KR20000064442A - Tablet Storage Container - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pill storage container comprising a lid (8, 9) and a container portion (1) which are closed by tightening the lid (8, 9). In order to facilitate tightening and loosening of the cap by a person with inferior motor function, according to the invention, the thread angle (3,4,5,10,11,12) has a small lap angle corresponding to 270 ° ± 45 °. And the outer edge 27 of the container part 1 along the three circular sealing lines A, B, C so as to enable sealing in spite of the short thread length. And 9).

Description

Containers for tablet storage

The present invention relates to a container for storing a pill of the type described in the preamble of claim 1, and more particularly, comprising a container portion having an opening and a lid for blocking the opening, wherein the opening is formed in a cylindrical portion of the container portion. Enclosed by one or more threads are formed on the outer surface of the cylindrical portion, and the lid cooperates with the screw thread formed on the cylindrical portion of the container portion to enable clamping and loosening of the lid to the container portion. The above-mentioned thread is related to the container which has the cylindrical part formed in the inner surface.

Such containers are well known and have long been used to store pills or tablets, especially medicinal pills. In many cases, those who regularly take medications are ill or older and lack mobility, especially in fine motor neurons, so it is desirable to be able to open or close such containers without the need for complicated rotational manipulation. Do. Therefore, the wrap of the thread formed on the lid and the container portion should be as short as possible. At the same time, in order to protect the contents from the ambient air, it is important to allow the lid to hermetically seal the container. Since such a sealing function is mainly achieved by the cooperation of the thread strings, it is important to make the thread wrap as large as possible to obtain satisfactory sealability, which often requires a hand-wrap wrap. This requirement is contrary to the above-mentioned requirement at the introduction, ie to be able to open the container with as little rotational angle as possible. Conventional closure members require a compromise between these two requirements, or meet only one of these requirements and not the other.

An object of the present invention is to provide a container which is in an effort to solve such a problem and which is easy to open or open and whose sealing property is good.

This object is achieved according to the invention by a container having the features as described in the characterizing part of the claim in a container of the type described in the preamble of claim 1. That is, the said object is a container for storing a pill or a tablet, Comprising: The container part which has an opening, and the lid | cover for blocking the said opening, The said opening is surrounded by the cylindrical part of a container part, One or more threads are formed, and the lid has a cylindrical portion formed on an inner surface of the one or more threads for enabling the fastening and loosening of the lid from the container portion in cooperation with the screw thread formed on the cylindrical portion of the container portion. In the container, the cylindrical portion of the container portion has an axial outer surface portion sealingly contacted with the lid along at least three circular sealing lines when the lid is fully tightened, and each of the screw strings has a wrap angle of 270 ° ± 45 °. It is achieved by a container characterized by having a.

Since the main sealing function is made at the outer edge of the container in cooperation with the surface on the bottom of the lid and the contacts between them are located along three circular sealing lines, they are completely satisfied without considering the sealing effect by screwing together. Sealing function is achieved. In the container according to the present invention, since the sealing property of the thread can be completely ignored, the length of the thread can be given to the minimum length necessary to adequately ensure that the lid is held on the container portion and is not accidentally loosened. Therefore, it is possible to make the range of the screw thread approximately 270 ° or less.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the bottom surface of the lid is provided with a circular groove for receiving the container portion, the sealing line is located near the groove. It is advantageous to form one of the sidewalls in a cylindrical shape, the other sidewall in a conical shape, and to form a ridge in the bottom surface of the groove. In this way, effective sealing lines are simply achieved.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the container has a plurality of, preferably three, threaded threads formed in each of the container portion and the lid, in particular with this arrangement the operation when tightening the lid is further simplified.

In particular, the present invention uses a container made of plastic. According to this configuration, since the deformation of the material is relatively large, and the sealing lines are somewhat extended in the transverse direction and actually form a ribbon-shaped sealing surface, the sealing function is further increased.

The present invention is very suitable for use as a security type lid which requires the axial force to press the lid against the container portion in order to loosen the lid.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the lid has a slightly attached strip or collar that provides an indication of whether or not the container is open.

The above and other advantageous embodiments of the present invention are as defined in the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings of preferred embodiments.

1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a container portion of a container according to the present invention;

2 is a top view of the container portion of FIG. 1;

3 is a partial longitudinal sectional view in the first position of the lid of the container according to the invention,

4 is a partial longitudinal sectional view in the second position of the lid of FIG. 3;

5 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of a lid corresponding to the lid shown in FIG. 3;

6 is a top view of the lid of FIG. 5, FIG.

7 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of FIG. 3.

The container part 1 of FIG. 1 is a pill jar and made of HD polythene. The vessel has an upper cylinder with three threads 3, 4 and 5, each having a wrap angle of 270 ° and a pitch of approximately 1: 10. In the embodiment, the lower part of the container, where the pill is stored, is shown cylindrically, but may be any shape. Between the cylindrical portion 2 having the thread 3, 4, 5 and the lower container portion 1, a cylindrical neck portion 6 having a boss 7 is located. The configuration of the neck with the boss is shown in FIG. 2, the function of which will be described later.

FIG. 3 shows the lids 8, 9 of the container part 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. This lid has an inner part 8 and an outer part 9 and is made of polypropylene. The inner part 8 has three threads 10, 11 and 12 on its cylindrical part, the wrap angle and the pitch of the thread of the lid being together with the screws of the container part so that they can be tightened together with the container part ( 1), it corresponds to that of the screw. The lid is of a safety type configured to press together the lid portions 8, 9 in the axial direction for the purpose of accompanying the inner portion 8 and the outer portion 9 when the outer portion is turned in the release direction. 3 shows the lid in this compression position.

The lid portions 8, 9 are in a position as shown in Fig. 4 with respect to each other when not in the pressing state. In this position, the outer part 9 causes only the rotation of the inner part 8 in the closing direction, while the outer part 9 freely rotates with respect to the inner part when it is rotated in the opening direction. The connecting members 13 and 14 for these two parts allow only rotation which causes opening when the lid is pressed.

On the container part facing side of the inner part 8, a strip or collar 15 attached by a plurality of tongue members 17 is provided. These tongue members are thin and are susceptible to breakage with relatively little force. Four bosses 16 are provided on the inner surface of the collar. When the lids 8, 9 are fastened to the container part 1, the collar 15 is located around the neck 6 of the container part 1. The boss of the collar 15 and the boss 7 of the neck of the container 1 are arranged so as to engage each other in rotation of the lid in the opening direction. If the ring 15 continues to rotate past the position held by the cooperating bosses 7 and 16, the tongue member is torn and the collar 15 is separated from the inner part 8 of the lid so that the neck of the container part 6 ) Will be around. As the collar 15 is torn from the inner part 8 of the lid, the lids 8, 9 are first removed from the container part 1. Thus, the detachment of the collar from the lid itself serves to indicate whether the container is open.

As shown in Figs. 4 and 5, on the cylindrical outer surface of the outer portion 9, peaks 18 and valleys 19 are formed in the circumferential direction in a undulating pattern to facilitate rotation.

In the embodiment according to FIGS. 6 and 7, a gripping means 20 is provided on the upper surface of the outer part 9 of the lid, which gives another person an easy turn (turn). The gripping means 20 is in the form of a ring standing up from the lid and having opposite opposite slits 21. The lid can thereby be opened by pressing the container against the edge of the slab-shaped object, ie the edge of the table. Since the edge of the table is coupled to the slit 21, the container is easily opened by turning the container 1, while the lid is prevented from turning (rotating) by the edge of the table.

As shown in Fig. 3, on the bottom surface of the inner side 8 of the lid, an annular holder to which the container 22 having the dry matter 23 can be attached is provided.

In addition, the inner side 8 of the lid is provided with an annular flange 25 and an annular groove 26. When the lids 8, 9 are clamped in the container part 1, the outer edge 27 of the cylindrical part 2 of the container part extends into the annular groove 26 to seal its proximal face.

FIG. 7 shows an enlarged view of the periphery of the flange 25 and the groove 26 to show how the outer edge 27 of the container portion sealably cooperates with the inner portion 8 of the lid.

In the radial direction, the annular groove 26 is defined by its outer cylindrical surface by the outer cylindrical surface of the flange 25, and its outer surface by the conical surface 29 whose half of the upper angle is approximately 25 °. The bottom face 30 of the groove is substantially flat, and the bottom face is provided with an annular ridge 31 having a triangular cross-sectional shape almost at the center. The depth of the grooves is approximately 5 mm and their butterflies are approximately the same. The ridge has a height of approximately 0.3 mm and an upper angle of approximately 60 °.

When the lid 8 is fully tightened on the cylindrical portion 2 of the container portion, three working sealing lines A and B which annularly proceed between the outer edge 27 of the cylindrical portion 2 and the lid portion 8. A working seal line occurs along, C). The thread allows for tightening until the tightening movement is stopped by contact along the sealing lines. The dimensions of the grooves are determined such that the contact occurs substantially along the sealing lines A and B simultaneously. The contact force at the sealing line A provides an effective seal against the corresponding corner of the outer edge 27 which is slightly deformed. Since the shape of the surface 27 is conical, the contact force in the seal line A is flanged by pressing the outer end of the annular portion 2 inward so that an effective seal line with the contact force occurs in the region C. There is a need for a radial component that softens the inner surface 28 of (25). The flat surface of the outer edge 27 is pressed against the ridge 31 so that its tip is slightly deformed, whereby an effective sealing line is achieved in the region B. FIG.

Since effective sealing is achieved by these three contact lines A, B, and C, under which contact under pressure occurs along the three sealing lines, there is no need to impart a sealing function to the thread. Also shown in the figure is a fourth sealing line D between the cross section corner of the cylindrical portion 2 and the conical surface 29 having a diameter slightly larger than the diameter at its outer edge. However, the sealing along the sealing line D is less effective, and the axial true contact force which prevents the cylindrical part 2 from further penetrating into the groove 26 makes the sealing line A, It is less active because it occurs along B). Therefore, any contact occurring along the sealing line D is slight.

The foregoing embodiments are merely examples for illustrating the concept of the present invention, and therefore, there is no limitation. The invention can be modified in many ways and limited only by the scope of protection defined in the claims. In particular, it is not limited to use with a safety type lid and may be used with a simple captive lid.

Claims (14)

A container for storing pills or tablets, comprising a container portion 1 having an opening and lids 8 and 9 for closing the opening, the opening being defined by a cylindrical portion 2 of the container portion 1. It is enclosed, the outer surface of the cylindrical portion (2) is formed with one or more thread strings (3, 4, 5), the lid (8, 9), the cylindrical portion (2) of the container portion (1) One or more threads 10, 11, 12, in cooperation with the threads 3, 4, 5 formed thereon, which enable to fasten and unscrew the lids 8, 9 to the container part 1. In the container having a cylindrical portion formed in, The cylindrical part 2 of the container part 1 is sealed with the lids 8 and 9 along three or more circular sealing lines A, B and C when the lids 8 and 9 are fully tightened. A container with an axial outer surface in contact, wherein each of said threads (3,4,5; 10,11,12) has a wrap angle of 270 ° ± 45 ° The circular groove (26) according to claim 1, wherein the lid (8, 9) is configured such that the axial outer surface portion of the cylindrical portion of the container portion (1) is inserted when the lid (8, 9) is fully tightened. Container with an inner bottom surface, wherein the sealing lines (A, B, C) are located close to the groove (26). 3. The groove (26) according to claim 2, wherein the groove (26) is bounded by a substantially flat bottom face (30), a conical side wall (29), and a cylindrical side wall (28), and the bottom face defines a ridge (31). Having a container. 4. The container according to claim 3, wherein the raised portion (31) has a triangular cross-sectional shape in which its top portion faces toward the container portion (1). The three sealing lines (A, B, C) according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the first sealing line (A) runs along the conical side wall (29) and the second sealing line (B) is A container, characterized in that it runs along a portion of the ridge (31) facing towards the container and a third seal (C) runs along the cylindrical sidewall (28). 6. A container according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the wrap angle is 270 ° ± 30 °. 7. The container of claim 6, wherein the wrap angle is approximately 270 degrees. 8. The cylinder part 2 of the container part 1 and the cylindrical part of the lids 8, 9 are each a plurality of screw threads 3, 4, 5; 10, 11,12). 9. A container according to claim 8, wherein the number of threads on each cylindrical portion is three. 10. The material according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the container part 1, the lids 8 and 9, or the container parts 1 and the lids 8 and 9 are made of plastic. Container made with. 9. Container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cylindrical portion of the lid (8,9) has an uneven portion (18,19). 12. The lid (8, 9) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the lid (8,9) comprises an outer portion (9) and an inner portion (8), wherein the thread (10, 11, 12) of the lid is the inner portion. It is arrange | positioned on the inner surface of the cylindrical part of (8), The said lid part 8, 9 rotates the said inner part 8, when turning the said outer part 9 to the direction which loosens the said lid 8, 9 For triggering, a force for axially pressing the lid portions 8 and 9 is required, and when this force is insufficient, the lid portions 8 and 9 are connected so as to rotate freely with respect to each other in the direction. Container made with. The collar (8) (9) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the lid (8,9) comprises a collar (15) disposed at the end of the lid (8,9) facing the container part, and the collar (15) ) Is slightly attached to the lid (8,9) such that the parts are separated from each other by a relatively weak separation force between the lid (8,9) and the collar (15). The boss (7) and (16) according to claim 1, wherein a boss (16) arranged on the inner surface of the collar (15) is arranged to cooperate with a boss (7) on an outer surface of the container portion (1). Container, characterized in that the relative angle of rotation between the collar (15) and the container portion (1) is defined by the combination of the two.