JPH11165775A - Tablet case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a case having improved operability wherein a desired number of tablets can be surely taken out. SOLUTION: The tablet case is composed of a case body 1 wherein a takeout port 4 and an operation port are provided through a front cover and a rear cover respectively and the front cover is joined to the rear cover, a metering part 22 comprising a plurality of defined recesses 21, a regulating mechanism to regulate the amount of delivery and withdrawal of tablets from the port 4 of the part 22, and a slide member 20 having an operation part 23 exposed to the operation port. And a horizontal guide plate 7 is provided in a lower zone in the body 1 and an inclined plate 8 is provided above the plate 7 so as to be incline toward the port 4, and the metering part 22 is located below the tip 7a of the plate 8 and the slide member 20 is mounted so as to be slidable along the underside of the guide plate 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tablet case in which tablets such as medicines, nutrients, cosmetics, tablet confectionery and the like are stored in a bulk and a desired number of tablets are received by the palm of a hand.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a convenient tablet case in which a tablet such as a medicine is stored in a thin box-shaped container for carrying, a lid is opened, and a desired number of tablets are received by the palm of a hand. Various proposals have been made.

FIG. 10 shows a sliding case disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 39-6057, which has been known for a long time. The lid 50 has two side walls 51, 51 and a main body 52 which slides inside the lid 50. The protrusions 53 on both sides 51 of the lid 50 are slidably engaged with slide grooves 54 of a predetermined length on both sides of the main body 52 to limit the slide distance. Open and close.

Therefore, the lid 50 is restricted and opened, so that a certain number of tablets 55 can be taken out. When the main body 52 is stored in the lid 50, the engagement projections 56, 56 provided at one end of the slide grooves 54, 54 are provided. The projections 53 of the lid 50 are engaged with the lid 50 to stop the sliding of the lid 50.

[0005]

The conventional slide type tablet case has a small number of parts and is simple, but the cover 5
0 is slidably placed on the main body 52, so that the case has poor sealing performance and the tablet 55 is liable to be deteriorated. Also, when the case is dropped and receives an impact, the protrusion 5
The lids 50 are inadvertently opened due to the disengagement of the projections 56, 56 with the engagements 3, 53, or the projections 53, 53 of the lid 50 are disengaged from the slide grooves 54, 54, and the lid 50 is Body 5
2 and may scatter the tablet 55,
I was worried about my mobile phone.

Further, if the opened case for taking out the tablet 55 is placed on the palm of the hand, a predetermined number or more of the tablets 55 may be taken out due to the inclination of the case. Returning it to the case is not desirable from a sanitary point of view.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a tablet case excellent in portability and operability from which a predetermined number of tablets can be reliably taken out.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is directed to a case body which is formed by joining a front cover and a back cover with a take-out opening and an operation opening, and divided into a plurality of cases. A sliding member having a measuring portion formed of a concave portion, a regulating mechanism for regulating the amount of protrusion of the measuring portion from the take-out port and an operating portion exposed to the operating port; A guide plate is provided, and an inclined plate inclined in the direction of the outlet is provided above the guide plate, and the measuring member is positioned lower than a tip end of the inclined plate, and the slide member is moved along the lower surface of the guide plate. To be slidably mounted.

Further, engaging grooves formed by two projections are provided at a plurality of locations on the lower surface of the guide plate at a predetermined interval, and one projection is provided on the upper side of the slide member so that the regulating mechanism is engaged with the engaging groove. The guide member on the lower side of the slide member and the rail groove on the bottom surface of the case body are slidably engaged with each other, and the operation port is opened on the front of the case body. Operated.

In addition, a flexible rectangular frame portion is provided on the slide member, and a plurality of arcuate engaging recesses facing each other are provided at a plurality of places at predetermined intervals inside the frame portion. An arc-shaped projection protrudes to form a regulating mechanism by engaging with the engaging recess, and an operation port is opened on the lower surface of the case main body, thereby improving the durability of the regulating mechanism and operating the case with one hand. be able to.

Further, a large amount of tablets can be formed by forming the upper portion of the hollow portion in the case body in the thickness direction to be larger than the lower portion in the thickness direction and making the step surface between the upper portion and the lower portion an inclined surface. Can be stored randomly.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a take-out port 4 and an operation port 5 are opened, and a flat plate formed by joining a front cover 2 and a back cover 3 to each other. It comprises a box-shaped case body 1 and a slide member 20 having a measuring section 22 composed of a plurality of recesses 21 and having an operation section 23 exposed to the operation port 5.

The case body 1 is made of PS, AS, ABS, P
E and PP are used, and the front cover 2 and the back cover 3 each formed in a rectangular shape using a relatively hard general-purpose synthetic resin material are joined together by boss fitting 6 and have a hollow portion having a thickness almost equal to that of the tablet T. It is a storage box for a thin and well-shaped tablet T.

A horizontal guide plate 7 is provided below the case body 1, and a plurality of engaging grooves 9 formed by two protrusions and stopper protrusions 10 are provided on the lower surface of the guide plate 7 at predetermined intervals. . An inclined plate 8 is provided above the guide plate 7 and is inclined in the direction of the take-out port 4, and the guide plate 7 and the inclined plate 8 intersect at an acute angle at the tip 7a.

The operation port 5 is used to operate the slide member 20 by pushing the tablet T with fingers when the tablet T is taken out. The operation port 5 is opened along the guide plate 7 on the front surface of the case body 1, that is, on the front cover 2. .

A lengthwise rail groove 11 is provided at the bottom in the case body 1, and the open end of the rail groove 11 communicates with the lower end of the take-out port 4 opened on one side of the case body 1. .

On the other hand, the slide member 20 is fitted slidably along the lower surface of the guide plate 7 by inserting the lower guide rail portion 24 into the rail groove 11 of the case main body 1 and slidably mounted along the lower surface of the guide plate 7. A plurality of recesses 21 that receive the tablets T and that are open in the front-rear direction and upward are recessed. The weighing unit 22 receives the tablets T falling along the inclined plate 8 and the tablets T directly falling from above in the recess 21 at a position lower than the tip end portion 7a of the inclined plate 8, and receiving the tablet T. Recess 2
It is designed to weigh only one number. It is desirable that the height of the partition wall 30 partitioning between the recesses 21 is set to be smaller than the diameter of the tablet T, so that the other tablets T can be easily pushed by the measured tablet T, and the resistance at the time of pushing out is reduced. can do.

The operation section 23 of the slide member 20 is provided with a number of ribs 29 for finger catching which are exposed from the operation port 5 at the same height as the surface of the front cover 2.

A single projection 25 is provided on the upper side of the slide member 20 to engage with the stopper projection 10 of the guide plate 7 to form a stopper mechanism for the slide member 20. A restricting mechanism that restricts the sliding distance of the slide member 20 by engaging with the groove 9 is formed. A number of tablets T can be taken out.

In the tablet case of the present embodiment configured as described above, the distal end wall 26 of the slide member 20 closes the take-out port 4 and the slide member 20 is locked in a plurality of stages by the stopper mechanism. The seal of the case is securely held, and the slide member 20 does not fall out of the case body 1.

If the case is held upright, the tablet T is supplied to the measuring section 22. The slide member 20 is slid by the operation port 5 on the front of the case body 1, and the engagement groove 9 is selected by the visual recognition of the operation section 23 and the sense of the fingertip, and the projection 25 is engaged with the slide section 20. 21 can be pushed out of the case to reliably take out a predetermined number of tablets T. Since the concave portion 21 of the measuring section 22 is open in the front-rear direction, the tablet T taken out can be easily received by the palm of the hand even when operated by either the left or right hand.

Since the slide member 20 slides while being guided by the rail groove 11, the operation is smoothly performed without rattling.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In the drawings, portions common to those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. .

In this embodiment, a flexible rectangular frame portion 27 is provided on the slide member 20, and arcuate engagement recesses 28 are provided at a plurality of locations inside the frame portion 27, and the case body 1 is provided. An arc-shaped projection 12 is protruded from the projection 12, and the engagement between the engagement recess 28 and the projection 12 constitutes a regulating mechanism. The operation port 5 of the case body 1 is provided on the lower surface of the case body 1.

With the above structure, when the slide member 20 is operated, the engaging recess 28 and the projection 12 are softly engaged on the arc surface and the frame portion 27 is bent, so that the regulating mechanism is less worn and durable. The performance is improved. In addition, the user can operate the slide member 20 with the thumb while holding the case with one hand.

FIGS. 7 to 9 show a third embodiment of the present invention, in which the dimension H in the thickness direction of the upper portion 13 of the hollow portion in the case body 1 is made larger than the dimension S in the thickness direction of the lower portion 14. And a step surface between the upper portion 13 and the lower portion 14 is formed as an inclined surface 15.

With the above-described configuration, the capacity of the storage portion for the tablets T is increased to store the tablets T at random, and the tablets T are vertically aligned in the lower portion 14 of the case main body 1 so that the measuring portion 2
2 can be dropped into the groove 21.

[0029]

According to the tablet case of the present invention implemented in the form described above, the following effects can be obtained.

The tablet T is composed of a case main body and a slide member slidably mounted in the case main body. The tablets T are dropped into the respective recesses defined by the measuring section of the slide member, and the amount of protrusion and retreat from the outlet of the measuring section is set. Is regulated so that a desired number of recesses appear and disappear, so that a desired number of tablets can be reliably taken out. In addition, since the slide member is configured so that the slide is regulated in a plurality of stages by the regulating mechanism and the operation unit is exposed from the operation port, the slide member does not accidentally jump out of the case body and can be carried with confidence. .

It is also possible to provide an operation opening on the lower surface of the case body, hold the case with one hand, and operate the slide member with the thumb, and a case with better operability can be obtained. it can.

Further, the size of the upper portion of the hollow portion in the case body in the thickness direction is formed larger than the size of the lower portion in the thickness direction, and the step surface between the upper portion and the lower portion is formed as an inclined surface, so that tablets can be randomly formed. In addition, since a large number of tablets can be stored and a desired number of tablets can be reliably taken out, the present invention can be applied to a case having a large storage amount and a small case having good portability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional plan view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional plan view showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a front view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case main body, 2 Front lid, 3 Back lid, 4 Take-out opening, 7 Guide plate, 7a tip, 8 Inclined plate, 9 Engagement groove, 11 Rail groove, 12 Projection, 13 Upper part, 14
Lower part, 15 inclined surface, 20 slide member, 21 concave part, 22 measuring part, 23 operating part, 24 guide rail part, 25 projection, 27 frame part, 28 engaging concave part, H thickness dimension of upper part, S lower part Dimensions in the thickness direction,

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A case body formed by joining a front cover and a back cover with a take-out port and an operation port being opened, a measuring section composed of a plurality of recessed portions, and a measuring section having a plurality of concave portions. A sliding member having a regulating mechanism for regulating a retractable amount and an operating portion exposed to the operating opening, a horizontal guide plate is provided below the case main body, and the takeout opening direction is provided above the guide plate. A tablet case, characterized in that an inclined plate is provided which is inclined at a position lower than the tip of the inclined plate, and the slide member is slidably mounted along the lower surface of the guide plate. 2. An engaging groove formed by two projections is provided at a plurality of locations on a lower surface of a guide plate at a predetermined interval, and one projection is provided on an upper side of a slide member to control a regulating mechanism by engaging with the engaging groove. 2. The tablet according to claim 1, wherein the guide rail portion on the lower side of the slide member and the rail groove on the bottom surface of the case body are slidably engaged with each other, and the operation port is opened on the front of the case body. Case. 3. A flexible rectangular frame portion is provided on the slide member, and a plurality of arc-shaped engaging recesses facing each other are provided at a plurality of locations inside the frame portion at predetermined intervals. The tablet case according to claim 1, wherein an arc-shaped projection is protruded to form a regulating mechanism by engagement with the engagement recess, and an operation port is opened on a lower surface of the case body. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a dimension in the thickness direction of the upper portion of the hollow portion in the case body is formed larger than a dimension in the thickness direction of the lower portion, and a step surface between the upper portion and the lower portion is an inclined surface. Item 6. The tablet case according to Item 1, 2 or 3.