt eine Tablette in die Aufnahme übergeführt wird und dass Klemmungen im Abgabeschacht sicher vermieden werden.By virtue of the fact that the ejector wall facing the opening forms a slide which alternately opens and closes the opening, it can be ensured in a simple manner that exactly one tablet is always transferred into the receptacle in the case of matching size ratios between tablets, separating device and ejector and that clamping in the delivery shaft is assured be avoided.

Ist der Boden der Aufnahme zumindest teilweise durchbrochen und gegebenenfalls abgeschrägt, kann damit eine Zweckentfremdung des Spenders als Abschussvorrichtung für diverse Gegenstände, insbesondere durch Kinder, vermieden werden. Dabei empfiehlt es sich insbesondere, wenn der Boden der Aufnahme eine zur Durchbrechung hin abfallende schiefe Ebene ist und gegebenenfalls nur drei Auswerferwände vorgesehen sind. Gegenstände mit geringerem Querschnitt als die mit dem Spender abzugebenden Tabletten, wie beispielsweise Bleistiftminen, Drähte u. dgl., können dann mit der zweckentfremdeten Vorrichtung nicht ohne weiteres verschossen werden.If the bottom of the receptacle is at least partially pierced and optionally beveled, it is possible to avoid a misuse of the dispenser as a launcher for various objects, in particular by children. It is particularly recommended in particular if the bottom of the receptacle is an oblique plane sloping down towards the aperture and, if appropriate, only three ejector walls are provided. Objects with a smaller cross section than the tablets to be dispensed with the dispenser, such as pencil leads, wires and the like; Like., Can then be fired with the misappropriated device not readily.

Vorteilhafte geometrische Verhältnisse für die Vereinzelungseinrichtung ergeben sich, wenn die dem Auswerfer vorgeordnete Vereinzelungseinrichtung von einer öffnungsbodenseitig an den Abgabeschacht anschließenden, den Vorratsraum teilweise überdeckenden, innenliegenden Behälterwand gebildet wird, deren Oberkante vorzugsweise die obere Öffnungskante überragt.Advantageous geometric conditions for the singling device arise when the ejector upstream singler of an opening bottom side adjoining the discharge shaft, the storage space partially covering, inner container wall is formed, the upper edge preferably projects beyond the upper opening edge.

Zur einfachen erneuten Befüllung des Tablettenspenders kann das Gehäuse auf seiner dem Auswerfer gegenüberliegenden Längsseite eine mit einer Klappe oder mit einem Deckel verschließbare Beschickungsöffnung aufweisen.For easy re-filling of the tablet dispenser, the housing may have on its longitudinal side opposite the ejector a closable with a flap or a lid feed opening.

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einen erfindungsgemäßen Tablettenspender in Abgabestellung in einem vereinfachten Längsschnitt,
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den Tablettenspender nach der Fig. 1 in einem Schnitt nach der Linie II-II der Fig. 1,
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eine der Fig. 1 entsprechende Darstellung des Tablettenspenders, jedoch in der Aufnahmestellung und
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den Auswerfer aus Fig. 1 bis 3 in vergrößerter Draufsicht.
In the drawing, the subject invention is shown, for example. Show it
Fig. 1
a tablet dispenser according to the invention in the dispensing position in a simplified longitudinal section,
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the tablet dispenser after the Fig. 1 in a section along the line II-II of Fig. 1 .
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one of the Fig. 1 corresponding representation of the tablet dispenser, but in the receiving position and
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the ejector Fig. 1 to 3 in enlarged plan view.

Weg zur Ausführung der ErfindungWay to carry out the invention

Ein erfindungsgemäßer Tablettenspender 1 ist zur Einzelabgabe von Tabletten 2 vorgesehen, die insbesondere quaderförmig und mit beispielsweise vier ausge-bauchten Umfangsflächen ausgebildet sind. Der Tablettenspender 1 umfasst unter anderem ein Gehäuse 3 mit einem Vorratsraum 4 für die Tabletten 2. An den Vorratsraum 4 schließt eine Vereinzelungseinrichtung 5 für die Tabletten 2 an. Der Vereinzelungseinrichtung 5 ist wiederum ein Auswerfer 6 nachgeordnet, der einer Längsseite 7 des Gehäuses 3 zugeordnet ist und der entlang dieser Längsseite 7 in einem Abgabeschacht 8 im Gehäuse 3 verschiebbar gelagert und gegen die Kraft einer Feder 9 anschlagbegrenzt aus einer eine Öffnung 10 im Gehäuse zwischen der Vereinzelungseinrichtung 5 und dem Abgabeschacht 8 sperrenden Abgabestellung (Fig. 1) in eine in den Abgabeschacht 8 zurückgezogene, die Öffnung 10 freigebende Aufnahmestellung (Fig. 3) verschiebbar ist. Um ein Verkanten bzw. Klemmen von auszuwerfenden Tabletten im Abgabeschacht 8 zu vermeiden, weist der Auswerfer 6 eine Aufnahme 11 für eine Tablette 2 auf.A tablet dispenser 1 according to the invention is provided for dispensing individual tablets 2, which are in particular of cuboid shape and are formed with, for example, four bulged circumferential surfaces. The tablet dispenser 1 comprises, inter alia, a housing 3 with a storage space 4 for the tablets 2. The storage space 4 is adjoined by a separating device 5 for the tablets 2. The separating device 5 is in turn downstream of an ejector 6, which is associated with a longitudinal side 7 of the housing 3 and slidably mounted along this longitudinal side 7 in a discharge shaft 8 in the housing 3 and against the force of a spring 9 stop-limited from an opening 10 in the housing between the singulator 5 and the delivery shaft 8 blocking delivery position ( Fig. 1 ) in a retracted into the discharge shaft 8, the opening 10 releasing receiving position ( Fig. 3 ) is displaceable. In order to avoid tilting or jamming of tablets to be ejected in the dispensing shaft 8, the ejector 6 has a receptacle 11 for a tablet 2.

Die Aufnahme 11 wird von wenigstens drei, gegebenenfalls vier, Auswerferwänden 12, 12' und einem Auswerferboden 13 aufgespannt. An der Aufnahme greift eine Betätigung 14 an, die eine Führung in der Längsseite 7 des Gehäuses 3 durchragt und mit welcher der Auswerfer 6 zwischen der Abgabestellung und der Aufnahmestellung verlagerbar ist. Die der Öffnung 10 zugewandte Auswerferwand 12' bildet einen die Öffnung 10 wechselweise freigebenden und sperrende Schieber.The receptacle 11 is spanned by at least three, optionally four, ejector walls 12, 12 'and an ejector bottom 13. On the recording, an operation engages 14, which passes through a guide in the longitudinal side 7 of the housing 3 and with which the ejector 6 is displaceable between the delivery position and the receiving position. The opening 10 facing the ejector 12 'forms an opening 10 alternately releasing and blocking slide.

Der Boden 13 der Aufnahme 11 ist teilweise durchbrochen, wobei die Durchbrechung 15 insbesondere Fig. 4 zu entnehmen ist. Dass der Boden 13 der Aufnahme 11 eine zur Durchbrechung 15 hin abfallende schiefe Ebene ist, kann insbesondere aus Fig. 2 ersehen werden.The bottom 13 of the receptacle 11 is partially broken, wherein the opening 15 in particular Fig. 4 can be seen. The fact that the bottom 13 of the receptacle 11 is a sloping plane sloping down towards the opening 15 can be particularly pronounced Fig. 2 be seen.

Die dem Auswerfer 6 vorgeordnete Vereinzelungseinrichtung 5 umfasst eine von einer öffnungsbodenseitig an den Abgabeschacht 8 anschließende, den Vorratsraum 4 teilweise überdeckende innenliegende Behälterwand 16, deren Oberkante vorzugsweise die obere Öffnungskante um ein Maß x überragt. Zur Beschickung ist das Gehäuse 3 auf seiner dem Auswerfer 6 gegenüberliegenden Längsseite mit einer Beschickungsöffnung ausgestattet, die mit einer Klappe 17 verschließbar ist. Um die Vereinzelung der Tabletten 2 zu unterstützen gehören der Vereinzelungseinrichtung 5 Führungslamellen 18 zu, die von der Gehäusewand zum Vereinzelungsraum hin abstehen und die eine Zuführung der Tabletten 2 zur Behälterwand 16 unterstützen. Zudem sind diese Führungslamellen 18 zumindest im Wesentlichen gleich ausgerichtet, wie die Behälterwand 16.The ejector 6 upstream singulator 5 comprises a subsequent from an opening bottom side to the discharge shaft 8, the reservoir 4 partially overlapping inner container wall 16, the upper edge preferably extends beyond the upper opening edge by a dimension x. For loading, the housing 3 is provided on its ejector 6 opposite longitudinal side with a feed opening which is closed by a flap 17. In order to assist the singling of the tablets 2, the singling device 5 includes guide blades 18 which protrude from the housing wall toward the singling space and which support a feeding of the tablets 2 to the container wall 16. In addition, these guide blades 18 are aligned at least substantially the same as the container wall sixteenth

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  1. Tablet dispenser (1) for the single delivery of tablets (2), comprising a housing (3) and a storage chamber (4) for the tablets (2), which is adjoined by a separating device (5) for the tablets (2), and comprising an ejector (6) which is arranged downstream of the separating device (5), is associated with a longitudinal side (2) of the housing (3), is mounted so as to be displaceable along said longitudinal side in a delivery chute (8) in the housing (3) and is displaceable against the force of a spring in a manner limited by stops, wherein the ejector (6) has a receptacle (11) for a tablet (2) and wherein the receptacle (11) is spanned by at least three ejector walls (12, 12') and an ejector base (13), characterised in that the ejector is displaceable against the force of the spring from a delivery position, which blocks an opening (10) in the housing (3) between the separating device and the delivery chute (8), to a receiving position which is retracted into the delivery chute (8) and unblocks the opening (10), wherein the ejector wall (12') facing towards the opening (10) forms a slide which alternately blocks and unblocks the opening (10).
  2. Tablet dispenser as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the base (13) of the receptacle (11) is at least partially perforated.
  3. Tablet dispenser as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that the base (13) of the receptacle is an oblique plane descending towards the hole (15).
  4. Tablet dispenser as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the separating device (5) arranged upstream of the ejector (6) comprises an inner container wall (16) which adjoins the delivery chute (8) on the opening base-side, partially covers the storage chamber (4) and whose top edge protrudes preferably beyond the upper opening edge.
  5. Tablet dispenser as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the housing (3) has, on its longitudinal side opposite the ejector (6), a loading opening which can be closed by a flap (17) or a lid.
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