JP2008133001A - Tubular tablet container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tubular tablet container which can effectively avoid the formation of a crack and the generation of a harsh noise, caused by the collision of a tablet with an inside surface of the container, and which enables the tablet to be smoothly taken out by moving the tablet. <P>SOLUTION: This tubular tablet container 10 comprises a tubular container body 12 like a bottomed tube, and a lid body 13 for opening/closing an upper opening 12a of the tubular container body 12. The tubular tablet container 10 houses the tablets 11 in a stacked state. A plurality of thin-walled ribs 16 and 17, which are raised from the inside of a top surface portion 14 composed of the lid body 13, and the inside of the bottom surface portion 15 of the tubular container body 12, and at least the leading end portions 16a and 17a of which are curved by being warped outside of a central side, are arranged along a circumference, the center of which is a central portion of the top surface portion 14 or the bottom surface portion 15, and provided without bringing leading ends of the ribs into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the tubular container body 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cylindrical tablet container, and in particular, includes a cylindrical container body having a bottomed cylindrical shape and a lid that covers the upper end opening of the cylindrical container body so as to be openable and closable, and stores the tablets in a stacked state. It relates to a tablet container.

As a tablet, for example, a plate-like tablet having a planar shape such as a circle, a triangle, or a rectangle is known as a so-called tablet, and for example, it can be provided as a solid in a form in which medicines and confectionery are easily put in the mouth. To do. Moreover, as a tablet container which accommodates a tablet, for example, an elongated cylindrical container that accommodates tablets in a stacked state, or a thin box-shaped container that accommodates tablets in a vertically and horizontally aligned state without being stacked (for example, , See Patent Document 1). Furthermore, for containers that store tablets in a stacked state, when the remaining amount of tablets decreases, the length that the tablets move becomes longer, so when the containers are vibrated during transportation or carrying, etc. , The tablet is likely to collide with the inner surface of the container or generate an annoying sound. For this reason, the tablet container which restricted the movement in the container of a tablet and was able to eliminate the problem which a tablet breaks is also developed (for example, refer patent document 2).
JP-A-2005-47626 JP 2000-168857 A

  However, in the tablet container of Patent Document 2 in which movement in the container is limited so that cracking of the tablet can be eliminated, it is necessary to provide a large number of partitions for separately storing the tablets. Becomes complicated. In addition, since the movement of the tablet is limited by the partition, when the tablet is taken out, it is necessary to slide the lid to a certain position of the tablet each time, which is inconvenient.

  The present invention can effectively prevent the tablet from colliding with the inner surface of the container even when the remaining amount of the stored tablet is reduced, causing cracks or annoying sound, An object of the present invention is to provide a cylindrical tablet container that can be taken out smoothly by moving the tablet.

  The present invention is a cylindrical tablet container comprising a bottomed cylindrical container body and a lid that opens and closes the upper end opening of the cylindrical container body, and stores tablets in a stacked state. A thin rib that stands up from the inside of the top surface portion and the inside of the bottom surface portion of the cylindrical container body, and is preferably curved or bent toward the circumferential wall direction of the cylindrical container body, the tip of which is inside the circumferential wall of the cylindrical container body The object is achieved by providing a plurality of cylindrical tablet containers that face without contacting the peripheral surface and are arranged along the peripheral wall.

  According to the cylindrical tablet container of the present invention, it is possible to reduce or prevent the tablet from colliding with the inner surface of the container and causing cracking or harsh sound even when the remaining amount of the stored tablet is reduced. it can.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the cylindrical tablet container 10 which concerns on preferable one Embodiment of this invention is a container which accommodates the tablet 11 which is a plate-shaped disk-shaped tablet as a tablet, for example, piled up in the vertical direction. It is. The cylindrical tablet container 10 of the present embodiment opens and closes the upper end opening 12a by reversing the lid 13 hinged to the periphery of the upper end opening 12a of the bottomed cylindrical cylindrical container body 12 around the hinge. The tablet 11 can be sequentially taken out from the upper tablet 11 through the upper end opening 12a. Moreover, the tablet container 10 of this embodiment is provided with the collision mitigation mechanism which relieves the impact and sound at the time of the tablet 11 colliding with the top | upper surface part 14 and the bottom face part 15 of the container 10, and, thereby, the residual amount of the tablet 11 is sufficient. Even when the number is reduced, it is possible to effectively reduce or avoid the occurrence of cracks or harsh sounds in the tablet 11.

  And the cylindrical tablet container 10 of this embodiment opens and closes the bottomed cylindrical cylindrical container main body 12 and the upper end opening 12a of this cylindrical container main body 12 as shown also in FIG. 2 (a), (b). A cylindrical container that holds the tablet 11 in a stacked state, and stands up from the inside of the top surface portion 14 and the bottom surface portion 15 of the cylindrical container body 12 by the lid body 13, The thin ribs 16 and 17 that are curved so that at least the tip portions 16a and 17a are curved from the center side toward the outside, that is, in the direction of the peripheral wall 12b of the cylindrical container body 12, are formed in the center portion of the top surface portion 14 or bottom surface portion 15. Are arranged so as to be along the edge of the peripheral wall 12b or the bottom surface portion 15 on the circumference centering on the center. These thin-walled ribs 16 and 17 are provided so that their tips do not contact the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall 12 b of the cylindrical container body 12.

  In the present embodiment, the lid body 13 includes an inner annular rib 19 that comes into contact with the annular seal protrusion 18 provided on the inner surface of the upper end portion of the cylindrical container body 12 to seal the upper end opening 12 a of the cylindrical container body 12. . The thin rib 16 rising from the inner side of the top surface portion 14 of the lid 13 has an inner annular rib 19 so that the tip thereof exceeds the inner annular rib 19, that is, the distance from the top surface portion 14 to the distal end portion 16 a of the thin rib. It is provided in a shape and length that is greater than the distance to the top 19a.

  In the present embodiment, the cylindrical container body 12 of the tablet container 10 is mounted and fixed to the upper end portion of the bottomed body 20 having a substantially bottomed cylindrical shape by mounting and fixing the mounting sleeve portion 22 of the lid member 21 including the lid body 13. Thus, the bottomed body portion 20 and the mounting sleeve portion 22 are integrally formed. The constituent material of the bottomed body portion 20 and the lid body 13 (lid member 21) of the cylindrical container body 12 is made of synthetic resin such as polypropylene, and is a thin rib provided as a collision mitigation mechanism by, for example, injection molding using a mold. 17 can be easily integrally formed while forcibly removing 17 due to its elasticity. Further, only one of the bottomed body portion 20 of the cylindrical container body 12 and the lid body 13 is formed of a soft synthetic resin material. Thereby, the container excellent in the intensity | strength of a container, fitting sealing property, and shock absorbing property is obtained rather than the case where both the bottomed trunk | drum 20 and the cover body 13 are formed with a soft material. For example, when a synthetic resin material that is softer than the constituent material of the lid body 13 is used as the constituent material of the bottomed body portion 20, the fitting sealability is improved and the cushioning property of the entire cylindrical container body 12 in which the tablets 11 are accommodated. Will also improve. When a synthetic resin material that is softer than the constituent material of the bottomed body portion 20 is used as the constituent material of the lid body 13, the fitting sealability is improved and a container having excellent container strength can be obtained. The bottomed body portion 20 has a substantially bottomed cylindrical shape with a height of about 80 mm, for example, and has a thickness of about 2 mm from a lower end portion with an inner diameter of about 13 mm toward an upper end portion with an inner diameter of about 14 mm. Thus, it is formed in a tapered shape that slightly expands in diameter with a gentle slope upward. By forming the bottomed body portion 20 in a tapered shape, it is easy to remove a mold for injection molding.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the four thin ribs 17 are centered on the center of the bottom surface portion 15, rising from the inside of the bottom surface portion 15 of the cylindrical container body 12 including the bottomed body portion 20 and the mounting sleeve portion 22. Is disposed along the circumferential wall 12b of the container body 12 (bottomed body 20) at an equal angular pitch of 90 degrees on the circumference, and the circumferential wall of the cylindrical container body 12 with its tip 17a facing the circumferential wall. It is provided so as not to contact the inner peripheral surface of 12b. As shown in FIG. 3, each thin-walled rib 17 extends downward from the substantially linear portion 17b, which extends downward from the substantially linear portion 17b. The upper curved portion 17c is curved along the outside from the center side, and rises at a height L3 of, for example, 3 to 10 mm as a whole. Further, the bending portion 17c constitutes a distal end portion 17a of the thin rib 17 that curves from the center side to the outside.

  Each thin rib 17 stands up from the inside of the bottom surface portion 15 and stands up like a cantilever, thereby functioning as a leaf spring by its elasticity. Each thin rib 17 supports the load from the tablet 11 via the curved portion 17c that curves from the center side to the outside, so that it can be smoothly deformed so that the deformation is smoothly triggered and spread outward. Thus, the shock when the tablet 11 collides is effectively absorbed and relaxed.

  Here, in this embodiment, the length of the curved portion 17c is L1, the length of the substantially straight portion 17b is L2, and the boundary portion between the curved portion 17c and the substantially straight portion 17b and the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical container body 12 are The distance between the root of the thin rib 17 and the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical container body 12 is H2, and the distance between the root of the thin rib 17 and the center of the bottom surface portion 15 of the cylindrical container body 12 is H1. In the case of H3, H1> L1 and H2 <L1 + L2. Thus, even when the thin rib 17 is deformed, the state in which the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall 12b of the cylindrical container body 12 is not touched is maintained, and the cushioning property of the thin rib 17 can be easily secured. Further, it is preferable to satisfy H2> H3, whereby the thin ribs 17 are arranged closer to the center of the bottom than the peripheral wall 12b. By doing so, a sufficient space can be provided for the thin ribs 17 to be deformed without contacting the peripheral wall 12b, so that a greater buffering effect can be obtained.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, the notch level | step-difference part 23 is provided in the outer peripheral surface of the upper end part of the bottomed trunk | drum 20 (refer Fig.2 (a)). By mounting and fixing the mounting sleeve portion 22 of the lid member 21 to the upper end portion of the bottomed body portion 20 while locking the engagement recess portion 22a to the engagement convex portion 23a of the notch step portion 23, the bottomed body portion A cylindrical container body 12 is formed in which the mounting sleeve portion 20 and the mounting sleeve portion 20 are integrated. Also, a lid 13 is provided that is hinged to the peripheral edge of the upper end opening 12a of the cylindrical container body 12 by the upper end opening of the mounting sleeve portion 22 and opens and closes the upper end opening 12a.

  The lid member 21 including the lid body 13 and the mounting sleeve portion 22 is an injection-molded product made of a synthetic resin such as polypropylene, for example, and the lid body 13 and the mounting sleeve portion that are rotatably connected via the hinge connection portion 24. The thin ribs 16 provided as the collision mitigation mechanism can be easily formed integrally with the elastic members 22 by being elastically removed.

  As described above, the mounting sleeve portion 22 of the lid member 21 is provided with the engaging concave portion 22a on the inner peripheral surface of the lower end, and the bottomed barrel portion 20 is cut while the engaging concave portion 23a is locked to the engaging convex portion 23a. The outer peripheral surface of the notch step portion 23 is covered and attached. Further, an annular seal protrusion 18 is provided so as to protrude inward from the inner surface of the upper end of the cylindrical container body 12 by the mounting sleeve portion 22. When the upper end opening 12 a is closed with the lid body 13, the inner annular rib 19 protruding from the inner surface of the top surface portion 14 by the lid body 13 is brought into close contact with the annular seal protrusion 18. It is possible to firmly seal the opening 12a and maintain the closed state.

  The lid body 13 that is hinged to the mounting sleeve portion 22 has a flat, topped cylindrical shape, and is approximately 130 with respect to the upper end surface of the mounting sleeve portion 22 when opened by the spring action of the hinge coupling portion 24. At the time of closing, the lower end surface is brought into contact with the upper end surface of the mounting sleeve portion 22. Further, a finger hooking flange portion 25 is provided so as to protrude outward from a peripheral edge portion of the lid body 13 opposite to the hinge connecting portion 24. Further, the four thin ribs 16 are erected from the inner side of the top surface part 14 by the lid 13 and are 90 degrees on the circumference concentric with the inner annular rib 19 with the center of the top surface part 14 as the center. Arranged at an angular pitch, the lid 13 is provided so that its tip does not contact the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall 12b of the cylindrical container body 12 when the lid 13 is closed.

  Each thin rib 16 is provided with a shape in which the tip end portion 16a is curved outward from the center side, like the thin rib 17 provided on the bottom surface portion 15 of the cylindrical container body 12, and the tip of the inner rib 17 As a whole, it stands up with a height of, for example, about 5 to 15 mm.

  Each thin rib 16 functions as a leaf spring due to its elasticity by standing in a cantilevered manner from the inside of the top surface portion 14 by the lid 13, similarly to the thin rib 17 of the bottom surface portion 15. Further, each thin rib 16 supports the load from the tablet 11 via the tip portion 16a which curves from the center side to the outside, so that it can be smoothly deformed so as to cause the deformation smoothly and spread outward. Thus, the shock when the tablet 11 collides is effectively absorbed and relaxed. Furthermore, since each thin rib 16 is provided with its tip beyond the inner annular rib 19, when the upper end opening 12 a of the cylindrical container body 12 is closed by the lid 13, the inner annular rib 19 and the annular seal protrusion It extends to the inside of the cylindrical container body 12 than 18, that is, extends to a position far from the lid 13 and is installed. This prevents the stored tablet 11 from coming into contact with the inner annular rib 19 and the annular seal protrusion 18 that protrude from the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical container body 12, and the tablet 11 is brought into contact with these by contact with these. It becomes possible to prevent damage.

  Here, it is desirable that the thin ribs 17 provided on the bottom surface portion 15 of the cylindrical container body 12 are provided on the inner side of the thin ribs 16 provided on the lid 13, that is, at a position closer to the center further from the peripheral wall. The thin ribs 17 provided on the bottom surface portion 15 of the cylindrical container body 12 have no protrusions that cause damage to the tablet 11 on the peripheral wall 12b around the ribs 17 so that the tablet 11 does not come into contact with the protrusions. Since it is not necessary to arrange the thin ribs 17, the thin ribs 17 of the bottom surface portion 15 can be provided on the inner side. As a result, the thin ribs 17 can be provided so as not to come into contact with the peripheral wall 12b even if the ribs 17 are deformed to a greater extent, and large shock absorption relaxation can be achieved. Since the cylindrical tablet container 10 is usually held and stored in an upright state with the bottom side down rather than an inverted state with the lid side down, the thin rib 17 provided on the bottom surface portion 15 is often stored. It is possible to prevent the tablet 11 from being damaged more effectively by increasing the shock absorption mitigation by.

  In the present embodiment, the tablet 11 is, for example, a confectionery and has a circular planar shape with a diameter of approximately 12 mm and a disk-shaped thick plate-like solid having a thickness of approximately 5.5 mm. . By providing the tablet 11 with such a shape, when the tablet 11 is stored in a stacked state on the cylindrical container body 12 having an inner diameter of, for example, about 13 to 14 mm, the tablet 11 has a gap of 0.5 between the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical container body 12. Since there is only a slight clearance of about ~ 2 mm, preferably a maximum gap of 1.6 mm or less, the lateral movement of the tablet 11 is restricted, so that the tablet 11 can be more effectively damaged and sound generated. It becomes possible to suppress. The clearance refers to the difference between the inner diameter of the cylindrical container body 12 and the outer diameter of the tablet 11.

  In the cylindrical tablet container 10 of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, the user, for example, from a state in which the plurality of tablets 11 are stacked and accommodated in the cylindrical container body 12 and the lid body 13 illustrated in FIG. The cylindrical tablet container 10 is grasped with one hand, the thumb is hooked on the finger hook 25 and pushed upward to open the lid 13, and the tablet container body 12 is tilted or inverted while the tablet is opened from the upper end opening 12a. 11 is taken out. When the necessary number of tablets 11 are taken out, the lid 13 is turned in the opposite direction to close the upper end opening 12a and is used for carrying or the like.

  And according to the tablet container 10 of this embodiment, even when the remaining amount of the accommodated tablet 11 decreases, the tablet 11 collides with the inner surface of the container, and a crack occurs or an annoying sound is generated. Can be effectively avoided, and the tablet 11 can be moved and taken out smoothly.

  That is, according to this embodiment, since the tablet 11 is accommodated in a state of being stacked inside the bottomed cylindrical tube body 12, lateral movement is effectively limited, and the tablet container 10. The top surface portion 14 of the lid body 13 and the bottom surface portion 15 of the cylindrical container body 12 are provided with a collision mitigation mechanism by a plurality of thin ribs 16, 17. Even if it tries to collide with the top surface portion 14 or the bottom surface portion 15, the impact at the time of such collision is effectively absorbed and relaxed by the spring action of the thin ribs 16, 17, so the remaining amount of the stored tablet 11 Even when the length of movement in the vertical direction is reduced and the length of the container 10 is increased, the tablet 11 accommodated when the container 10 is carried or the like is cracked or jarred. Jill becomes possible to effectively suppress the.

  Moreover, according to this embodiment, since the tablet 11 is accommodated in a state where it is stacked on the bottomed cylindrical cylindrical container body 12, the lid 13 is opened as described above, and the cylindrical container is opened. The necessary number of tablets 11 can be easily and smoothly taken out from the upper end opening 12a while the main body 12 is moved inside the container 10 while being tilted or inverted.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, for example, the bottomed body portion 20 of the cylindrical container body 12 is formed of a synthetic resin material that is softer than the lid body 13 (lid member 21). In addition, the lid member 21 is formed of a hard synthetic resin material such as hard propylene, for example. It is possible to improve the feeling of opening, sealing properties and the like.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, the cylindrical container body does not necessarily have a bottomed cylindrical shape, and has a bottomed cylindrical shape with other cross-sectional shapes that match the shape of the tablet, such as a substantially triangular shape, a substantially rectangular shape, or a substantially polygonal shape. May be. Moreover, the tablet accommodated does not necessarily need to be a disk-shaped tablet, and may be a tablet having a spherical shape or a hexahedron shape in addition to a plate-like tablet having other planar shape or three-dimensional shape.

  Further, it is not always necessary to provide four thin ribs whose front end portions are curved outward from the center side, and the number of the ribs is not limited, and the number thereof is arbitrary, but three at approximately equal intervals in the circumferential direction. It is preferable to provide the above. Moreover, you may install as multiple rows instead of 1 row in the radial direction. Regarding the shape, the curved portion may be only the tip of the rib or only the center, but at least the tip is preferably inclined in the circumferential wall direction. Further, the thin ribs do not necessarily have to be thin plate-like as long as they have appropriate elasticity. The thin rib may be attached to the main body or lid as a component, even though it is not formed integrally with the main body or the lid. The main body and the lid may be formed integrally, or the main body may be formed from a plurality of members.

It is a partially broken perspective view which shows the state which open | released the cover body of the cylindrical tablet container which concerns on preferable one Embodiment of this invention. (A) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view explaining the structure of the tablet container which concerns on preferable one Embodiment of this invention, (b) is a top view of the state which open | released the cover body. It is a schematic diagram explaining the shape of the thin rib provided in the bottom face part of the cylinder container main body. It is a front view which shows the state which obstruct | occluded the cover body of the cylindrical tablet container which concerns on preferable one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 cylindrical tablet container 11 tablet (tablet)
12 cylindrical container main body 12a upper end opening 12b of cylindrical container main body 12 peripheral wall 13 of cylindrical container main body 12 lid body 14 top surface portion 15 bottom surface portion 16 thin rib 16a on the top surface portion thin-walled rib 17a thin-walled rib 17a on the bottom surface portion thin-walled rib The tip portion 17b of the thin rib The substantially linear portion 17c of the thin rib The curved portion 18 of the thin rib Annular seal protrusion 19 Inner annular rib 19a Top 20 of the inner annular rib Bottomed body 21 Lid member 22 Mounting sleeve 23 Cutout step 24 Hinge connecting part 25 Finger hook part

Claims (4)

A cylindrical tablet container comprising a bottomed cylindrical container body and a lid for opening and closing the upper end opening of the cylindrical container body, and storing the tablets in a stacked state,
The thin ribs standing from the inside of the top surface portion by the lid and the inside of the bottom surface portion of the cylindrical container body face the tip without contacting the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the cylindrical container body, and along the peripheral wall A plurality of cylindrical tablet containers.   The cylindrical tablet container according to claim 1, wherein the tablet is a plate-like tablet.   The lid body includes an inner annular rib that seals the upper end opening of the cylindrical container body in contact with an annular seal protrusion provided on the inner surface of the upper end portion of the cylindrical container body, and from the inside of the top surface portion by the lid body The cylindrical tablet container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the standing thin rib is provided with a tip beyond the inner annular rib.   The cylindrical tablet container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein only one of the bottomed body portion of the cylindrical container body or the lid is formed of a soft synthetic resin material.

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