JP2015085155A - Tablet dispenser and tablet container having the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tablet dispenser applicable to a screw-cap type tablet container.SOLUTION: A tablet dispenser 1 used for a table container 2 in which an opening part 4 of a container body 3 is closed by a screw cap 6 includes: a cylindrical member 11 provided inside the opening part 4, and having first passage parts 18 through each of which a tablet 8 inside a container can pass; an opening/closing member 12 concentrically and rotatably attached to the container outer side of the cylindrical member 11, and having second passage parts 28 through each of which the tablet inside the container can pass; and interlocking member 33 rotating the opening/closing member 12 such that the first and second passage parts 18, 28 communicate interlockingly with the rotation of the screw cap 6 to a closed direction, and rotating the opening/closing member 12 such that the first and second passage parts 18, 28 do not communicate interlockingly with the rotation of the screw cap 6 to an opened direction.

Description

  The present invention relates to a tablet dispenser capable of taking out as many tablets as needed for one administration and a tablet container having the same.

  In the Japanese medical industry, a cylindrical container body made of glass or synthetic resin and a type in which the opening of the container body is closed with a screw lid (hereinafter referred to as “screw lid type”) ") Is often used. However, a tablet dispenser suitable for screw lid type tablet containers has not been developed yet.

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For example, as a tablet dispenser for taking out the number of tablets necessary for one administration, the one described in Patent Document 1 is known. However, in this conventional tablet dispenser, the tablet container has a substantially rectangular shape, and is not applied to a screw lid type tablet container.
In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a tablet dispenser applicable to a screw lid type tablet container and a tablet container having the dispenser.

  The tablet dispenser of the present invention is a tablet dispenser for use in a tablet container in which an opening of a container body is closed with a screw lid, and has a first passage part that is provided inside the opening and through which a tablet inside the container can pass. A cylindrical member, an opening / closing member that is coaxially and rotatably attached to the outside of the container of the cylindrical member, and that has a second passage part through which the tablet inside the container can pass; and the screw lid in the closing direction. The opening and closing member is rotated so that the first and second passage portions communicate with each other in conjunction with the rotation, and the first and second passage portions communicate with each other in conjunction with the rotation of the screw lid in the opening direction. And an interlocking member that rotates the opening and closing member so that it does not occur.

According to the tablet dispenser of the present invention, the interlocking member rotates the opening / closing member in conjunction with the rotation of the screw lid in the closing direction so that the first and second passage portions communicate with each other.
Therefore, when the tablet container is turned upside down with the screw lid closed, the tablet inside the container passes through the first and second passage portions and reaches the inner surface of the screw lid. A predetermined number of tablets corresponding to the number of installed first and second passage portions are set on the inner surface of the screw lid (see FIG. 3).

Further, according to the tablet dispenser of the present invention, the interlocking member rotates the opening / closing member in conjunction with the rotation of the screw lid in the opening direction so that the first and second passage portions do not communicate with each other.
Therefore, when the screw lid is rotated in the opening direction in the state where the tablet container is turned upside down as described above, the tablet in the first passage portion cannot pass through the second passage portion (see FIG. 4), and has already been screwed. Only the tablets that have been set on the inner surface of the lid will remain on the screw lid side after the screw lid is opened (see FIG. 5).

  Thus, in the tablet dispenser of the present invention, it is possible to easily take out a predetermined number of tablets left on the screw lid by simply rotating the screw lid in the opening direction with the tablet container turned upside down, The present invention can be suitably applied to “screw cap type” tablet containers that are widely used in the medical industry. Therefore, a highly versatile tablet dispenser can be obtained.

In the tablet dispenser of the present invention, the interlocking member is configured, for example, by projecting an elastic claw portion whose tip portion is detachably hooked to the inner surface of the screw lid from the outer surface of the opening / closing member. can do.
If such an elastic claw part is adopted, the interlocking member can be configured by slightly changing the structure of the opening / closing member, and the interlocking member can be easily configured.

In the tablet dispenser of the present invention, it is necessary that the second passage portion is set to have a diameter and an axial height that can accommodate one of the tablets independently in the passage portion.
The reason is that if one tablet cannot be accommodated independently in the second passage part, the tablet already accommodated in the second passage part will be removed when the opening / closing member is rotated in the opening direction in conjunction with the screw lid. This is because the opening / closing member cannot be rotated by being caught in the 1 passage portion.

In the tablet dispenser of the present invention, the same number of the plurality of first and second passage portions are arranged at radial positions that are equidistant from the axial centers of the cylindrical member and the opening / closing member and at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. It is preferable that
If it does in this way, since two or more 1st and 2nd passage parts can each be provided in a cylindrical member and an opening-and-closing member, two or more tablets can be taken out at a time.

The tablet container of the present invention comprises a container main body capable of containing tablets, a screw lid screwed into a screw portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the opening of the container main body, and the tablet dispenser of the present invention described above. It is characterized by.
Therefore, according to the tablet container of this invention, there can exist an effect similar to the tablet dispenser described in this column.

  As described above, according to the present invention, since it can be applied to a screw-cap type tablet container that is frequently used in the medical industry, a highly versatile tablet dispenser can be provided.

  It is a perspective view of the tablet dispenser which concerns on embodiment of this invention.   It is an exploded sectional view of a tablet dispenser.   (A) is sectional drawing of the tablet container with a tablet dispenser of the state which closed the screw lid, (b) is the bottom view which looked at the tablet container from the bottom.   (A) is sectional drawing of the tablet container with a tablet dispenser in the middle of removing the screw lid in the open direction, (b) is the bottom view which looked at the tablet container from the bottom.   (A) is sectional drawing of the tablet container with a tablet dispenser after removing a screw lid, (b) is the bottom view which looked at the tablet container from the bottom.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[Composition of tablet dispenser]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tablet dispenser 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded sectional view of the tablet dispenser 1.
The tablet dispenser 1 of this embodiment is a dispenser suitably applied to the “screw lid type” tablet container 2 shown in FIGS. 3 to 5.

The tablet container 2 includes a cylindrical container body 3 made of glass or synthetic resin, and a screw lid 6 screwed into a screw part 5 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the opening 4 of the container body 3.
The screw lid 6 is formed of a lid member having a flange portion in which a screw portion corresponding to the screw portion 5 is formed on the inner peripheral surface. The lid member is made of metal or synthetic resin. A buffer pad 7 is attached to the surface of the flat plate portion of the screw lid 6 so as to engage and disengage an elastic claw portion 34 described later.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the tablet dispenser 1 includes a cylindrical member 11 provided inside the opening 4 of the container body 3, and a coaxial and coaxial rotation outside the container of the cylindrical member 11. It is comprised from the opening-and-closing member 12 attached to. These members 11 and 12 are both made of synthetic resin.

The cylindrical member 11 includes a substantially cylindrical outer peripheral wall portion 13 and an intermediate wall portion 16 that partitions the inside of the outer peripheral wall portion 13 into an upper first accommodating portion 14 and a lower second accommodating portion 15. Have one.
At a plurality of locations in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the outer peripheral wall portion 13, mounting ribs 17 are formed that are pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the opening 4 of the container body 3 and are tightly fitted. Therefore, the outer peripheral wall 13 can be fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the opening 4 by an interference fit.

A plurality of (three in the illustrated example) first passage portions 18 through which the tablets 8 can individually pass are provided in the first housing portion 14 of the outer peripheral wall portion 13.
The 1st passage part 18 consists of a comparatively short cylindrical part which has the cylindrical through-hole which penetrates the intermediate | middle wall part 16 to an up-down direction. The cylindrical portion protrudes from the intermediate wall portion 16 toward the first accommodating portion 14 (upper side in FIGS. 1 and 2). The three first passage portions 18 are arranged radially at intervals of 120 degrees around the center of the outer peripheral wall portion 13 (rotational axis of the opening / closing member 12).

The first accommodating portion 14 of the outer peripheral wall portion 13 is provided with a substantially triangular reinforcing rib 19 formed so as to gradually increase from the central portion of the outer peripheral wall portion 13 toward the inner surface.
A mounting boss 20 that rotatably supports a rotation shaft 27 of an opening / closing member 12 to be described later is formed at the central portion of the intermediate wall portion 16.

The 2nd accommodating part 15 of the outer peripheral wall part 13 is the space in which the disk part 25 of the opening-and-closing member 12 mentioned later is rotatably accommodated, and has the diameter and depth which can accommodate the said disk part 25 just. Further, a plurality of (three in the illustrated example) stopper pieces 21 that project the rotation range of the opening / closing member 12 project from the inner peripheral surface of the second housing portion 15 (see FIGS. 2 and 3). .
A stop flange 22 is formed at the lower end edge of the outer peripheral wall portion 13 so as to abut against the opening edge surface of the container body 3 and define the fitting depth with respect to the opening portion 4.

As shown in FIG. 2, the opening / closing member 12 includes a thick disc-like disc portion 25, a flange portion 26 projecting from the lower end edge of the disc portion 15, and a central portion of the disc portion 25. And a rotating shaft 27 projecting upward from the base.
The disk portion 25 of the opening / closing member 12 is provided with the same number (three in the illustrated example) of second passage portions 28 through which the tablets 8 can individually pass as the first passage portions 18 described above.

The second passage portion 28 is formed of a cylindrical through-hole penetrating the disc portion 25 in the vertical direction, and is provided at a circumferential position and a radial position corresponding to the first passage portion 18.
That is, in the present embodiment, the three second passage portions 28 are arranged radially at intervals of 120 degrees around the center of the outer peripheral wall portion 13 (the rotational axis of the opening / closing member 12), like the first passage portion 18. ing.

In the present embodiment, the second passage portion 28 is set to have a diameter and an axial height that allow one tablet 8 to be independently accommodated in the passage portion 28.
Specifically, assuming a flat and round tablet 8 illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 5, the diameter of the second passage portion 28 is set to a size larger than the maximum diameter of the tablet 8, and the second passage portion 28. Is set to a dimension larger than the thickness of the tablet 8.

The distal end portion of the rotating shaft 27 is divided into two in the diametrical direction, and is formed in a split shape. A retaining protrusion 29 is integrally formed on the outer peripheral surface of the distal end portion.
Then, when the rotary shaft 27 is inserted into the mounting boss 20 and the disk portion 25 is accommodated in the second accommodating portion 15 until the flange portion 26 substantially contacts the retaining flange 22, the retaining projection 29 of the rotational shaft 27 is retained. Is hooked on the upper edge of the mounting boss 20 and is prevented from coming off, and the opening / closing member 12 is coaxially and rotatably attached to the cylindrical member 11.

On the outer peripheral surface of the disc portion 25 of the opening / closing member 12, a plurality of (three in the illustrated example) define a relative rotation range of the opening / closing member 12 relative to the cylindrical member 11 in cooperation with the three stopper pieces 21. ) Circumferential groove portion 30 is formed. The circumferential extension range of the circumferential groove 30 is approximately 60 degrees.
Then, as shown in FIG. 3, when the stopper piece 21 reaches the end surface that is the limit point in the closing direction (clockwise) of the screw lid 6 in the circumferential groove portion 30, the second passage portion 28 is connected to the first passage portion 18. They agree and communicate with each other.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, when the stopper piece 21 reaches the end surface that becomes the limit point in the opening direction (counterclockwise) of the screw lid 6 in the circumferential groove portion 30, the second passage portion 28 becomes the first passage portion 18. On the other hand, the state is shifted by approximately 60 degrees.
Therefore, in this case, the second passage portion 28 is not in communication with the first passage portion 18, the second passage portion 28 is closed by the disc portion 25 of the opening / closing member 12, and the tablet 8 inside the second passage portion 28 is moved. It will not fall down.

[Configuration of interlocking members]
The tablet dispenser 1 of the present embodiment rotates the opening / closing member 12 so that the first and second passage portions 18 and 28 communicate with each other in conjunction with the rotation of the screw lid 6 in the closing direction, and the screw lid 6 is opened. An interlocking member 33 that rotates the opening / closing member 12 so that the first and second passage portions 18 and 28 are not communicated with each other in the direction of rotation is further provided.

Specifically, the interlocking member 33 has an elastic claw 34 whose tip end is detachably hooked on the inner surface of the buffer pad 7 of the screw lid 6 so as to protrude from the outer surface of the opening / closing member 12. It is constituted by.
That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a plurality (three in the illustrated example) of elastic claw portions 34 are cut and raised on the lower surface of the opening / closing member 12. This elastic claw part 34 has a latching piece 35 at the tip part that protrudes further downward from the lower surface of the opening / closing member 12 (the surface on the screw lid 6 side).

Accordingly, when the screw lid 6 is rotated and screwed into the opening 4 of the tablet container 2 to which the tablet dispenser 1 is mounted in the closing direction (clockwise with respect to the container body 3), the elastic claw 34 is formed on the screw lid 6. The opening / closing member 12 rotates together with the screw lid 6 in the closing direction from the time when it is hooked on the buffer pad 7.
Thereby, as shown in FIG. 3, the 1st and 2nd passage parts 18 and 28 will be in the state mutually connected.

On the other hand, when the screw lid 6 is rotated in the opening direction (counterclockwise with respect to the container body 3) and opened from the opening 4 of the tablet container 2 to which the tablet dispenser 1 is attached, the buffer pad 7 is hooked. The opening / closing member 12 is rotated together with the screw lid 6 in the opening direction by the latching piece 35 of the elastic claw 34.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the second passage portion 28 is in a state where the angle is deviated from the first passage portion 18 by approximately 60 degrees.

[Use and action of tablet dispenser]
3-5 has shown the tablet container 2 with the tablet dispenser 1 of this embodiment. 3 shows a state in which the screw lid 6 is closed, FIG. 4 shows a state in the middle of removing the screw lid 6 by rotating in the opening direction, and FIG. 5 shows a state after the screw lid 6 is removed. Yes.
Hereinafter, with reference to these FIGS. 3-5, the usage method and effect | action of the tablet container 2 with the tablet dispenser 1 are demonstrated.

In order to take out a predetermined number (three in this embodiment) of tablets 8 necessary for one administration from the tablet container 2, the user first opens the screw lid 6 with the screw cap 6 closed as shown in FIG. The tablet container 2 is turned upside down so that the part 4 comes down.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the first passage 18 and the second passage 28 are in communication with each other by the function of the interlocking member 33 (elastic claw 34) described above. The tablet 8 is accommodated in the second passage portion 28 and set on the inner surface of the screw lid 6.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, when the screw lid 6 is rotated in the opening direction while the tablet container 2 is turned upside down as described above, the function of the interlocking member 33 (elastic claw portion 34) described above. As a result, the opening / closing member 12 rotates in the opening direction together with the screw lid 6 by approximately 60 degrees, and the second passage portion 28 does not communicate with the first passage portion 18.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, when the screw lid 6 is further rotated in the opening direction and the screw lid 6 is removed, the tablet 8 in the first passage portion 18 is prevented from falling by the opening / closing member 12, and the second passage portion. Only the three tablets 8 accommodated in 28 are taken out on the screw cap 6.

In addition, after taking out the predetermined number of tablets 8, the screw lid 6 may be screwed into the opening 4 as usual to close the container body 3.
At this time, the function of the interlocking member 33 (elastic claw portion 34) returns to the state where the first passage portion 18 and the second passage portion 28 communicate with each other. Therefore, similarly to the above, by removing the screw cap 6 in the state shown in FIG. 3 in which the tablet container 2 is turned upside down, a predetermined number of tablets 8 required for one administration can be taken out again.

Thus, in the tablet dispenser 1 of this embodiment, the tablet lid 2 is turned upside down and the screw lid 6 is simply rotated in the opening direction, leaving a predetermined number of tablets 8 on the screw lid 6 side. Easy to take out.
For this reason, the tablet dispenser 1 with high versatility that can be suitably applied to the “screw cover type” tablet container 2 frequently used in the medical industry is obtained.

[Other variations]
The tablet dispenser 1 of the present invention is not limited to the type in which the tablet dispenser 1 is retrofitted to the opening 4 of the tablet container 2 but may be attached to the container body 3 from the beginning.
That is, if the cylindrical member 11 of the tablet dispenser 1 is fixed in advance to the opening 4 of the tablet container 2 with an adhesive or the like, or formed integrally, the tablet container 2 having the above-described dispenser function can be manufactured. it can.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the predetermined number of tablets 8 required for one administration is “3” is exemplified, but this predetermined number can be set to one or a plurality of arbitrary numbers.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tablet dispenser 2 Tablet container 3 Container main body 4 Opening part 5 Screw part 6 Screw lid 7 Buffer pad 8 Tablet 11 Cylindrical member 12 Opening and closing member 13 Outer peripheral wall part 14 First accommodating part 15 Second accommodating part 15 Disk part 16 Middle Wall portion 17 Mounting rib 18 First passage portion 19 Reinforcing rib 20 Mounting boss 21 Stopper piece 22 Stopping flange 25 Disk portion 26 Flange portion 27 Rotating shaft 28 Second passage portion 29 Circumferential groove portion 33 Interlocking member 34 Elasticity Claw part 35

Claims (5)

There is a tablet dispenser used for a tablet container in which the opening of the container body is closed with a screw lid,
A cylindrical member provided inside the opening and having a first passage through which the tablet inside the container can pass;
An opening and closing member that is coaxially and rotatably attached to the outer side of the container of the cylindrical member and has a second passage part through which the tablet inside the container can pass;
In conjunction with the rotation of the screw lid in the closing direction, the opening / closing member is rotated so that the first and second passage portions communicate with each other, and in conjunction with the rotation of the screw lid in the opening direction, the first An interlocking member that rotates the opening and closing member so that the first and second passage portions do not communicate with each other;
A tablet dispenser comprising:   The said interlocking member is comprised by protrudingly providing the elastic nail | claw part which a front-end | tip part latches on and disengages from the inner surface of the said screw lid from the container outer surface of the said opening / closing member. Tablet dispenser.   The tablet dispenser according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the second passage portion is set to have a diameter and an axial height that allow the single passage tablet to be independently accommodated in the passage portion.   The same number of the plurality of first and second passage portions are disposed at equal intervals in the radial direction at equal distances from the axial center of the cylindrical member and the opening / closing member and at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. 4. The tablet dispenser according to any one of 3 above. A container body capable of containing tablets;
A screw lid screwed into a threaded portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the opening of the container body;
A tablet dispenser according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A tablet container comprising:

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