JP2001151286A - Tablet container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a tablet container having a superior universal applicability and capable of improving convenience in use by a simple configuration under an arrangement in which the number of tablets capable of being taken out in one operation can be varied. SOLUTION: There is provided a tablet container 1 having both a storing chamber 12 storing many particulate tablets S and a metering chamber 13, and the tablets S stored in the storing chamber 12 can be taken out by several numbers stored in the metering chamber 13. Tablet storing volume of the metering chamber 13 is made variable and there are provided taking-out number changing means 4, 5 for setting the number of tablets S transferred from the storing chamber 12 to the metering chamber 13 to the optional number.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tablet container capable of taking out a predetermined amount of granular tablets, and further designates an arbitrary number of tablets, such as two or three, and takes out the designated number of tablets. The invention relates to a container for tablets made possible. In the present specification, “granular tablets” may be granules having a predetermined size, and include drugs, luxury goods such as gum and candy, and tablets in a broad sense including foods and fertilizers. We use in meaning.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Containers of this kind are used, for example, in portable applications and are disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 9-16306 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-285.
As described in No. 583, etc., a main storage room and a measuring room are provided, and a large number of granular tablets in the storing room are transferred to the measuring room by tilting the container, and the required number thereof can be taken out. It has a configuration. Therefore, in this container, tablets can be taken out one by one or several tablets corresponding to the measuring chamber at once, which is hygienic, and can prevent waste such as taking out more than necessary.

[0003]

However, the conventional container structure is still unsatisfactory from the following viewpoints. First, in the conventional container, the number of tablets to be taken out at one time is determined by the size of the measuring chamber. For example, when the number of taken out tablets is to be changed from two to four, the container itself must be changed or The retrieval operation must be repeated as many times as necessary. In the former case, the versatility is lacking, and the cost of the container increases. In the latter case, for example, three weighing rooms
In the case of a size that accommodates individual tablets, it is impossible to take out only two or four tablets, or the operation is extremely complicated. Second, in the conventional container, tablets are rolled out one by one from the outlet of the weighing chamber and are taken out. For example, when trying to receive a tablet falling down from the outlet of the container in a hand, the tablet is dropped from the hand. There is a fear. Such a fear is more likely to occur in a case where two or more containers, for example, four containers, which can be taken out by one operation, take out tablets continuously and fall down.

The present invention has made it possible to eliminate the above problems. The object is to realize a tablet container which is versatile and easy to use by making it possible to change the number of tablets that can be taken out by one operation, for example, from two to four, thereby improving the usability. It is in. It is another object of the present invention to provide a method in which tablets in a weighing chamber are not rolled over but are collectively collected, that is, a specified number of tablets can be collectively taken out by one-touch operation. Yet another purpose is
It will be clarified sequentially in the contents described below.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a storage chamber and a measuring chamber for accommodating a large number of granular agents, as shown in FIGS. Tablets in the storage chamber, the number of tablets to be removed from the storage chamber is set to an arbitrary number by changing the tablet storage volume of the measurement chamber and providing an arbitrary number of tablets to be transferred from the storage chamber to the measurement chamber. Is what it is.

In the above arrangement, the volume for storing tablets in the measuring chamber is changed to, for example, two, three, or four by the number-of-taken-out means. For this reason, when the user wants to change the required number of tablets, the user can always take out the desired number of tablets by simply switching the number by using the number-of-taken-out changing means. That is, since the tablet container can be changed from the initially set number of tablets to be taken out to an arbitrary number, the versatility is enhanced and the usability is improved. This is because it is possible to easily cope with a case where the number of doses of the tablets in the container is changed depending on the time series, such as morning and evening, the physical condition at the time of taking the medicine, and the user. Here, the number-of-take-out changing means of the present invention includes a first
A spacer arranged in the measuring chamber as in the embodiment and moved in the longitudinal direction of the measuring chamber, and an operation lever for moving the spacer from outside; and a rotatably provided in the measuring chamber as in the second embodiment. Any of a configuration including a spacer provided and an operation lever for moving the spacer from outside may be used. In the former, the operation lever is operated by sliding.
In the latter case, the number of ejections can be easily switched by rotating the operation lever.

In the tablet container of the present invention, for example, a storage chamber and a measuring chamber are partitioned by a partition wall, and a communicating portion provided at one end of the partition wall to transfer tablets in the storage chamber to the measuring chamber. ,
It is preferable to have a tablet movement prevention part projected to the communicating part when taking out the tablet transferred to the measuring chamber. In this configuration, the weighing chamber and the communication section can be easily formed from the storage chamber by the partition wall, and the tablet movement preventing section can reliably prevent the tablet from being moved to the storage chamber again before taking out the tablet in the weighing chamber. , Etc. are obtained. Such a tablet movement preventing portion can be easily realized by, for example, being attached to a cover portion that covers the measuring chamber as in a first embodiment described later or to an opening and closing member as in a second embodiment.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Two preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 8 show a tablet container according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 9 to 18 show a tablet container according to the second embodiment of the present invention. First,
Among the drawings of the first embodiment, FIG. 1 is a schematic external view of a container, FIG.
2 shows the inside of the container, FIG. 2A is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 3A, and FIG. 2B is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 3B. FIG. 3A is a front view of the container, and FIG.
(B) is a top view of the container. 4A and 4B are a cross-sectional view taken along line CC and a cross-sectional view taken along line DD in FIG. 3B. FIG. 5 is an external view of a single container body constituting the container. FIG. 6 shows a single cover that constitutes the container. FIG. 6 (a) shows the cover viewed from the inside, FIG. 6 (b) shows the cover viewed from the side, and FIG. 6 (c) shows E in FIG. 6 (a). It is sectional drawing which follows the -E line. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the cover in a cross section along the line FF in FIG. 6A. FIG. 8 is an exploded view of a main part showing a procedure for assembling the container.

1 to 8, a tablet container 1 of a first embodiment comprises a container body 2, a cover 3, a spacer 4, and an operation lever 5, all of which are formed of a resin molded product. I have. The material can be appropriately changed, for example, the spacer 4 is made of a rubber material.

Here, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the container main body 2 has a partition wall 11 provided on the inner surface, and the inner space 10 is formed by the partition wall 11 into a storage chamber 12 and a measuring chamber 13.
And a storage chamber 12 and a weighing chamber 13 through a communication portion 14 provided at a front end 11 a of the partition wall 11.
And are communicated. That is, the storage room 12 is provided with the bottom wall 1.
5 and a rear portion of both side walls 16 and 17, a rear wall 19, and a partition wall 11, the volume of which is larger than that of the measuring chamber 13, and a large number of tablets S are accommodated therein. The weighing chamber 13 is divided by a bottom wall 15 and front portions of both side walls 16 and 17, a front wall 18, and a partition wall 11, and in this example, up to four tablets S can be stored. The partition wall 11 extends from the inner surface of the side wall 16 toward the opposing side wall 17, and the front end 11 a of the main portion 11 b that is inclined before the side wall 17 is bent into an L shape and is located on the weighing chamber 13 side. A gap through which the tablets S pass one by one, that is, a communication portion 14 is secured between the tip 11a and the side wall 17. The main part 11b of the main part 11b of the partition wall 11
Is tapered, so that the tablets S stored in the storage chamber 12 can easily move from the communicating portion 14 of the tip 11a to the measuring chamber 13 along the taper.

As shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 2B and FIG. 5, the outer surface of the bottom wall 15 is located closer to the storage chamber 12 than the partition wall 11 and along the side walls 16 and 17. The first locking portions 16a and 17a are provided in the portions, respectively.
The first locking portions 16a and 17a on both sides are opposed to each other, and are formed in a pair of concave shapes. On the outer surfaces of the front and rear walls 18 and 19, a second locking portion 18a and a third locking portion 19a are respectively provided at the intermediate positions of the raised ends as shown in FIG. Each of the second and third locking portions 18a and 19a is formed in a convex shape or a claw shape, respectively. Side wall 17 and front wall 1
8 is formed on the curved surface 20, and the tablets S pass through the curved surface 20 from the communicating portion 14 through the curved surface 20, and the weighing chamber 1.
It is easy to move to the 3rd side.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 1, 4 and 6, the cover 3 has an intermediate cover portion 21 corresponding to the partition wall 11, and thin hinge portions 22, 23 on both sides of the intermediate cover portion 21. The storage chamber cover portion 24 and the weighing chamber cover portion 25 are formed integrally, and are independently and detachably locked to the corresponding portions of the container body 2. Among them, the intermediate cover portion 21 is a cover portion 24
In addition, the both side surfaces are made higher with respect to the cover portion 25, and the front end of each side surface is located on the outer surface side of the bottom wall 15 of the container main body 2, and the first locking described above as shown in the upper enlarged view of FIG. Each of the portions 16a and 17a has a claw portion 26 which can be engaged and disengaged. Accordingly, the claws 26 face each other inward as shown in FIG.

The storage chamber cover portion 24 and the weighing chamber cover portion 25 are connected to the second and third locking portions 18a and 19, respectively.
a, the second and third locking portions 18a,
An engaging portion 27 which can be disengaged from the knob 19a and a knob 28
a and 28b. Each engaging portion 27 is formed in a concave shape as shown in the enlarged view on the lower side of FIG. The knobs 28a and 28b are formed to protrude outward from the portions of the two cover portions 24 and 25 corresponding to the respective engaging portions 27.

The measuring chamber cover portion 25 includes a guide groove 29 provided along the thin hinge portion 23, a tablet movement preventing portion 30 provided corresponding to the communication portion 14, and a front of the guide groove 29. And four recesses 32 provided at equal intervals. The guide groove 29 is a spacer 1
4 is a groove for guiding the movement, and is formed to penetrate along the thin hinge portion 23. The tablet movement preventing portion 30 is provided between the communication portion 14 and the thin hinge portion 23 and the intermediate cover portion 21.
Are provided with a U-shaped slit 31 at substantially the same thickness as that of the cover portion 25. The tablet movement preventing portion 30 is connected to the communication portion 14 while the cover portion 25 is switched to the open state through the thin hinge portion 23.
To prevent the tablet S from moving to the storage chamber 12 again before being taken out of the weighing chamber 13. Recess 32
Is formed in a hemispherical recess, and enables the spacer 4 to be temporarily locked at each position. Note that, instead of this structure, the tablet movement prevention unit 30 may be provided with a manually operated tablet movement prevention unit on the container body side or the cover side, for example.

The spacer 4 and the operation lever 5 are arranged in the storage chamber 1.
A take-out number changing means for setting the number of tablets S to be transferred from 2 to the measuring chamber 13 is constituted. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 8, the spacer 4 is formed of a piece of a small block movable in the longitudinal direction of the measuring chamber 13, and has a curved portion 4 a for receiving the tablet S on the side wall 17 side, and a mounting hole 4 b. And a pair of sliding projections 4c projecting from the lower surface and a projection 4d projecting from the upper surface are integrally formed. The operating lever 5 includes an operating portion 5a disposed on the upper surface of the cover 3, a shaft portion 5b protruding from the lower surface of the operating portion 5a and inserted into the guide groove 29, and a shaft portion 5b.
Has integrally provided with retaining portions 5c, 5d and the like provided on the distal end side of. The operating lever 5 is integrated with the spacer 4 by the retaining action of the retaining parts 5c and 5d by the shaft part 5b penetrating through the guide groove 29 and being pushed into the mounting hole 4b of the spacer 4. , Is movably incorporated in the cover 3. And spacer 4
When the operation unit 5a is pressed in the left-right direction, the operation unit 5a moves in the pressed direction along the guide groove 29 together with the shaft unit 5b.
During this movement, the sliding projection 4 moves without receiving a large resistance, and the projection 4d of the spacer 4 is detent-coupled to the recess 32 on the cover 3 side with a small engaging force. The cover portion 25 of the cover 3 has numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 printed from right to left on the upper surface corresponding to the recessed portion 32 as shown in FIG. This number is the number of tablets S to be taken out by one operation, and the number of tablets S required by the user can be specified. Specifically, for example, when the operation lever 5 is moved to the position of numeral 1, the protrusion 4d and the depression 32 are stably disposed at that position by engagement with the depression 32, and one tablet S is placed in the measuring chamber. 13 is moved. When the operation lever 5 is released from the engagement and moved to the position indicated by the numeral 3, the protrusion 4d engages with the corresponding recess 32 and is stably disposed at the position, and the three tablets S Is moved to the measuring chamber 13.

In the tablet container 1 described above, the cover 3 is arranged with respect to the container body 2 with the intermediate cover portion 21 disposed at the corresponding portion of the container body 2 as shown in FIG. 1
It is attached by pressing and engaging with the locking portions 16a, 17a to form an integral container. In this container 1, when sold as a single item, when sold as a set with a large number of tablets S, or when sold in a state where a large number of tablets S are stored in the storage chamber 12, the storage The operation of accommodating the tablets S in the chamber 12 and the operation of taking out the target number of tablets S from the measuring chamber 13 by the user are the same in any case.

That is, first, a large number of tablets S are stored in the storage chamber 12 in the initial stage. The operation procedure is shown in FIG.
As shown by the imaginary line in (b), when the cover portion 24 is pushed in the direction of being lifted by the knob 28a, the engaging portion 2
7 is disengaged from the third locking portion 19a, and is swung about the thin hinge portion 22 as a fulcrum to be in an open state. In this open state,
Since the storage chamber 12 is largely opened, a predetermined number of tablets S put in bags or containers can be efficiently transferred to the storage chamber 12 at a time. Thereafter, when the cover portion 24 is pushed to the position indicated by the solid line, the engaging portion 27 is moved to the third locking portion 19a.
To lock many tablets S in the storage chamber 12. When the cover 3 is made of a transparent resin, the tablets S in the storage chamber 12 can be visually checked.

Next, the number actually required by the user is extracted. In this operation procedure, for example, when the user wants to take only one tablet S, when the operation lever 5 is moved to the position of the numeral 1 with a finger or the like, the spacer 4 is moved in conjunction with the protrusion 4d to move the protrusion 4d. It engages with the corresponding recess 32 and is stably disposed at that location. In this state, the container 1 is shaken back and forth or the front side is tilted downward. Then, one tablet S is transferred from the storage chamber 12 into the weighing chamber 13 via the communication portion 14. Then, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 4B, when the cover portion 25 is pushed in the direction in which it is lifted by the knob portion 28b, the engaging portion 27 is disengaged from the second locking portion 18a, and the thin hinge portion 23 is disengaged. It swings as a fulcrum and becomes open. In this open state, since the tablet movement preventing section 30 projects to the communication section 14, the tablets S in the storage chamber 12 are inadvertently moved to the measuring chamber 13 side, and conversely, the tablets S in the measuring chamber 13 side are moved. Does not accidentally move to the storage room 12 side. Then, the user can reliably take out only the tablets S in the measuring chamber 13 from this state, for example, by turning the container 1 upside down. After that, when the cover portion 25 is pushed again in the closing direction, the engaging portion 27 is moved to the second locking portion 18a.
And the measuring chamber 13 is closed. Therefore,
In such a take-out structure, for example, when the user changes the number of tablets S to be taken, only one, two, three,
It can be easily changed to four. At the same time, when taking out a plurality of tablets S in the measuring chamber 13, the cover portion 25 is swung about the thin hinge portion 23 as a fulcrum and the measuring chamber 13 is greatly opened. Can also be taken out of the weighing chamber 13 at once.

The container 1 of the first embodiment comprises a container body 2 and a cover 3, and the cover 3 is attached to the container body 2 by an intermediate cover portion 21 and an intermediate cover portion 2.
1 and a measuring chamber cover portion 25 and a storage chamber cover portion 24 which are formed on both sides of the container 1 via thin hinge portions 22 and 23, respectively, and which are independently and detachably locked to corresponding portions of the container body 2. Have. Therefore, in this embodiment, the number of members is small. For example, as in the embodiment, four points of the container body 2, the cover 3, the spacer 4, and the operating lever 5, or three points of the container body 2, the cover 3, and the spacer with lever are provided. The present invention can be realized. Since the cover 3 is formed separately from one surface of the container body 2, the incorporation of the spacer 4 and the operation lever 5 is improved, and when the tablet S is required, the cover portion 25 is connected to the thin hinge portion 23. , And then, for example, tilt or turn over the front and back to specify the specified number of tablets S in the measuring chamber 13.
Can always be taken out instantaneously even if the designated number is large. Further, in the first embodiment, the storage chamber 12 and the measuring chamber 13 are partitioned by the partition wall 11 provided along the moving direction of the spacer 4, and the tablet in the storage chamber 12 is provided at one end of the partition wall 13. A communication part 14 for transferring S to the measuring chamber 13 and a communication part 14 for taking out the tablets S transferred to the measuring chamber 13.
And a tablet movement preventing portion 30 that is automatically projected to the outside. For this reason, the measuring chamber 13 and the communication part 14 are
The measuring chamber 13 can be easily formed by the
2, a large moving space for the spacer 4 is secured, and the number of changes of the tablets S can be easily set in a wide range. At the same time, the tablet movement preventing unit 30 prevents the tablet S from moving into the storage chamber 12 before taking out the tablet S from the measuring chamber 13.
It is convenient because it is automatically projected to the cover part 25.
The configuration can be realized simply because it can be attached using a part of.

In the above embodiment, the cover 2 is
Although the example in which the intermediate cover portion 21, the storage room cover portion 24, and the measurement chamber cover portion 25 are integrally provided has been described, the following configuration can be used instead. That is,
As the cover 2, a cover part for opening and closing the storage chamber 12 and a cover part for opening and closing the weighing chamber 13 may be separately formed as in the following second embodiment. In this case, for example, the storage chamber cover portion and the measurement chamber cover portion are integrally formed with a thin hinge, and are rotatably assembled to corresponding portions of the container body 2, respectively. And a cover portion for the measuring chamber are rotatably assembled to the corresponding portion of the container body 2 via a dedicated one-side hinge (a pivot shaft or the like), and a cover portion for the storage room and / or a cover portion for the measuring chamber are provided. A configuration or the like that is slidably attached to the corresponding portion of the container body 2 is adopted.

Hereinafter, the tablet container of the second embodiment will be described.
Among the drawings of the second embodiment, FIGS. 9A and 9B are action diagrams when one or four tablets S are taken out of the container, FIG.
(A) and (b) are schematic outline views showing the container in different states,
FIG. 11 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 10A, and FIG. 12 is a schematic perspective view showing a container main body constituting the container. FIG. 13A is a rear view of the container body, and FIG.
13A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 13A, and FIG.
13C is an enlarged view of a portion C, and FIG. 13D is a partially enlarged view of the same viewed from the direction D in FIG. 13C. 14A is a top view of the front cover, FIG. 14B is a sectional view taken along line EE of FIG.
14C is a right side view of the front cover, FIG. 14D is a view of the front cover viewed from the rear end face side, and FIG. 14E is a rear view of the front cover. FIG. 15A is a rear view of the rear cover, and FIG.
FIG. 15B is a view of the rear cover viewed from the front end face side, and FIG.
FIG. 15D is a side view of the rear cover, and FIG.
FIG. 15E is a sectional view taken along line GG of FIG. 15B. FIG. 16A is a top view of the spacer, and FIG.
16 is a side view thereof, FIG. 16C is a rear view thereof, and FIG.
(D) is a sectional view taken along line HH of (a). FIG.
17A is a rear view of the opening / closing member, FIG. 17B is a cross-sectional view taken along line II of FIG. 17A, and FIG. 17C is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line JJ of FIG. FIG. 18A is a side view of the operation lever.
FIG. 18B is an enlarged sectional view taken along line KK of FIG.
FIG. 19 is an exploded view of a main part showing a procedure for assembling the container.

9 to 19, the tablet container 1A of the second embodiment comprises a container body 2A, front and rear covers 6A and 6B as covers 6, a spacer 7, an operation lever 8, and an opening / closing member 9. , Both are formed of resin molded products. However, the material can be appropriately changed.

Here, the container body 2A is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 3, a partition wall 41 provided on the inner surface is provided, the inner space 40 is divided into a storage chamber 42 and a measuring chamber 43 by the partition wall 41, and a tip 41 a of the partition wall 41.
The storage chamber 42 and the weighing chamber 43 communicate with each other via a communication section 44 provided at the front. That is, the storage room 42
A bottom wall 45 and rear portions of both side walls 46 and 47, a rear wall 49,
It is partitioned by a partition wall 41, has a larger volume than the measuring chamber 43, and accommodates a large number of tablets S. The measuring chamber 43 has a bottom wall 4
5 and a front portion of both side walls 46 and 47, a front wall 48, and a partition wall 41, and in this example, a maximum of four tablets S can be stored. The partition wall 41 extends from the inner surface of the side wall 46 toward the opposing side wall 47, and the front end 41 a is bent into an L shape before the side wall 47, and is located on the weighing chamber 43 side. A gap through which the tablets S pass one by one, that is, a communicating portion 44 is secured between the front end 41a and the side wall 47. In addition, the partition wall 41 has a main portion 41b having a front end 4b.
As it goes to 1a, it is gradually inclined toward the measuring chamber 43 side,
The tablet S stored in the storage chamber 42 is formed so as to be easily moved from the communication portion 44 to the measuring chamber 43 along the inclined surface.
A guide rib 44a is provided at a position facing the communicating portion 44 of the storage chamber 42, as shown in FIG. The guide rib 44a facilitates the movement of the tablet S in the storage chamber 42 toward the communication portion 44, similarly to the tilting action of the main portion 41b. A rib 41 defining a substantially rectangular recess is provided between the base side of the main portion 41b and the side wall 46 on the measuring chamber 43 side.
c, a rib 41d defining a substantially triangular depression inside the tip 41a, and a rib 41e forming a corresponding corner portion in an arc shape between the side wall 46 and the front wall 48.

On the bottom surface 45, the portion forming the measuring chamber 43 includes an outlet 50, which lacks a corner portion of the side wall 47 and the front wall 48, and an opening / closing portion provided on the mounting port 50 side of the communication portion 44. Member mounting through hole 51 and locking recess 5
2, a ring-shaped receiving portion 53 provided close to the rib 41d and the partition wall 41, an engaging hole 54 penetrated through the center of the receiving portion 53, and a circle around the engaging hole 54. It has four provided detent depressions 55 and the like. Among these, when the opening / closing member 9 is attached to the through hole 51 and the state is switched from the closed state of FIG. 9A to the open state of FIG. It is sized to be taken out one by one. The locking recess 52 is
It engages with a shaft portion 94 of the opening / closing member 9 described later, and holds the opening / closing member 9 in a closed state. The receiving portion 53 is protruded from the inner surface of the bottom surface 45, and as shown in FIG.
b is rotatably fitted. The engagement hole 54 is defined by an engagement piece 56 projecting at a position where the center hole part is equally divided into three parts as shown in FIGS. 13 (c) and 13 (d). This engagement piece 56
Is inserted by elastically displacing the engaging portion 85 of the operation lever 8 shown in FIG. Each of the recesses 55 is formed in a hemispherical recess at equal intervals, and enables the spacer 7 to be temporarily locked at each of these positions. In addition, outside the bottom surface 45, the engagement holes 54 are provided.
Is formed in the concave portion 45a, and the engaging portion 85 fits into the concave portion 45a. FIG.
In FIG. 8, the engagement piece 56 is omitted in the drawing.

As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13A, the outer surfaces on both sides of the bottom wall 45 extend from substantially the middle to just before the outlet 50 and along the lower edges of the side walls 46 and 47. Thus, first locking portions 46a and 47a are provided, respectively.
The first locking portions 46a and 47a on both sides are opposed to each other, and are each formed in a pair of concave shapes. Similarly, the second locking portions 46b and 47b are provided to be opposed from substantially the middle to the rear and along the lower edges of the side walls 46 and 47. In contrast, the second locking portions 46b, 47b are provided on both side walls 46, 47, respectively.
In addition, the first protrusions 46c and 47c on the front side and the second protrusions 46d and 47d on the rear side are provided in a vertical rib shape, respectively. The first protrusions 46c and 47c are
d, 47d lower than the vertical ribs, the upper side of the ribs is the side surfaces 46, 4
7 is located below the upper end surface by a predetermined amount. Further, on the outer surface of the front wall 48, a third locking portion 48a is provided at an intermediate position of the rising end as shown in FIGS. 11 and 13B.

The cover 6 includes a front cover 6A for covering the measuring section 43, and a rear cover 6B for slidably opening and closing the storage section 42, and each of them has a substantially U-shaped cross section.
As shown in FIG. 14, the front cover 6A has an outlet 64 lacking the side wall 62 and the front wall 63 corresponding to the outlet 55, and a shaft hole 60a provided in the upper surface 60 corresponding to the through hole 51.
And a large recess 6 in the upper surface 60 corresponding to the engagement hole 54.
0b, and a shaft hole 60c penetrating the center of the recess 60b.
The third locking portion 48a provided inside the front wall 63
, And claw portions 61a, 62a provided inside the distal ends of both side walls 61, 62 and engaged with the first locking portions 46a, 47a. In addition, the rear edge of the upper surface 60 has a tapered step 60 d lower by one step.
Are formed. When the front cover 6A is arranged so as to cover the opening of the measuring portion 43 and is pushed down, the pawl portions 61a and 62a engage with the first locking portions 46a and 47a, and engage with the engaging portions 63a. It is assembled with the third locking portion 48a locked.

On the other hand, the rear cover 6B is provided at the front edge of the upper surface 65 as shown in FIG. 15 and has a tapered step 65a overlapped with the step 60d, and two side walls 66 and 67 corresponding to the step 65a. A front contact portion 68 lacking a front end;
Claw portions 66 provided inside the distal ends of both side walls 66 and 67 and slidably engaged with the second locking portions 46b and 47b.
a, 67a, and locking ribs 66b, 67b located on the front inside of both side walls 66, 67 and provided in a vertical rib shape. The rear cover 6B is provided in the storage section 42.
The hooks 66a, 67a on both sides are connected to the second locking portions 46b,
When the storage portion 42 is pushed forward from the rear side corresponding to the storage portion 47b, the locking ribs 66b and 67b
d, 47d, but by pressing strongly, the second projection 4
6d and 47d elastically, and then the first projection 46
At the point of time when c and 47c are elastically overcome, they are assembled as shown in FIG. Conversely, when the rear cover 6B is pulled rearward as shown in FIG. 10B, the locking ribs 66b, 67b elastically ride over the first protrusions 46c, 47c and hit the second protrusions 46d, 47d. Locked by. In this open state, the tablets S are appropriately supplied to the storage section 42.

The opening / closing member 9 is shown in FIGS.
7. As shown in FIG. 19, a lid 91 is provided in the gap formed between the outlets 50 and 64, and the lid 91 is connected to the lid 91 so that the lid 91 projects out of the gap. When being switched to the open state, the communication portion 44 has a tablet movement preventing portion 92 protruding from the communication portion 44. The lid 91 has an outer surface 91a disposed along a gap formed between the outlets 50 and 64, and an inner surface 91b formed as an inclined surface. A mounting shaft 93 protruding from the upper and lower surfaces, respectively, on the side approaching the tablet movement inhibiting portion 92, and the locking recess 52 protruding from the upper surface.
Is provided with a projection 94 to be engaged with the projection. The tablet movement preventing portion 92 is configured such that the outer surface 92 a is formed on the outer surface 9 of the lid 91 via a step.
1a, the inner surface 92b is elongated from one end of the lid 91 in a state where the inner surface 92b is continuous with the linear portion of the inclined inner surface 91b, and the free end 95 is bent into a substantially L shape.
The opening / closing member 9 is rotatably assembled by engaging the upper and lower shaft ends of the mounting shaft 93 with the corresponding shaft hole 60a of the front cover 6A and the mounting through hole 51 of the container body 2A. Can be When the lid 91 is closed as shown in FIG. 9A, the projection 94 engages with the locking recess 52, and the opening / closing member 9 is formed between the outlets 50 and 64 in accordance with the engaging force. The gap is maintained closed. Also, the lid 91
9A is rotated from the state shown in FIG. 9A to the state shown in FIG. 9B, the gap formed between the outlets 50 and 64 is opened, and the tablet S can be taken out from the measuring chamber 43.
At the same time, the tablet movement preventing portion 92 is rotated clockwise, and the leading end 95 hits the partition wall 11 to prevent the tablet S from moving to the storage chamber 42 again before being taken out of the measuring chamber 43.

As shown in FIGS. 16 and 19, the spacer 7 comprises a base 70 and a wing 71 of a small block which can be rotated by a predetermined angle in the measuring chamber 43. In the base 70,
A rectangular mounting hole 72 penetrating vertically, a locking groove 73 provided on one inner surface of the mounting hole 72 and extending vertically,
It has upper and lower ring portions 74a, 74b formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the mounting hole 72 and one step higher around the mounting hole 72. The upper ring portion 74a is rotatably fitted in the shaft hole 60c of the front cover 6A. The lower ring portion 74b is rotatably fitted and held in the receiving portion 53 of the container body 2A. The wing 71 has an upper surface 75 substantially flush with the base 70, and a lower surface 76 with the base 7.
It is formed one step higher than 0. On the lower surface 75, a projection 77 is provided which is detentably and removably engaged with each of the recesses 55.
Is protrudingly provided at an intermediate portion on the distal end side. Upper and lower surfaces 75, 76
Are provided with small sliding projections 78a, 78b on both sides of the tip.

As shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, the operating lever 8 has a flange portion 80 rotatably fitted into the recess 60b of the front cover 6A, and an operating portion protruding from the upper surface of the flange portion 80. 81, a shaft portion 82 with a key 83 protruding from the center of the lower surface of the flange portion 80, and an engaging portion 85 protruding from the shaft portion 82 with a small-diameter shaft portion 84 interposed therebetween. I have. When the engaging portion 85 is pushed into the engaging hole 54 through the shaft hole 60c of the front cover 6A and the mounting hole 72 of the base 70, the operating lever 8 prevents the engaging piece 56 from coming off. Assembled by action. In this assembled state, the key 83 is engaged with the locking groove 73, and when the operation portion 81 is picked up and the operation lever 8 is turned, the spacer 7 is also turned in conjunction therewith. At the time of this rotation, as shown in FIG. 11, the lower ring portion 74 fits into the receiving portion 53, and is moved without receiving a large resistance due to the presence of the sliding protrusion 78a and the like. Detents having a weak engagement force are coupled to the recesses 55.

On the front cover 6A, numerals 1, 2, 3, 4 and the like are printed from right to left as shown in FIG. 10 and the like, corresponding to the positions where the projections 77 are engaged with the recesses 55. Have been. This number is the number of tablets S to be taken out by one operation, and the number of tablets S required by the user can be arbitrarily specified. Specifically, FIGS. 9A and 10A
When the operating lever 8 is rotated so that the tip (the tip on the inclined side) of the operating portion 81 is located at the position of numeral 1, the protrusion 77 engages with the corresponding recess 55 as shown in FIG. And one tablet S is stably arranged at that location, and one tablet S is
Moved to 9B, when the operation lever 8 is disengaged and rotated so that the tip of the operation portion 81 is aligned with the position of numeral 4, the projection 77 corresponds to the corresponding recessed portion. The four tablets S are moved to the measuring chamber 43 by being stably arranged at the position by engaging with 55. That is, the spacer 7 changes the substantial volume (tablet storage volume) of the measuring chamber 43 by rotating the operation lever 8, and controls the number of tablets S transferred from the storage chamber 42 to the measuring chamber 43 in the operation. Lever 8
Configurable via.

The above-mentioned tablet container 1A includes front and rear covers 6
A, 6B, the spacer 7, the operation lever 8, and the opening / closing member 9 are assembled to the container main body 2A in the manner described above. In this container 1A, when sold as a single item, when sold as a set with many tablets S, or when sold in a state where many tablets S are stored in the storage room 42, The operation of accommodating the tablets S in the chamber 42 and the operation of the user taking out the target number of tablets S from the measuring chamber 43 are the same in any case. That is, first, a large number of tablets S are stored in the storage chamber 42 in the initial stage. In this operation, as shown in FIG. 10B, the rear cover 6B is slid backward to open the storage chamber 42. In this open state, the storage chamber 42 is largely opened, so that a predetermined number of tablets S put in bags or containers can be efficiently transferred to the storage chamber 42 in a lump. Thereafter, the rear cover 6B is slid to the original closed state as shown in FIG.
Many tablets S are confined in the storage room 42. When such a cover 6 is formed of a transparent resin, for example, the tablet S in the storage chamber 42 can be visually checked to determine the replenishment time and the like.

Next, the number actually required by the user is extracted. In this operation procedure, for example, when the user wants to take only one tablet S, the operation lever 8 is gripped by the finger or the like, and the tilted tip is rotated so as to be positioned at the position of numeral 1. The spacers 7 are rotated in conjunction with each other, and the protrusions 77 are engaged with the corresponding recesses 55 to be stably disposed at the corresponding positions. In this state, the container 1A is shaken back and forth, or the front side is tilted downward. Then, one tablet S is transferred from the storage chamber 42 into the weighing chamber 43 via the communication part 44. Therefore, the user sets the opening / closing member 9 in FIG.
From the position indicated by the solid line in (a), the user rotates the mounting shaft 93 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. Then, after the engagement of the projection 94 with the locking recess 52 is released, the opening / closing member 9 is rotated until the distal end of the tablet movement prevention portion 92 comes into contact with the partition wall 41, and the lid portion 91 projects outward. The above outlets 50 and 6
A gap (opening) is formed between the four. Thus, outlet 5
In the state where 0 and 64 are opened, since the tablet movement preventing portion 92 protrudes from the communication portion 44, the tablet S on the storage chamber 42 side is set.
May be inadvertently moved to the weighing chamber 43, or conversely,
The tablets S on the third side also do not inadvertently move to the storage room 42 side. Therefore, from this state, the user takes out only the tablets S in the measuring chamber 43 from the above-mentioned opening by, for example, tilting the container 1A. Thereafter, when the opening / closing member 9 is rotated in the closing direction again, the projection 94 is engaged with the locking concave portion 52, and the measuring chamber 43 is closed. Therefore, in such a take-out structure, for example, when the user changes the number of doses of the tablet S, the user only needs to turn the operation lever 8 to the position of the number corresponding thereto, from one to two,
It can be easily changed to three or four.
When taking out a plurality of tablets S in the measuring chamber 43,
Only the tablet S in the measuring chamber 43 can be reliably taken out by the tablet movement preventing portion 92 of the opening / closing member 9. The tablet movement preventing portion 92 is convenient because it is automatically projected to the communication portion 44 in conjunction with the operation of switching the opening and closing member 9 to the open position, and can be attached using a part of the opening and closing member 9. Therefore, the configuration is simplified.

The tablet containers 1 and 1A described above have been described in the form of flat rectangles.
It is arbitrarily designed as a polygon, an ellipse, or the like.
The point is that the tablet S is made to have an optimum appearance and size according to the use of the drug, luxury goods, food, fertilizer, other chemicals, etc., the user group, and the like.

[0035]

As described above, in the tablet container of the present invention, in a structure having a weighing chamber together with a storage chamber, the tablet storage volume of the weighing chamber is changed so that tablets transferred from the storage chamber to the weighing chamber can be stored. Since there is a takeout number changing means set to an arbitrary number, it is possible to change the number of tablets taken out, for example, two, three, or four. Therefore, when the user wants to change the number of tablets to be taken, he or she can always take out the required number of tablets accurately, so that the versatility and ease of use are excellent and satisfaction is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic external view showing an example of a container according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the container in a cross section along the line AA in FIG. 3A and a cross section along the line BB in FIG. 3B.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing the front and side surfaces of the container.

FIG. 4 is an operation diagram showing the container in a cross section taken along line CC and a cross section taken along line DD in FIG. 3B.

FIG. 5 is an external view of a single container body constituting the container.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a cover alone constituting the container.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the cover taken along line FF of FIG. 6A.

FIG. 8 is an exploded view of a main part configuration showing a relation between main part members of the container.

FIG. 9 is an operation explanatory view showing an example of a container according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a schematic external view showing the appearance of the container of FIG. 9 in a different manner.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

FIG. 12 is an external view of the container main body of FIG. 9;

FIG. 13 is a view showing a single container body of FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a view showing a single front cover of the cover of FIG. 10;

FIG. 15 is a view showing a single rear cover of the cover of FIG. 10;

FIG. 16 is a view showing the spacer alone shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the opening / closing member alone of FIG. 9;

FIG. 18 is a view showing a single operation lever of FIG. 9;

19 is an exploded view of a main part configuration showing a relationship between main part members of the container in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 1A is a tablet container 2, 2A is a container body 3, 6 is a cover 4, 7 is a spacer (extraction number changing means) 5, 8 is an operation lever (extraction number changing means) 6A, 6B is front and rear covers 9 is open / close The members 11, 41 are partition walls 12, 42 are storage chambers 13, 43 are weighing chambers 14, 44 are communicating parts 21 are intermediate cover parts 22, 23 are thin hinge parts 24 are cover parts corresponding to storage chambers 25 are weighing chambers The cover parts 30 and 92 corresponding to the tablets are the tablet movement prevention parts

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A tablet container having a storage chamber and a measurement chamber for accommodating a large number of granular tablets, wherein the tablets in the storage chamber can be taken out one by one in the measurement chamber. A tablet container, comprising: a number-of-take-out changing means for changing a tablet storage volume of a measuring chamber to set an arbitrary number of tablets to be transferred from the storage chamber to the measuring chamber. 2. The tablet according to claim 1, wherein the number-of-take-out changing means comprises a spacer arranged in the measuring chamber and moved in a longitudinal direction of the measuring chamber, and an operation lever for moving the spacer from outside. Container. 3. The tablet container according to claim 1, wherein said take-out number changing means comprises a spacer rotatably provided in said measuring chamber and an operation lever for moving said spacer from outside. 4. The communication device, wherein the container divides the storage chamber and the measurement chamber by a partition wall, and is provided at one end of the partition wall to transfer tablets in the storage chamber to the measurement chamber. 4. A communication device according to claim 1, further comprising: a tablet movement preventing portion protruding from the communication portion when the tablet transferred to the measuring chamber is taken out.
A container for tablets according to any one of the above.