JP2015067308A - Fixed quantity take-out tablet container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixed quantity take-out tablet container capable of taking-out tablet in the container by a fixed quantity at one time.SOLUTION: A fixed quantity take-out tablet container includes: a container main body 1 which stores tablets as contents; an inside plug 2 which has a measuring chamber 3 for measuring the tablets stored in the container main body 1 and is fastened and held by a neck part 1a of the container main body 1; and an over-cap 5 which causes the inside plug 2 to be covered therewith, is retained swingably so as to be prevented from coming off, causes a discharge port 6 to conform and be communicated with an upper surface opening edge 3f of the measuring chamber 3 and, thereby, takes out the tablets in the measuring chamber 3. Therein, an opening part 4 which links an internal part of the container main body 1 with the measuring chamber 3 is disposed on the inside plug 2, and at least one of vertical rib 7 which is caused to pass just above of the upper surface opening edge 3f of the measuring chamber 3 by the turning of the over-cap 5, scrapes down excessive tablets in the measuring chamber 3 to the internal part of the container main body 1 through the opening part 4 and a shielding wall 8 which can be turned together with the over-cap 5 and shields the opening part 4 in such a state that the discharge port 6 is caused to conform and be communicated with the upper surface opening edge 3f of the measuring chamber 3 are disposed on the over-cap 5.

Description

  The present invention relates to a fixed quantity extraction tablet container that can take out a fixed quantity of tablets stored in a container at a time.

  Powdered drugs, supplements, or refreshing confectionery are often processed into tablets to facilitate their management and handling, and all of them are made of glass or synthetic resin containers with openings as openings. It is usually packed and marketed.

  By the way, since this type of container tilts the container and takes out the tablet from the opening, the tablet may be taken out more than necessary, and the extra removed tablet is temporarily put into the container using fingers. It was also often returned, and was not hygienic.

  As a prior art for solving such problems, for example, Patent Document 1 includes an inner plug provided with a passage hole that is inserted into an opening of a container that accommodates tablets and through which the tablets pass in a row, Consists of a crown that covers the top of the inner plug and is movable in the axial direction within a certain range with respect to the inner plug, and a biasing member that generates a reaction force so that the crown protrudes from the inner plug An improved tablet container has been proposed.

  Such a tablet container has a plate-like flexible piece that is elastically deformable in the radial direction on the upper surface of the inner stopper, and a closing body that projects from the tip of the flexible piece to the inner peripheral side to block the tablet, and has a passage hole. While providing a plurality of valve bodies that are arranged so as to surround and project upward, an outlet hole is provided in the top plate that covers the upper surface of the crown body, and when the crown body is pushed into the inner plug on the outer periphery of the lower end of the outlet hole, A pressing part that spreads the valve body is formed, and according to this, it has been said that removal of excess tablets can be prevented.

  However, in the tablet container disclosed in the above document, tablets are taken out one by one. For example, when a plurality of tablets are taken out at a time, the taking out is troublesome and new in terms of usability. Inconvenience has occurred.

JP 2011-131931 A

  The subject of this invention exists in the place which proposes the fixed quantity taking-out tablet container which can take out the fixed quantity of the tablet accommodated in the container at once. In the present invention, the term “quantitative removal” includes not only the case of taking out a plurality of tablets but also the case of taking out one tablet.

  The present invention provides a container main body for storing tablets as contents, an inner plug that has a measuring chamber for measuring a lock stored in the container main body and is fixedly held on the mouth and neck of the container main body, and the inner plug A fixed-quantity taking-out tablet container provided with an overcap that covers and holds the cover so that it can be pivoted and is fitted to and communicates with the open end of the upper surface of the measuring chamber. Provided with an opening for connecting the inside of the container body and the weighing chamber, and the overcap is rotated to pass immediately above the upper open end of the weighing chamber so that excess tablets in the weighing chamber are passed through the overcap. At least one vertical rib scraped into the inside of the container body through the opening, and can be rotated together with the overcap, and the discharge port is aligned with and communicated with the upper end open end of the measuring chamber. That there is a shielding wall It is a quantitative extraction pill container and symptoms.

  In the tablet container having the above-described configuration, it is preferable that the bottom wall of the measuring chamber is made of an elastically deformable material such as one or two or more spring members or a soft member (sponge or the like). .

  According to the tablet container of the present invention having the above-described configuration, the tablet container has a container main body for storing the tablet as a content, and a measuring chamber for weighing the tablets stored in the container main body. An inner cap fixedly held on the neck and neck, and an overcap that covers the inner plug and is rotatably held so that it can be prevented from coming off and the discharge port is aligned with and communicated with the open top end of the measuring chamber. The inside plug is provided with an opening connecting the inside of the container body and the measuring chamber, and the overcap is rotated to pass just above the upper open end of the measuring chamber. At least one vertical rib for scraping excess tablets from the weighing chamber into the container body through the opening, and rotation with the overcap, and the discharge port at the upper open end of the weighing chamber Close the opening in a state of match and communication Since you provided a shielding 閉壁, it is possible to take out only one time quantity have definite tablets in the container, in particular, is useful when applied to container holding an agent quantity to be taken are determined strictly.

  Further, according to the tablet container of the present invention, the bottom wall of the weighing chamber is configured to be elastically deformable, so even if the tablet is pushed toward the bottom wall of the weighing chamber by the vertical rib, the bottom wall is elastically deformed. Since the pushing force applied to the tablet is relaxed, the tablet is not crushed.

  By constituting the bottom wall of the measuring chamber with a soft member such as a spring member or sponge, it is possible to avoid crushing the tablet without complicating the structure.

(A) (b) is the figure which showed typically embodiment of the tablet container according to this invention, (a) is a top view, (b) is the partial cross section (AA cross section). It is the figure shown by. It is the figure which showed the plane of the inner stopper which comprises the tablet container shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the bottom face (back side surface) of the overcap which comprises the tablet container shown in FIG. (A) (b) is the figure which showed the use condition (tablet taking-out state) of the tablet container shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a top view, (b) is a partial cross section of the side surface ( It is the figure shown by the BB cross section.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the drawings.
FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b) are diagrams schematically showing a metered-out tablet container according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows an inner stopper of the metered-out tablet container shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and (b). FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a bottom surface (back side surface) of the overcap of the fixed quantity taking-out tablet container shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b). Here, the above-mentioned quantitative take-out tablet container uses a synthetic resin as a raw material, and for example, the inner stopper and the overcap can be manufactured by injection molding, and the container body is blow molded (extrusion blow molding, biaxial). However, the material is not particularly limited.

  The code | symbol 1 in FIGS. 1-3 is a container main body which accommodates a tablet as a content. This container main body 1 is shown as a bottle-shaped container provided with a mouth-and-neck portion 1a that forms a passage connecting to the inside of the container main body 1 at the top.

  Reference numeral 2 denotes an inner plug that is detachably fixed to the mouth-neck portion 1a of the container body 1. The inner plug 2 includes a peripheral wall 2a that surrounds the entire neck portion 1a of the container body 1, a small-diameter annular body 2b that forms a step portion d at the upper end of the peripheral wall 2a, and is integrally connected, and the annular body 2b. It is comprised from the top plate 2c integrally connected to the upper end of.

  The inner peripheral wall of the peripheral wall 2a is provided with a threaded portion that can be engaged with a threaded portion provided on the outer peripheral wall of the mouth neck portion 1a of the container body 1, and by engaging these threaded portions with each other, the inner plug 2 can be detachably fixed to the neck 1a of the container body 1. The inner plug 2 may be applied with other engagement means such as fitting by undercut, and the engagement means is not limited to the illustrated one. Further, the inner plug 2 may be fixed to the mouth / neck portion 1a of the container body 1 so as not to be detachable.

  Reference numeral 3 denotes a measuring chamber partitioned by providing a recess in a part of the top plate 2 c of the inner plug 2. The measuring chamber 3 includes an outer peripheral wall 3a formed by a part of the annular body 2b, a pair of side walls 3b and 3c (see FIG. 2) extending inward from the outer peripheral wall 3a, and the outer peripheral wall 3a and the side wall 3b. 3c comprises a bottom wall 3d integrally connected to the lower end of 3c, and supplies the tablet in the container body 1 into the weighing chamber 3 through a gate 3e provided at a position opposite to the outer peripheral wall 3a. The tablets weighed in the weighing chamber 3 are discharged through the upper open end 3f formed at the upper ends of the 3a and the side walls 3b and 3c.

  Reference numeral 4 denotes a circular opening provided at the center of the top plate 2 c of the inner plug 2. The opening 4 forms a path connecting the inside of the container body 1 and the measuring chamber 3 via the gate 3e. The tablet accommodated in the container body 1 inverts (inverts) the container body 1. ) Is supplied to the measuring chamber 3 through the opening 4 and the gate 3e.

  Reference numeral 5 denotes an overcap that covers the upper portion of the inner plug 2 (annular body 2b) and is held so as to be rotatable and not removable. The overcap 5 is located on the step portion d and surrounds the peripheral wall 5a surrounding the annular body 2b of the inner plug 2. The top of the overcap 5 is integrally connected to the upper end of the peripheral wall 5a to form a recess opened downward. It is comprised from the board 5b. In the present invention, an annular recess is provided on the inner peripheral wall of the peripheral wall 5 a of the overcap 5, and the annular cap is fitted to an annular convex portion formed on the outer peripheral wall of the annular body 2 b of the inner plug 2. Is held so as to be rotatable with respect to the inner plug 2 and cannot be pulled out, but other engaging means may be applied. Further, the overcap 5 can be held on the neck portion 1a of the container body 1 so that it can be rotated and cannot be pulled out.

  The peripheral wall 5a and the top plate 5b are approximately half (the left half in FIG. 1) with the center in the radial direction as a boundary, and the height is such that the top plate 2c of the inner plug 2 and the top open end 3f of the measuring chamber 3 are located directly above. Or has a height that is positioned just above the upper open end 3f with a very small gap, and the other half (the right half in FIG. 1) is the top plate 2c of the inner plug 2 and the measuring chamber. 3 has a height that forms an internal space M inside the open upper end 3f.

Here, the top plate 2c of the inner plug 2 and the portion located immediately above the upper surface open end 3f of the measuring chamber 3 are indicated by the low top plate 5b ₁ , and the upper plate 2c of the inner plug 2 and the upper surface of the measuring chamber 3 are displayed. away from the open end 3f in and displaying a portion forming an internal space M on its inside with a high ceiling plate 5b _2. The low top plate 5b ₁ and the high top plate 5b ₂ are connected via the inclined top plate 5b ₃ .

Reference numeral 6 denotes an opening (window hole) provided on the low top plate 5b ₁ of the overcap 5 and having a size equivalent to or smaller than the upper surface open end 3f of the measuring chamber 3.

  The opening 6 forms a discharge port for taking out the tablets weighed in the measuring chamber 3, and the opening 6 is located immediately above the top plate 2c of the inner plug 2 as shown in FIGS. In such a state, it is closed, and the overcap 5 is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise, and the opening 6 is opened in a state of being in communication with the upper open end 3 f of the measuring chamber 3. (See FIGS. 4A and 4B).

Reference numeral 7 denotes a vertical rib which is suspended from the back surface of the high top plate 5b _{2 and} the back surface of the inclined top plate 5b ₃ and is a set of two located in the internal space M. The vertical rib 7 has a length in the axial direction where the lower end thereof is directly above the upper open end 3f of the weighing chamber 3 (may be arranged so as to provide a slight gap), and the weighing chamber 7 3 is arranged in the shape of a letter C (or V) with a distance from the side wall 3b constituting the base 3 to the side wall 3c. The length in the axial direction refers to a length in a direction parallel to the direction along the axis of the container body 1.

  When the overcap 5 is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise so that the opening 6 matches and communicates with the upper open end 3f of the measuring chamber 3, the vertical rib 7 is supplied to the measuring chamber 3. It has a function of scraping a simple tablet into the container body 1 through the opening 4. As the excess tablets are scraped off by the vertical ribs 7, a certain number of tablets remain in the measuring chamber 3 (quantification). The vertical rib 7 has not only the function of scraping excess tablets into the inside of the container body 1 but also the function of performing more reliable weighing by laying down a flat tablet in an upright position.

  The vertical ribs 7 are shown as a pair of two as an example, but the number thereof can be changed as appropriate and is not limited to the illustrated one.

8 is suspended and held on the back surface of the low top plate 5b ₁ provided with the opening 6 (may extend to the back surface of the inclined top plate 5b ₃ ), and the opening portion provided on the top plate 2c of the inner plug 2 It is the wall part which makes | forms the curved shape arrange | positioned inside 4 or the inner side with a very little clearance gap (refer FIG. 3). This wall portion 8 has an arc having substantially the same radius as the inner peripheral wall of the opening 4, and its laterally open end 8 a is directed to the gate 3 e of the measuring chamber 3 when the opening 6 is closed. The tablet in the container body 1 can be supplied to the measuring chamber 3 through the opening 4 and the gate 3e.

  The wall portion 8 rotates along with the rotation of the overcap 5. Then, when the opening 6 matches and communicates with the open upper end 3f of the measuring chamber 3, a blocking wall is formed that closes the opening 4 when the state becomes as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b). When the opening 4 is closed by the wall 8, the communication between the gate 3e of the measuring chamber 3 and the inside of the container body 1 is cut off at the same time.

  Further, 9 is a three-point spring member shown in the example in which three are provided on the bottom wall 3d of the measuring chamber 3. The spring member 9 has a support body 9a located at the center of the opening formed in the bottom 3d of the measuring chamber 3, and one end connected to three positions of the outer edge of the support body 9a, and the other end is an inner edge of the opening. Are comprised of three spring pieces 9b connected to the three locations.

  The spring member 9 can be elastically deformed up and down, and when the excess tablets supplied to the measuring chamber 3 are scraped back into the container body 1 by the vertical ribs 7, the tablets to be weighed are vertically Even if the rib 7 is pushed toward the bottom wall 3d of the measuring chamber 3, the force applied to the pushing is relieved by the elastic deformation to prevent the tablet from being crushed.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to take out three tablets at a time, the spring member 9 is a three-point spring member, and three of them are arranged in series (circumferential direction). When the quantity of tablets to be changed changes, the size of the measuring chamber 3 may be changed and the number of spring members corresponding to the quantity may be provided. The spring member 9 may use another type of spring member different from the three-point spring member. Furthermore, instead of the spring member 9, the entire area of the bottom wall 3d or the corresponding portion (portion on which the tablet is placed) can be formed of a soft member such as sponge (not shown). Can be simplified.

  In order to measure and take out the tablets in the container body 1 in the tablet containers shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b), the following procedure may be followed.

  First, the overcap 5 is in the state shown in FIG. 1, that is, the opening 6 is positioned on the top plate 2c of the inner plug 2 and the opening 6 is closed. In this state, since the opening 4 and the measuring chamber 3 are in communication, the container body 1 is inverted (inverted) and the tablets in the container body 1 are supplied into the measuring chamber 3 through the opening 4 and the gate 3e. .

  Next, after the container body 1 is returned to the normal position, the overcap 5 is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise, and the opening 6 is aligned with the upper open end 3f of the measuring chamber 3 as shown in FIG. In addition, the container body 1 is again inverted (inverted).

  The vertical rib 7 extends from the side wall 3b to the side wall 3c immediately above the upper surface open end 3f of the measuring chamber 3 until the opening 6 is aligned with and communicates with the upper surface open end 3f of the measuring chamber 3 by rotating the overcap 5. (Or the direction of passage differs depending on whether the overcap 5 is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise). At this time, the measuring chamber Excess tablets among the tablets supplied to 3 are scraped off into the container main body 1 through the gate 3 e and the opening 4 by the vertical rib 7, and the opening 4 is closed by the wall 8, and is constant in the measuring chamber 3. Only the quantity of tablets, that is, the weighed tablets are left, and the tablets in the measuring chamber 3 are taken out by reversing (inverting) the container body 1 again.

  What is necessary is just to adjust the quantity of the tablet to measure by changing the length, the width | variety, and the depth of the measurement chamber 3 suitably.

  In the present invention, in order to accurately measure the tablet, the initial position of the vertical rib 7, that is, the position before the tablet is measured, is preferably set to the same position as the side walls 3 b and 3 c of the measuring chamber 3. 2 and the outer surface of the overcap 5 are preferably provided with an index or the like for grasping where the vertical ribs 7 are located. The position of the vertical rib 7 can be grasped where the opening 6 is located, and the vertical rib 7 may be positioned using the position of the opening 6 as an index.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the fixed quantity extraction container which can take out the fixed quantity of the tablet in a container at once can be provided.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container body 1a Mouth neck part 2 Inner plug 2a Circumferential wall 2b Ring body 2c Top plate 3 Weighing chamber 3a Outer wall 3b Side wall 3c Side wall 3d Bottom wall 3e Gate 3f Upper surface open end 4 Opening part 5 Overcap 5a Perimeter wall 5b Top board 6 Opening 7 Vertical rib 8 Wall 8a Lateral open end 9 Spring member 9a Support 9b Spring piece M Internal space

Claims (3)

A container main body for storing tablets as contents, an inner stopper that has a measuring chamber for weighing tablets stored in the container main body, and is fixedly held on the mouth and neck of the container main body, and rotates over the inner stopper A fixed amount taking-out tablet container comprising an overcap that is held so as to be prevented from being held and an outlet opening is fitted to and communicated with the open end of the upper surface of the measuring chamber,
The inner plug is provided with an opening connecting the inside of the container body and the measuring chamber,
At least one longitudinal rib that passes through the overcap and directly above the open top end of the weighing chamber to scrape excess tablets in the weighing chamber into the container body through the opening. A fixed quantity taking-out tablet characterized in that it is provided with a blocking wall that can be rotated together with the overcap and that has a discharge port that matches and communicates with an open top end of the weighing chamber. container.   2. The fixed quantity taking-out tablet according to claim 1, wherein the weighing chamber has a bottom wall that elastically deforms and relieves the pushing force when a pushing force by the vertical rib is applied to the stored tablet. container.   3. The fixed quantity taking-out tablet container according to claim 2, wherein the elastic deformation is caused by a spring member or a soft member.

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