WO2000068109A1 - Distributeur de comprimes - Google Patents

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WO2000068109A1
WO2000068109A1 PCT/EP1999/003173 EP9903173W WO0068109A1 WO 2000068109 A1 WO2000068109 A1 WO 2000068109A1 EP 9903173 W EP9903173 W EP 9903173W WO 0068109 A1 WO0068109 A1 WO 0068109A1
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chute
housing
tablet dispenser
tablets
dispenser according
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Markus Oschmann
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Friedrich Sanner Gmbh & Co. Kg Spritzgusswerk
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/04—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
    • B65D83/0409—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation

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  • the invention relates to a tablet dispenser for tablets of uniform size, e.g. Sweetener tablets, with a housing, a receptacle for tablets and a chute, one end of the chute opening and the other end opening into an open area of the housing, so that tablets are gravitationally released from the chute through the chute.
  • dispenser can emerge, the chute being designed at least in its lower end area facing away from the receptacle such that the tablets can only enter this end area one after the other.
  • Such tablet dispensers are known and have proven particularly useful when used as a sweetener tablet dispenser.
  • different release mechanisms are known, each of which is actuated via a push button on the outside of the housing.
  • the known release mechanisms generally have a slide provided with an inclined channel, which adjoins the lower open end of the chute and which closes the chute in its basic position, into which the spring is automatically pre-tensioned.
  • sweetener tablets usually in a cup placed underneath.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a tablet dispenser with a release mechanism which is structurally simpler and thus much cheaper to manufacture and assemble.
  • a tablet dispenser of the type mentioned at the outset in which the housing is made of elastic material and can be pressed together at least in the region of the lower end of the chute, at least one first connecting web is formed on the inner wall of the housing and is connected to the lower end region of the
  • the chute is connected in such a way that the end region of the chute, which blocks the path of the tablets from the chute when the housing is not compressed, clears the way of the tablets when the housing is pressed into one.
  • giving shape is deformed and brake means are provided in the chute above its lower end region, which when the housing is pressed together block the chute at an area of the chute in the tablet passage direction in front of a tablet held in the lower end region of the chute for the passage of tablets.
  • This construction makes it possible to design the release mechanism as an integral part of the housing, so that it can be produced inexpensively in a single or at least very few process steps and that no additional assembly work is necessary.
  • the release mechanism according to the invention in contrast to the known release mechanisms, no parts slide past one another, so that jamming cannot occur.
  • the elastic design of the housing which springs back into its original shape automatically after a removal process, means that additional spring means, in particular metallic coil springs, as are often used in the known release mechanisms, can be dispensed with entirely.
  • the braking means which block the chute at a certain point on the tablets when the housing is pressed together can be arranged in such a way that when the housing is pressed together not only one, but e.g. Always two tablets are released, which can be advantageous depending on the application.
  • two connecting webs are integrally formed on the inner wall of the housing and connected to the lower end of the chute, so that the chute in the non-compressed state of the housing in the lower end area with the protruding and the passage in the path of the tablets for the tablets blocking projections is provided, and the connecting webs are arranged so that they change their position when compressing the housing in the direction of a deformation of the lower chute end portion so that the projections are pulled out of the way of the tablets.
  • the configuration can advantageously be such that the connecting web or the connecting webs each engage one wall of the chute.
  • tongue (s) which are cut out of the material of the chute are expediently formed in the area of engagement of the connecting web (s).
  • the braking means which block the chute at a certain point for tablets when the housing is compressed, can be at least one arm arranged on the inner wall of the housing, which is retracted into the chute when the housing is compressed and thus prevents it that when the housing is compressed, any number of tablets can escape from the receptacle through the chute.
  • the braking means can also be realized in that they have at least one connecting arm which is displaced to the connecting web (s) and is arranged on the inner wall of the housing and leads to the chute and which, when the housing is pressed together, in Is or will be shifted towards the chute and apply the brake means.
  • the connecting arm or the connecting arms is or are preferably designed to be elastic so that the pressure exerted on the shaft is limited and a tablet located in the shaft at the level of the web is protected from damage caused by excessive pressure.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that the braking means are each formed by a tongue which is connected to the connecting arm (s) and is cut free from the material of the chute.
  • the invention not only makes it possible to advantageously form the chute and housing or chute and receptacle integrally with one another, the invention even allows the chute, receptacle and housing to be formed integrally with one another, so that the tablet dispenser is in the form of a single piece, e.g. Part produced by injection molding is present and any other components can be dispensed with.
  • the tablet dispenser can then be filled with tablets through the now also elastically deformable chute.
  • the end of the chute that ends in the receptacle can be funnel-shaped.
  • the open area of the housing as a base so that the tablet dispenser rests on the open end of the housing when not in use.
  • grip ribs or knobs can be pressed together in the one pressed when the tablet dispenser is actuated
  • Formed areas that not only prevent the fingers of the user of the tablet dispenser from slipping out of the grip zone, but also mark the grip zone and thus the user of the tablet dispenser signal the point at which the tablet dispenser must be squeezed.
  • Figure 1 shows a tablet dispenser according to the invention in side view.
  • FIG. 2 shows a partially cut-away side view of the tablet dispenser according to FIG. 1 rotated through 90 ° about its central axis;
  • FIG. 3 shows a partially broken side view of a second exemplary embodiment of a tablet dispenser in a representation rotated by 90 ° about the central axis in relation to FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the tablet dispenser according to FIG. 3, seen obliquely from below;
  • FIG. 5 shows two bottom views of the tablet dispenser according to FIG. 3, namely once in the basic state and additionally shown in dash-dot lines in the compressed state;
  • FIG. 6 shows a detail from a tablet dispenser with a snap-on lid
  • FIG. 7 shows a section of a tablet dispenser with a welded lid.
  • FIGS. 1 to 7 show different variants of a tablet dispenser according to the invention, each of which differs only slightly and is therefore designated in each case by 10.
  • the tablet dispenser 10 each has a housing 12, a receptacle 14 for tablets and a chute 16 opening at one end in the receptacle 14 and at the other end in an open area of the housing.
  • the housing 12 is made of elastic material - preferably an elastically deformable plastic - and is designed to be compressible, with grip knobs 18 (FIGS. 1 and 2) on the outside of the housing, of which only a few are provided with reference numerals for reasons of clarity, or grip ribs 20 (FIG.
  • the chute 16 can - as shown in FIG. 2 - be funnel-shaped in its end region opening in the receptacle 14, so that tablets located in the receptacle 14 can slide securely into the chute 16.
  • Two connecting webs 22 are each formed on the inner wall of the housing 12 and connected to the walls of the chute 16 opposite each other in the lower end region, which are formed there as tongues 23 cut out of the chute walls and have projections 23a, 23b which protrude inwards when the housing 12 is not compressed, block the path of the tablets 24 from the chute 16 and are pulled out of the path of the tablets when the housing 12 is pressed together.
  • additional connecting arms 26 are formed on the inner wall of the housing and, when the housing 12 is pressed together, onto the two elastic tongues 29 cut free in the side walls 28 of the chute 16 print so that the next tablet 30 located above the lowest tablet 24 in the shaft 16 is held in the shaft 16 while the bottom tablet 24 is released.
  • the receptacle 14 and the housing 12 are each produced as two separate components, so that the receptacle 14 must be connected to the housing 12 in a suitable manner after filling with corresponding tablets, which is e.g. can be done by latching, gluing, welding, it is also possible to provide the part of the housing 12 engaging in the receptacle 14 with an external thread and the receptacle 14 with an internal thread, so that the receptacle 14 is screwed onto the housing 12 can.
  • the chute 16 does not necessarily have to have the shape of an elongated rectangle in cross-section, which it has in the exemplary embodiments shown and which is provided by the tablet dispenser shown.
  • the chute can e j to tablet form, other cross-sectional shapes have up, for example a substantially square or polygo- Nale cross-sectional shape, so that the tablet dispenser would be suitable, for example, for spherical tablets.
  • the tablet dispenser works as follows: In the basic state, the tablet dispenser 10 has e.g. the indicated in Fig. 5 by the solid line, seen from below frustoconical or cylindrical shape. The lowest tablet 24 located in the chute is held by the projections 23a, 23b on the inside of the first tongues 23. The elastic connecting arms 26 are dimensioned such that the two second tongues 29 do not engage in the chute. If pressure is now exerted by the user on the housing 12 in the manner indicated by the arrows 34, the housing 12 deforms from the initially cylindrical or frustoconical shape in the embodiment shown, into an oval shape seen from below, as indicated by the dash-dotted lines .
  • the first two tongues 23 move outward in the direction of the arrows 36 and release the lowest tablet 24 located in the chute so that it can fall out of the tablet dispenser under the influence of gravity.
  • the connecting arms 26 press above the tablet 24 onto the two second tongues 29 and thereby clamp a tablet 30 located in the chute above the tablet 24, so that only the tablet 24 can fall out when the tablet dispenser is compressed.
  • the tablet which is initially clamped, slides further down in the chute, where it is securely held by the projections 23a, 23b of the first tongues 23, which are now in their starting position.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 also show the possibility of sealing the lower open area of the housing 12 which forms the base by means of a provided - tearable film 38 illustrates, which on the one hand - with a correspondingly sensitive filling material - can serve as a barrier for moisture, water vapor etc., but on the other hand also as a tamper-evident device in the event that the tablet dispenser is to be sold without additional sealed repackaging.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un distributeur de comprimés (10) pour des comprimés (24 ;30) de dimension uniforme. Ce distributeur comprend un boîtier (12), une cavité (14) pour les comprimés (14) et un puits d'alimentation (16) dont une extrémité débouche dans la cavité (14) et l'autre extrémité, dans une zone ouverte du boîtier. Le puits d'alimentation (16) se présente de manière que les comprimés (24; 30) ne puissent passer qu'un par un sous l'effet de l'actionnement de moyens correspondants. Le boîtier (12) est réalisé dans une matière élastique au moins dans la zone de l'extrémité inférieure du puits d'alimentation (16) et se présente de manière à être compressible. Sur la paroi intérieure du boîtier (12), il est prévu au moins une première entretoise de jonction (22) qui est reliée à la zone terminale inférieure du puits d'alimentation (16), de manière que la zone terminale du puits d'alimentation qui bloque la voie empruntée par les comprimés provenant du puits d'alimentation (16) lorsque le boîtier (12) n'est pas à l'état comprimé, soit déformée pour adopter une forme libérant le passage des comprimés. Il est prévu dans le puits d'alimentation (16) des moyens de freinage (29), au-dessus de sa zone terminale inférieure, qui lorsque le boîtier est comprimé, bloquent le puits d'alimentation (16) dans une zone du puits d'alimentation située dans le sens de passage des comprimés, devant un comprimé (24) maintenu dans la zone terminale inférieure du puits d'alimentation, afin de laisser passer les comprimés.
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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0334729A1 (fr) * 1988-03-21 1989-09-27 I.G. Design Distributeur d'objets à mouvement alternatif
FR2642732A1 (en) * 1989-02-09 1990-08-10 Air Sec Sa Tube for dispensing objects one by one
EP0393573A1 (fr) * 1989-04-17 1990-10-24 Somater (Conditionnements) Dispositif distributeur de billes, notamment pour granules homeopathiques
FR2686579A1 (fr) * 1992-01-28 1993-07-30 Hoechst Behring Applic Pharmac Dispositif d'emballage et de distribution un a un de comprimes ou analogues.

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0334729A1 (fr) * 1988-03-21 1989-09-27 I.G. Design Distributeur d'objets à mouvement alternatif
FR2642732A1 (en) * 1989-02-09 1990-08-10 Air Sec Sa Tube for dispensing objects one by one
EP0393573A1 (fr) * 1989-04-17 1990-10-24 Somater (Conditionnements) Dispositif distributeur de billes, notamment pour granules homeopathiques
FR2686579A1 (fr) * 1992-01-28 1993-07-30 Hoechst Behring Applic Pharmac Dispositif d'emballage et de distribution un a un de comprimes ou analogues.

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