JP5164114B2 - Pill container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a tablet container.

  As a tablet container, a tablet container provided with a buffer has been proposed for the purpose of preventing breakage of the contained tablet. (For example, see Patent Document 1)

  The tablet container includes a cylindrical opening in which a male screw is screwed on the outer peripheral surface, and includes a container body that accommodates the tablet therein, a lid that is screwed into the cylindrical opening, and a buffer. Has a body. The shock absorber has a substantially cylindrical shape, and has a bottom portion, a side wall portion, and a flange portion connected to the upper portion of the side wall portion. The shock absorber is inserted into the container body from the cylindrical opening portion, and ends of the cylindrical opening portion. It is comprised so that it may be latched by.

This container can prevent tablets from being spilled due to vibration or impact during transportation, and can prevent unintentional spilling of tablets stored inside, further improving hygiene. It is an excellent one that exhibits various effects.
JP 2003-292012 A

  The above tablet container has a form in which the buffer body is pushed into the container containing the tablet from above, so that even after the buffer body is mounted due to the state of filling the tablet first before the buffer body is pushed in. There may be a change in the state between good and bad. For example, the tablet is not limited to a spherical shape, and there are various forms such as a disk shape, and when these are simply filled in a container, there is a possibility that uniform filling does not necessarily occur. In order to correct these, if the container body is vibrated or if the container body is shaken up and down, uniform filling can be obtained. In this case, there is a possibility that the tablets may collide and cause damage. It is done.

  Therefore, if the cushion is mounted in a state where the state of the tablet at the time of filling is not necessarily good, the unsatisfactory state remains as it is, and there is a possibility that the tablet may collide with each other during transportation and the tablets may collide with each other.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and even if the filling state includes a partially bad state, the bad state can be corrected by reducing the pressure, and a uniform and dense filling state can be secured. It can be maintained regardless of the shape of the stored tablet, and it can be filled without moving and colliding to prevent damage to the stored tablet. It can be used even when the number of contents and the capacity of the container are different. The container is versatile and economical to accommodate different filling numbers and capacities, and the degree of shrinkage can be changed according to the type and hardness of the contents by changing the magnitude of the suction force. In addition, it proposes a tablet container with a very simple structure.

  The container body in the present invention has a double structure of an outer container body and an inner container body in a form in which the mouth and neck portion is erected on the trunk portion. The outer container body is made of synthetic resin, glass, etc., and has a highly airtight shape retaining property. Similarly, the inner container body is formed of a synthetic resin or the like, and is made of a flexible material that can be stored in the outer container body and can be contracted by decompression. As a specific example of the double structure, the inner container body formed separately in the outer container body may be accommodated, or the inner container body may be stacked on the inner surface of the outer container body. May be. In the former case, a double structure can be produced by fixing the upper end of the inner container body to the upper end of the outer container body by an appropriate fixing means such as fitting, bonding, welding, etc. It can be integrally formed by a known means using a synthetic resin.

  A cap is detachably attached to the mouth and neck. As a means for locking the cap to the neck of the cap, a so-called twist lock that engages and disengages the protrusion with the L-shaped concave groove in addition to screwing may be adopted, or the protrusions may be engaged with each other. The locking means may be employed. The cap is also formed of a synthetic resin or the like.

  In the present invention, a plate-like packing fitted to the back surface of the cap is provided, and when the cap is fitted to the container body, the space between the container body neck and the cap is hermetically sealed. The packing is made of synthetic resin, elastomer or the like.

  In the present invention, the packing is provided with an intake hole, and the cap is provided with an intake valve. These intake holes and intake valves can eliminate movement and collision as much as possible without filling the tablets in the inner container as much as possible by eliminating excess air from the inside after filling the tablets in the inner container. It is for making it arrange like this. The intake hole is hermetically closed by an intake valve, opened by suction from above the cap, and the rest is configured to maintain a sealed state. A well-known machine such as a vacuum pump can be used to eliminate air. For example, it can be easily fixed by sucking the bottom surface of the cap close to the valve window or by fixing the end close to the top of the cap. Can be done.

  Moreover, the external air introduction part which introduces external air between the inner container body and the outer container body is provided. As a result, outside air is introduced between the inner container body and the outer container body, which become negative when the air in the inner container body is extracted.

The first means is configured as follows. That is, a shape-retaining outer container body A ₁ having a shape in which the mouth and neck portion 12 is erected on the trunk portion 10, and a flexible inner container body having a shape in which the mouth and neck portion 22 is erected on the trunk portion 20. A container body A having a double structure with A ₂ , a cap B having a top wall 31 extending from an upper end edge of a peripheral wall 30 detachably fitted to the outer periphery of the mouth and neck portion 12, and a back surface of the cap top wall 31 And a plate-like packing C having a peripheral edge pressed onto the container body A and having a suction hole 40 formed therein. The suction hole 40 is hermetically closed and opened by suction from above. provided intake valve 32 to valve cap top wall 31, provided with the external air introduction part for introducing external air between the outer container body a ₁ and the inner container body a _2.

  The second means is configured as follows. That is, in the first means, the intake valve 32 extends a plurality of elastic plates 34 from the inner peripheral edge of the valve window 33 formed in the cap top wall 31, and the elastic plate 34 brings the valve plate 33 into the center. This is a pressure contact valve that pressure-closes the intake hole 40 with the supported valve body 35.

  The third means was configured as follows. That is, in the second means, the valve body 35 is a valve body 35 in which a fitting cylinder portion 35b is suspended from the lower peripheral edge, and the outer periphery of the fitting cylinder portion 35b is airtightly sealed in the intake hole 40. Fitted.

The fourth means is configured as follows. That is, in any one of the first to third means, the container body A is configured such that the mouth-and-neck portion 12 is erected from the trunk portion 10 via the shoulder portion 11. ₁ and an inner container body A ₂ with a flange 23 extending outwardly from the upper end edge of the mouth neck 22 The inner container body A ₂ is stored in the outer container body A ₁ while being positioned on the outer container body neck portion 12, and the upper end portion of the inner container body A ₂ is fixed to the upper end portion of the outer container body A _1. Become.

The fifth means is configured as follows. That is, at the fourth means, the outside air introduction portion, is provided on the upper end portion of the inner container body A _2, the one end to the container body A outside the inner container body A ₂ at the other end and the outer container body A ₁ It was constituted as a concave groove 24 opened in each gap.

The sixth means is configured as follows. That is, at any means of said first means to the third means, the container body A is in the form of stacked peelable inner container body A ₂ on the inner surface of the outer container body A _1.

Tablet vessel of the present invention, the tablets can be densely arranged filling of tablets in the inner container body A ₂ by removing the air in the inner container body A ₂ after filling, the movement can prevent a disadvantage such as a crash. Moreover between the inner container body A ₂ and the outer container body A ₁ along with the contraction of the inner container body A ₂ is introduced air, shrunken inner container body A ₂ is stably supported. Moreover, since the suction hole 40 is air-tightly closed by the intake valve 32, rather than inconvenience such that shrunken inner container body A ₂ is inflated again, can be prevented reliably damage to the tablet during distribution, Safe transport of tablet containers can be performed. Although filling the tablets have been made to the upper end portion of the inner container body A ₂ at the time of sealing, to produce a space on the top and restored inner container body A ₂ at the time of unsealing, resulting in inconvenience that the tablet pops out when opening There is no fear. In addition, there is versatility that can handle different filling numbers and capacities in one type of container.

  The intake valve 32 extends a plurality of elastic plates 34 from the inner periphery of the valve window 33 formed in the cap top wall 31, and the intake hole 40 is formed by the valve body 35 supported by the elastic plate 34 in the center of the valve window 33. In the case of a pressure contact valve that closes by pressure, sufficient sealing performance can be obtained, and the valve body 35 and the elastic plate 34 can be formed in the valve window 33, so that the valve body 35 is moved in the valve opening direction by an external force. There is also an advantage of preventing the inconvenience of being generated.

  When the valve body 35 is a valve body 35 in which a fitting cylinder portion 35b is vertically suspended at the peripheral edge of the lower surface, and the outer periphery of the fitting cylinder portion 35b is airtightly fitted into the intake hole 40, a further large sealing is achieved. You can get sex. There is an advantage that the valve body 35 can be prevented from being displaced due to vibration or the like, and the intake hole 40 can be closed more stably.

Container body A is an outer container body A ₁ constructed by standing the neck 12 through the shoulder portion 11 from the barrel 10, with standing the neck 22 through the shoulder portion 21 from the barrel 20 , becomes the flange 23 outwardly from neck 22 upper edge of the inner container body a ₂ Metropolitan extended outside the inner container body a ₂ in a state in which to position the flange 23 on the outer container body mouth neck 12 together housed in the container body a _1, the inner container body a ₂ upper part when made by fixing the outer container body a ₁ upper end, between the advance inner container body a ₂ and the outer container body a ₁ a gap is present, during the aspiration of the inner container body a _2, there is an advantage that the introduction of the outside air can be performed smoothly between the inner container body a ₂ and the outer container body a _1.

The outside air introduction portion, is provided on the upper end portion of the inner container body A _2, the container body A outside end, as grooves 24 which open respectively into the gap between the inner container body A ₂ and the outer container body A ₁ and the other end When configured, there is an advantage in manufacturing that the outside air introduction portion can be integrally formed when the inner container body A ₂ is molded, and there is also an advantage that an existing one can be easily adopted as the outer container body A _1. .

Container body A is, when in the form in which the outer container body A inner surface onto a peelable inner container body A _{2 1} laminated has the advantage of leverage storage volume to the maximum. Further, since the inner container body A ₂ and the outer container body A ₁ can be integrally formed, manufacturing and assembly are easy.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 6 show an example of a tablet container 1, and the tablet container 1 includes a container body A, a cap B, a packing C, and a seal material D.

The container body A is composed of an outer container body A ₁ having shape retention and a flexible inner container body A ₂ . Outer container body A ₁ forms a bottle type standing upright the neck 12 via a shoulder 11 from the cylindrical body portion 10 the upper end. Further, the mouth-and-neck portion 12 is formed into a large-diameter portion 12a, a medium-diameter portion 12b, and a small-diameter portion 12c from the bottom, and a thread is provided around the outer periphery of the medium-diameter portion 12b.

The inner container body A ₂ is configured such that a mouth-and-neck part 22 is erected from the upper end of the cylindrical body part 20 via a shoulder part 21 and a flange 23 is extended outward from the upper end of the mouth-and-neck part 22. The outer container body A ₁ of the flange 23 on the upper surface, is suspended in the outer container body A ₁ by fixing the neck 22 to the small diameter portion 12c inner surface, below the intermediate-diameter portion 12b outer container body A ₁ It is suspended by providing a gap between the inner surface and the inner container body a ₂ external surface.

Further, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 3, a concave groove 24 as an outside air introduction portion is provided from the upper outer surface of the mouth neck portion 22 which is the upper end portion of the inner container body A _{2 to} the lower surface of the flange 23. . The concave groove 24 has one end opened outwardly from the upper end of the outer container body neck 12 and the other end between the inner container body neck 22 and the outer container body A ₁ medium diameter portion 12b (mouth neck 12). With the cap B attached, the inner container body A ₂ and the outer container body A ₁ are connected to each other through the concave groove 24 from the gap between the cap peripheral wall and the outer container body mouth / neck portion 12. The outside air can be introduced into the gap. In this example, such an outside air introduction part is provided. However, as long as the outside air introduction part can introduce outside air between the outer container body A ₁ and the inner container body A ₂ , various types can be adopted. . For example, a through-hole can be formed at the bottom of the outer container body neck 12, the outer container body 10, or the outer container body A ₁ to form an outside air introduction section.

In addition, the container body A is not limited to the one having the above configuration, and may be configured as a so-called Delami type container body. In that case, the inner container body A ₂ and releasably laminated on the inner surface of the outer container body A _1, inner container body A ₂ forms the same shape as the outer container body A _1, the inner container body A ₂ outer container body A _When peeled from ₁ , the peeled portion becomes indefinite. The inner container body A ₂ can be separated from the outer container body A ₁ by sucking and discharging the air in the inner container body A ₂ .

  The cap B has a form in which the top wall 31 extends from the upper end edge of the peripheral wall 30, and a thread is provided around the inner periphery of the peripheral wall 30.

  The packing C has a plate shape fitted to the back surface of the cap top wall 31, the peripheral edge is pressure-welded and sealed on the container body A, and the intake hole 40 is formed in the center.

  In the present invention, the intake hole 40 is airtightly closed, and an intake valve 32 that opens by suction from above is provided on the cap top wall 31. The intake valve 32 has a plurality of elastic plates 34 extending from the inner periphery of the valve window 33 formed in the cap top wall 31, and the intake hole 40 is formed by a valve body 35 supported by the elastic plate 34 at the center of the valve window 33. The pressure contact valve is configured to be pressure closed. As shown in FIG. 4, the elastic plates 34 extend from the upper and lower intermediate positions of the inner periphery of the valve window 33, and three elastic plates 34 extend from the inner periphery of the valve window 33 at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. It has a substantially S-shape in a plan view, and the periphery of the valve body 35 is connected and supported at the center of each elastic plate 34. In addition, the valve body 35 has a fitting cylinder portion 35b provided vertically at the lower peripheral edge portion of the substrate 35a, and the lower outer periphery of the fitting cylinder portion 35b is airtightly fitted into the intake hole 40.

In the tablet container 1 described above, the cap B is mounted after the tablet body A is first filled with tablets. At this time, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the container body A is filled with tablets so that there is a gap in the inner container body neck portion 22 portion. From this state, the inside of the inner container body A ₂ is depressurized from the suction hole 40 of the packing C through the intake valve 32 using the suction device E. Inner container body A ₂ air within the intake hole 40, is sucked into the suction device E to the outside through an intake valve 32, the excess excluded inner container body A in ₂ air, as shown in FIG. 1 The tablet reaches the upper part of the mouth / neck portion 12 without fullness. At the same time, outside air is introduced between the inner container body A ₂ and the outer container body A ₁ through the concave groove 24 from between the cap peripheral wall 30 and the outer container body neck portion 12. In FIG. 1, the sealing material D is detachably attached to the upper surface of the cap B after being sucked, and the inner container body A ₂ maintains a reduced state.

It is sectional drawing of a tablet container. Example 1 It is an exploded sectional view of a tablet container before tablet filling. Example 1 It is a principal part expanded sectional view of a tablet container. Example 1 It is a principal part expanded sectional view of a cap and packing. Example 1 It is a principal part enlarged plan view of a cap. Example 1 It is sectional drawing of the tablet container at the time of suction. Example 1

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Tablet container A ... Container body
A ₁ ... Outer container body
10 ... trunk, 11 ... shoulder, 12 ... mouth and neck, 12a ... large diameter part, 12b ... medium diameter part,
12c… small diameter part A ₂ … inner container
20 ... trunk, 21 ... shoulder, 22 ... mouth and neck, 23 ... flange, 24 ... concave groove B ... cap
30 ... peripheral wall, 31 ... top wall, 32 ... intake valve, 33 ... valve window, 34 ... elastic plate, 35 ... valve body,
35a: PCB, 35b: Fitting cylinder C: Packing
40 ... Intake hole D ... Sealing material E ... Suction device

Claims (6)

A shape-retaining outer container body A ₁ having a form in which the mouth / neck part 12 is erected on the body part 10 and a flexible inner container body A ₂ having a form in which the mouth / neck part 22 is erected on the body part 20. And a cap B having a top wall 31 extending from an upper end edge of the peripheral wall 30 detachably fitted to the outer periphery of the mouth-and-neck portion 12, and a back surface of the cap top wall 31. In addition, the peripheral portion is pressure-sealed on the container body A, and a plate-like packing C having a suction hole 40 is provided. The suction hole 40 is airtightly closed and opened by suction from above. provided intake valve 32 to the cap top wall 31, a tablet container, characterized in that a fresh air introduction section for introducing external air between the outer container body a ₁ and the inner container body a _2. The intake valve 32 extends a plurality of elastic plates 34 from the inner periphery of the valve window 33 formed in the cap top wall 31, and the intake hole 40 is formed by the valve body 35 supported by the elastic plate 34 in the center of the valve window 33. The tablet container according to claim 1, wherein the tablet container is a pressure contact valve that is pressure contact closed. The tablet container according to claim 2, wherein the valve body (35) is a valve body (35) in which a fitting cylinder part (35b) is vertically suspended at the lower peripheral edge part, and the outer periphery of the fitting cylinder part (35b) is airtightly fitted into the intake hole (40). . Container body A is an outer container body A ₁ constructed by standing the neck 12 through the shoulder portion 11 from the barrel 10, with standing the neck 22 through the shoulder portion 21 from the barrel 20 , becomes the flange 23 outwardly from neck 22 upper edge of the inner container body a ₂ Metropolitan extended outside the inner container body a ₂ in a state in which to position the flange 23 on the outer container body mouth neck 12 together housed in the container body a _1, tablet vessel according to any one of claims 1 to 3 formed by fixing the inner container body a ₂ the upper end to the outer container body a ₁ upper end. The outside air introduction portion, is provided on the upper end portion of the inner container body A _2, the container body A outside end, as grooves 24 which open respectively into the gap between the inner container body A ₂ and the outer container body A ₁ and the other end The tablet container according to claim 4, which is constructed. Container body A is a tablet container according to any one of claims 1 to 3 in the form of stacked peelable inner container body A ₂ on the inner surface of the outer container body A _1.

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