EP3131520A1

EP3131520A1 - Device for storing and providing at least one oral nursing element

Info

Publication number: EP3131520A1
Application number: EP15717140.6A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Peter Sebastian Stahl
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: STAHL, PETER SEBASTIAN
Priority date: 2014-04-14
Filing date: 2015-04-10
Publication date: 2017-02-22
Anticipated expiration: 2035-04-10
Also published as: DE102014118765A1; EP3131520B1; US10314768B2; CA2945607A1; WO2015158630A1; US20170027821A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for storing and providing at least one oral nursing element (10) for an infant and/or a small child, comprising a storage unit (12) for storing the oral nursing element (10), a filling unit (14) for filling the storage unit (12) with the at least one oral nursing element (10), and a dispensing unit (16) for removing the at least one oral nursing element (10) from the storage unit (12). The invention also relates to at least one device with a conveying device (18) for conveying the at least one oral nursing element (10) from the filling unit (14) to the dispensing unit (16).

Description

Device for storing and providing at least one oral need-care element

PRIOR ART The invention relates to a device according to the preamble of claim 1.

From DE 102 21 974 A1 a device for storing and providing at least one oral need-care element for a baby and / or a toddler is known. The device comprises a storage unit for storing the oral needstill element, a filling unit for filling the storage unit with the at least one oral needstill element and an output unit for removing the at least one oral needstill element from the storage unit.

The object of the invention is, in particular, to provide a generic device which enables safe storage and easy removal of oral needstopping elements from a device. The object is achieved according to the invention by the features of patent claim 1, while advantageous embodiments and further developments of the invention can be taken from the subclaims.

Advantages of the invention

The invention is based on a device for storing and providing at least one oral needling element for a baby and / or a toddler, with a storage unit for storing the oral needling element, a filling unit for filling the storage unit with the at least one oral needling element and an output unit for removing the at least one oral needstill element from the storage unit. It is proposed that the device comprises a conveying device for conveying the at least one oral needstopping element from the filling unit to the dispensing unit. In this context, an "oral needstuffing element" should be understood to mean, in particular, a suction element, a pacifier element, a drinking bottle element or a toy element for an infant or a toddler The pacifier element may consist of an absorbent body, a shaft carrying the absorbent body and one on the shaft By means of the device according to the invention, the device can be arranged in a horizontal or in a vertical position or in any desired position without impairing the transport of the oral conditioning element In particular, the device according to the invention can be fastened to various objects in different rooms of a baby and / or the child He will be made available to small children. A preferred realization of the device according to the invention provides that it can be used on a mobile basis and thus can be particularly practical and useful in everyday life.

The storage unit of the device may have a cylindrical and / or a tubular and / or an oval and / or a rectangular base body for supporting the oral needstill element, although other combinations of the various embodiments of the basic body that appear appropriate to a person skilled in the art are also conceivable. In particular, the main body of the storage unit can be formed in one piece or in several parts. The term "one-piece" is intended to be understood to be in particular materially bonded, for example by a welding process, an adhesion process, an injection process and / or another process which appears expedient to a person skilled in the art, and / or advantageously in one piece, for example by manufacture The multi-part storage unit can be composed of at least two half-shells and can have at least one binder and / or one hinge along a longitudinal axis Storage unit having a perforation and / or slots and / or be made transparent, whereby an interior of the storage unit can be controlled be formed of a non-metallic material. Depending on the type and shape of the oral needs-calming element, the storage unit may have different diameters or be of different sizes and / or lengths. Several storage units and / or several variants of a storage unit can be arranged side by side and / or combined with each other. In particular, the storage unit can be provided for storage of different oral need-care elements. The storage unit can accommodate at least one, in particular at least five, advantageously at least ten, oral need-care elements. In a further embodiment of the device according to the invention, the storage unit can have a recess which can be closed by a door element of the storage unit, so that access to the interior of the device is possible in the event of a malfunction. A "recess" should in particular be understood to mean a material-free region that, viewed from a surface of the at least one element that forms a main extension surface of the element, at least partially parallel to a normal direction of the surface into the element at least substantially preferably at least almost through an entire material thickness of the element, extends, wherein the recess is substantially enclosed by the element.

For filling the storage unit with the at least one oral need-care element, the filling unit of the device can preferably be arranged in a geodetically arranged at the top end of the storage unit. In particular, the filling unit may be formed integrally with the storage unit, wherein a recess of the filling unit corresponds to the inner contour of the storage unit or may have a different contour from the inner contour of the storage unit. The contour of the recess of the filling unit can advantageously be adapted to an outer contour of the oral desorption control element.

In an alternative embodiment, the filling unit may be formed as a separate unit which can be releasably connected to the storage unit. The filling unit may be formed as a closure element and / or as a cover element or comprise a closure element and / or a cover element, wherein the closure element and / or the cover element has a recess and / or a

can have an eyelet element and / or a projection arranged in an edge region for releasing the closure element and / or the lid member. Especially the detachably formed closure element and / or the cover element may have a completely or at least partially closed surface. In particular, the closure element and / or the cover element can be connected captively to the storage unit by, for example, producing the closure element and / or the cover element and the storage unit in one piece with a film hinge in an injection molding process or by attaching the closure element and / or the cover element to the supply unit. filling unit or with the storage unit by means of a connecting element is connectable. The filling unit can advantageously seal the storage unit in a dust-tight and light-protected manner, as a result of which the oral needling elements stored in the storage unit can be protected against contamination even after a relatively long period of time.

For removal of the at least one oral needstill element from the storage unit, the output unit of the device may preferably be arranged in an end region of the storage unit oriented downwards in the direction of the earth's surface. The dispensing unit can be arranged in a side area and / or in an outer wall of the storage unit or on a side of the storage unit facing away from the filling unit. In particular, a recess of the output unit may correspond to the inner contour of the stock unit or may have a contour deviating from the inner contour of the stock unit. In an alternative embodiment, the dispensing unit may be formed as a separate, at least one unit executed unit, which can be releasably connected to the storage unit. The contour of the recess of the dispensing unit can be adapted to an outer contour of the oral needstill element.

In an alternative embodiment of the device, the device for a provision and provision of at least one oral need nursing element for a baby and / or toddler comprises at least one storage unit for storing the oral need nursing element, at least one filling unit for filling the storage unit with the at least one oral Requirement-satisfying element and at least one dispensing unit for removing the at least one oral need-distraction element from the storage unit. In the alternative embodiment, it is in particular proposed that the device has a metering device as an alternative or in addition to the conveying device. The metering device can be connected to the output unit of the device or the separately formed output unit can be executed as a metering device. The metering device may have a hinged closing flap element and at least one return element. The closing flap element can be pivotably mounted about a hinge element connected to the storage unit. In particular, the closing flap element may have a return element integrated in the joint element. In particular, the closing flap element can at least partially close a recess of the dispensing unit and / or at least partially hold and / or dispensed in pieces the oral emergency disabling element located in the dispensing unit.

In a further embodiment, the metering device may have a rotor element. The rotor element can be rotatably mounted in the storage unit by means of an axle. In particular, the axle-mounted rotor element can at least partially hold and / or dispense in pieces the oral need-care element located in the dispensing unit. The metering device can be combined with the conveyor. In an alternative embodiment, the metering device can replace the delivery device of the device. The metering device can also be executed in an alternative embodiment with a manual or an automatic drive unit.

For transporting the at least one oral need-calming element, the conveying device of the device can be arranged from the filling unit to the dispensing unit in the storage unit. The conveyor can be arranged at least partially in the storage unit. Furthermore, the conveyor can be arranged at least partially parallel to an inner wall of the storage unit and / or axisymmetric to a longitudinal axis of the storage unit. Preferably, the conveyor may convey oral desensitization elements in the direction of gravitational force from top to bottom, and the downwardly delivered oral desaturation element may be removed from the dispensing unit of the device as needed. Due to the fact that the conveyor is arranged substantially parallel to an inner wall surface of the storage unit in the storage unit, the oral Bedarfststungsungselement can be forwarded with each downward movement immediately and without a risk of jamming, Verstopf ens or any other malfunction using the gravitational force to the output unit become. This is guaranteed even if the Ratseinheit not exactly vertical, but is arranged at an angle. The conveying device of the device according to the invention therefore makes possible a continuous and controllable transport of the oral need-care element. If no oral needstill element removed, the conveyor is stationary and it can be promoted no oral need nourishment element.

In an advantageous manner, oral need-care elements can be inserted from above through the filling unit into the conveyor. In particular, the conveyor may facilitate transportation of oral care needs elements. For conveying the at least one oral needstill element, the at least one oral needstill element can in particular be coupled to the delivery device. Further, the conveyor may allow linear and / or non-linear conveyance of oral care needs elements. In particular, the delivery device can receive and transport oral need-care elements in the storage unit from the filling unit to the delivery unit. Since malfunctions due to jamming or the like due to the inventive design can be largely avoided, the conveyor requires little maintenance and can therefore be operated inexpensively.

Furthermore, it is proposed that the conveyor has at least one conveyor element and at least two tension roller elements, which are arranged on an inner wall of the storage unit and around which the conveyor element is circumferentially movable. Preferably, the conveying element has two opposing, at least substantially parallel contact surfaces. The term "at least substantially parallel" is to be understood here as meaning in particular an alignment of a direction relative to a reference direction, in particular in a plane, wherein the direction relative to the reference direction is a deviation, in particular less than 8 °, advantageously less than 5 and particularly advantageous smaller than 2 °. In an advantageous manner, between the at least substantially parallel contact surfaces, the oral need-care elements can be received and / or stored in a plane of the storage unit. In particular, the opposing conveying elements can be arranged within the storage unit in order to ensure a safe transport of the at least one oral need-care element from the filling unit to the dispensing unit. In particular, the at least one conveying element can be parallel to the inner wall the storage unit may be arranged and extend to the outer edge regions of the storage unit and / or between the Befüliungseinheit and the output unit. The conveying element may have a defined diameter and be arranged on the two tensioning roller elements under a bias. The tensioning roller elements can be fastened in the outer edge areas of the storage unit.

In an alternative embodiment, the conveying element can be arranged at least partially within the storage unit, so that a part of the conveying element along the inner wall of the storage unit and a part of the conveying element along an outer wall of the storage unit can be arranged, wherein the two tensioning roller elements arranged in a wall of the storage unit may be, around which the conveying element can be moved circumferentially. Alternatively, the tension roller elements can be integrated into the storage unit, whereby component costs and installation costs can be reduced. As a result of the arrangement of the conveying element according to the invention, the oral emergency stop element can also be removed from the outside by actuating the conveying element.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the conveying element is designed as a toothed belt element with an external toothing. A division of the toothing of the toothed belt element serves, in particular, to receive the oral requisitioning element, whereby the spacing of toothing to tooth of the toothed belt element is to be understood as the conveying element is at least substantially permanent within the device during the transport of the oral needstill element If the contact with the oral needling element is stationary and this can move with each movement of the conveying element in the direction of the dispensing unit, it is advantageously possible to ensure a defined and uniform conveyance of the oral needling element to the dispensing unit of the device Load of the individual components and their stable construction is particularly robust and durable.

In addition, it is proposed that the conveyor has a manual or an automatic drive unit. In this context, a "drive unit ^" should be understood as meaning, in particular, an electric motor unit and / or a mechanical unit which, in one operation, is advantageous for generating a rotational movement of a motor. ner output shaft is provided. Advantageously, it should be understood in particular an electric motor. In particular, the drive unit is to be arranged inside and / or outside the device The drive power required for the electric drive unit can be designed low, since the transport of the oral need-relief element by its own weight in the direction of A mechanical drive unit can be designed in such a way that at least part of the conveyor element can be guided and manually operated along an outer wall of the storage unit, or such that it can be operated manually arranged in the storage unit conveying element via a from the storage unit at least partially projecting drive wheel element, which is in operative connection with the conveying element, from the outside can be operated, but also other, a professional appear appropriate embodiments of the mechanical drive unit are conceivable. It is also proposed that the automatic drive unit of the conveyor device has a sensor control and / or regulation and / or a radio control and / or regulation. In a sensor control and / or regulation, at least one sensor can detect a movement and / or a temperature and / or an acoustic signal and / or a light signal. A detection of a parameter and / or a physical property can be active, in particular by generating and emitting an electrical measurement signal, and / or passive, in particular by detecting changes in the characteristics of a sensor component and / or by detecting a via a resistor flowing current and / or voltage, take place. In particular, the drive of the automatic drive unit can be monitored, controlled and / or regulated taking into account the values detected by the sensor. In particular, the drive unit of the device can be controlled and / or regulated via the sensor control and / or regulation and trigger an output of an oral needstopping element on the output unit. In an advantageous embodiment of the sensor control and / or control means for display, in particular means for indicating the monitoring of the drive, can be provided, which can be connected directly or indirectly to the sensor. Advantageously, the acquired information can also be visually or acoustically displayed on and / or outside the device. In particular, the drive unit of the device can be controlled by radio control and / or regulation. be controlled and / or controlled and trigger an output of an oral needs-calming element at the output unit. In an advantageous embodiment, the sensor control and / or regulation and / or the radio control and / or regulation is integrated in a drive unit. In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the device comprises at least one video transmission unit and / or at least one sound transmission unit, which are provided to transmit and / or reproduce optical and / or acoustic signals live. Advantageously, the video transmission unit and the sound transmission unit can be activated or deactivated directly at the device or via a sensor control and / or regulation and / or via a radio control and / or regulation. In order to enable automatic condition monitoring of a person, the video transmission unit and / or the sound transmission unit can have at least one recording device element which can be activated or deactivated by sensor control and / or regulation and / or radio control and / or regulation. For example, the at least one recording device element of the video transmission unit and / or the sound transmission unit can be activated by a movement and / or by an audible signal of the monitored person and record or reproduce a video sequence and / or a sound sequence. The advantage of such a live broadcast is that the supervised person, such as a child, and the supervising person, such as a parent, need not be in the same location at the same time and still have optimal surveillance of the person under surveillance or communication can be done with the monitored person. Thus, the video transmission unit and / or the sound transmission unit can / be particularly preferably designed as a baby monitor transmission unit. The video transmission unit and / or the sound transmission unit can / have a memo unit for individual voice recording. As a result, it is advantageously possible to pre-play a previously stored acoustic file or video file in order, for example, to play back a previously stored bedtime song.

It is further proposed that the conveying device comprises at least one movement control and / or regulating element which is in operative connection with the at least one conveying element. The motion control and / or

Control element is at least partially projecting into the storage unit at least partially can be arranged on an outer wall of the storage unit. In particular, the conveyor can be actively controlled and / or regulated via the motion control and / or regulation element. The motion control and / or regulating element may have at least one roller element that can be arranged in the storage unit in an effective region of the at least one conveying element of the conveying device. In particular, the Bewegungssteuerungs- and / or -regelungselement having an adjustable resilient roller element. The roller element of the Bewegungssteuerungs- and / or -regelungselements can be controlled and / or regulated from the outside via an actuator of the Bewegungssteuerungs- and / or -regelungselements. In particular, the speed of movement of the at least one conveying element of the conveying device can be controlled and / or regulated by the movement control and / or regulating element as a function of the weight of the needstopping element, by means of the setting element of the motion control and / or regulating element the at least one roller element of the movement control and / or regulation element can exert a defined pressure on the at least one conveying element of the conveying device, which can be arranged between the at least one roller element of the movement control and / or regulating element and the inner wall of the storage unit. In particular, with increasing pressure of the roller element on the conveying element of the conveyor, the speed of movement of the at least one conveying element of the conveyor can be reduced. For light need-care elements, the operative connection between the motion control and / or adjustment element and the at least one conveyor element of the conveyor can be completely deactivated.

Furthermore, it is proposed that the device has a locking element which is in operative connection with at least one conveying element. A "locking element" should in particular be understood to mean an element which is intended to be brought into contact with another locking element so that a locking force can be transmitted via the two locking elements Actually connected conveyor can be completely blocked, whereby a promotion of oral need-relief elements can be stopped in an emergency. It is also proposed that the device comprises at least one lighting unit, which is provided to illuminate upon detection of a characteristic and / or a physical property by the sensor control and / or regulation, thereby additionally advantageously allows a visual guidance to the output unit and an optical Signal can be displayed. In particular, the lighting unit is executable as an LED. If the light unit is activated, a changing signal can be output. The light unit can be activated and / or deactivated as desired. Additionally or alternatively, the lighting unit can at least partially illuminate the device to make the device easily recognizable in the dark, wherein the light intensity of the lighting unit can be adjustable. In this case, the light intensity of the lighting unit is preferably controllable and / or controllable by means of a control and / or regulating unit of the device.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the device has a support unit with at least one guide element for guiding the at least one oral need relief element within the storage unit. In addition, in order to exclude a tilting of the oral needstill element during the transport of the oral needstill element in the device, the inner contour of the supply unit can be adapted to the outer contour of the oral needstill element by inserting one or two guide elements into the storage unit. In particular, the guide element can be detachably inserted in the storage unit, for example by hanging or clipping. The guide element may be hollow and made of a metallic material and / or of a non-metallic material. By "solvable" is meant in this context in particular "non-destructively separable". Preferably, the guide element is designed as a guide rod or as a guide rod. In an alternative embodiment, the device may comprise a contour adjustment unit which is provided to adapt an outer contour of an oral needstill element to an inner contour of the stock unit. The contour adjustment unit can replace the guide element, since the contour of the guide element can be imitated by the contour adjustment unit. The contour adjustment unit may comprise at least one elastic clip element that can be produced inexpensively and easily. The at least one clip element of the contour adjustment unit can directly on the Oral need nursing element, for example, on a shaft of a pacifier, frictionally and / or positively plugged.

As a result, a large number of differently designed oral need-relief elements can be adapted to the device according to the invention quickly and easily. In particular, the contour adjustment unit may be manufactured as a universal clip element for a plurality of different oral care needs elements. The term "positive locking" is to be understood in particular as meaning that abutting surfaces of interconnected components exert a holding force acting in the normal direction of the surfaces on each other, in particular the components are in geometrical engagement with one another detachable fastening are understood, wherein a holding force between two components is preferably transmitted by a geometric engagement of the components into one another and a frictional force between the components. As a result, assembly costs and production costs for a support unit can be saved particularly advantageous. In one embodiment of the invention it is proposed that the support unit extends at least substantially from the filling unit to the dispensing unit of the storage unit. Due to the constructive design of the support unit according to the invention, a risk of jamming of the oral need-care elements or other malfunction can be minimized along an entire conveying length of the conveying device in the device.

It is proposed that the filling unit comprises a detachable closure element with child safety device for closing the filling opening of the storage unit. In particular, the closure element can be designed for a rotating assembly. The closure element may have at least one thread and / or a snap closure and / or a bayonet closure with a high blocking effect. In an alternative embodiment, the closure element may have a lock, which may be effected via a locking flap integrated in the closure element. Of course, other, a professional appear appropriate sense closure elements with a child safety device conceivable. By the closure element, both the contents of the device can be protected as well as a baby and / or a toddler are protected from injury. In a further embodiment of the invention, it is proposed that the device comprises an adapter unit for connecting the storage unit to a further storage unit. An "adapter unit" is to be understood in particular as meaning a unit that is formed at least partially by at least one component differing from a device and intended to connect at least two devices In this case, at least two devices can be vertically connected to one another In an alternative embodiment of the adapter unit, at least two devices can be arranged next to one another and connected to one another, wherein the connected devices In particular, this can at least double the number of stored oral need-care elements.

It is further proposed that the dispensing unit has a retaining unit which is provided to prevent the oral emergency disengaging element from falling out of the storage unit. In particular, the retention unit may securely hold an oral needling element stored in the dispensing unit in the device prior to being withdrawn by an infant and / or toddler. The inner contour of the retaining unit is adapted to the outer contour of the oral needs-calming element. Preferably, the retaining unit may be made of a thin-walled elastic material that can expand upon removal of the oral need-care element. The oral needstill element mounted in the dispensing unit of the storage unit can at least partially project from the restraint unit and / or out of the device, in particular the absorbent body or the holding ring, so that the oral needstief element can be removed particularly easily.

In a further embodiment of the invention, it is proposed that the storage unit comprise at least one fastening element by means of which the storage unit can be detachably fastened to an element of a cot or a vehicle or to a wall or to a masonry or to a glass pane. Advantageously, the device with a fastener particularly fast and easy to be releasably attached to an element. The fastening element can produce a state of stress in a mounted state, which ensures a stable connection of the device on an element allows. With a separately executed fastener, a significant reduction of the assembly effort in the construction of the device can be made possible. In particular, the assembly and / or disassembly of the fastener and the device can be done without the use of tools. In particular, the fastener can be reused after disassembly of the device and / or the fastener. The fastener has as a child safety on a self-locking and / or a self-locking mechanism. In particular, the fastening element can be designed as a hook-and-loop fastener element or as a suspension element or as a suction element or as a quick-release element or as a connection sleeve or as a hose sleeve or as a rubber band element or as an anti-slip clamping element, but also other fastening elements that appear appropriate to a person skilled in the art are conceivable. In an alternative embodiment, it is conceivable that the fastening element is formed integrally with the storage unit. It is also proposed that the at least one conveyor element is designed as a toothed belt element with an internal toothing and that at least one drive element of the conveyor element has a corresponding external toothing. As a result, slippage of the conveying element and tilting of the oral conditioning element in the storage unit during transport from the filling unit to the dispensing unit can be reduced or preferably completely avoided. In this context, a "drive element of the conveyor element" is to be understood as meaning an element that applies a drive force to the conveyor element.

Furthermore, it is proposed that the conveying device has at least one further conveying element and at least one synchronizing element, which is arranged between the two conveying elements and is in operative connection with the two conveying elements. As a result, a non-uniformity between the two conveying elements and a tilting of the oral needs-calming element in the storage unit during transport from the filling unit to the dispensing unit can be avoided. In this context, a "synchronizing element" is to be understood as meaning an element which transmits forces between two driven elements and / or between two drive elements, so that the two driven elements are provided with a same geometry. speed. Preferably, the synchronizing element is designed as a gear. Basically, alternative embodiments of the synchronizing element, for example, as in the form of eight around the two driven elements and / or around the two drive elements looped rubber band or belt, possible. The fact that the synchronizing element "is in operative connection with the two conveying elements" should be understood in this context that the gear meshes directly or indirectly with drive elements of the conveying elements, so that over the gear compensation of different driving speeds of the conveying elements is accomplished.

Furthermore, it is proposed that the at least one conveying element has joints and bearing surfaces mounted on the joints for the at least one oral needstill element. As a result, in a movement of the bearing surfaces in a direction of movement, the bearing surface can be applied to the conveyor element. Thus, a vorzuhaltender space for the conveyor elements can be reduced with support surfaces and a compact device can be achieved. It is also proposed that the at least one conveying element has hooks for holding the at least one oral needstill element. As a result, a structurally simple, space-saving mounting unit, which holds the oral needs-calming element during transport, can be achieved.

Furthermore, it is proposed that the at least one conveying element has joints on which the hooks are mounted. As a result, when the bearing surfaces move in a direction of movement, the hook can be applied to the conveying element. Thus, a vorzuhaltender space for the conveyor elements can be reduced with hooks and a compact device can be achieved.

Furthermore, it is proposed that the device comprises a coving unit which at least partially surrounds the supply unit outside. As a result, it is possible to provide devices with different outer configurations, which are identical except for a design of the respective coving unit. In this context, a "co-unit" is to be understood as a unit which partially surrounds the outer storage unit and forms an outer design of the device. It is also proposed that the storage unit has a viewing window. As a result, a possible canting of an oral needstill element can be detected without having to open the device.

Furthermore, a system is proposed with a device according to the invention and an oral emergency stop element.

Furthermore, it is proposed that the device has a filling unit with an input contour that corresponds to an outer contour of the at least one oral needstill element. As a result, a false filling of the storage unit with other elements can be avoided as oral need maintenance elements. The exterior contour can be designed in such a way that differently designed oral conditioning devices can be introduced into the filling unit.

The device according to the invention should not be limited to the application and embodiment described above. In particular, in order to fulfill a mode of operation described herein, the device according to the invention can have a number deviating from a number of individual elements, components and units mentioned herein.

drawings

Further advantages emerge from the following description of the drawing. In the drawings, ten embodiments of the invention are shown. The drawings, the description and the claims contain numerous features in combination. The person skilled in the art will expediently also consider the features individually and combine them into meaningful further combinations.

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1 is a sectional view of a first embodiment of a device according to the invention with a storage unit, a filling unit, an output unit and a conveyor, FIG. 2a is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention with a filling unit designed as a detachable lid element and with a filling unit door element,

FIG. 2b shows a top view of an oral emergency disabling element designed as a pacifier element with a circular shaft arranged in the device according to the invention from FIG. 2a. FIG.

3a in a perspective view of a third embodiment of the device according to the invention with a arranged in the storage unit guide element,

FIG. 3b shows a plan view of an oral desaturation element designed as a pacifier element with a recess in the shaft of FIG

Pacifier element, wherein the pacifier element is arranged in the device according to the invention from FIG. 3a,

4a in a perspective view of a fourth embodiment of the device according to the invention with two arranged in the storage unit Leit elements, in a plan view of a trained as a pacifier element oral needstill element with four indentations in the shaft of the

Pacifier element and with a contour adjustment unit, wherein the pacifier element is arranged in the device according to the invention from Fig. 4a, in a side view of a fifth embodiment of the device according to the invention with a closing flap element and a return element having metering device, in a plan view of the inventive device of FIG a reset element integrated in a joint element of the metering device, in a sectional view a sixth embodiment of the device according to the invention with a metering device having a rotor element, a schematic representation of a seventh embodiment of the device according to the invention with a conveyor having two conveyor elements and two gears between the two Conveying elements are arranged and are in operative connection with the two conveying elements, and in which the conveying elements as Zahnriemenelem A schematic representation of an eighth embodiment of the device according to the invention with conveying elements, the joints and bearing on the joints bearing surfaces for the at least one oral needstill element has a schematic representation of a ninth embodiment of the device according to the invention with conveying elements which have hooks for holding the at least one oral needling element and joints on which the hooks are mounted, Fig. 1 1 is a schematic representation of a tenth embodiment of the device with an executed as a track Covereinheit and a

Viewing window on a storage unit and

Fig. 12 is a schematic representation of a system of the device according to the invention and an oral need-calming element.

Description of the embodiments

Figures 1 to 12 show ten embodiments of a device according to the invention. 1 shows a first exemplary embodiment of the device for storing and providing at least one oral need-care element 10 for a baby and / or a toddler. As an oral needs-calming element 10, a pacifier element can be used which has a suction body 10.1, a shaft 10.2 carrying the absorbent body 10.1 and a retaining ring 10.3 arranged on the shaft 10.2. The device comprises a storage unit 12 for storing oral needstill elements 10, a filling unit 14 for filling the storage unit 12 with oral needstill elements 10 and an output unit 16 for removing the oral needstill elements 10 from the storage unit 12. The storage unit 12 has a tubular cylindrical base body on, which is made in one piece in an injection molding of a plastic. The filling unit 14 is integrated in an upper end region 28 of the storage unit 12. As can be seen from FIG. 1, the filling unit 14 is designed as a filling opening 14. 1 and is designed corresponding to the inner contour of the cylindrical basic body of the storage unit 12. The dispensing unit 16 is arranged in a lower end region 30 of the storage unit 12 which lies opposite the filling unit 14. So that the oral needs-calming element 10 can be better grasped for an infant or a toddler, the dispensing unit 16 additionally has two mutually opposite recesses 32 in the wall 12.3 of the storage unit 12, whereby a gripping area in the dispensing unit 16 is designed to be user-friendly. In order to ensure safe storage and easy removal of the at least one oral needstill element 10 from the device, the device comprises a delivery device 18 for conveying the at least one oral needstill element 10 from the filling unit 14 to the delivery unit 16. The delivery device 18 has, according to FIG two conveyor elements 18.1, 18.2 and four tension roller elements 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4. The tension roller elements 20.1. 20.2, 20.3, 20.4 are arranged on an inner wall 12.1 in the lower end region 30 and the upper end region 28 of the storage unit 12, about which the two conveying elements 18.1, 18.2 are mounted circumferentially movably. The conveying elements 18.1, 18.2 are mounted as closed rings under a bias on the tensioning roller elements 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4.

The conveying element 18.1, 18.2 is designed as a toothed belt element with an external toothing 22. The toothed belt element has a pitch of the toothing 22 and a contact surface between the teeth, wherein the pitch to the oral Verbenstillungselement 10 and / or the material thickness of the shaft 10.2 of

Pacifier element is adjusted. The shaft 10.2 of the pacifier element and / or the oral needstill element 10 is received between the teeth of the toothed belt element and between the two opposite contact surfaces of the conveyor elements 18.1, 18.2 in a plane. The space between the conveying elements 18.1, 18.2 can be fully equipped with superposed oral need-care elements 10. When removing the in-dispensing unit 16 located oral needs calming element 10 takes place in the conveying direction to the output unit 16 towards a movement of the conveying element 18.1, 18.2 instead. During this movement, all of the oral need-care elements 10 in the device are also moved in the direction of the dispensing unit 16. The delivery device 18 is set such that upon removal of the oral needstill element 10 from the delivery unit 16, an oral needstill element 10 moves into the delivery unit 16 in a removal-ready manner. The device is refillable at any fill level with oral need relief elements 10. According to FIG. 1, the device comprises a locking element 54 which is in operative connection with the conveying element 18.1, 18.2. The locking element 54 is arranged on the outer wall 12.2 of the storage unit 12 and comprises an adjustable locking pin element. ment 54.1, which is insertable in an activation between the teeth of the conveying element 18.1, 18.2.

FIG. 2 a shows a second exemplary embodiment of the device, which is additionally executable with a conveying device 18 which comprises a manual or an automatic drive unit 58. The manual drive unit 58 is operable via a drive wheel element and the automatic drive unit 58 via a battery-powered electric motor unit. Both drive units 58 drive directly via an output shaft respectively a tension roller element 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4 of the conveyor element 18.1, 18.2 and are arranged on an outer wall 12.2 of the storage unit 12. In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the automatic drive unit 58 of the conveyor 18 on a sensor control and / or regulation and / or a radio control and / or regulation. Via the drive unit 58 of the device, an output of an oral needstill element 10 on the output unit 16 is sensor-controlled and / or controlled by an infant or a toddler and / or triggerable by a parent and / or controlled. The sensor control and / or regulation and / or the radio control and / or regulation are integrated in the drive unit 58 and can be operated directly on the device or indirectly via a separate radio control and / or regulation.

As can be seen from FIG. 2 a, the filling unit 14 for closing the filling opening 14. 1 of the storage unit 12 comprises a releasable closing element 26. The closing element 26 is designed as a threaded screw cap and is thus heavy or even of an infant and / or a toddler not apparently. The storage unit 12 has in the wall 12.3 a recess 34 which can be closed with a door element 36 and which, in the event of a malfunction, allows access to the interior of the device. The device according to FIG. 2a serves to receive and guide the oral emergency restoring element 10 designed according to FIG. 2b and therefore does not comprise a support unit 24. The circular inner contour of the storage unit 12 corresponds to the circular outer contour of the oral emergency restraining element 10 shown in FIG. 2b. so that a positive guidance of the oral needs-calming element 10 is possible. Furthermore, the device according to FIG. 2 a comprises a lighting unit 56, which is designed to illuminate upon detection of a parameter and / or a physical property by the sensor control and / or regulation. The lighting unit 56 is arranged on the outer wall 12.2 of the storage unit 12. If a particularly large number of oral needs-calming elements 10 are to be provided, a supply unit 12 can be connected to a further storage unit 12 by means of an adapter unit 50 according to FIG. 2 a. The adapter unit 50 can be executed in two different variants. On the one hand as an adapter unit 50, which is arranged on the front side according to FIG. 2a on the storage unit 12 or on the filling unit 14 and thus extends a device by one or more devices. On the other hand, as an adapter unit 50, not shown here, which connects two or more storage units 12 arranged parallel to one another. The adapter unit 50 is particularly advantageous in transporting multiple devices or for use in a daycare center and / or nursery where there is a great need for oral care needs elements 10.

FIG. 2b shows an oral needstill element 10 designed as a pacifier element with a circular shaft 10.2 for the device according to the invention from FIG. 2a. The storage unit 12 expediently comprises a fastening element 52, by means of which the storage unit 12 can be detachably fastened to an element of a cot or a vehicle or to a wall or to a masonry or to a glass pane.

In order to ensure a safe transport of the oral need-relief elements 10 and / or to rule out a malfunction of the device, the device comprises a support unit 24. Fig. 3a shows a third embodiment of the device, which has a support unit 24 with a guide element 24.1 for guiding the according to FIG 3b trained oral nursing element 10, which in the shaft 10.2 of

Pacifier element has a concave recess 10.4a. The guide element 24.1 is in this case designed as a guide rod, in particular as a hollow guide rod. Thus, the guiding element 24.1 can be introduced into the indentation 10.4 when the need-insuring element 10 is inserted into the storage unit 12. In this way, it is possible to guide the need-calming element 10 in a state of the need-care element 10 arranged in the storage unit 12. Fig. 4a shows a fourth embodiment of the Device comprising within the storage unit 12 two guide elements 24.1, 24.2 of the support unit 24 for guiding the trained according to FIG. 4b oral needstill element 10, which has two concave indentations 10.4a, 10.4b in the shaft 10.2 of the pacifier element. The outer contour of the guide element 24.1, 24.2 corresponds to the outer contour of the oral needstill element 10, so that a positive guidance of the oral needstill element 10 is possible. The guide element 24.1, 24.2 is formed as an oval hollow element made of a plastic, which engages by means of two mutually spaced hook elements in corresponding not shown recesses of the storage unit 12, which are arranged in an upper end portion 28 and in a lower end portion 30 of the storage unit 12 , The support unit 24 extends from the filling unit 14 to the dispensing unit 16 of the storage unit 12.

FIG. 4b shows an oral needstill element 10, designed as a pacifier element, on which a contour adjustment unit 60 of the device is arranged. The contour adaptation unit 60 is designed to adapt an outer contour of the oral needstill element 10 to an inner contour of the storage unit 12. The contour adjustment unit 60 comprises four clip elements 60.1, 60.2, 60.3, 60.4, wherein in the area of the support unit 24 the outer contour of the oral needstill element 10 can be adapted to the inner contour of the stock unit 12 via the clip elements 60.1 and 60.2 and a further adaptation of the outer contour of the oral needstill element 10 to the inner contour of the storage unit 12 can be realized via further contour-matching clip elements 60.3, 60.4. The clip elements 60.1, 60.2, 60.3, 60.4 of the contour adjustment unit 60 are directly connected to the oral needstill element 10 and / or to the

Pacifier element attachable. FIGS. 5 and 6 show a fifth exemplary embodiment, and FIG. 7 shows a sixth exemplary embodiment of the device, each of which additionally comprises a metering device 46. The metering device 46 is designed to dispense the oral need-care element 10 piece by piece from the device. For this purpose, the conveyor 18 can be combined with the metering device 46 and / or connectable. The oral nursing element 10 transported in the conveying device 18 can be transferred from the conveying device 18 into the dispensing device 46 in the dispensing unit 16. The Do- Sizing device 46 is connected to the output unit 16 of the device connectable or integral with the storage unit 12 executable.

According to FIG. 5, the metering device 46 comprises a closing flap element 42, which is connected to the storage unit 12 via a joint element 40, and a restoring element 38, which forms the closing flap element 42 in a starting position and / or at right angles to the wall 12.3 of the storage unit 12 stops. According to FIG. 5, the restoring element 38 is integrated on the outer wall 12.2 of the storage unit 12 and according to FIG. 6 in the joint element 40 of the metering device 46. The closing flap element 42 is pivotably mounted about the hinge element 40 connected to the storage unit 12. In its initial position, the closing flap element 42 partially closes a recess 16.1 of the dispensing unit 16 and holds the oral emergency disabling element 10 located in the dispensing unit 16 ready for removal. Upon removal of the oral needstill element 10 from the metering device 46, the closing flap element 42 pivots against a spring force of the return element 38 from its starting position and releases the oral needstill element 10.

According to FIG. 7, the metering device 46 comprises a rotor element 44. The rotor element 44 is rotatably mounted by means of an axis in a rotor housing element 12.4 of the storage unit 12. The axle-mounted rotor element 44 holds the oral needstill element 10 located in the recess 16.1 of the dispensing unit 16 ready for removal. Upon removal of the oral needstill element 10 from the metering device 46, the rotor element 44 rotates at a defined angle and releases the oral needstill element 10.

In a further, not shown embodiment, the conveyor 18 of the device by a metering device 46 is replaceable. As a result, a piece-wise output of the oral needs-calming element 10 is ensured.

As can be seen from FIG. 7, the conveying device 18 comprises a movement control and / or regulating element 48 which is in operative connection with the at least one conveying element 18.1, 18.2. The Bewegungssteuerungs- and / or control element 48 protrudes partially into the storage unit 12 and is partially disposed on an outer wall 12.2 of the storage unit 12. The motion control and / or adjustment element 48 comprises an adjustable resilient roller element 48.1, which is arranged in an effective range of the conveying element 18.1, 18.2 of the conveyor 18 in the storage unit 12. The roller element 48.1 of the motion control and / or adjustment element 48 can be controlled and / or regulated from the outside via an adjustment element 48.2 of the movement control and / or regulation element 48. The movement control and / or regulating element 48 is designed to control and / or regulate the speed of movement of the conveying element 18.1, 18.2, by means of the adjusting element 48.2 a defined pressure on the conveyor element 18.1, 18.2 is adjustable via the roller element 48.1 , The adjustment of the pressure on the conveying element 18. 1, 18. 2 is effected as a function of the weight of the oral needstill element 10.

8 shows a conveying device 18 for conveying the at least one oral needs-calming element 10 from a filling unit 14 to an output unit 16 according to a further alternative embodiment. The conveying device 18 comprises two conveying elements 18.1, 18.2, which are designed as toothed belt elements with an internal toothing 61, and four drive elements of the conveying element 18.1, 18.2 designed as tensioning roller elements 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, each having a corresponding external toothing 62. The internal teeth 61 of the conveying elements 18.1, 18.2 engages in the external toothing 62 of the tensioning roller elements 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4. When the conveying elements 18.1, 18.2 move, the conveying element 18.1 retains a relative position to the tensioning roller elements 20.1, 20.2 driving it through the internal toothing 61 and the external toothing 62, and the conveying element 18.2 maintains a relative position to the tensioning roller elements driving it 20.3, 20.4 at.

On the conveyor elements 18.1, 18.2 support surfaces 65 are arranged for the oral Bedarfnisstil- lungselement 10 which project at right angles from a surface of the conveying elements 18.1, 18.2. A distance between adjacent bearing surfaces 65 on the same conveying element 18.1, 18.2 is selected such that an oral needstill element 10 can be received between two bearing surfaces 65. During transport of the oral needstill element 10 in the delivery device 18, an oral needstill element 10 with a shaft 10. 2 rests on the support surfaces 65.

The conveyor 18 has two running as gears synchronizing elements 63, which are arranged between the two conveying elements 18.1, 18.2 and with the two Conveying elements 18.1, 18.2 are in operative connection. The synchronizing elements 63 mesh with each other and in each case with one of the drive elements designed as tensioning roller elements 20.1, 20.3, which drive the different conveying elements 18.1, 18.2. A different drive speed of the tensioning roller elements 20.1, 20.3 is compensated via the synchronizing elements 63, so that the conveying elements 18.1, 18.2 move at the same speed.

9 shows a further alternative embodiment of a conveying device 18 for conveying at least one oral needstopping element 10 from a filling unit 14 to an output unit 16, in which the conveying device 18 comprises a conveying element 18.1, the joints 64 and bearing surfaces 65 mounted on the joints 64 for the at least one oral needs-calming element 10. The bearing surfaces 65 are at a movement in a direction of movement from the filling unit 14 to the dispensing unit 16 at a right angle from the conveyor element 18.1 and form a contact surface for a shaft 10.2 of the oral needstill element 10 during transport. In a direction of movement from the dispensing unit 16 to the filling unit 14, the joints 64 allow the bearing surfaces 65 to move, with which the bearing surfaces fold against the conveyor element 18.1 designed as a toothed belt element. The bearing surfaces 65 attach to the conveying element 18.1 when moving in this direction of movement. 10 shows a further alternative embodiment of a conveying device 18 for conveying at least one oral needstopping element 10 from a filling unit 14 to an output unit 16, in which the conveying device 18 comprises a conveying element 18.1, the hook 66 for holding the at least one oral needstill element 10 having. The hooks 66 are provided for engagement with a retaining ring 10.3 of the oral need-care element 10. Upon introduction of the oral needs-calming element 10 into a storage unit 12, the holding ring 10.3 falls to one side and engages in one of the hooks 66. The conveying element 18.1 has joints 64 on which the hooks 66 are mounted. In a movement direction from the dispensing unit 16 to the filling unit 14, the joints 64 allow the hooks 66 to move to the conveyor element 18.1 designed as a toothed belt element. The hooks 66 are in motion in this direction of movement of the conveyor element 18.1. FIG. 11 shows another alternative embodiment of a device for storing and providing at least one oral needling element 10 for a baby and / or toddler. A cover unit 67 surrounds a storage unit 12 on the outside at an upper side. The cover unit 67 forms an outer design of the device and is designed as a bead. Differently designed coving units 67 could, for example, be designed as other animal figures, such as a mouse or a butterfly, or as other figures, such as a cartoon character. Also, for example, designed as geometric shapes Covereinheiten 67 are conceivable. The storage unit 12 has a viewing window 68, which allows a view of oral treatment elements 10 located in the storage unit 12. The coving unit 67 has a recess for the viewing window 68.

The device comprises a motion control and / or adjustment element 48 for actuating the conveyor 18, which protrudes from the coving unit 67. The Bewegungssteuerungs- and / or -regelungselement 48 is designed as a knob and has a crossbar. A position of the crossbar provides an optical signal via rotation of the motion control and / or adjustment element 48. Alternatively or in addition to an optical signal of the motion control and / or adjustment element 48, the device may have optical signals on the conveyor elements 18.1, 18.2, which are visible through the viewing window 68 and which, when visible, indicate that another oral needling element 10 can be inserted into the device. Such an optical signal could be formed, for example, by red dots or other emphasized shapes arranged at a distance between two recorded oral need-relief elements 10 on the conveyor elements 18.1, 18.2. Additionally, in one embodiment, a user of the device may experience a haptic signal that indicates that another oral needstill element 10 may be inserted into the storage unit 12 of the device. In an exemplary embodiment, such a haptic signal may be implemented as a resistance upon rotation of the motion control and / or adjustment element 48 at a particular rotational position at which the conveyor 18 has delivered an inserted oral need control element 10 far enough into the storage unit 12 another oral needs-calming element 10 can be introduced. The particular rotational position at which the resistance occurs is dependent on the dimensions of the conveyor unit 18 and the transport by the conveyor unit 18 provided for oral need-relief elements 10. In a further exemplary alternative embodiment, the device comprises a movement control and / or regulation element 48 having a mechanism which, upon actuation of the movement control and / or regulation element 48, sets the delivery unit 18 in action until an inserted oral needstill element 10 has been transported far enough that another oral needs-calming element 10 can be introduced and the delivery unit 18 stops. In addition, in this embodiment, an optical and / or a haptic signal can be output that a further oral needstill element 10 can be introduced. For example, the motion control and / or adjustment element 48 may be set in motion while the delivery unit 18 is delivering the oral needling device 10 so that stopping the movement forms the signal. ,

FIG. 12 shows a system comprising a device and an oral needstill element 10. A filling unit 14 of the device has an input contour 69, which corresponds to an outer contour of the at least one oral needstill element 10. Introduction of foreign elements into the device is hampered by the input contour 69.

reference numeral

10 oral needs-calming element

10.1 absorbent body (pacifier element)

10.2 shaft (pacifier element)

10.3 retaining ring (pacifier element)

10.4a, 10.4b indentation (pacifier element)

12 stock unit

12.1 inner wall (storage unit)

12.2 outer wall (storage unit)

12.3 wall (storage unit)

12.4 Rotor housing element

14 filling unit

14.1 filling opening

16 output unit

16.1 recess (output unit)

18 conveyor

18.1, 18.2 conveying element

20.1. 20.2, 20.3, 20.4 tension roller element

22 toothing

24 support unit

24.1. 24.2 guide element (support unit)

26 closure element (filling unit)

28 upper end area (stock unit)

30 lower end area (stock unit)

32 recess (stock unit)

34 recess (stock unit)

36 door element

38 return element (tension spring element)

40 joint element

42 closing flap element (output unit) 44 rotor element

46 metering device

48 Motion control and / or regulation element 48.1 Roller element

48.2 Control element

50 adapter unit

52 fastening element

54 locking element

54.1 locking pin element

56 lighting unit

58 drive unit

60 contour adjustment unit

60.1, 60.2, 60.3, 60.4 Clip element (contour adjustment unit)

61 internal toothing

62 external toothing

63 synchronizing element

64 joint

65 bearing surface

66 hooks

67 Student unit

68 viewing window

69 input contour

Claims

Expectations

1. Device for storing and providing at least one oral need-satisfaction element (10) for an infant and/or a small child, with a storage unit (12) for storing the oral need-satisfaction element (10), a filling unit (14) for filling the storage unit ( 12) with the at least one oral need-satisfaction element (10) and a dispensing unit (16) for removing the at least one oral need-satisfaction element (10) from the storage unit (12), characterized by a conveyor device (18) for conveying the at least one oral need-satisfaction element (10 ) from the filling unit (14) to the dispensing unit (16).

2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the conveying device (18) has at least one conveying element (18.1, 18.2) and at least two tension roller elements (20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4), which are on an inner wall (12.1) of the storage unit (12 ) are arranged and around which the conveying element (18.1, 18.2) can be moved in a rotating manner.

3. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the conveying element (18.1, 18.2) is designed as a toothed belt element with external teeth (22).

4. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the conveyor device (18) has a manual or an automatic drive unit (58).

5. Device according to claim 4, characterized in that the automatic drive unit (58) of the conveyor device (18) has a sensor control and / or regulation and / or a radio control and / or regulation.

6. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the conveying device (18) comprises at least one movement control and / or regulation element (48), which has an operative connection with the at least one conveying element (18.1, 18.2).

7. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a support unit (24) with at least one guide element (24.1, 24.2) for guiding the at least one oral need-satisfaction element (10) within the storage unit (12).

8. Device according to claim 7, characterized in that the support unit (24) extends at least substantially from the filling unit (14) to the output unit (16) of the storage unit (12).

9. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by at least one contour adjustment unit (60), which is intended to adapt an outer contour of an oral need-satisfying element (10) to an inner contour of the storage unit (12).

10. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the filling unit (14) comprises a releasable closure element (26) for closing a filling opening (14.1) of the storage unit (12).

1 1. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by an adapter unit (50) for connecting the storage unit (12) to a further storage unit (12).

12. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the storage unit (12) comprises at least one fastening element (52), by means of which the storage unit (12) can be releasably attached to an element of a child's bed or a vehicle or to a wall.

13. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by at least one locking element (54) which has an operative connection with at least one conveying element (18.1, 18.2).

14. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by at least one lighting unit (56), which is intended to light up when a parameter and / or a physical property is detected by the sensor control and / or regulation.

15. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by at least one dosing device (46), which is intended to dispense the at least one oral need-satisfaction element (10) piece by piece from the device.

16. Device at least according to claim 2, characterized in that the at least one conveying element (18.1) is designed as a toothed belt element with internal teeth (61) and that the at least two tension roller elements (20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4) have a corresponding external toothing (62 ) exhibit.

17. Device at least according to claim 2, characterized in that the

Conveying device (18) at least one further conveying element (18.2) and at least one synchronization element (63), which is arranged between the two conveying elements (18.1, 18.2) and with the two conveying elements (18.1,

18.2) is in operative connection. Device at least according to claim 2, characterized in that the at least one conveying element (18.1) has joints (64) and support surfaces (65) mounted on the joints (64) for the at least one oral need-satisfying element (10).

19 Device at least according to claim 2, characterized in that the at least one conveying element (18.1) has hooks (66) for holding the at least one oral need-satisfaction element (10).

20 Device according to claim 19, characterized in that the at least one conveying element (18.1) has joints (64) on which the hooks (66) are mounted.

21 Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a cover unit (67) which at least partially surrounds the storage unit (12) on the outside.

22 Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the storage unit (12) has a viewing window (68).

23 System with a device according to one of the preceding claims and at least one oral need-satisfying element (10).

24. System according to claim 23, characterized in that the device is a

Filling unit (14) with an input contour (69) which corresponds to an outer contour of the at least one oral need-satisfaction element (10).