Classifications

• • 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
• • 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
  • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
  • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
• • 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
  • B65D83/049—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 forming a part of a removable closure, e.g. gripping teeth, cavity
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D2215/00—Child-proof means
  • B65D2215/04—Child-proof means requiring the combination of different actions in succession

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a device for delivering a tablet, and an assembly comprising a container having a neck on which such a device is assembled.
• the invention is particularly applicable to product pellets that are undesirable to touch, either because it may adversely affect the properties of the product, or because it would be harmful to the skin.
• the invention applies to the dispensing of any type of pellets, that is to say solid objects that may or may not have a cylindrical shape, such as cleaning tablet, pharmaceutical tablet , candy, dragee of chewing gum, etc.
• Such a known device may be in the form of a plug having a fixed portion mounted on the neck of the container and a movable portion mounted on the fixed part, between an open position and a closed position.
• the fixed and movable parts each have an opening for passing pellets: in the closed position, the openings do not allow the passage of pellets, while in the open position, the pellets can pass through the openings to exit the container.
• the invention aims to overcome the disadvantages mentioned above.
• the invention relates to a device for delivering a tablet, the device having an axis and comprising:
• a base intended to be assembled to a container neck and having an orifice designed to allow the passage of a pellet contained in the container;
• a cap mounted movably relative to the base between an open position and a closed position, and having a window adapted to allow the passage of a pellet in the open position;
• the base comprises a skirt provided with means of assembly to the neck of the container and a transverse wall in which the orifice is formed.
• the cap is mounted on and around the base, substantially coaxially with the base, the cap having a transverse wall and a skirt in which is formed the window, the window being arranged on a part of the height of the skirt.
• the skirt of the base has, on its outer face, first guide means, and the skirt of the cap has, on its inner face, second guide means, the first and second guide means being arranged to cooperate so that the cap can be moved relative to the base between:
• the cap and the base defining between them an intermediate chamber into which a pellet contained in the container can enter, via the orifice. from the base, then out, through the window of the cap.
• a user acts on the cap to move it relative to the base and thus move the device from the closed position to the open position.
• the transverse faces of the base and the cap are substantially adjacent is meant that these faces are very close to each other, for example axially spaced apart by 1 mm or less.
• the orifice and the window being substantially closed means that there is not enough space for the passage of a pellet.
• the device is not waterproof, this is not necessary because the container does not contain liquid or pasty product or powder but solid pellets.
• a user can return the container, the shutter then being down. By gravity, a pellet can pass through the orifice of the base to the intermediate chamber temporarily created between the base and the cap. This pellet remains in the intermediate chamber until the user has tilted the container to pass the pellet through the window provided in the side skirt.
• the user can return the container with the device in the closed position, and only after moving the cap to the open position.
• the invention also makes it possible to better control the distribution of the pellets one by one, avoiding jamming and the distribution of too many pellets.
• the first and second guide means are designed so that the displacement of the cap relative to the base, between the closed and open positions, is done in a translation and a rotation.
• the amplitude of the rotation between the closed and open positions can be about a quarter turn.
• the first and second guide means may comprise at least one projection and the other a groove in which the projection is housed and is able to be moved.
• the projection may extend towards the skirt of the other element (base or cap), while the groove is open towards the skirt of the other element (cap or base).
• the projection is formed on the cap and the groove on the base.
• the device may comprise two distinct grooves and two projections, each of the projections being accommodated and able to be moved in a dedicated groove.
• the grooves do not communicate with each other, and a projection remains in a groove, the other projection remaining in the other groove, during movement of the cap relative to the base between the closed and open positions.
• the projections may be angularly offset by an angle between 90 and 175 °, for example of the order of 170 °.
• the two grooves are angularly offset in the same way. Thus, there is only one way to be able to move the cap to the open position.
• the or each groove comprises:
• the second part which has first and second ends, the second part communicating, at its first end, with the first part, so that the projection can pass from the first part to the second part and vice versa, the second part extending obliquely with respect to the first part, in the direction of the transverse wall of the base - or the cap - and in the direction of the opening movement of the device.
• the second part can be oriented so that the opening of the cap is done by a rotation in the usual unscrewing direction.
• the first portion of the groove extends on either side of the first end of the second portion of the groove.
• the projection if it does not pass in the second part, can continue its circular path in the first part. Such a movement does not open the device, while giving the impression that it will allow this opening. This provision is a safety measure to prevent a child from opening the device.
• the device may comprise means creating resistance to movement of the cap relative to the base when the projection is in the vicinity of the first end of the second portion of the groove.
• These means are for example arranged so that this resistance is felt when the projection is in the first part of the groove, or possibly when it has already moved a little in the second part of the groove in the direction of the opening of the device.
• Such resistance requires additional effort to continue the opening movement of the device.
• This can be achieved by reducing the transverse dimension of the groove, that is to say of the passage section for the projection, by a bead protruding radially from the bottom of the groove, by one or more pins arranged on a side face of the throat, etc.
• these means constitute a safety for children who can not provide this extra effort, or are discouraged to move the cap in this way because of the resistance encountered.
• these means are dimensioned so that this extra effort can easily be provided by an adult.
• the base has, on the outer face of its skirt, a visual indication which is located in correspondence with the window of the cap when the projection is located in the first part of the groove in the vicinity of the first end of the second part of the throat.
• This visual indication may typically indicate to the user that he must start pulling the cap, and not only turning it.
• an adult may be encouraged to move the projection in the second part of the throat and thus guided to successfully open the device.
• the visual indication is not understandable by a child: it can thus be words rather than drawings.
• the orifice is off-center with respect to the axis of the device, and the cap and the base are arranged relative to each other so that, in the open position, the orifice of the 'base:
• - And is located on the side of the skirt area of the cap opposite the window.
• the base and the cap may comprise one a pin and the other a hole, the pin being received in the hole before the first opening of the device, and the pin being intended to be broken during the first opening of the device.
• the picot thus forms a witness of inviolability.
• the window is thus dimensioned in height to be fully released when the device is in the open position.
• a higher window would not offer more passage size and could affect the rigidity of the cap.
• the projections are formed on the cap, and the window is disposed substantially symmetrically - circumferentially - between the two projections.
• the cap may comprise at least one rib projecting from its underside, said rib being intended to rest on an annular flange of the base, in the closed position.
• the device may further comprise locking means of the cap in the open position.
• locking means may for example be formed on the first or the second guide means. They may consist of an extra thickness such as a radial bead protruding from the bottom of the groove, to reduce the passage section for the projection.
• a wall of the base comprises a cutout forming a flexible tab, from which protrudes, in the direction of the cap, a locking member, and the cap has a hole designed so that, in the closed position, the locking member is housed in said hole of the cap and thus prevents movement of the cap to the open position.
• the tab may be elastically deformed following a pressing on the locking member, towards the inside of the base, in order to disengage the locking member from the hole of the cap, thus allowing the displacement of the cap to the open position.
• the container typically contains substantially identical pellets, which have a first projection shape in a first plane and a second projection shape in a second plane orthogonal to the first plane.
• substantially identical pellets which have a first projection shape in a first plane and a second projection shape in a second plane orthogonal to the first plane.
• the orifice of the base has a shape substantially similar to that of the first form of the pellet and of dimensions slightly greater than those of said first form;
• the window of the cap has a shape similar to that of the second form of the tablet and of dimensions slightly greater than those of said second form.
• the first form of the pellet - in projection in a first plane - is a circle, and the second form of the pellet - in projection in a second plane - is a rectangle;
• the orifice of the base has a substantially circular shape of diameter slightly greater than the diameter of a pellet
• the window of the cap has a height - that is to say a dimension along the axis of the device - slightly greater than the height of a pellet and a width slightly greater than the diameter of a pellet.
• Figure 1 is a partial exploded perspective view of a container and a device for delivering a tablet, according to one embodiment of the invention
• Figures 2 to 4 show the base of the device in perspective, in different orientations
• Figure 5 is a developed plan view of the skirt of the base
• Figures 6 and 7 show the cap of the device in perspective, in different orientations
• Figure 8 is an expanded plan view of the skirt of the cap
• Figures 9 and 10 are views of the device in the closed position, respectively in perspective and in axial section;
• Figure 11 shows the device in perspective at the end of a first phase of the movement to the open position;
• Figures 12 and 13 show the device during a second phase of the movement to the open position, respectively in perspective and in axial section;
• Figures 14 and 15 are perspective views, in different orientations, of the device in the open position
• Figures 16 and 17 are views in axial section of the device in the open position, showing the distribution mode of the pellets
• Figure 18 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the cap
• Figures 19 to 21 are perspective views of another embodiment of the invention, respectively showing a base, a cap, and a device comprising the cap mounted on this base, the cap being in the closed position;
• FIGS. 22 to 24 are sectional views of the device of FIG. 21, respectively in the closed position, during a first phase of the opening movement of the cap, and during a second phase of the opening movement of FIG. The hairdo ;
• Figures 25 and 26 are perspective views of another alternative embodiment of the invention, showing a base
• Figures 27 and 28 are views of a device comprising a cap mounted on the base of Figures 25 and 26, the cap being in the closed position, respectively in perspective and in section.
• FIG. 1 represents an assembly 1 comprising a container 2 and a device 10 for delivering pellets 3, the device 10 comprising a base 11 and a cap 12.
• the container 2 which contains the pellets 3, has an axis 4 and has a body 5 having a bottom (not shown) and a neck 6 defining a substantially circular opening 7.
• the neck 6 is provided on its outer face with notches 8 and a thread 9 located closer to the opening 7 of the container than the notches 8.
• the device 10 is intended to be mounted on the neck 6. It has an axis 13 which, in the mounted position, is substantially coincident with the axis 4 of the container 2, and which is also the axis of the base 11 and the cap 12.
• the terms “axial” and “height” will be used with reference to the direction of the axes 4, 13; the term “radial” corresponds to a direction orthogonal to the axes 4, 13.
• the assembly 1 and the device 10 are described in the position they occupy in FIG. 1, that is to say with the axes 4, 13 substantially vertical and the opening 7 of the container facing upwards. It is in relation to this orientation that the terms “high”, “low”, “superior” and “inferior” will be used. However, it is understood that the assembly 1 can be oriented differently in space, in particular for dispensing a tablet, as illustrated in FIG. 16.
• the device 10 is specially designed to deliver pellets 3 substantially identical, of cylindrical shape.
• a chip 3 has a diameter D3 and a height H3. It may in particular be pellets of bleach intended to be dissolved in water.
• the pellets could have other forms, and / or other compositions (it could be drugs, confectionery, etc.).
• the base 11 has a transverse wall 15 and a skirt 16 provided with assembly means at the neck 6 of the container 2.
• these assembly means are designed so that the assembly of the base 11 to the neck 6 is irremovable.
• these assembly means comprise on the one hand an internal thread 17 intended to cooperate with the thread 9 of the neck 6, and on the other hand tongues 18 inclined intended to cooperate with the notches 8 of the neck 6.
• the mounting of the base 11 on the neck 6 is effected by rotation of the base 11 in a first direction, this being possible because the tongues 18 slide on inclined faces of the notches 8.
• the rotation of the base 11 in the other direction, in order to disassemble the base 11 is not possible, the tongues 18 abutting against the straight faces of the notches 8.
• an orifice 20 designed to allow the passage of a pellet 3 contained in the container 2.
• the orifice 20 may present a substantially circular shape of diameter D20 slightly greater than the diameter D3 of a pellet 3.
• the orifice 20 is off-center with respect to the axis 13 of the device 11, that is to say that the axis 21 of the orifice 20 is not coincident with the axis 13 of the device 11 (see FIGS. 3 and 4). However, here the axis 13 of the device 11 passes through the orifice 20.
• the skirt 16 of the base 11 comprises, at its lower part, an annular flange 22 having a L-shaped cross-section.
• the annular flange 22 thus forms a transverse wall 23 (that is to say orthogonal to the wall).
• axis 13) extended downwards by a peripheral wall 24. In the embodiment shown, it is on the inner face of the peripheral wall 24 that the tabs 18 are arranged.
• the skirt 16 further comprises, on its outer face, first guide means, in the form of two distinct grooves 25, namely a first groove 25a and a second groove 25b, which are here substantially identical.
• the grooves 25 do not pass through the thickness of the skirt 16, so as not to weaken the structure of the base 11 and secondly to not constitute a passage communicating the interior and the 2.
• Each groove 25 has a bottom 26 and two side walls 27 facing each other.
• Each groove 25 comprises a first portion 31 in the form of a circular arc centered on the axis 13 of the base 11, and located in the lower part of the skirt 16, for example in the vicinity of the transverse wall 23 of the annular flange 22.
• the first portion 31 extends between a first end 33 and a second end 34, for example at an angle ⁇ 1 of the order of 140 to 150 °.
• each groove 25 has a second portion 32, which has a first end 35 and a second end 36.
• the second portion 32 of the groove 25 communicates with the first portion 31 of the groove 25 at its first end 35.
• This first end 35 of the second portion 32 is located between the ends 33, 34 of the first portion 31.
• the first portion 31 of the groove 25 extends on either side of the first end. 35 of the second part 32.
• first end 35 of the second portion 32 may be angularly offset from the first end 33 of the first portion 31 of the groove 25 by an angle a2, for example of the order of 90 to 110 °.
• the second portion 32 of the groove 25 extends obliquely with respect to the first portion 31, in the direction of the transverse wall 15 of the base 11 and the second end 34 of the first portion 31, which corresponds to the direction of the opening movement of the device 10.
• the second end 36 of the second portion 32 of the groove 25 is for example substantially aligned, in the axial direction, with the second end 34 of the first portion 31.
• the second portion 32 of the groove 25 may be substantially rectilinear (in developed plan view).
• Each groove 25 further comprises, in the second portion 32, two radial beads projecting from the bottom 26 of the groove 25 and extending in a plane orthogonal to the axis 13 of a side wall 27 to the other.
• Each groove 25 thus comprises a first bead 41 located in the vicinity of the first end 35, and a second bead 42 located in the vicinity of the second end 36. The role of these beads will be explained later.
• the two grooves 25 are here substantially identical. However, they are not arranged symmetrically at the periphery of the skirt 16 of the base 11. Thus, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the angle ⁇ between the second end 34 of the first groove 25a and the first end 33 of the second groove 25b is different from the angle ⁇ 2 between the second end 34 of the second groove 25b and the first end 33 of the first groove 25a.
• the angle ⁇ may be of the order of 25 to 30 °, while the angle ⁇ 2 may be of the order of 45 to 50 °.
• the base 11 has a visual indication 43 on the outer face of the skirt 16.
• the visual indication 43 is located for example in the vicinity of the second end 36 of the second portion 32 of the first groove 25a ( Figure 8 ).
• a substantially axial hole 44 may be formed in the transverse wall 23 of the annular collar 22 of the base 11. The function of this hole will be specified later.
• the cap 12 comprises a transverse wall 50 and a skirt 51, preferably devoid of internal thread.
• the diameter and the height of the cap 12 are slightly greater than those of the base 11, so that the cap 12 can be mounted on and around the base 11, substantially coaxially with the base 11.
• the skirt 51 of the cap 12 has a window 52 designed to allow the passage of a pellet 3 contained in the container 2.
• the window 52 may have a height H52 slightly greater than the height H3 of a pellet 3 and a width L52 slightly greater than the diameter D3 of a pellet 3.
• the window 52 has on the one hand an upper edge 53 which, in the embodiment shown, is located substantially in the plane of the lower face of the transverse wall 50 of the cap 12 and, on the other hand, a lower edge 54.
• the window 52 extends only over part of the height of the skirt 51 and not all of it. As illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6, the window 52 has a plane of symmetry P passing through the axis 13 of the device 10.
• the cap 12 also has a peripheral flange 55 protruding from the outer face of the skirt 51, at the free end of the skirt 51. This peripheral flange 55 can make it possible to increase the rigidity of the cap 12.
• ribs 56 From the lower face of the peripheral flange 55 can project one or more ribs 56, here three ribs 56 in a circular arc regularly spaced angularly, and a substantially axial pin 57.
• the skirt 51 further comprises, on its inner face, second guide means, in the form of two distinct projections 58, namely a first projection 58a and a second projection 58b, which are here substantially identical.
• the projections 58 are intended to cooperate with the grooves 25 formed on the base 11. More specifically, each of the projections 58a, 58b is housed and adapted to be moved in a dedicated groove, respectively 25a and 25b.
• each projection 58 thus has a shape adapted to the groove 25.
• each projection 58 has a parallelepiped shape whose dimensions are adapted to those of the groove to obtain a satisfactory cooperation and guidance.
• the projections 58 are arranged near the lower edge of the skirt 50. They are angularly offset by an angle ⁇ between 90 and 175 °, for example of the order of 170 °.
• the window 52 can be arranged substantially symmetrically - circumferentially - between the two projections 58.
• the cap 12 is mounted movably relative to the base 11 between a closed position and an open position.
• a user must act on the cap, according to a combination of translation and rotation, as will be described later.
• the projections 58 move in the grooves 25 being guided in them, and the cap 12 can move relative to the base 11 between:
• the transverse wall 50 may include a visual cue 59 to indicate to the user that the cap 12 is in the open position, and that the device 10 is ready to deliver a pellet 3.
• a visual cue 59 to indicate to the user that the cap 12 is in the open position, and that the device 10 is ready to deliver a pellet 3.
• the cap 12 is made of a transparent material showing the orifice 20 of the base 11, while the visual cue 59 is opaque.
• the various components of the device 10 can be arranged so that the visual cue 59 is placed in correspondence - axially - with the orifice 20 when the device 10 is open.
• the visual cue 59 is circular.
• Figures 9 and 10 show the device 10 in the closed position.
• the transverse faces 15, 50 of the base 11 and the cap 12 are substantially adjacent.
• the support of the cap 12 on the base 11 is between the ribs 56 of the cap 12 and the transverse wall 23 of the annular collar 22 of the base 11. This, combined with an appropriate dimensioning of the height skirts 16, 51 of the base 11 and the cap 12, avoids that, in the closed position, the transverse faces 15, 50 are supported on one another. Indeed, there would be a risk that particles that could become detached pellets 3 create scratches on one and / or the other of these transverse faces 15, 50 during the displacement of the cap 12 relative to the base 11.
• the orifice 20 is closed off by the transverse wall 50 of the cap 12, in the sense that it does not allow the passage of a pellet 3.
• the window 52 is also closed, since it is in with respect to the skirt 16 of the base 11.
• the visual cue 59 of the cap is shifted transversely relative to the orifice 20.
• the pin 57 of the cap 12 is received in the hole 44 of the base 11.
• each of the projections 58 is located near or in abutment with the first end 33 of the first portion 31 of the corresponding groove 25.
• the transverse face 50 of the cap 51 comprises a visual indication (not shown), for example a pictogram, indicating the movements to be made by the operator for the opening of the device 10.
• the user rotates the cap 12 about the axis 13. At the first opening of the device 10, this rotation leads to the breaking of the pin 57. The resulting noise constitutes an auditory witness because the container 2 has never been opened.
• the rotational movement of the cap 12 relative to the base 11 is guided by the projections 58 which are displaced in the first portion 31 of the grooves 25.
• the angular offset of the projections 58 between them and the angular offset of the grooves 25 between them are provided so that, at any time during the opening or closing of the device 10, the location of the first projection 58a in the first groove 25a is substantially identical to the location of the second projection 58b in the second groove 25b.
• the visual indication 43 formed on the base 11 is in correspondence with the window 52 of the cap 12. This position is illustrated in Figure 11.
• the visual cue 59 of the cap is always offset transversely relative to the orifice 20.
• the user To obtain the opening of the device 10 from the position shown in Figure 11, the user must pass the projections 58 in the second portion 32 of the grooves 25, printing the cap 12 a type of movement "unscrewing” involving both rotation and pulling of the cap 12 upwards.
• the user is assisted in this by the visual indication 43 which is now apparent, through the window 52.
• This visual indication 43 is preferably understandable only by adults, the device 10 is designed to prevent opening by a child , which would be limited to rotate the cap 12 about the axis 13.
• FIGS. 12 and 13 illustrate the device 10 being opened, once the projections 58 have passed the first bead 41 and continue to move in the second portion 32 of the grooves 25, as the user "Unscrews" the cap 12.
• the beads 42 prevent inadvertent movement of the projections 48 downwards, thereby forming locking means of the cap 12 in the open position.
• the device 10 In the open position, the device 10 has the following characteristics.
• the transverse walls 15, 50 are spaced from each other by a distance d substantially equal to or greater than the height H52 of the window 52 and greater than the height H3 of a pellet 3 (see FIG. 16).
• the lower edge 54 of the window 52 is for example located substantially in the plane of the upper face of the transverse wall 15 of the base 11.
• the window 52 is free and allows the passage of a pellet 3.
• the cap 12 and the base 11 define between them an intermediate chamber 60 in which a pellet 3 contained in the container 2 can enter, via the orifice 20 of the base 11, and exit, via the window 52 of the headdress 12.
• the visual cue 59 of the cap is placed in correspondence - axially - with the orifice 20.
• cap 12 and the base 11 are arranged relative to each other so that, in the open position, the orifice 20 of the base 11:
• a pellet 3 can be delivered.
• the user returns the container 2 provided with the device 10. Note that the opening movement of the device 10 can be performed in the illustrated position in FIG. 1, the container 2 being subsequently reversed, or directly in the inverted position illustrated in FIG.
• a pellet 3, and preferably a single pellet 3, can pass through the orifice 20 and fall flat on the transverse wall 50 of the cap 12.
• the user can tilt the container 2 to orient the window 52 down.
• a pellet 3 can then slide on the transverse wall 50 of the cap 12 to the window 52, to be delivered. Due to the aforementioned relative disposition of the orifice 20 of the base 11 and the window 52 of the cap 12, the pellet 3, once it has fallen on the transverse wall 50 of the cap 12, is located in the axis of the window 52, which facilitates its exit by avoiding jamming.
• the closure of the device 10 is carried out according to the reverse movement: in a first step, the cap 12 is moved relative to the base 12 in a screw-type movement, the projections 58 moving in the second portion 32 of the grooves 25 Then the protrusions 58 pass into the first portion 31 of the grooves 25, to the first end 33, the cap 12 then undergoes only a rotational movement about the axis 13 relative to the base 12.
• the cap 51 is identical to that previously described, but is provided with a different tamper evidence.
• This inviolability indicator here comprises an element 61 arranged in the window 52 and connected to at least two edges thereof by bridges 62 frangible. Before the first opening, the bridges 62 are intact and the element is arranged so as to at least partially close the window 52, to prevent the release of a chip 3. Before removing the first chip 3, a user must remove the element 61 by breaking the bridges 62.
• the element 61 does not occupy the entire window 52, so that there remains a space in which a user can place his fingers to enter the element 61.
• the element 61 is a disc connected by a bridge 62 to the upper edge 53 and a bridge 62 to the lower edge 64.
• a bridge 62 to the upper edge 53 and a bridge 62 to the lower edge 64.
• other embodiments are possible.
• the base 11 and the cap 12 are substantially identical to those previously described, with the differences described below.
• the base 11 comprises, in its transverse wall 15, a cutout 70 which forms a tab 71.
• the cutout substantially forms a U, the tab 71 being of oblong shape with one end. rounded.
• the tab 71 is part of the transverse wall 15 and can be located, at rest, substantially in the plane thereof, as can be seen in particular in FIG. 22.
• a locking member 72 which is here in the form of a button in the form of a flat cylinder.
• the locking member 72 is preferably located at the free end of the tab 71.
• cap 12 illustrated in Figure 20, it comprises a hole 73 in which is engaged the locking member 72 when the cap 12 is in the closed position, as shown in Figure 21.
• the locking member 72 may substantially be flush with the upper face of the transverse wall 50 of the cap 12.
• the hole 73 is designed so that the blocking member 72 prevents the cap 12 from moving to the open position as long as it is housed in the hole 73.
• the hole 73 can be provided with a shape substantially identical to that of the blocking member 72 and slightly larger dimensions.
• the tab 71 is flexible: thus, a pressure exerted on the tab 71 towards the inside of the base 11, via the locking member 72, leads to a deformation of the tab 71, typically a bending, as seen in Figure 23. By pressing the locking member 72, a user can thus release the locking member 72 out of the hole 73 of the cap 12. The rotational movement of the cap 12 relative to the base 11 is then no longer impeded, and the device 10 can be opened.
• the deformation of the tab 71 is elastic.
• the locking member 72 is no longer opposite the hole 73 and, in the absence of support from the user, the tab 71 tends to return to its rest position.
• the locking member 72 is then in abutment against the lower face of the transverse wall 50 of the cap 12, which does not hinder the continuation of the movement.
• the fact that the tab 71 can return to its rest position by elasticity ensures the maintenance of the safety function vis-à-vis the children every time the device 10 is closed.
• each groove 25 is such that the first end 35 of the second part 32 is located substantially at the second end 34 of the first part 31.
• the first part 31 of each groove 25 does not extend beyond the first end 35 of the second part 32, as is the case for the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 17. Indeed, the safety function to prevent a child from opening the device 10 is reported on the locking member 72.
• This device 10 is similar to that shown in FIGS. 19 to 24, with the exception of positioning the tab 71 and the hole 73.
• the tab 71 carrying the locking member 72 is formed in the skirt 16 of the base, as shown in Figure 25.
• the internal thread 17 of the base 11 is interrupted at least at the tab 71 (see Figure 26).
• the thread 17 may be formed of three portions angularly spaced apart from each other, this not impeding the establishment of the base 11 on the neck 6 of the container 2.
• the hole 73 for receiving the locking member 72 in the closed position of the device 10 is formed in the skirt 51 of the cap 12.
• the locking member 72 engages in the hole 73, prevents the rotation of the cap 12 to its open position ( Figures 27 and 28). Pressing on the locking member 72, inwardly, leads to the elastic deformation of the tab 71 and thus the disengagement of the locking member 72 from the hole 73, thus allowing the device 10 to be opened.
• the invention provides a decisive improvement to the prior art, providing a device that allows to deliver one by one pellets, with the risk of jamming and accidentally dropping significantly reduced.

Landscapes

• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
• Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
• Closures For Containers (AREA)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Publications (1)

Family

ID=51260992

Family Applications (1)

Country Status (4)

Families Citing this family (7)

Family Cites Families (11)

• 2014
  • 2014-03-26 FR FR1452576A patent/FR3019153A1/fr not_active Withdrawn
  • 2014-06-24 FR FR1455843A patent/FR3019154B1/fr active Active
• 2015
  • 2015-03-19 EP EP15725699.1A patent/EP3122655A1/de not_active Withdrawn
  • 2015-03-19 WO PCT/FR2015/050684 patent/WO2015145033A1/fr active Application Filing
  • 2015-03-19 US US15/129,344 patent/US20170107045A1/en not_active Abandoned

Non-Patent Citations (2)

Also Published As

Similar Documents

Legal Events