JPH11189280A - Lid of container receiving granular substance - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container lid wherein especially granular substances such as tablets can be easily taken out by a predetermined number. SOLUTION: The lid 2 to be detachably attached on an opening 10a of a container 1 receiving tablets (a) is equipped on the lid 2 with a space 25 where the tablet (a) temporarily enter, recesses 27 formed in a predetermined number for holding the tablets (a) one by one are formed on a bottom 26 of the space 25, and a through hole 28 for passing the tablets (a) through is formed in the space 25.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lid attached to an opening of a container for storing granular materials such as tablets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, tablets as granules are stored in a container made of glass, plastic, or the like.
The container is sealed by screwing a lid or the like into the opening of the container. At the time of taking, after removing the lid from the opening of the container and opening the container, a predetermined number of tablets are put on the palm or the like by tilting the container. Here, tablets of various shapes such as capsules and cylindrical three-layer tablets are known. For example, crude drugs such as Chinese herbal medicines are often referred to as spherical pills.
Also, in particular, Chinese medicines are not taken in one tablet at a time.
It is not uncommon for a few tablets to be present.

[0003] However, it is not easy to remove a predetermined number of such pills from the container. For example, when the container is tilted to take out the pills, there is a concern that many pills will come out of the container at once. In this case, since the number of doses is limited, the excess pills must be returned to the container again, but if this is done, the pills that once touched the palm etc. will be returned to the container again. It is unsanitary. Further, since the pills are spherical, when they come out of the container vigorously, they easily roll and fall on the floor or the like, and are lost.

Therefore, conventionally, as a means for easily removing a predetermined number of tablets or the like, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 50-132431 has been proposed.
No., Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 50-132432, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 57-105
No. 257, No. 42-10953, and No. 59-2
No. 8061 and Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. Sho 59-28062 are disclosed. Of these, JS50-132431,
No. 50-132432, No. 57-10525
No. 7 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 42-10953 relate to a configuration in which a tablet storage portion is formed in an inner lid fitted and fixed to an opening of a container. Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 59-28061 and Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 59-28062 relate to a configuration in which a storage portion for tablets is integrally formed on a lid attached to an opening of a container.

[0005]

However, these conventional devices have the following problems. In other words,
Nos. 0-132431, 50-132432, 57-105257 and 42-10953.
In the case of the tablets disclosed in the above paragraph, the container shall be tilted with the outer lid removed. However, if the container is tilted with the outer lid removed as described above, there is a concern that unnecessary tablets may jump out of the container through the passage holes for passing the tablets into the storage section.

On the other hand, in the devices disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Unexamined Publication Nos. 59-28061 and 59-28062, the container for storing the tablets is formed integrally with the outer lid, so that the container is removed when the tablets are taken out. There is no need to tilt, and there is no problem such as unnecessary popping out of tablets. However, these 59-1
In No. 8061 and No. 59-28062,
Since the passage hole for passing the tablets is located in the center of the bottom of the storage unit, it is difficult for the tablets once in the storage unit to return to the container again.
It is difficult to store the required number of tablets in the storage section. In addition, these Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Nos. 59-28061 and 59-28062 have a problem that it is difficult to take out the tablets from the storage section when taking the drug because the passage hole is located at the center of the bottom of the storage section. I have.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a container lid capable of easily removing a predetermined number of granular materials such as pills.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 1 is directed to a lid which is removably attached to an opening of a container containing granular materials such as tablets.
The lid is provided with a space for temporarily entering the particulate matter, a holding portion for holding a predetermined number of the particulate matter is formed on the bottom surface of the space, and a passage hole for passing the particulate matter into the space. Is formed.

In the lid according to the first aspect, it is preferable that the passage hole through which the granular material passes through the space is disposed, for example, at an end of a bottom surface of the space. And this claim 1
The container is tilted with the lid attached to the opening of the container, and the particulate matter in the container is temporarily entered into the space provided in the lid by passing through the passage hole. After that, the container is returned to the original non-tilted position. Then, the granular material that has entered the space passes through the passage hole and falls back into the container. At this time, some of the granular material is held by the holding portion formed on the bottom surface of the space. As a result, a predetermined number of granular materials remain in the space.

Next, after holding a predetermined number of granular materials in the space of the lid, the lid is removed from the opening of the container.
Then, the lid is appropriately tilted so that the passage hole formed on the bottom of the space is at the bottom, and the particulate matter held by the holder is dropped by its own weight, and is taken out of the passage hole. Thereby, a predetermined number of granular materials can be taken out.

In the lid according to the first aspect, as described in the second aspect, it is preferable that the holding portion is a concave portion formed by a predetermined number for holding the granular materials one by one. In this case, as described in claim 3, when the granular material is held in the concave portion, the depth of the concave portion is such that the upper end of the granular material is substantially flush with the bottom surface of the space, or It is preferable that the upper end is configured to be slightly higher than the bottom of the space. By doing so, there is no need to worry that a plurality of particles are held in one recess, and unnecessary particles that enter the space and are not held in the recess are removed from the upper end of the particles held in the recess. It smoothly moves toward the passage hole without getting caught in the hole. This ensures that only a predetermined number of particulate matter remains in the space formed in the lid.

It is preferable that the bottom surface of the space provided in the lid is inclined so as to become gradually lower toward the passage hole. Then, the tablet that has entered the space of the lid rolls down (or slides down) by its own weight toward the passage hole due to the inclination of the bottom surface, and falls again into the container. In this case, as described in claim 5, the inclination angle of the bottom surface of the space provided in the lid is preferably 16 to 25 °, and further, the inclination angle is 18 to 20 °. Is more preferable.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the lid of any of the first, second, third, fourth or fifth aspect, the granular material is, for example, a spherical pill. Further, as described in claim 7, the lid is constituted by an outer lid and an inner lid made of soft polyethylene, and a flange portion of the inner lid made of the soft polyethylene is arranged at an inner surface corner of the outer lid. Thereby, the airtightness of the opening of the container when it is attached to the opening of the container may be improved.

[0014]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where a lid 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention is attached to an opening of a container 1 made of, for example, a glass bottle or a plastic resin bottle.

In the example shown in the figure, a large number of spherical pills a as granular materials are put inside the container 1. Pill a
Is, for example, a crude drug such as a Chinese medicine. A male screw 11 is formed on the peripheral surface of the opening 10 formed at the upper end of the container 1.

In the illustrated example, the lid 2 is composed of an outer lid 20 and an inner lid 2.
1. The outer lid 20 is made of, for example, polypropylene or the like, and the inner lid 21 is made of soft polyethylene or the like. As shown in FIG. 2, a female screw 22 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the outer lid 20, and the female screw 11 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the opening 10 of the container 1 by rotating the lid 2. 22 is screwed into the opening 1 of the container 1.
0, the cover 2 can be detachably mounted.

FIG. 3 shows the inner lid 21 removed from the outer lid 20.
FIG. A flange portion 23 is formed on the inner cover 21, and the inner cover 21 is fixed inside the outer cover 20 by fitting the flange portion 23 into close contact with an inner surface corner of the outer cover 20. . The flange portion 23 of the inner lid 21 made of soft polyethylene as described above is attached to the outer lid 2.
0, the opening 1 of the container 1
0 airtightness is improved.

In the lid 2, a space 25 is provided between the inner lid 21 and the outer lid 20, as described later, for temporarily entering the pill a contained in the container 1. .
A predetermined number of recesses 27 are formed in the bottom surface 26 of the space 25 and have a size such that the pills a can be exactly entered one by one. As shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, recesses 27 are formed at a total of six places on the bottom surface 26 of the space 25.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the concave portion 27 in a state where the pill a is inserted. The depth of the recess 27 is
When the pill a is held in the recess 27 in this manner, whether the upper end a ′ of the pill a is substantially flush with the bottom surface 26 of the space 25,
Alternatively, the upper end a ′ of the pill a is configured to be slightly higher than the bottom surface 26 of the space 25.

At the end of the bottom surface 26 of this space 25, a pill a
A passage hole 28 having a size large enough to allow the passage of air is formed. Further, the bottom surface 26 of the space 25 is provided so as to be inclined gradually lower toward the passage hole 28. In this embodiment, the inclination angle of the bottom surface 26 is set in the range of 18 to 20 degrees.

In the lid 2 according to this embodiment, first, with the lid 2 attached to the opening 10 of the container 1, the container 1 is tilted upside down as shown in FIG. . Then, the pill a contained in the container 1 falls under its own weight, passes through the passage hole 28, and temporarily enters the space 25 provided in the lid 2.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the container 1 is returned to the original non-tilted position. Then, the pill a that has entered the space 25 rolls down (or slides down) toward the passage hole 28 by its own weight due to the inclination of the bottom surface 26 of the space 25. Thus, the pill a falls again into the container 1 by its own weight. However, at this time, some pills a are in space 2
5 enter and are held one by one in the recesses formed in the bottom surface 26. Thus, in this embodiment, the space 25
In total, six pills a remain.

As described above with reference to FIG. 4, when the pill a is held in the recess 27, the upper end a 'of the pill a is substantially flush with the bottom surface 26 of the space 25, or Since the height is slightly higher than the bottom surface 26 of the space 25, there is no fear that a plurality of pills a enter into one recess 27, and the pills a enter the space 25 and are not held by the recess 27. The extra pill a can smoothly move toward the passage hole 28 without being caught on the upper end a ′ of the pill a held in the recess 27. Therefore, only six pills a remain reliably in the space 25.

Next, after holding the six pills a in the space 25 of the lid 2 in this way, the container 1 and the lid 2 are relatively rotated to open the lid 2 through the opening 10 of the container 1. Remove. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the cover 2 is appropriately tilted so that the passage hole 28 formed in the bottom surface 26 of the space 25 faces downward.
As a result, the pill a held in each recess 27 falls by its own weight and comes out of the space 25 through the passage hole 28. Thus, the pill a coming out of the space 25 is, for example, palm 3
As a result, six pills a can be easily taken out.

As described above, by using the lid 2 according to the illustrated embodiment, it is possible to easily take out a required number of pills a from the container 1. The lid 2
Since the container 1 does not need to be tilted in the state in which the pills are removed, there is no fear that extra pills a will fall out of the container 1.

As described above, the cover 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention
However, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described here. For example, the number of holding units for holding tablets and the like is not limited to six, and can be changed as appropriate. For example, a predetermined number of recesses can be formed on the premise of a single tablet dose. In addition, with the lid of the present invention, it is also possible to take out other granular materials other than pills such as tablets and capsules from the container.

[0027]

By using the lid of the present invention, it is possible to easily take out the required number of granules from the container, and to remove the granules or return too much of the granules to the container. It is sanitary and economical because there is no such thing. In addition, since the container does not need to be tilted with the lid removed, there is no fear that extra particulate matter will fly out of the container.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a lid according to an embodiment of the present invention is attached to an opening of a container.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the lid according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of an inner lid.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a concave portion in a state where a pill is inserted.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a use state of the lid according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a use state of the lid according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a use state of the lid according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a Pill 1 Container 2 Lid 10 Opening 25 Space 26 Bottom surface 27 Recess 28 Passage hole

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A lid, which is removably attached to an opening of a container containing granules such as tablets and the like, is provided with a space for temporarily entering the granules into the lid, and a predetermined space is provided on the bottom of the space. A lid for a container containing granules, wherein a holding portion for holding the granules is formed, and a passage hole for passing the granules is formed in this space. 2. The container lid according to claim 1, wherein the holding portion is a recess formed by a predetermined number for holding the granular materials one by one. body. 3. The depth of the concave portion is such that when the granular material is held in the concave portion, the upper end of the granular material is substantially flush with the bottom surface of the space, or the upper end of the granular material slightly extends from the bottom surface of the space. 3. The lid of a container for accommodating a granular material according to claim 2, wherein the lid is configured to have a height that is higher. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a bottom surface of the space provided in the lid is inclined so as to gradually decrease toward the passage hole. Lid of a container that contains the granular material. 5. The tilt angle of the bottom surface of the space provided in the lid is 16 to 25 °.
A lid for a container containing the particulate matter described in 1. 6. The lid according to claim 1, wherein the granular material is a spherical pill. 7. The opening of the container, wherein the lid is constituted by an outer lid and an inner lid made of soft polyethylene, and a flange portion of the inner lid made of the soft polyethylene is arranged at an inner surface corner of the outer lid. The container according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, characterized in that the container has a structure in which the airtightness of the opening of the container when attached to the part is enhanced. Lid.