JP4784964B2 - Pill container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a tablet container.

  Although tablet containers having a dispensing hole at the top of the container body are widely known, there is a possibility that more than the required number of tablets may be swung out through the above-mentioned dispensing hole during the dispensing. If it was returned to the container through the hole, there was a problem with hygiene.

Therefore, there is provided a plug member having a peripheral wall fitted into the mouth and neck of the container body, and a partition plate that is inclined with the front wall side down on the inner surface of the peripheral wall, and is provided at the front end of the partition plate. There is a structure in which a tablet ejection hole is drilled and a claw-shaped stop plate projects rearward from the upper end of the front wall portion of the peripheral wall of the plug member to regulate the number of tablets taken out from the tablet ejection hole. Known (Patent Document 1).
Shokai Sho 50-132431

  In the container of Patent Document 1, the tablet ejection hole may be blocked as a result of a large number of tablets trying to pass through the tablet insertion hole at the time of shaking. When shaken, there is a possibility that the tablets that have popped out of the tablet dispensing holes will not be able to be stopped by the above-mentioned stop plate and will jump off and cannot be taken out well on the palm of the user.

  In view of this, the present invention has a simple structure so that one tablet can be reliably taken out for each shaking operation, and a container body that stands up the mouth and neck and a top with a dispensing hole that closes the top of the mouth and neck. In a tablet container comprising a closure member having a wall, a baffle plate that is longer than at least the maximum particle size of the tablet is suspended from the back side of the top wall of the closure member below the vicinity of the rear end of the peripheral edge of the ejection hole. And the lower end portion of the baffle plate is bent or refracted forward so that the lower surface of the lower end portion is a collision surface with the tablet, and further, the lower end portion of the baffle plate and the front end portion and the left and right end portions of the peripheral portion of the ejection hole It aims at providing the tablet container which formed the space | gap for tablet inflow in between.

The first means is
The container body 2 that stands up the mouth-and-neck portion 8, and the closing member 10 that closes the upper surface of the mouth-and-neck portion and has a top wall with a swing hole,
The top wall 12 of the closing member 10 includes a peripheral portion of the dispensing hole 22, and is longer than at least the maximum particle size of the tablet below the vicinity of the rear end portion of the peripheral portion of the dispensing hole 22 from the back side of the top wall 12. A baffle plate 24 is vertically provided, and the lower end portion of the baffle plate 24 is bent or bent forward so that the lower surface of the lower end portion is a collision surface 26 with the tablet, and the lower end portion of the baffle plate 24 and the periphery of the ejection hole 22 In the tablet container in which a gap S for tablet inflow is formed between the front end portion and the left and right end portions of the part,
The rear side of the lower surface of the above-described ejection hole 22 is a baffle plate 24 that is hung shorter than the length of the container body neck 8, and the front or left and right sides are contacted with the tablet from the back surface side of the closing member top wall 12 to the lower surface. with surrounding auxiliary wall 28 hanging down shorter than a contact surface Toshikatsu baffle plate to form away from the leading edge and the left and right side edges of the lower end of the baffle plate 24 to the auxiliary walls.

  The “baffle plate” prevents a tablet from moving from the bottom of the container body to the ejection hole when the container is flipped out, thereby allowing a plurality of tablets heading toward the ejection hole at the same time to move forward and backward or left and right. It has a function as a squeezing part that disperses (crushes) moderately in the direction, whereby tablets can be taken out one by one from the ejection hole. The maximum particle size of the tablet means the major axis for an elliptical tablet and the diameter for a spherical tablet. The hanging length of the baffle plate is preferably set so that a plurality of tablets dispersed in the front-rear or left-right direction by the collision with the collision surface 26 enter the ejection hole one by one. For that purpose, it is necessary to make the hanging length of the baffle plate longer than the longest particle size of the tablet. If it is shorter than this, the tablet will be caught between the baffle plate and the top wall of the closing member, and the tablet will pass through the ejection hole. There is a risk of difficulty. Moreover, when the hanging length of the baffle plate is too long, the effect of dispersing the tablets is reduced by the contact with the collision surface of the lower end portion of the baffle plate. The upper limit value of the droop length needs to be set in consideration of the size of the collision surface, the diameter of the outlet hole, and the like, and thus cannot be determined uniformly, but can be determined with reference to the illustrated example described later. .

  It is desirable to arrange the lower end of the baffle plate so as to block a part of the vertical line passing through the center of the outlet hole, and the lower end should be shaped into an appropriate shape such as a wide band shape, a disk shape, or a ring shape. Can do. The “collision surface” formed on the lower surface of the lower end of the baffle plate is preferably a horizontal surface or an inclined surface close to the horizontal, so that the tablets that bounce off the collision surface are distributed almost evenly in the front-rear or left-right direction. Can be expected.

The above-mentioned baffle plate hanging length is set shorter than the length of the mouth and neck part.In the case where the mouth and neck part is erected from the upper end of the trunk part through the shoulder part, the lower end part of the baffle board is placed below the shoulder part. This is because, when drooping, a plurality of tablets dispersed by the collision with the lower end portion may be aggregated again by passing through the shoulder portion.

The “auxiliary wall” has a function of guiding the tablet to the ejection hole and a function of limiting the number of tablets going to the ejection hole by surrounding the circumference of the ejection hole together with the baffle plate. That is, it is considered that a part of the tablet splashed back and forth or left and right from the collision surface at the lower end of the baffle plate re-collises with the inner surface of the container neck and neck and bounces back to the ejection hole side. If it gathers in the vicinity of the swing hole, the swing hole may still be blocked. Accordingly, an auxiliary wall is provided to block the path of the tablet that bounces from the inner surface of the container body neck to the ejection hole, and also guides the tablet that has entered the cylindrical wall to the ejection hole. In order to secure these functions, the auxiliary wall is provided shorter than the baffle plate. Further, the auxiliary wall can be formed in a cylindrical shape as will be described later. For example, the auxiliary wall may be formed in a C shape in a bottom view surrounding the front and left and right sides of the swing hole. Further, the auxiliary wall can be formed as an inner / outer double cylinder composed of an inner cylinder for guiding tablets and an outer cylinder for blocking the course.

The “closing member” may be formed as a cap mounting cylinder for attaching the lid to the container body neck as described later, or may be a plug member fitted into the container body neck. .

The second means has the first means and is provided with a tablet locking surface 30 formed by the bottom surface of the top wall portion between the shaking hole 22 and the auxiliary wall 28, and the first half of the peripheral edge of the shaking hole 22 From the section, a semi-cylindrical tablet receiver 32 having a recess 34 on the rear surface is erected.

  The “locking surface” is for temporarily locking the tablet sliding down the inner surface of the auxiliary wall 28.

  The “tablet holder” is formed in a semi-cylindrical shape so that the tablets that have slid down from the locking surface are stopped again and taken out one by one. Here, the “half bowl shape” means a shape when a circular or oval bowl is cut horizontally and cut into upper and lower body parts, and the upper body part stands up from the front half part of the peripheral edge of the above-mentioned swing hole. It is desirable that the vertical length of the tablet receiver is approximately the same as the maximum particle size of the tablet, and is formed in a size that can accommodate each tablet.

  The third means includes the first means or the second means, and the baffle plate 24 is formed integrally with the top wall 12 of the closing member 10.

  A fourth means includes the first means or the second means, and an inner plug 40 having a through hole 42 that overlaps with the outlet hole 22 is attached to the back surface of the top wall 12 of the closing member 10. The baffle plate 24 or the baffle plate and the auxiliary wall 28 are suspended from the inner plug.

  The “inner plug” is formed as a separate member of the closing member as a part including a baffle plate and an auxiliary wall for restricting the entry of the tablet into the ejection hole. Therefore, the baffle plate is formed as a part of the closing member. In comparison, even if the shape of the baffle plate is somewhat complicated, it can be easily formed from a synthetic resin material. In this case, the tablet locking surface can be formed on the lower surface of the inner plug portion including the auxiliary wall.

  The fifth means includes any one of the first to fourth means, and the auxiliary wall 28 is a double cylinder composed of a short inner cylinder 28a and a long outer cylinder 28b, and the inner wall The lower surface of the cylinder 28a is disposed above the lower surface of the outer cylinder 28b with a drop for tablet rolling, and the gap between the inner and outer cylinders is smaller than the minimum particle diameter of the tablet.

  The minimum particle diameter of a tablet means the short diameter of an elliptical tablet and the diameter of a spherical tablet.

  A sixth means includes any one of the first to fifth means, and a cap-shaped mounting member in which the closing member 10 is fitted to the outer surface of the mouth neck portion 8 of the container body 2. In addition, a lid 50 capable of opening and closing the top wall upper surface is hingedly connected to the rear end portion of the top wall 12 of the closing member 10.

According to the first aspect of the invention, since the baffle plate 24 is provided on the back side of the top wall of the closing member 10, a large number of tablets trying to pass through the tablet ejection holes collide with the baffle plate 24. The tablet ejection holes 22 are wound in the right and left sides of the lower end portion of the baffle plate 24 and enter the ejection holes 22 in an appropriately dispersed state, so that the tablet ejection holes are not blocked by the tablet. Further, since the rear side of the lower surface of the ejection hole 22 is surrounded by the baffle plate 24 and the front and left and right sides are surrounded by the auxiliary wall 28, it is possible to further restrict the concentration of a large number of tablets into the ejection hole 22 at one time.

According to the invention relating to the second means, since the tablet receiver 32 and the locking surface 30 for restricting the tablet ejection speed are provided on both the upper and lower sides of the top wall 12 of the closing member, the tablets are reliably shaken one by one. Can be put out.

  According to the third aspect of the invention, the baffle plate 24 can be integrally formed as a part of the closing member 10, so that the number of parts can be reduced and the manufacturing can be made at low cost.

  According to the fourth aspect of the invention, since the baffle plate 24 is attached to the inner plug 40 which is a separate body from the closing member 10, the degree of freedom in designing the shape of the baffle plate is increased.

  According to the invention relating to the fifth means, since the lower end surface of the inner cylinder 28a of the auxiliary wall 28 is disposed above the lower end surface of the outer cylinder 28b with a drop for tablet rolling, the container is turned upside down. When shaken, the tablet bounced from the baffle plate toward the auxiliary wall 28 can be guided to the dispensing hole by the drop.

  According to the invention relating to the sixth means, since the lid 50 is attached to the rear end portion of the top wall 12 of the closing member 10, when the lid is inclined upward in the opened state of FIG. In the inclined posture, the baffle plate 24 is positioned above the ejection hole 22 as shown in the figure, so that all tablets can be reliably ejected from the ejection hole 22 when the number of tablets decreases.

  1 to 4 show a tablet container according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

  The tablet container includes a container body 2, a closing member 10, and a lid body 50.

  The container body 2 erects a wide-mouthed neck 8 from the trunk 4 through the shoulder 6.

  The closing member 10 has a mounting cylinder 14 suspended from the periphery of the top wall 12 threadedly engaged with the outer surface of the mouth neck portion 8, and the mounting cylinder 16 suspended from the rear peripheral portion of the top wall 12 is It is fitted to the inner surface of the neck 8. Further, the outer peripheral portion of the upper surface of the top wall 12 is depressed to form an engaging step portion 18, and a tablet ejection hole 22 is formed in the center of the top wall 12. It is desirable that the diameter of the ejection hole is smaller than twice the minimum particle size of the tablet so that the two tablets cannot pass through at the same time. Furthermore, a baffle plate 24 and an auxiliary wall 28 are suspended from the back surface of the central portion of the top wall 12, and a tablet receiver 32 is erected from the upper surface.

  The baffle plate 24 hangs from the rear end portion of the peripheral edge of the dispensing hole 22 to be longer than the maximum particle size of the tablet and shorter than the length of the mouth neck portion 8, and the lower end portion of the baffle plate 24 is set to the front side. The lower surface of the lower end is formed on the collision surface 26 with the tablet. The baffle plate 24 is formed in a horizontal cross-section arc shape along the edge of the above-mentioned swing hole. A gap S for tablet inflow is formed between the lower end portion of the baffle plate 24 and the front end portion and the left and right end portions of the peripheral portion of the swing hole 22. In the illustrated example, the hanging length (vertical length) of the baffle plate 24 is assumed to be about 1 to 2 times the maximum particle size of the tablet.

  The auxiliary wall 28 includes an inner cylinder 28 a and an outer cylinder 28 b that hang down from the back surface of the top wall 12 of the closing member 12 between the swing hole 22 and the mounting cylinder 16. In the illustrated example, the hanging length of the auxiliary wall 28 is about half of the maximum particle size of the tablet, and is shorter than the hanging length of the baffle plate 24 by about 1 to 1.5 times the maximum particle size.

Furthermore, in the illustrated example, the rear wall portion of the inner cylinder 28a and the upper end portion of the baffle plate 24 are continuous , but the structure can be changed as appropriate, for example, from the top wall portion inside the inner cylinder 28a. You may hang a baffle plate. Further, the lower surface of the top wall portion inside the inner cylinder 28a forms a tablet locking surface 30.

  The tablet receiver 32 is erected from the front half of the periphery of the dispensing hole 22. This tablet receptacle has a semi-cylindrical shape that is long in the vertical direction, and a depression 34 is formed on the rear surface of the tablet. As shown in FIG. 1, the recess 34 has an arcuate longitudinal section when viewed from the side. Further, on the top surface of the top wall 12 of the closing member 10, a groove-like engagement strip 36 is formed so as to surround the swing hole 22 and the tablet receiver 32.

  The lid 50 has a lid peripheral wall 54 suspended from the periphery of the top plate 52 placed on the engagement step 18 of the closing member 10, and the engagement step and the lower end of the rear wall of the lid peripheral wall 54 are connected to each other. The thin hinges 56 are connected together. Further, the central portion of the top plate 52 is raised in a dome shape corresponding to the tablet receiver 32 of the closing member 10, and the fitting cylinder 60 is formed from the top wall portion around the raised portion 58. It hangs down, and the lower end of the fitting cylinder is engaged with the engaging strip 36 of the closing member top wall 12.

  The container body 2, the closing member 10, and the lid body 50 described above can each be formed of a synthetic resin.

  In the above configuration, when the lid is rotated backward from the state of FIG. 1 and the upper part of the container is tilted downward and forward, the collision surface 26 at the lower end of the baffle plate 24 is located behind the ejection hole 22 as shown in FIG. A plurality of tablets, which are located above and fall relatively densely and fall to the ejection hole 22 side, hit the collision surface 26 and bounce back and forth or left and right of the baffle plate, with a slight time difference depending on the angle of the bounce. And enters the auxiliary wall inner cylinder 28a. At this time, a part of the tablet collides with the lower end surfaces of the inner cylinder 28a and the outer cylinder 28b that appear upward in FIG. 4 and decelerates, and rolls into the inner cylinder 28a due to the drop of the lower end surfaces of both cylinders. It will be. The tablet that has entered the auxiliary wall 28 slides down on the inner surface of the auxiliary wall, temporarily stops or re-decelerates on the locking surface 30, and then slides down into the tablet receiver 32. When the container is shaken, the tablet in the tablet receiver 32 falls on the palm of the user, and the next tablet slides from the locking surface 30 into the tablet receiver 32 to enter a standby state.

  Compared with the case where the above-described process is not provided with a baffle plate, in this case, a large number of tablets may simultaneously gather in the ejection holes and close the ejection holes. When the number is very small, there is a risk that the tablet will bounce off the container directly from the container. On the other hand, in the present invention, a plurality of tablets are distributed front and rear or left and right by the collision with the baffle plate 24, and are decelerated by contact with the lower surface of the auxiliary wall 28 or the like. Then, after temporarily stopping at the auxiliary wall and the locking surface 30, the tablet holder 32 is entered, so that the tablet is prevented from unexpectedly popping out.

  5 and 6 show a container according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

  In the container, the baffle plate 24 and the auxiliary wall 28 in the first embodiment are provided as a part of an inner plug 40 that is a separate part from the closing member. The inner plug has a through hole 42 that overlaps with the outlet hole at the center of a circular plug plate, and the peripheral wall of the inner plug is fitted to the inner surface of the mounting cylinder 16 so that the top wall 12 of the closing member 10 is fitted. The baffle plate 24 is suspended from the lower end of the peripheral edge of the through hole 42, and the auxiliary wall 28 formed of a single cylinder wall is suspended from the outer periphery of the back surface of the inner plug. In a preferred example shown in the figure, a short cylinder is suspended from the hole edge of the oscillating hole 22, and the short cylinder is fitted into the through hole 42 of the inner plug 40. In the present embodiment, the tablet locking surface 30 is formed by the lower end surface of the short cylinder and the lower surface of the inner plug portion inside the auxiliary wall 28. Further, the baffle plate 24 shown in the figure has a vertical plate portion 24a that hangs down from the back surface of the inner plug 40, and a horizontal plate portion 24b that projects forward from the lower end of the vertical plate portion, and is the lower end portion of the baffle plate. The lower surface of the horizontal plate portion is formed on the collision surface 26. Although the illustrated horizontal plate portion 24b is formed in a disc shape, the shape can be changed as appropriate. The inner plug 40 can be integrally formed of a synthetic resin material.

1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a container according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a bottom view of the closure member of the container. It is the top view which looked at the closure member of the container of FIG. 1 in the open state. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the container. FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a container according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a perspective view of the main part of the container.

Explanation of symbols

2 ... Container body 4 ... Body 6 ... Shoulder 8 ... Mouth and neck 10 ... Occlusion member 12 ... Top wall
14 ... Installation cylinder 16 ... Mounting cylinder 18 ... Engagement step
22 ... outlet 24 ... baffle plate 24a ... vertical plate portion 24b ... horizontal plate portion 26 ... impact surface
28 ... Auxiliary wall 28a ... Inner cylinder 28b ... Outer cylinder 30 ... Tablet locking surface 32 ... Tablet holder
34 ... depression 36 ... engagement line
40 ... Internal plug 42 ... Through hole 50 ... Lid 52 ... Top plate 54 ... Land of the lid 56 ... Thin hinge
58 ... Bump 60 ... Mating cylinder

Claims (6)

A container body (2) that stands up the mouth and neck (8), and a closing member (10) having a top wall with a swing hole that closes the top surface of the mouth and neck.
The top wall (12) of the closing member (10) includes the peripheral edge of the outlet hole (22), and is below the vicinity of the rear end of the peripheral edge of the outlet hole (22) from the back side of the top wall (12). The baffle plate (24) longer than the maximum particle size of the tablet is suspended, and the lower end portion of the baffle plate (24) is bent or refracted forward so that the lower surface of the lower end portion collides with the tablet ( In the tablet container in which a gap (S) for tablet inflow is formed between the lower end portion of the baffle plate (24) and the front end portion and the left and right end portions of the peripheral portion of the baffle plate (24),
The baffle plate (24) is hung from the rear side of the lower surface of the outlet hole (22) to be shorter than the length of the container body neck (8), and the front or left and right sides are the back wall of the closing member (12). Surrounding it with an auxiliary wall (28) that has its lower surface from the side as a contact surface with the tablet and hangs shorter than the baffle plate, and separates this auxiliary wall from the front edge and the left and right side edges of the lower end of the baffle plate ( 24 ) A tablet container characterized by being formed. While providing a tablet locking surface (30) formed on the lower surface of the top wall portion between the ejection hole (22) and the auxiliary wall (28), a depression is formed on the rear surface from the front half edge of the ejection hole (22) ( The tablet container according to claim 1, characterized in that a semi-cone-shaped tablet receiver (32) having 34) is erected.   The tablet container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the baffle plate (24) is formed integrally with the top wall (12) of the closing member (10).   On the back surface of the top wall (12) of the closing member (10), an inner plug (40) having a through hole (42) that overlaps with the outlet hole (22) is attached, and the baffle plate (24) is attached from the inner plug. Or the baffle plate and the auxiliary wall (28) are suspended, The tablet container of Claim 1 or Claim 2 characterized by the above-mentioned.   The auxiliary wall (28) is a double cylinder composed of a short inner cylinder (28a) and a long outer cylinder (28b), and the inner cylinder (28a) has a lower surface on the outer cylinder with a drop for tablet rolling. The tablet container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the tablet container is disposed above the lower surface of (28b), and the gap between the inner and outer cylinders is smaller than the minimum particle diameter of the tablet. .   The closure member (10) is a cap-shaped mounting member fitted to the outer surface of the mouth and neck (8) of the container body (2), and the rear end of the top wall (12) of the closure member (10) The tablet container according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a lid body (50) capable of opening and closing the upper surface of the top wall is hinge-connected.