JP2005015006A - Fixed-number tablet take-out container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixed-number tablet take-out container having the fixed-number take-out function and small number of parts which is capable of reliably and easily taking out tablets of the fixed number. <P>SOLUTION: The fixed-number tablet take-out container comprises a container body 2 having a space 11 capable of storing a plurality of tablets 10 with a top surface 20 thereof opened, and having a division wall 12 to divide the space 11 into a counting chamber 14 and a tablet storage chamber 13 to communicate with each other via an inlet passage 15, and a lid body 3 having a top plate 18 capable of closing the top surface 20 of the space 11, slidably engaged with the container body 2 to open/close the counting chamber 14 of the container body 2. The lid body 3 has a metering stopper 26 which is displaced by the slidable movement to open/close the inlet passage 15. The metering stopper 26 has an abutting surface 31 which is abutted on the tablet 10 in the inlet passage 15 in a step of closing the inlet passage 15 to push out the tablet 10 outside the inlet passage 15. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a container used for storing tablets and taking out a fixed amount.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Appropriate amounts of one-time intake of luxury goods, supplements, and medicines are determined, and these tablets are stored in containers and used after being taken out of the containers.
[0003]
These supplements and the like are required to have light-shielding properties and moisture-proof properties for tablet containers.
[0004]
On the other hand, conventional tablet take-out containers may be bottle-shaped or box-shaped, but when taking out, place an indefinite amount of contents on the palm of the hand, etc. The swing-out operation is repeated, and if it is taken out too much, it needs to be returned to the container.
[Patent Document 1] Utility Model Application Publication No. 16307 in 1984 Many tablet-type containers currently on the market have a two-piece configuration with a sliding opening and closing system, and the number of parts is small, so the container fee is cheap. However, the function of taking out several fixed quantities is not added, or even if the function is added, accurate weighing is difficult, and weighing and taking-out operations are complicated. For this reason, in the case of a slide-type tablet container used for tablets such as supplements, unlike the bottle shape, the opening is small and it is difficult to return to the container once it has been taken out. In order to return it to the container, the contents become wet and unclean, and the removal operation needs to be repeated several times.
[0005]
For this reason, development of a container that can take out tablets by a simple operation by a constant amount is desired.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and has a constant quantity tablet taking out container having a constant quantity taking out function capable of reliably and easily taking out tablets by a constant quantity and having a small number of parts. It is intended to provide.
[0007]
【Constitution】
Corresponding to this object, the constant-quantity tablet takeout container of the present invention has a space in which a plurality of tablets can be accommodated and the upper surface is open, and the space communicates with the space through the inlet passage and the tablet storage chamber. A container body having a partition wall for partitioning, and a lid body that has a top plate capable of closing the upper surface of the space and that slidably engages the container body and opens and closes the counting chamber of the container body. The lid body has a weighing stopper that opens and closes the inlet passage by being displaced by the sliding, and the weighing stopper contacts the tablet in the inlet passage in the process of closing the inlet passage. It has the contact surface pushed out of the said entrance channel, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.
[0008]
Embodiment
The details of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings showing an embodiment.
In FIG. 1, 1 is a constant amount tablet taking out container. The fixed quantity tablet take-out container 1 is composed of a container body 2 and a lid body 3 which are slidably fitted, and has a rectangular parallelepiped box shape as a whole. In FIG. 1, reverse hatching is applied for the purpose of clearly distinguishing the container body 2 and the lid body 3.
[0009]
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the container body 2 includes a bottom wall 4 and an enclosure wall, that is, a front wall 5, a rear wall 6, a right side wall 7, and a left side wall 8, and constitutes a space 11. The upper surface 20 of this space 11 is open. A partition wall 12 is disposed in the space 11 to partition the tablet storage chamber 13 and the counting chamber 14. The tablet storage chamber 13 is a chamber that can store a large number of tablets that can be taken out several times, and the counting chamber 14 counts the number of tablets of a constant amount that are taken out in one take-out operation. It is a room that serves as a window.
[0010]
The partition wall 12 is provided across the space 11 from the right side wall 7 toward the left side wall 8, but the tip 9 of the partition wall 12 does not reach the right side wall 7. An opening having a width d ₁ (see FIG. 5) is left between them, and this opening serves as an entrance / exit 16 of the entrance passage 15, and a portion near the front wall 5 from the entrance / exit 16 serves as the entrance passage 15. Therefore, the inlet passage 15 opens to the counting chamber 14 adjacent to the counting chamber 14. Thus, the tablet storage chamber 13 and the counting chamber 14 communicate with each other through the inlet passage 15. The entrance passage 15 and the entrance / exit 16 have a cross-sectional area through which the tablet 10 can pass.
[0011]
The counting chamber 14 is a chamber that counts a fixed number of tablets taken out in a single take-out operation, and has a volume that can accommodate only the fixed number of tablets. The volume of the counting chamber 14 may be limited by the left side wall 8 of the container body 2 on the side opposite to the inlet 15, but may be provided by providing a partition plate 17 that can function as a wall surface of the counting chamber 14. When the partition plate 17 is used, when it is necessary to change the constant amount of one extraction, counting is performed only by changing the position of the partition plate 17 without greatly changing the design of the constant amount tablet extraction container 1. The volume of the chamber 14 can be changed. The partition plate 17 may be movable or may be a fixed type fixed to the container body 2.
[0012]
The lid 3 has a top plate 18, a rear wall 21, a left wall 22, and a right wall 23, and the front and bottom surfaces are open. The top plate 18 has a size and shape that can cover the upper surface 20 of the space 11 of the container body 2, and the bottom wall of the container body 2 is formed by the wrap-around portions 24 and 25 in which the lower ends of the left and right walls 22 and 23 wrap around the bottom surface. 4 is engaged with the container body 2 in a state where the side edge portion 4 is held, and is slidably engaged.
[0013]
The lid 3 is provided with a weighing stopper 26. The weighing stopper 26 is fixed to the lid 3, protrudes into the space 11 of the container body 2 in a state where the lid 3 is fitted to the container body 2, and is displaced to enter and exit the inlet passage 15 by sliding of the lid 3. The inlet passage 15 is opened and closed. When the metering stopper 26 is at the tip of the inlet passage 15 adjacent to the front wall 5, the metering stopper 26 is in the open position 27 because the inlet passage 15 and the inlet / outlet port 16 are opened by a width d ₂ larger than the diameter of the tablet 10. As a result, the tablet 10 can be fed from the tablet storage chamber 13 to the counting chamber 14 through the inlet passage 15.
[0014]
When the metering stopper 26 is located adjacent to the partition wall 12, that is, at the entrance / exit 16, only the width d ₃ smaller than the diameter of the tablet 10 is opened between the metering stopper 26 and the partition wall 12. Since the tablet 10 is not blocked by being blocked by the stopper 26, the metering stopper 26 is in the closed position 28, and the inlet passage 15 is closed. While the metering stopper 26 moves in the inlet passage 15 from the open position 27 to the closed position 28, if the tablet 10 is present in the inlet passage 15, the contact surface 31 of the metering stopper 26 contacts the tablet 10. The tablet 10 is pressed as the metering stopper 26 moves, and the tablet 10 is returned to the tablet storage chamber 13. A lid opening stopper 32 and a lid closing stopper 33 are provided between the container body 2 and the lid body 3.
[0015]
The lid opening stopper 32 is a stopper for defining an appropriate limit position where the lid body 3 is retracted to open the counting chamber 14, while the lid closing stopper 33 is the lid body 3 being advanced to close the counting chamber 14. This is a stopper for defining an appropriate limit position. Each of the stoppers is fixed to one of the container body 2 and the lid 3 and has a function of restraining relative movement by contacting the other. In this embodiment, the lid is opened. The stopper 32 is fixed to the top plate 18 and protrudes. The stopper 32 is in contact with the rear wall 6 of the container body 2 to define the relative retreat position of the lid 3. The lid closing stopper 33 is fixed to the lid 3. Then, it contacts the upper surface of the partition wall 12 of the container body 2 to define the relative forward position of the lid 3.
[0016]
Next, the operation of the constant amount tablet take-out container 1 configured as described above will be described.
A large number of tablets 10 are supplied to the tablet storage chamber 13 of the container body 2, and the lid 3 is fitted in this state, and the open top surface of the tablet storage chamber 13 is closed with the top plate 18, thereby storing the tablets 10. The fixed amount tablet taking-out container 1 thus completed is completed. At this time, the measuring stopper 26 is located at the open position 27 where the inlet passage 15 is opened. At this time, if the number of picked up by one picking operation is a constant number, for example, three in the illustrated case, four tablets 10 (a, b, c, d) pass through the entrance / exit 16 from the tablet storage chamber 13. Of these, three tablets 10 (a, b, c) are regulated by the volume of the counting chamber 14 and enter the counting chamber 14, and the remaining one tablet 10 (d) is the inlet. Enters passage 15. When the container body 2 and the tablet storage chamber 13 are completely coincident and overlapped, the lid opening stopper 33 is in contact with the partition wall 12 and positioned.
[0017]
Next, when taking out a fixed number of tablets 10, the lid 3 is pushed and slid with fingers. When the lid opening stopper 32 abuts against the rear wall 6 of the container body 2 and the opening position of the lid 3 is defined, the counting chamber 14 is fully opened. Prior to this, the weighing stopper 26 which was in the open position 27 is moved to the closed position 28 by the backward movement of the lid 3, and this movement causes the weighing stopper 26 to push back the tablet 10 (d) in the inlet passage 15 and accommodate the tablets. Return to chamber 13. As a final stroke of the backward movement, the metering stopper 26 closes the entrance 16 of the entrance passage 15.
[0018]
In this state, only a fixed number (three) of tablets 10 (a, b, c) remain in the counting chamber 14, and the upper surface of the counting chamber 14 is open. If it turns inside out, the tablet 10 (a, b, c) can be shaken out. When the lid 2 is advanced again and the counting chamber 14 is closed with the top plate 18, the inlet passage 15 is opened and the initial state is restored.
[0019]
【The invention's effect】
In the constant quantity tablet take-out container 1 of the present invention, the number of tablets 10 that can enter the counting chamber 14 at a time is limited to n, and more tablets 10 are pushed back into the tablet housing chamber 13 of the container body 2 and are counted. Since only 14 is opened to the outside and the tablet 10 is shaken out, only a constant amount of contents can be taken out, and no further tablets 10 need to be touched, so it is very clean. Further, since the constant quantity tablet taking out container 1 is composed of only two parts in total, that is, the container main body 2 and the lid 3, the number of parts is extremely small.
[0020]
As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a constant amount tablet taking-out container having a constant amount taking-out function capable of reliably taking out the contents of the tablet by a constant amount and having a small number of parts. .
[0021]
[Brief description of the drawings]
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view showing a constant amount tablet taking-out container, in which (a) is a front view, (b) is a left side view, (c) is a rear view, (d) is a front view, and (e) is a bottom view.
2A and 2B are diagrams showing a constant amount tablet taking-out container, in which FIG. 2A is a plan view in a closed state, and FIG. 2B is a plan view in an opened state;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line bb in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a perspective explanatory view of a constant amount tablet take-out container.
FIGS. 5A and 5B are diagrams illustrating the operation of a constant amount tablet taking-out container, in which FIG. 5A is a partial explanatory view in a closed state, and FIG. 5B is a partial explanatory view in an open state;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fixed quantity tablet taking-out container 2 Container main body 3 Cover body 4 Bottom wall 5 Front wall 6 Rear wall 7 Right side wall 8 Left side wall 10 Tablet 11 Space 12 Partition wall 13 Tablet storage chamber 14 Counting chamber 15 Inlet passage 16 Entrance / exit port 17 Partition plate 18 Top plate 20 Upper surface 21 Rear wall 22 Left wall 23 Right wall 24 Rounding portion 25 Rounding portion 26 Weighing stopper 27 Open position 28 Closed position 31 Contact surface 32 Lid open stopper 33 Lid close stopper

Claims (3)

A container body having a space capable of accommodating a plurality of tablets and having an open upper surface, and having a counting chamber communicating with the space through an inlet passage, and a partition wall dividing the space into a tablet housing chamber; and the upper surface of the space A lid that slidably engages the container body and opens and closes the counting chamber of the container body, and the lid body is displaced by the sliding to open the inlet passage. A metering stopper that opens and closes, and the metering stopper has a contact surface that contacts the tablet in the inlet passage and pushes the tablet out of the inlet passage in the process of closing the inlet passage; A constant amount tablet takeout container. 2. The constant quantity tablet take-out container according to claim 1, wherein an end portion of the counting chamber that is opposite to an end portion on the inlet passage side is partitioned by a partition plate. 2. The constant amount tablet according to claim 1, further comprising a stopper member that is fixed to one of the main body container and the lid body and defines a relative position that contacts the other and opens and closes the counting chamber. Take-out container.

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