EP3016885A1 - Vorrichtung und verfahren zur vereinzelnden dosieren von festkörperportionen - Google Patents
Vorrichtung und verfahren zur vereinzelnden dosieren von festkörperportionenInfo
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- EP3016885A1 EP3016885A1 EP14738770.8A EP14738770A EP3016885A1 EP 3016885 A1 EP3016885 A1 EP 3016885A1 EP 14738770 A EP14738770 A EP 14738770A EP 3016885 A1 EP3016885 A1 EP 3016885A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/04—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
- B65D83/0409—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- A61J1/00—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes
- A61J1/03—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
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- 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
- A61J7/02—Pill counting devices
Definitions
- the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the singular dosing of bulk solids forming a bed.
- Such devices and methods are typically used for pharmaceutical solid dosage forms in the form of drug portions such as tablets, dragees, pills, capsules, globules, mini- and micro-tablets, and others.
- the invention may also be used for donating solid portions for other purposes, such as nutritional supplements, vitamin preparations and nutritional supplements.
- a dispenser which dispenses not only a single but a plurality of such solid portions in a defined number controlled, so that a predetermined amount of such small-scale dosage forms can be readily separated and taken by any user.
- a system for the provision of a pharmaceutical dosage form for at least one active ingredient with pharmaceutical excipients for their uniform and uniform dosage is given in DE 20 2004 021 462 U1.
- This system comprises a dosing device for an individual dosing adapted to a patient and dosage forms which functionally cooperate with the dosing device and are designed as solids.
- the metering device comprises a metering container (a primary packaging) containing the solids. Between a outer casing and an inner scraper of the metering container, a pipe section is arranged, which in turn has tioning regions for the solids. The portioning areas are filled from the interior of the dosing in the area that is not covered by the scraper, each with a solid.
- WO 2010/060568 A2 discloses a hand-operated metering device which has in a container a storage chamber and a dispensing area and a feed unit which connects the storage chamber and the dispenser area. The delivery unit is used for the individual delivery of drug units into the donor area.
- the feed unit is formed by a Zu Industriesrad with feed pockets, which in each case entrains a drug unit in the pockets during its rotation and feeds the donor area.
- the feed wheel is electronically controlled by a motor.
- the known devices for dosing solid pharmaceutical dosage forms and other solids are either not very reliable in terms of dosing a certain number of solid units or require considerable effort in their production, use and disposal.
- the metering device from WO 2010/060568 A2 requires an electronic control and a motor drive, so that the feed unit can be operated. Therefore, the use and disposal after use of this metering device are complicated and expensive.
- the type of dispensing of the solid portions in the known devices and methods is particularly uncertain when mini and micro tablets or (micro-) globules are to be administered in a defined larger number, since it can easily lead to an incorrect dosage.
- a dosage of the solid portions with the known devices also requires that they are transferred from a primary packaging, such as a tablet reservoir, in the device.
- a transfer into a metering container can lead to an impairment of the quality of the pharmaceutical presentation units.
- the above object is according to a first aspect of the present invention by the device according to the invention for the singular dosing of a bed forming Solids portions solved.
- This device is formed from at least two components, of which a first component a separating device and a second component form a separating device rotatable relative to the separating device. Each of these components can in turn be formed from a plurality of components.
- the dosing device according to the invention can be designed to receive the bulk of the solid portions.
- the one component of the metering device namely the singling device, has an inner region.
- An interior which at least partially accommodates the bulk material in the metering device, can be formed by the inner region of the singling device.
- the at least partially receiving the interior space may additionally be formed by other components in the metering device.
- At least one chamber or at least one cup for receiving a single solid portion is provided on the inside of the separating device.
- the at least one chamber is movable in a direction of movement and on a movement path through the bed during a rotation of the separating device relative to the separating device.
- a single solid portion is taken up in these chambers. It is assumed that the solid portions are also set in motion during the rotation of the separating device, so that the solid portions lying against the inner wall of the separating device are displaced into a suitable position and orientation for being received in the chambers.
- the other component of the metering device namely the separating device
- a transfer path for receiving the solid portions falling out of the chambers and for removing the absorbed solid portion from the inner region or inner space adjoins the web section.
- This transfer path can in particular be a component of the separating device.
- the transfer path is for this purpose preferably in a fixed spatial relationship to the path section of the chambers above the bed and to the separating device, so that the emerging from the chambers solids portions can be easily transferred to the transfer path.
- the above object is achieved according to a second aspect of the present invention also by the inventive method for isolating dosing of the solids forming the bed. This method can be carried out in particular by using the device according to the invention for separating metering of the solid portions.
- the method comprises at least the following method steps:
- the bed of solids portions is provided, so that the bed is at least partially in the inner region of the separating device of the metering device according to the invention;
- the metering device can be connected to a primary packaging, for example a storage container, such as a tablet bottle, in which the bed of solid portions is, wherein at least part of the bed comes into contact with the inner area of the singulator;
- the metering device can be designed to form a bed of solid portions therein or in a dispensing nozzle attached to the primary packaging by placing (tipping) the primary packaging so that the solid portions reach the metering device from the primary packaging and there form the bed; thus the solid portions reach the area of the chambers;
- a support surface may be provided on the metering device on which the metering device is placed on a base.
- Mini and micro tablets are tablets with a size (diameter) of 1 to 3 mm. They typically have convex tops and bottoms. The size ratio of their height to the diameter is usually in a range of 1 to 1, 5.
- the metering device according to the invention is characterized by a simple construction with few components. Despite its simplicity, a very safe release of solid portions from a bed of these portions is possible.
- the device according to the invention and the method according to the invention represent a dosing aid for solid portions, in particular of mini- and micro-tablets and globules, in order to achieve a controlled separation and dosing of the solids portions.
- a defined number of solid portions can be singulated, counted and metered.
- the assembly of the metering device according to the invention is externally very similar to a conventional lid for a tablet bottle (when the metering device is connected to the reservoir in order to separate and dose the solid portions contained in the container) or with a conventional tablet bottle with its lid ( if the metering device is used without a reservoir).
- the metering device can be placed on the bottle or another storage container instead of a lid.
- the metering device forms a metering aid and can thus be sold or used separately or together with a filled tablet bottle.
- the metering device according to the invention can be connected to the reservoir instead of a lid.
- the separating device is in the form of a preferably substantially rotationally symmetrical body, which has a preferably substantially rotationally symmetrical inner region.
- the separating device may be in the form of a drum or a wheel or ring or revolving belt.
- Even constructive solutions with a non-rotational symmetry metric separating device with an interior and opening to the interior chambers for receiving the solid portions are conceivable, provided that the chambers can be moved through the bed, provided that the solids absorbed by the chambers are prevented on the subsequent track section of the separating device from the chambers fall out, and if the solid portions can get to the transfer path after leaving the track section.
- the chambers are located on a circular segment and that they cover a circular path during a rotation of the singulator.
- the separating device and the separating device are preferably connected to each other by means of a positive connection, for example by means of a latching connection.
- the collecting device (see below) having an arm with a snap-action nose, which engages over a snap ring on the separating device and thereby abuts with an end-face part on the front side of the separating device and this also holds them by the separation device between them and the separating device clamps.
- the separating device may be formed by two interconnected components, between which the separating device is received in the assembled state.
- the chambers for receiving the solid portions are preferably located on the inside of the separating device.
- the singulation device Upon rotation of the singulation device about an axis of rotation, which may be in particular the axis of rotation of a substantially rotationally symmetrical hollow body, wheel or ring, the chambers are moved on a movement path which runs concentrically to the axis of rotation.
- a hollow body form the solid portions (at least) in this a bed and fill it, for example, in the longitudinal direction, ie substantially parallel to the axis of rotation, preferably (in the operating position of the device according to the invention) slightly inclined to the horizontal, up to a certain level
- the interior of a separating device formed in the form of a wheel or ring may also be filled up to a certain level during use.
- the axis of rotation of the separating device can be arranged lying, for example, ie aligned substantially horizontal or slightly inclined to the horizontal. During rotation, the chambers pass through the bed, so that a solid portion of each of the chambers is taken.
- the separating section above the filling area faces the separating device, which closes the chambers on this path section. So that this separating device can close the chambers on a defined path section, this device is not moved with the chambers of the separating device and is therefore part of the second component, namely the separating device, against which the separating device is rotated during the use of the metering device. The separating device is accordingly not moved during use while the separating device is rotated.
- the function of the singulator is to separate the solid portions from each other.
- the function of the separator is to then separate the solid portions in the chambers from the bed and hold them in the chambers so that they do not fall back into the bed.
- the separating device furthermore has the transfer path, via which the solid-state portions located in the chambers are conveyed out of the inner region of the separating device.
- the solid-state portions reach the transfer path above the path section in which the separating device extends along the movement path of the chambers.
- the point at which the solid portions reach the transfer path can be chosen differently: in the position of use of the metering device, this point can be close to the zenith or at the zenith of the rotational movement. In this case, the solids portion can fall under the influence of gravity on the transfer path.
- the transfer path is preferably widened in a funnel shape at a mouth end, where the solid portions from the chambers on this, and forms at this point an inlet funnel or an inlet ramp to ensure that the solid portions can safely reach this.
- the inlet funnel or the inlet ramp preferably merges seamlessly into the transfer path.
- the transfer path leads out of the inner region of the separating device, for example in a substantially axial or radial direction.
- the transfer path opens into a collecting container for receiving and counting the solid portions.
- a separate collecting device form the collecting container or have.
- the collecting container may preferably be an elongated cavity for receiving the separated solid portions and in particular be formed in the form of a metering tube.
- the elongated cavity may be aligned in the use position of the metering device preferably vertically or at a small angle (maximum ⁇ 30 °) to the vertical.
- the transfer path opens into the cavity.
- the collecting device can be arranged with the collecting container on a front side of the metering device.
- the solids portions can be easily dispensed from the collecting container.
- the solids portions are collected in the collection container so that a user can count the solid portions dispensed there.
- the collecting container is designed so that the user can visually perceive the solid portions in the cavity.
- the collecting container is designed to allow stacking of the solid portions individually and one above the other.
- the collecting container is preferably tubular to form a collecting shaft.
- the tube diameter preferably corresponds approximately to the diameter of the solid portions and is slightly larger than that of the solid portions, so that they are necessarily collected and stored one above the other. This allows easy counting by the user.
- the collecting container may have a slot in its wall, so that the user can recognize the solid portions contained therein. But it is further preferred if the collecting container is formed of a transparent material, through which the solid portions are easily visible from the outside.
- a metering scale is located on the collecting container, via which the number of solid portions in the collecting container can be read.
- This graduation marks incrementally each a single solid portion or a group of solid portions, which in the are included catcher, for example, a group of five or ten or more solid portions. The number of solid portions in the collecting container can thus be determined at a glance without having to count them in a complex and error-prone manner.
- an adjustable, for example displaceable read-out device for example a rider, is attached to or in the collecting container.
- the reading device can be attached to the outside and only mark the filling level with the solid portions or be inserted into the dosing tube, for example from below, so that the space available therein is limited. With this device can be set by a user a desired dosage of a certain number of solid portions to be taken or at least read simplified.
- the user positions this reading device on or in the collecting container at the desired location, which marks a certain filling level of the collecting container with the solid-state pores, and can then easily and at a glance recognize when dosing the solid portions with the metering device according to the invention, whether the desired Number of solid portions in the collection container is located.
- the collecting container further comprises an outlet opening for removing solid portions therein.
- This outlet opening is located at the separation and metering in the operating position of the metering device either at the upper end of the collecting container or at the lower end. If the collecting container is designed as an elongate cavity, this can be open at the top or bottom.
- the dosing device is preferably reversed in the former case (dispensing position), so that the solid portions fall out.
- the upper opening expands to remove the solid portions to the outside, so that it forms a discharge funnel there.
- a portion barrier is provided to prevent the solid portions from falling down when being separated from the receptacle (in the operating position). This portion barrier is released after separating the desired number of solid portions (in the dispensing position), so that the solid portions then fall down and thus can be removed.
- the collecting container is pivotally mounted in the device, preferably about an in the use position of the device substantially horizontal axis of rotation, wherein the collecting container in an operating position for separating the solid portions and transferring into the collecting container in a central pivot position and for actuating the left-handed or right-handed device in each case a dispensing position for dispensing the solid portions from the device in a first lateral pivot position, which is pivoted in a first pivot direction relative to the actuating position, or in a second lateral pivot position, in relation to the actuating position in a is pivoted second pivoting direction is located.
- the first and second lateral pivot positions are preferably opposite to each other.
- the metering device according to the invention can be operated both for left-handed and for right-handed.
- the collecting container only has to be pivoted with the corresponding hand from the central pivoting position into the corresponding lateral pivoting position in order to dispense the solids portions contained therein.
- the pivot point about which the collecting chute is pivoted is preferably located in an area of the collecting container which lies at the top in the position of use of the metering device.
- an overflow path for the solid portions, over which they can get to the bed is connected to the transfer path from the chambers into the collecting container, so that the solid portions can reach the overflow path when being transferred to the collecting container.
- it is prevented that the solid portions block when transferring into the collecting container when it is already completely filled.
- it can be achieved by a fixed (maximum) capacity of the collecting container for a certain number of solid portions in this way that this (maximum) number of solid portions is always accurately metered without closer attention to the filling process, since excess solid portions automatically to the bed be transported back.
- the singling device and the separating device are, in a first embodiment variant, a hollow body having a longitudinal axis, which are preferably at least partially rotationally symmetrical are.
- the longitudinal axes preferably coincide in this embodiment variant.
- the path of movement of the at least one chamber lies on a circular path in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
- both the separating device and the separating device each have an axis of rotation which, however, does not coincide. Rather, one axis is preferably substantially perpendicular to the other.
- the path of movement of the at least one chamber is also preferably in one plane.
- this plane is preferably aligned parallel to the axis of the separating device.
- the at least one chamber of the singling device is preferably formed by a depression on the inner side (inner wall) of the singling device.
- the chambers are preferably about the same size as the solid portions and have approximately the shape of the solid portions, so that each chamber can accommodate only a solid portion.
- the chambers are preferably slightly larger, ie their respective floor plan and their cross-section perpendicular thereto are each about 10% larger than that of the solid portions, for example.
- the separating device has a plurality of chambers, these are preferably arranged in a plane which is very particularly preferably arranged fixedly in the space during operation of the metering device.
- the chambers are also preferably arranged regularly, ie at equal intervals between adjacent chambers (or at equal angular intervals relative to a rotation axis of the singulation device).
- the separating device is formed by a wheel or a ring with a substantially rotationally symmetrical inner side or at least with a rotationally symmetrical section of the inner side and with a plurality of chambers in this rotationally symmetrical inner side or this rotationally symmetric section
- the chambers can preferably be located on one the inside or the Section perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the wheel or ring intersecting plane lie, ie on a circumferential line of the inside or the section.
- the chambers move in this case on a fixed circular path of movement, wherein they are passed at at least substantially horizontally held axis of rotation of the singulator due to rotation of the device on this trajectory through the bed of solid portions and record each a solid portion.
- the separating device is a hollow body with a in the Is substantially circular cylindrical inner wall or at least with a circular cylindrical portion of the inner wall and with a plurality of chambers in this inner wall or in this section.
- areas on the inside of the singling device are formed by running surfaces for the solid portions which are located between the chambers.
- the treads extend from a high level above a chamber sole of a respective first chamber to a low level above a chamber sole of a second chamber adjacent to the first chamber in a direction of rotation of the singulator. As a result, ramps are formed between each two adjacent chambers along these running surfaces.
- the running surfaces between adjacent chambers may preferably extend in a straight line along the path which leads on the inside of the separating device via the chambers.
- the ramps forming tread fall between the chambers in the direction of rotation in each case. This results in that the depth of the chambers on each side of the chambers is different: On the chamber side, where the tread level above the chamber sole is high, this level is preferably above a solid portion contained in the chamber, ie the depth of the Chamber is larger at this chamber side than the diameter of the solid portions, preferably at most 10% of the diameter larger. On the other side of the chamber where the tread level above the chamber bottom is low, This level is about 2/3 of the diameter of the solid portions above the chamber bottom.
- the level is preferably located approximately at the level of the transition from the top in the use position convex outer surface to the rest of a body located in the chamber solid serving.
- the length of the running surface (ramp) between two adjacent chambers preferably corresponds at least to the diameter of the solid portions.
- the length may correspond, for example, to twenty times, preferably ten times, even more preferably seven times, and even more preferably fivefold, the diameter of the solid portions. Ideally, this length is about three times the diameter.
- the separating device is formed by a partition wall.
- This dividing wall extends along the path of movement of the chambers on a section which extends above the bed of the solid portions up to a point on the movement path from which the solid portions reach the transfer path.
- the partition is preferably curved.
- the partition wall forms a circular section.
- the partition is formed nikzylin- derförmig on the section.
- the partition is preferably at a small distance to the chambers on their trajectory.
- the dividing wall can also rest on the inner side or inner wall of the separating device without a spacing, so that the inner side or inner wall and the dividing wall move in a sliding manner against each other.
- the partition is preferably about as wide as the chambers, i. it is slightly wider, slightly narrower or as wide as the chambers. It is only essential that the partition wall prevents falling out of the solid portions from the chambers. Instead of a partition, an obstacle having a shape other than a wall may also be used as the separating means. Conceivable is a curved web or a curved rod.
- the metering device according to the invention is designed to be connected to a discharge opening of a storage container for the solid portions.
- a storage container for the solid portions for example, either the separating device or the separating device in the form of an adapter for connecting the Do- siervorides to the reservoir, for example, via its dispensing nozzle, be formed.
- another component of the metering device can be designed for this purpose. This allows an immediate use of the storage container for supplying the solid portions to the metering device according to the invention. As a result, they do not have to be transferred to a separate vessel, which could be formed, for example, through the interior of the metering device according to the invention.
- the metering device according to the invention is placed in this case instead of a lid on the reservoir and connected to this.
- the dosing device can either be connected to the dispensing opening after the lid has been removed or is already supplied to the user instead of the lid connected to the dispensing opening.
- the discharge opening of the storage container is typically closed with a sealing film, which is a vapor and oxygen barrier, for example by hot application of the film on the opening in order not to expose the solid portions during transport and storage inappropriate conditions (long-term protection) .
- this sealing film is first removed, for example, by stripping, before the metering device is attached.
- this sealing film should protect the solid portions against improper conditions during transport and storage.
- the metering device sits above the sealed dispensing opening. Therefore, the sealing foil must be removed before first use.
- the metering device is first removed from the storage container, then the sealing film is removed, and finally the metering device is replaced by the storage container.
- this may have a thread, preferably an internal thread, as an adapter.
- This thread can be located on one of the components of the metering device, for example on the separating device or on the separating device or on still another component.
- a thread preferably an Au tgewinde.
- the reservoir typically have Au tungsgewinde on which a lid is screwed. Instead of the lid then the metering device is screwed.
- a screw connection between the dosing device and the storage container can also be a different connection technology, such as a locking connection can be selected.
- the rotation of the separating device relative to the separating device can be blocked by means of an anti-twist device. This ensures, on the one hand, that donations of solid matter are not accidentally donated with the metering device according to the invention. On the other hand, this rotation also forms a child safety, if it is designed so that it deliberately and actively actuated during the rotation of the separating device relative to the separating device, for example, pushed back or pushed, must be.
- the rotation in a further preferred embodiment of the present invention is formed by a locking element or has this, which can be actuated for example by means of a locking knob in the form of a sliding element or in the form of a pivotable about an axis button.
- This locking element is secured against rotation in one of the two components of the metering device in this development and blocks the rotation of the two components against each other by means of at least one engaging in corresponding recesses on the respective other component profile.
- the locking element is attached to the separating device and designed to prevent the rotation of the separating device relative to the separating device.
- the locking element may also be adapted to the collecting container in a blocking position / locking position, i. if the anti-twist device engages and is thus effective to close, so that when not in use no contaminants get into this and into the interior of the dosing device.
- the locking element covers the outlet opening of the collecting container in the blocking position. This can be achieved structurally, for example, by arranging the collecting container on the end face of the metering device according to the invention, so that its outlet opening is aligned in a radial direction to the metering device, and arranging the locking element along a generatrix on the metering device according to the invention and via the outlet opening is displaceable.
- the locking element can be mounted pivotably on the separating device or in a longitudinal guide on the separating device.
- the locking element may be formed by a pawl, which can engage by a translational or pivoting movement, in particular parallel to the axis of rotation of the singulation device in a corresponding opening / a corresponding recess / notch, preferably a locking groove on the singler.
- These breakthroughs / recesses / notches / grooves can be introduced, for example, in an example radially outward Shen or inside projecting edge of the singler and preferably at regular intervals to each other, most preferably at the same angular distance, which also occupy the chambers in the singulator to each other.
- the apertures and the like are formed between projections.
- the rotation for the rotation of the separating device relative to the separating device is to be converted into a biased position and locked in a relieved position, the two components against rotation.
- a clamping element in particular a spring element, for example a compression or tension spiral spring or a leaf spring, generate the prestress.
- the clamping element can move or pivot the sliding element or an unlocking button in the blocking position.
- the locking element may preferably also cover the outlet opening of the external collecting device.
- the tensioning element can be used as a restoring element.
- a portion barrier is provided which shuts the cavity of the collecting container down.
- This portion barrier may be formed as a finger-like element which closes the cavity down.
- This blocking element is preferably actuated with the locking element.
- the locking element can be designed as an actuating button and have this portion barrier as an additional component, so that the lock of the cavity is set when pressing. As a result, isolated, separated and arrived in the receptacle solid state portions are retained in the collecting container. Only when the locking element is no longer actuated, this lock is released, so that the solid portions can fall out of the cavity.
- the collecting container is displaceable or pivotable so that the cavity is closed by a component of the metering device in a first sliding / pivoting position is open, for example by the partition wall of the separating device, and in a second sliding / pivoting position.
- a pivotable collecting container is described above.
- the components of the metering device are adapted to be rotated against each other exclusively in one direction of rotation, namely in a separating and dispensing direction.
- a ratchet web can be provided on an outer surface of the singling device, which engages in at least one latching element latching to the ratchet web on the catching device or on another component, such as the separating device.
- This locking element may also be designed in the form of a ratchet.
- the ratchet web and possibly the ratchet are formed by a corresponding shape of ratchet teeth to allow rotation in only one direction of rotation.
- This ratchet web and the at least one latching element can also be designed to allow a rotation of the separating device relative to the separating device in individual steps by those fixed angle amount, in which the separation and transfer of a single solid portion or a certain fixed number of solid portions in several the collecting container takes place.
- the angular distance of the ratchet teeth corresponds either to the angular distance between two consecutive chambers in the path of motion in the singling device or a multiple of this angular distance or a part of this angular distance.
- the separating device has a viewing window, so that the solid portions contained in the chambers, in particular the solids portions lifted out of the bed in the chambers, can be recognized from the outside.
- the entire outer jacket of the metering device or at least a substantial part thereof is made in a transparent material.
- the dosing device further comprises a device for adjustable limitation of the rotation of the separating device relative to the separating device, in order to be able to preset the number of solids portions to be dispensed.
- an adjustable ring is provided on the separating device, which is a stop for a at the separating device located stop element forms. The adjustable ring preferably engages at fixed positions that correspond to a preselected number of solid portions.
- the metering device is connected to the storage container for the solid portions. Furthermore, a tamper-evident closure is attached to the reservoir.
- the tamper-evident closure serves to ensure and make visible that the dispenser unit, ie the dosing device according to the invention and the storage container, have not been opened or used prematurely, ie before a first application by a user.
- the tamper-evident closure is for this purpose held in a form-fitting manner on the container and holds the dosing device in turn, for example by preventing the tamper-evident closure from being removed from the storage container, for example unscrewed from its dispensing nozzle.
- the tamper-evident closure can be formed, for example, in the form of a ring.
- the positive connection between the tamper-evident closure and the storage container can be formed, for example, by a protruding edge on the dispensing nozzle of the storage container and by upstanding first locking fingers on the tamper-evident closure.
- the tamper-evident closure is placed on the storage container so that it snaps behind the edge of the container neck.
- the tamper-evident closure furthermore has latching elements, for example inwardly standing second latching fingers, which cooperate in a form-locking manner with holding elements on the metering device according to the invention, for example on the singling device.
- These holding elements on the metering device can be formed for example by a ratchet rim.
- the metering device can be screwed onto the container until the second latching fingers engage in the ratchet rim.
- the metering device can no longer be removed from the storage container without damaging the tamper-evident closure.
- the tamper-evident closure also ensures that the metering device according to the invention can not be screwed too far onto the storage container so that the separating device or another internal component does not sever the sealing film when it is screwed on.
- FIG. 1 a perspective view of a provided for connection with the metering device according to the invention reservoir;
- Isometric views of the separation device of the metering device according to the invention in the first embodiment (A) in an oblique view on the front side; (B) in an oblique view of the Einschraubseite;
- Isometric views of the collecting device of the metering device according to the invention in the first embodiment (A) in an oblique view on the front side; (B) in an oblique view on the opposite side; isometric views of the sliding element of the metering device according to the invention in the first embodiment; (A) in an oblique view on the top; (B) in an oblique view on the underside;
- FIG. 1 isometric views of the separating wheel of the metering device according to the invention in the first variant of the second embodiment; (A) view from the side of the chambers; (B) view from the side of the ratchet track;
- FIG. 1 isometric views of a second half-shell element of the separating device of the metering device according to the invention in the second variant of the second embodiment; (A) view from obliquely left front; (B) oblique view from the right front;
- isometric views of a collection container in the second variant of the second embodiment (A) oblique view from the front right; (B) view from obliquely behind left in the section;
- FIG. 12 A schematic diagram for explaining the mode of operation of the metering device 100 according to the invention is shown in FIG. 12:
- the metering device 100 is tilted with a reservoir 700 attached thereto from the upright to a lying position (use position), so that the longitudinal axes L of the device and the container slightly tilted towards the horizontal (see, for example, Fig. 3B , 13A).
- the metering device according to the invention is deposited together with the reservoir, for example, with the support surface of a skirt 310 on the separating device 300 on a pad (Fig. 3B, first embodiment), or the user holds the metering device with one hand in the lying position (Fig. 13A second embodiment).
- the bulk material S of the solid portions F contained in the storage container enters the metering device, the bulk material filling the metering device in the longitudinal direction up to a level N. Due to the slight tilt, the solid portions preferably reach the chambers 230. There, the bulk accumulates. The same would apply in the event that the metering device for their use would not be connected to a reservoir. In this case, the solid portions would be distributed during tilting in the manner mentioned in the interior of the metering device.
- the separating device 200 and thus the chambers 230 formed therein are rotated in the direction of rotation D shown in FIG.
- the chambers are rotated on a circular trajectory B in a plane perpendicular (first embodiment) or in parallel (second embodiment) or in yet another orientation to a longitudinal axis L of the metering device 100.
- the chambers lying lower in the use position pass through the bulk of the solid portions and in each case take up one of these portions, since their size and shape are matched to the solids portions.
- the solid portion reaches a funnel-shaped widened transfer path 390, on which the solid portion can pass out of its now no longer closed chamber by falling out of its chamber, first in the funnel part 391 or on a ramp or the like and thereafter in the passage part 392 of the transfer path.
- the lead-through part leads from this point in the inner region of the separating device out of the inner region and thus directs the solids portion into a collecting container 440 (FIG. 3B or FIG. 13A).
- the separating device For each solid portion to be filled in the collecting container, the separating device must be turned one step further. The user can easily read the number of solid portions already in the collecting container by means of a dosing scale 450.
- the metering device 100 is designed as a hollow body, which may be open on one side, so that the device can be firmly coupled to a storage container 700, for example a tablet bottle (FIG. 3B or FIG. 13A).
- the storage container typically has a dispensing nozzle 710, by means of which the solid portions F, for example tablets and especially preferably mini tablets and microtablets or globules, can be dispensed from the container so that a user can take these portions (FIGS. 1, 2).
- the dispensing nozzle is generally provided with an external thread 720, which serves to unscrew a closure cap onto the dispensing nozzle (not shown).
- This thread can be used in the present case to connect the metering with the Aus thoroughlystutzen.
- the metering device is provided with an internal thread 210 which is complementary to the outer thread of the reservoir (FIG. 3B or FIG. 14).
- the metering device can either be available as a separate device from a user, so that the device as needed, ie when a new primary packaging (reservoir) is to be opened, unscrewed on the dispensing nozzle of the container.
- the metering device is supplied to the user together with the container, wherein the metering device is screwed with its one-sided open end, for example, already on the dispensing nozzle of the container.
- the metering device 100 has no open end but is closed on all sides and thus forms a storage space for the solid portions.
- the solid portions are, if necessary, transferred from the reservoir into the interior of the hollow body.
- Fig. 1 the essential components of the metering device 100 according to the invention are shown in a first embodiment in an exploded view.
- the dosing device is essentially formed by a separating device 200 and a separating device 300 with an anti-rotation device 350.
- it has a collecting device 400.
- a tamper-evident closure 500 is also provided.
- the separating device is slipped over the separating device.
- the collecting device connects frontally to the separating device.
- the anti-rotation device is formed by a locking element in the form of a sliding element 360, for example by a locking button, and a clamping element 370, for example a return spring.
- the tamper-evident seal is placed on the spout 710 of the storage container and held there in a form-fitting manner.
- a sealing film 600 is used to complete the discharge opening, so that the interior of the reservoir is protected.
- Fig. 3B shows the above-listed components of the metering device according to the invention in the mounted state.
- the catcher 400 is characterized by a frontal leg 410 and an axial
- Legs 420 are formed, which are integrally connected to each other at a right angle (Fig. 8A, 8B).
- the frontal leg is in the assembled state on the front side 1 10 of the metering device 100 at.
- the axial leg engages under the separating device 300 in the region of a bulging apron 310 and can thus abut the Au outside of the singulator 200.
- the separating device and the separating device are formed by partially rotationally symmetrical hollow bodies, which are inserted into one another. For this purpose, the separating device almost completely overlaps the separating device.
- the axial part 420 of the collecting device is equipped in its end region with an inwardly facing snap hook 430. When the said three components are mounted, the latter engages over a snap ring 220 on the outside of the singulator (FIGS. 3B, 5, 6A, 8B).
- the collecting device and the separating device are connected to each other, wherein the locking of the collecting device with the singling device because of the circumferential Verschnappungsringes a rotation of the singulator against the catcher allows.
- the separating device is held between the collecting device and the separating device.
- the separating device 200 has the screw thread 210 on the inside, specifically on the annular region remote from the end face 110 of the metering device 100, which serves to produce a screw connection with the screw thread 720 on the dispensing nozzle 710 of the reservoir 700 (FIGS. 3B, 5, 6A, 6B).
- the unit from the singulator, the separator and the catcher 400 can be screwed onto the dispensing nozzle of the reservoir.
- the isolation device is firmly connected to the reservoir. As a result, this unit is rotatable relative to the collecting device and the separating device.
- the separating device 200 is formed by a rotary body with a rotationally symmetrical jacket 240, which has recesses on the edge region for forming the chambers 230, which rest against the separating device 300 in the assembled state (FIGS. 3A, 6A). These recesses are recesses in an annular inner shoulder 235 on the inner circumference of the singulator. In the assembled state, an end inner surface 320 of the separating device lies flush against this shoulder (FIGS. 3B, 5), so that the recesses / depressions 230 are closed towards this side and open only in the radial direction to the interior of the separating device.
- the chambers 230 formed thereby are arranged along the inside of the separating device at equal distances from one another.
- 10 chambers are formed along the circumference, whose angular distance to a longitudinal axis L of the singling device is in each case 36 °.
- the chambers form oval cavities, so that they are adapted to the shape of the solid-state fractions F to be absorbed, for example of mini-tablets and microtablets or globules.
- they have a size sufficient to accommodate the mini- or micro-tablets or globules.
- the separating device 300 (FIGS. 7A, 7B) has a substantially pot-shaped design and accordingly has a partially rotationally symmetrical jacket 330 and a front-side cover 340.
- the separation device is slipped in the assembled state with its jacket over the singling device and then rests with the lid on the annular inner shoulder 235 of the singulator 200, in which the recesses for the chambers 230 are formed.
- the rotationally symmetric part of the jacket of the separator is through the outwardly projecting skirt 310 interrupted, which also forms part of the jacket.
- This apron serves on the one hand to receive the axial leg 420 of the catcher 400, so that it engages under the apron and can rest on the Au noxseite the separating device.
- the skirt also forms a bearing surface for depositing and supporting the metering device 100 on a firm base (confirming position).
- the support surface of the skirt is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis L of the metering device and indeed to the end face 1 10 out, so that the metering device is tilted lying on the front of this apron on the front.
- solid portions F can accumulate in a bed S in the frontal part of the metering device when the metering device with the apron is placed on the firm base. This is indicated in Fig. 3B schematically by the upper level N of the bed, which runs parallel to the support surface of the skirt.
- a part of the separating device 300 which is essential to the invention is a separating device projecting inwardly at right angles from the front wall 340 in the form of a partition wall 380, which in the installed state extends into the interior of the dosing device 100 (FIGS. 3B, 7B).
- This partition runs along a circular curved path immediately adjacent and parallel to the annular shoulder 235 of the singulator 200 in which the chambers 230 are located.
- the dividing wall extends only over a circle segment which begins (at the support of the separating device on the apron on the base, arrangement as in Fig. 3B, 7B) above the lowest point of the circular path of the chambers and ends below the uppermost point.
- the width of the partition is chosen so that it can completely cover the chambers.
- the dividing wall 380 merges into a transfer path 390 which continues from the dividing wall to the rotation axis in the clockwise direction (FIG. 7B) (funnel part 391) and then leads off in the axial direction through the end cover 340 of the separating device 300 (feedthrough part) 392, Fig. 3B, 7A, 7B).
- the part of the transfer path, which adjoins the dividing wall, may initially have a larger cross section for receiving the solid portions F than the adjoining one
- the axial portion 392 of the transfer path 390 opens into the metering tube 440 in the catcher 400 ( Figures 3B, 4, 5).
- the metering tube runs in an arrangement of the metering device according to the invention as shown in Fig. 3B, 4, 5, 7B (use position) slightly inclined to the vertical, so that the transferred into the transfer path solid portions F then fall into the lower part of the metering tube. So that the solid portions which have fallen into the dosing tube are held, this is closed at the bottom.
- FIGS. 4 5, 6 solid portions have fallen into the metering tube and are stacked one above the other there.
- the dosing scale 450 which is externally attached to the catcher, for example on or imprinted or imprinted, so that a user can see at a glance how many solid portions have already been dispensed (dosing amount).
- the metering tube is open at the top (outlet opening 445).
- the metering device can be reversed (discharge position), so that the solid portions contained in the metering tube fall out.
- the outlet opening is widened funnel-shaped to the outside.
- the end cap 340 of the severing device 300 further comprises a viewing window 342 which extends approximately along a circular path coaxial with the longitudinal axis L of the metering device 100 ( Figure 7A), wherein also the dividing wall 380 parallel to the viewing window and along by the rotation the separating device 200 generated path of movement B of the chambers 230 extends (Fig. 7B, 12), so that the solid portions F in the chambers can be visually followed from the outside.
- the viewing window is for this purpose formed of a transparent material.
- the axial part 420 of the catcher 400 engages behind the skirt 310 of the severing device 300 and locked by means of its snap hook 430 with the Verschnappungsring 220 of the singulator 200.
- the axial part lies in a recess of the rotationally symmetrical part 330 of the separator 300 and with its flanks of those of the rotationally symmetric part 330 and thus forms a supplement to this rotationally symmetrical shell (FIG. 3A).
- the axial part of the collecting device and thus the entire collecting device are rotationally connected to the separating device.
- the rotational position of the collecting device is accordingly also predetermined, while the separating device can be rotated relative to these two components.
- a corresponding arrow 335 (Fig. 4, 7A) attached (printed or on or imprinted).
- the separating device 200 further has on the outer side in the edge region an outer ratchet web 250, which faces the screw connection 210, 720 with the storage container 700 (FIG. 6A).
- the axial leg 420 of the collecting device 400 is end-side equipped with a locking element 460 on the inside in contrast (FIG. 8B).
- the ratchet web and the latching element are oriented in the same direction, i. their ratchet levels block each other. In the mounted state, the latching element engages in the ratchet path of the separating device and locks with it.
- the step length and thus the number of ratchet stages on the circumference of the singulation device are selected such that it corresponds to the angular distance between two adjacent chambers 230.
- the separating device is accordingly further rotated by an angular amount corresponding to the separation and output of a single solid portion F.
- the number of twisting steps indicates the number of solid portions that have entered the metering tube 440, making metering even easier to control.
- the anti-rotation device 350 is used.
- This is formed by the locking element in the form of a sliding element 360 (FIGS. 9A, 9B).
- the sliding element is arranged on the skirt 310 opposite the rotationally symmetrical jacket 330 of the separating device 300 (FIGS. 4, 5).
- the jacket has a recess 338 in the corresponding area (FIG. 7A).
- the sliding element engages under the lateral surface of the separating device laterally with guide flanks 362. In addition, it rests with one end on a recessed area 339 of the shell part (FIGS. 7A, 9A, 9B).
- the sliding element is biased by a clamping element, here a compression spring 370, which is guided on the underside of the sliding element between two downwardly extending ribs 365 and fixed in the axial direction on the separating device, so that it is pushed away from the end face 340 of the separating device ( Fig. 3B, 5, 9B).
- a clamping element here a compression spring 370
- a coil spring and a leaf spring can be used.
- Adjacent locking grooves like the chambers 230 and the steps of the ratchet track 250, are arranged at an angular distance of, for example, 36 ° to each other for the stepwise rotation of the separating device, so that, for example, 10 pairs of locking grooves are arranged regularly distributed in the edge.
- the rotation of the separating device can be controlledly blocked after the metering of a solid portion F, so that no further solid portion can be dispensed.
- the sliding element 360 projects beyond the outlet opening 445 of the metering tube 440 and, in this position, protects this and thus also the entire interior of the metering device 100 against penetrating contaminants.
- both a sealing film 600 and a tamper-evident closure 500 are to be attached, the latter indicating in the undamaged state that the storage container has not yet been prematurely opened or used. This also ensures that premature use does not happen ( Figures 10, 11).
- the sealing film 600 serves to form a vapor and oxygen barrier over the interior of the storage container 700 (FIG. 11). It seals the discharge opening 715 of the discharge nozzle 710 tightly.
- the sealing film may be a two-layered film, for example a polypropylene-backed polypropylene film. Such films are also used for the production of blisters in the pharmaceutical field as well as for the sealing of food packaging.
- the sealing film is hot rolled onto the discharge opening of the storage container, for example on the neck of a tablet bottle. In the present case, this film has a laterally protruding tab 610, at which the film can be pulled off the discharge opening.
- the tamper-evident closure 500 is in the form of a ring, which is slipped over an edge on the dispensing nozzle 710 of the reservoir 700 and then under this Edge (rotatable) snapped.
- the tamper-evident closure upwardly standing first latching fingers 510, which engage behind a rim 730 on Aus thoroughlystutzen.
- the tamper-evident closure has inwardly facing second latching fingers 520.
- the tamper-evident closure ensures that the metering device can not be screwed onto the dispensing nozzle of the reservoir so far that the inwardly-disposed dividing wall 380 is seated on the sealing film 600 on the ejection opening 715 and possibly damaged.
- the tamper-evident closure must therefore first be removed for initial use.
- the latter has a gripping area 530 and a predetermined breaking point 540 lying next to the gripping area.
- the tamper-evident closure By pulling hard on the grip area, the tamper-evident closure can be torn and then removed. This makes it possible to unscrew the metering device from the reservoir, deduct the sealing film and output after re-screwing the metering solid portions F from the reservoir individually.
- the separating device 200 For unscrewing the metering device 100 according to the invention to the dispensing nozzle 710 of the storage container 700, the separating device 200 has a circumferential knurling 280, which helps to grasp the metering device manually and to screw it firmly onto the storage container (FIGS. 6A, 6B).
- the singling device is further equipped on the inside in a region between the screw thread 210 and the ratchet collar 270 with snap lugs 290 (Fig. 6B), which engage when screwing onto the reservoir behind the locking cam 740 below the edge 730 at the dispensing nozzle (Fig. 2) ,
- FIGS. 13-21 show a first variant of a second embodiment of a metering device 100 according to the invention.
- this metering device is shown coupled to a reservoir 700.
- the metering device 100 according to the invention shown in FIG. 13 in this first variant of the second embodiment is shown in a use position for solid portions F, ie the metering device is arranged with its front end slightly inclined downwards.
- a central longitudinal plane extends parallel to the separating device 200 in the form of a wheel or ring and perpendicularly and along a longitudinal axis of the device.
- the metering device 100 has a transparent housing outer skin (sleeve) 150 (FIGS. 13A, 13B, 18A, 18B), which encloses further components, in particular the separating device 200, a separating device 300 and a collecting container 440, in its interior.
- the housing outer skin is for example made of a transparent plastic, so that the separation and separation of the solid portions F can be seen from the outside when the metering device is actuated.
- the housing outer skin is formed at its base, which abuts against a docked storage container 700, by a substantially cylindrically shaped hollow body. This hollow body extends at the opposite end to the reservoir on one side in a half-shell-shaped bow ( Figures 13B, 13B, 18A, 18B).
- the housing outer skin is formed inwardly inwardly (FIGS. 13A, 18A, 18B), so that the outer wall at this point partially forms a side wall 151 parallel to the vertical central longitudinal plane of the metering device.
- the housing outer skin is also pierced at the end opposite the storage container in an upper area along the vertical central longitudinal plane through a slot 152 through which the singling device passes (FIGS. 13A, 13B).
- a button 363 of a release button 360 can be actuated through (Fig. 13B).
- the separating device 200 (FIGS. 13A, 13B, 15A, 15B) is formed by a wheel or a ring in this second embodiment.
- the central longitudinal plane in which this wheel or this ring is located extends parallel to a longitudinal direction of the metering device 100 and is vertical in the use position for solid portions.
- the axis of rotation 205 of the separating device is thus arranged horizontally and indeed at a right angle to the longitudinal plane of the metering device.
- the separating device is provided on an au walked mass tread with a profiling 207 to make them easy to grasp manually and thus easily rotate.
- the wheel protrudes in the mounted state from the inside into the slot 152 in the housing skin Shen 150, so that it can be grasped by a user, for example with a finger while the user holds the metering device by hand.
- the separating wheel like the scroll wheel of a computer mouse, can be operated with one finger.
- the wheel has a circumferential shoulder 235, which forms a step-shaped transition from a rotational axis directed towards the circular surface 236 to one of the side surfaces of the wheel.
- this step-shaped shoulder for example, 12 round grooves 230 are equidistant, that is to say at equal angular intervals of, for example, 30 °.
- grooves therefore open to the inside and to the one side surface of the wheel.
- the grooves form in the assembled state of the separating device chambers 230 for each a solid portion, since they can each accommodate exactly one solid portion in terms of their size and shape.
- the wheel has on the inside on the side surface lying opposite the chambers at the same angular intervals substantially rectangular ridge regions 260 separated from one another by essentially rectangular notches 265, which serve to lock the separating device.
- Laterally in the rectangular web areas and indeed on the side facing away from the grooves are also ratchet-shaped flat pockets to prevent the rotation of the wheel in a direction opposite to the direction of separation. These pockets form a ratchet track 250.
- the separating device sits positively in the mounted state, but freely rotatable in a direction of rotation in a cavity in the housing outer skin.
- the chambers are closed sideways by the parallel side wall 151 of the shell outer skin 150 (Fig. 18A), so that they are open only to the inside of the separating wheel.
- the separating device 300 is formed by two sheath elements (FIGS. 16A, 16B: first sheath element 303, FIGS. 17A, 17B: second sheath element 304), which can be positively connected to one another. These two shells are firmly inserted in the housing outer skin 150 without any freedom of movement and together form the separating device. For example, the separating device can be inserted into the housing outer skin and held in this by frictional engagement.
- the second half-shell element 304 has a rear circular guide section 385 for the separating wheel 200.
- the first half-shell element 303 has a separating device in the form of a partition wall 380, which, like the rear guide track section, is formed with a circular end face and which, in the mounted state, runs a small distance from the circular surface 236 of the separating wheel (FIG. 20A).
- the partition is so wide that it covers the recesses 230 introduced into this circular surface in the separating wheel. This prevents them from getting into these grooves (chambers) absorbed solid portions F can fall out during the rotation of the wheel.
- the partition wall is arranged at the front end of the metering device 100, namely at the end remote from the reservoir 700. Both the dividing wall of the first half-shell element of the separating device and the guide-rail section of the second half-shell element of the separating device 300 each extend over approximately a semicircular area.
- the separating device 300 formed by the two half-shell elements 303, 304 has an internal thread 210 for screwing the separating device onto the external thread 720 on the dispensing nozzle 710 of a storage container 700 (FIG. 2).
- the semicircular dividing wall 380 merges into a ramp 391. This is just like the chambers 230 for the solid portions F final partition wall area in the plane of movement of the chambers.
- the collecting container 440 for the solid portions F is in this first variant of the second embodiment part of the separating device 300 and therefore formed integrally therewith.
- the collecting container is designed as an elongated channel, so that the solid portions are stacked one above the other in it (FIGS. 13A, 21A).
- Fig. 21 A 6 superimposed solid portions are visible.
- the channel is approximately at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the separating device, namely in a lying position of the metering device 100 down and slightly inclined at the lower end forwardly arranged. In the use position of the metering device 100, this is held slightly inclined forward, so that this channel is then aligned substantially vertically. As a result, the solids portions fall substantially vertically into the gutter.
- the channel is in the assembled state partially parallel to the vertical central longitudinal plane of the metering device le side wall 151 of the housing Au .haut 150 completed, so that the channel is designed as a catch tray. As a result, solid particles falling into the collecting chute can be kept stacked one above the other.
- the closing outer wall of the housing outer skin 150 is externally provided at the site with a Dosierskala 450 (Fig. 13A), against which the groove.
- the graduated scale of the metering scale indicates the level of the collecting channel 440 formed by the channel with solid portions F, so that the number of solid portions reached in the collecting slot can be detected at a glance.
- a desiccant for the solid portions F can be accommodated.
- the metering device 100 further has an unlocking button 360 which has both a locking element 365 for locking the rotation of the separating wheel 200 and the portion blocking device 368 for closing the collecting channel downwards (FIGS. 19A, 19B).
- the unlocking button extends externally over a portion of the second half-shell element 304 of the separating device 300 and is held pivotably by the latter.
- the second half-shell element has a pivot axis 355 (FIG. 17A) for holding the push-button on the outside, which can be latched into corresponding tongs 361 on the inside of the push-button so that the push-button can be pivoted about this axis (FIGS. 19B, 20A). 21 A).
- the button further comprises a control knob 363, which passes through a corresponding opening 153 in the housing outer skin 150 of the metering device, so that the button from the outside Shen operable (Fig. 13B).
- the probe is supported by a compression spring (not shown) against the outside of the second half-shell element 304 of the separating device 300.
- the button on the inside of a protruding spring holder 374 for the compression spring, which is supported against a suitably arranged and shaped holder 308 on the outside of the second shark shell element.
- the button is pressed in the unloaded position to the outside and can be pressed to actuate through the opening in the housing-Au Hzhaut inside.
- the push-button 360 at the lower edge of the pawl 365 in the form of a nose (Fig. 19B), in the unloaded position of the probe in one of the locking grooves 265 between the web portions 260 on the inside of the sembisrades engages and prevents the rotation of the wheel.
- Fig. 20B it is shown that the pawl lies close to the separating wheel and thus in one of the locking grooves. By pressing the button against the spring force, the pawl is pivoted out of the locking groove and unlocks this. This is shown in FIG.
- the unlocking button is pressed inwards (recognizable by the greater distance between the locking button and the housing outer skin 150), so that the locking pawl is pivoted further to the right and also upwards. This results in a larger distance between the pawl and the separating wheel.
- the unlocking button 360 has the portion barrier in the form of a locking finger 368 (FIGS. 19A, 19B).
- the locking finger closes the collecting chute 440 downwards in the unloaded state so that solid portions F contained therein can not fall out (FIG. 21 A).
- this finger is moved into the slot so that it closes it downwards.
- the pivoting movement of the finger is moved not only in the direction of finger extension but also slightly upwards.
- the finger strikes against the lower edge of the collecting duct and is slightly bent downwards.
- the lower position of the finger in the closed position is defined in this way by the lower edge of the collection tray.
- a latching element in the form of a ratchet finger 460, which is arranged in the mounted state in the amount of au 0.99 massen ratchet web 250 of the separating wheel 200.
- This ratchet finger presses against the ratchet profile and forces the singling wheel to rotate only in one direction D (FIG. 13A), namely from the nose of the ratchet. siervorides 100 seen exclusively in the direction of the upward-going front wheel part.
- a user takes the dosing device 100, for example, in the right hand and operates the control knob 363 on the right side of the device by pressing it against the spring force of the compression spring.
- the unlocking button 360 is actuated. This causes on the one hand, that the pawl 365 of the unlocking button is pivoted out of a groove 265 between the projections 260 on the inside of the separating wheel 200, so that the separating wheel is unlocked, and on the other hand that the locking finger 368 of the unlocking button under the lower open end of the collection chute 440 is pushed so that it is completed down.
- the separating wheel 200 Since the separating wheel 200 is now unlocked (operating position), it can be turned towards it by the user with his thumb in the direction of rotation D (FIG. 13A).
- the ratchet finger 460 grinds on the lateral ratchet profile 250 of the singling wheel and subdivides the rotation into angular steps which correspond to the angular spacing of the grooves 230 in the singling wheel. A rotation in the opposite direction is also prevented by this ratchet profile.
- solid portions F from the bed S are taken up in the grooves traversing this bed on the inner side of the separating wheel and are transported upwards and out of the bed with the separating wheel on a movement path B (FIG. 14).
- the path of movement of the chambers is the dividing wall 380 of the first half-shell element 303 of the separating device 300 as a separating device at a small distance from.
- the solid portions fall out of them and thereby inevitably reach the ramp 391 and from there into the feedthrough channel 392, which together form the transfer path 390 (FIG. 14). Since the feed-through channel opens directly into the collecting chute 440, the solid-state portions fall into it and pile up one above the other (FIG. 21 A).
- the scale of the dosing 450 shows immediately how many solid portions are already separated. The control of the number of isolated and separated solid portions is also made possible by the stepwise rotation of the separating wheel.
- the following description of the second variant of the second embodiment of the metering device 100 according to the invention is limited to the structural differences from the first variant.
- This second variant is suitable for operation for left and right-handers.
- the collecting device 400 of this variant in contrast to the first variant, is designed as a separate and pivotable component within the metering device 100 (FIGS. 25A, B).
- the collecting device is inserted into the housing outer skin 150, which for this purpose has an opening immediately behind the bow receiving the separating wheel 200 (FIGS. 22A, B). This aperture is in the form of a main body 480 of the catcher (semi-circular, Figures 25A, B).
- the collecting device contains a collecting shaft as a collecting container 440 and is not formed by a channel as part of the separating device 300, as in the case of the first variant (FIG. 25B).
- the collecting device has a main body 480 with the collecting container open at the top and one preferably on both sides externally applied metering 450 on. At the upper end of this main body is a laterally projecting tube (overflow tube) 470, which communicates with the receptacle and is also open to the freestanding end. As well as the collecting container, the overflow pipe has an inner width which is sufficient to allow a passage of solid portions F.
- the collecting device is preferably made of a transparent material, so that the solid portions contained therein are recognizable from the outside Shen.
- the collecting device 400 is rotatably inserted with the overflow pipe 470 in an opening in the separating device 300, so that it in the manner of an axis in the opening, the
- Swivel bearing for this axis forms is used.
- This opening is formed when mounting a first half-shell element 303 (FIGS. 23A, B) designated as an adapter and a second half-shell element 304 (FIG. 24A, B) of the separating device designated as a wheel mount through the notches designated 336.
- the catcher main body 480 passes through the severing device in the region of the wheel mount which is bounded forwardly by the divider (divider) 380 on the adapter and a rear end rib 337 on the wheel mount. In this way, the main body of the collecting device can be pivoted through the openings in the housing outer skin 150 and in the separating device (FIGS. 26, 27A).
- the free pivotability of the collecting device 400 is limited only by two in the upper region of the main body 480 of the catching device latching lugs 490, which extend into the interior of the dosing device 100 encompassed by the housing outer skin 150, since these are at the level of Flanks of the separating wheel 200 arranged and each one of these comes to rest on a corresponding edge of the wheel during pivoting of the collecting device.
- locking means are provided which can latch the collecting device in a central pivoting position, a left-hand lateral pivoting position or a right-hand lateral pivoting position.
- the separating wheel 200 has recesses 255 on both flanks 237, of which in each case one is located centrally between two adjacent flutes 230 which form the chambers (FIGS. 29A, B).
- the respective locking lug 490 engages when the collecting device 400 is located in one of the two lateral pivot positions and thus blocks the rotation of the separating wheel.
- the severing device 300 is formed by the first half-shell element 303 and the second half-shell element 304, the side visible in FIG. 23B being mounted adjacent the side visible in FIG. 24B, so that the ribs 337 form a continuous, forward-facing surface , Between the two Haibschaleniden the separating wheel 200 is freely rotatably inserted. The separating wheel is guided by means of the separating device 380 of the second half-shell element and of the guideway section 385 of the first half-shell element.
- FIG. 28A which is part of the second sheath element 304 of the separation device 400.
- the locking lugs 490 of the catching device do not block the rotation of the separating wheel 200, since they are spaced apart in this position from the flanks of the separating wheel (FIG. 28B).
- the catcher in the left or right side pivot position of the catch tray is open at the bottom (Fig. 26, 27A).
- the housing outer skin 150 extends below the collecting means located in these positions, it has an outlet opening 155 at the location of the outlet opening 445 of the collecting well both to the left and to the right, through which the solid portions F leave the collecting chute to the outside can be issued.
- this can be held either with the right or with the left hand, the person holding the metering device substantially in a horizontal orientation (use position) and one of the fingers, for example, the index finger, on the äu ßeren profiling 207 of the slot 152 in the housing outer skin 150 outwardly projecting separating wheel 200 is located and this can rotate when the catcher 400 is in the middle (not locked) pivoting position.
- solid portions F are conveyed into the catch tray 440 (Figs. 22A, B, 28A).
- the second variant of this embodiment of the dosing device 100 according to the invention has an embodiment of the separating wheel 200 which ensures a very gentle treatment of the solid portions F.
- the separating wheel 200 By providing inclined ramps 234 between adjacent recesses (chambers) 230, 230 ', 230 "on the inside of the separating wheel, it is largely prevented that two solid portions get caught in the region of the chambers if there is a risk that both solid body portions in The solid portions are held on these running surfaces by means of laterally arranged on the separating wheel wall portions of the housing outer skin 150, and partially below the opening in the housing- humidityhaut outer skin for receiving the catcher 400 such that a channel for the solid portions, the bottom of which is defined by the treads, is formed between these wall portions
- the treads each extend from a high level Ni above a chamber bottom 232 of a respective first comb he 230 to a low level N 2 above a chamber sole 232 'of a second chamber 230' adjacent to the first chamber in
- a running surface 234 for the solid portions F located between two adjacent grooves of a first chamber 230 and a second chamber 230 'on the inside of the separating wheel has a secant Sk connecting to these two adjacent grooves (relative to a circle center of the separating wheel). an angle ⁇ > 0 °.
- the groove of the second chamber 230 'located in the rotational direction D is partially cut by this running surface, so that an additional solid portion beyond that already located in the groove of the second chamber Festellesportion is pushed away without that they can jam on the wiper edge of the groove.
- the truncated groove again has a complete depth Ni - N 0 at the side in the direction of rotation.
- the same principle is also realized in the embodiment of the separating wheel 200 for the second variant of the second embodiment of the metering device 100 according to the invention (FIGS. 29A, B).
- the grooves 230 are inserted into a central web 238 on the inside of the separating wheel.
- the treads 234 for the solid portions F connecting these grooves also extend in this case at an angle ⁇ > 0 ° with respect to secants connecting two adjacent grooves.
- This embodiment of the inside of the separating wheel 200 with inclined running surfaces 234 can also be used in other embodiments of the metering device 100 according to the invention, for example in the first embodiment.
- the components of the embodiments described above may preferably be made of a plastic, very particularly preferably of an opaque material (except for the viewing window or the housing outer skin or the collecting device).
- a plastic very particularly preferably of an opaque material (except for the viewing window or the housing outer skin or the collecting device).
- metal for example for the clamping element 370, or a ceramic material can also be selected.
- the clamping element can also be made of plastic.
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