WO2007125353A1 - Distributeur de comprimé - Google Patents

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WO2007125353A1
WO2007125353A1 PCT/GB2007/001584 GB2007001584W WO2007125353A1 WO 2007125353 A1 WO2007125353 A1 WO 2007125353A1 GB 2007001584 W GB2007001584 W GB 2007001584W WO 2007125353 A1 WO2007125353 A1 WO 2007125353A1
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chamber
tablet
dispensing device
button
housing
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PCT/GB2007/001584
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Jon Grant
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Bw Technologies Limited
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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

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  • This invention relates to a tablet dispenser. More especially, it relates to a dispenser for dispensing disinfection tablets such as chlorine or iodine tablets or other disinfectants.
  • Disinfectant tablets such as chlorine and iodine tablets, are often a requirement for persons travelling through other countries where clean drinking water is not readily available. Disinfectant tablets are also a vital necessity for soldiers and other army personnel out in the field.
  • One object of the present invention is to provide an improved tablet dispenser suitable for disinfectant tablets, which is quick and easy to use and which is water-tight such as to overcome or at least alleviates the aforementioned disadvantages of present dispensers.
  • Tablet dispensers which comprise a housing forming a single compartment for storage of the tablets and a push button to open one end of the housing through which a tablet can be dispensed. These dispensers are suitable for, for example, artificial sweeteners and other sweets in tablet form. Such dispensers are not designed to be moisture- proof and would not be suitable for hygroscopic disinfectant tablets.
  • the invention provides a dispensing device for inter alia a tablet, comprising a main housing having first and second internal chambers, the chambers being separated from one another by a seal, the seal being such as to allow, in use, a tablet to pass from the first chamber to the second chamber while at the same time allowing minimal fluid from the second chamber into the first chamber, the second chamber having a an opening through which the tablet can pass thereby to be dispensed from the housing.
  • minimal it is intended to mean no fluid, or an amount of fluid that does not cause contamination of the tablet.
  • the dispensing device is sized so as to be hand-held and hand-operated.
  • the housing of the device is shaped in the form of a pen.
  • the first and second chambers are separated by an o- ring seal.
  • the housing comprises a release means which is activated to allow the passage of one tablet from the first chamber to the second chamber.
  • the release means is a button which is activated by depression.
  • the first chamber is fluid-sealed from the second chamber when the button is not depressed.
  • the second chamber is slidable within the first chamber and depression of the button causes the second chamber to slide out of the first chamber thereby to form an opening through which a tablet is dispensed.
  • the button is located at the top of the housing. Preferably still, the button is spring-loaded.
  • Figure 1 shows a tablet dispenser 10 of the present invention.
  • the dispenser 10 comprises an outer housing 12 shaped in the form of a pen.
  • a preferred length of the housing 12 is around 120 mm to allow the dispenser 10 to be held in a clenched hand of a user.
  • the housing 12 comprises a first inner chamber 14 in which, during use, a disinfectant tablet (not shown), such as a chlorine or iodine tablet, is stored.
  • the housing 12 also includes a second chamber 16 that is slidable within the bottom end of the first chamber 14.
  • the second chamber 16 has an outlet aperture 18 through which a tablet, located within the second chamber 16 during use, can be dispensed.
  • the housing 12 includes an activating button 20 located at the top thereof which can be depressed by a user to lower the second chamber 16 beyond the end of the first chamber 14 by a push rod 22 extending through the housing 12.
  • Figure 1 shows the dispenser 10 in an activated state wherein the button 20 is depressed.
  • the top of the housing 12 includes a spring 24 to bias the button 20 upwardly when not in use.
  • the button is located on the side of the housing 12.
  • the first and second chambers 14, 16 are separated by an O-ring seal 26.
  • a further seal 28 is provided near the top of the first chamber 14. When not in use, the seals 26, 28 prevent any flow of air into the first chamber 14. Consequently, the first chamber 14 is moisture-proof such that any hygroscopic tablets stored within the chamber 14 are kept dry and thus remain un-contaminated by fluid.
  • the O-ring seal 28 between the first and second chambers 14, 16 allows for a single tablet to pass from the first chamber 14 into the second chamber 16 when the dispenser 10 is activated by depression of the button 10. At this time, the O-ring seal prevents, or at least minimises, any flow of fluid from the second chamber 14 back up into the first chamber 14. Consequently, the contents of the second chamber 16 remains moisture free.
  • the first chamber 14 has a angled floor 30 to facilitate the passage of one tablet into the second chamber 16 when the button 20 is depressed.
  • the size of the outlet 18 of the second chamber 16 can be varied depending on the size of the tablets that are to be stored within the dispenser 10.
  • the size of the outlet 18 is approximately the size of the tablet.
  • the button 20 is preferably made from a rubber material to aid grip and use of the dispenser 10.
  • the button 20 may be formed as an attachment to the top of the housing 12 whereby removal of the button section allows access to the inside of the first chamber 14 to allow for insertion of tablets.
  • the button section may be mounted and secured to the top of the housing 12 using a twist-lock mechanism.
  • the chambers 14, 16 may be lined with a chemical and/or mechanical filter to prevent gas and/or fluid passing through the walls of the housing 12.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un mécanisme de distribution (10) de comprimé ayant une première et une deuxième chambre interne (14, 16).
PCT/GB2007/001584 2006-04-28 2007-04-30 Distributeur de comprimé WO2007125353A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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GB0608465A GB0608465D0 (en) 2006-04-28 2006-04-28 Tablet dispenser
GB0608465.1 2006-04-28

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WO2007125353A1 true WO2007125353A1 (fr) 2007-11-08

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US10870091B2 (en) 2018-02-13 2020-12-22 Ecolab Usa Inc. System for dissolving solid chemicals and generating liquid solutions
US11383922B2 (en) 2018-02-05 2022-07-12 Ecolab Usa Inc. Packaging and docking system for non-contact chemical dispensing
US11401084B2 (en) 2019-02-05 2022-08-02 Ecolab Usa Inc. Packaging and docking system for non-contact chemical dispensing

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US4154365A (en) * 1976-09-30 1979-05-15 Antonio Lorca Dispensing container
US4171753A (en) * 1976-12-10 1979-10-23 Bastiaan Vreede Holder for capsules, pills and similar objects
EP0051994A1 (fr) * 1980-11-10 1982-05-19 Merck & Co. Inc. Réceptacle distributeur pour médicaments
US5915560A (en) * 1997-05-03 1999-06-29 George; Donald C. Compartmentalized pill dispenser

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4154365A (en) * 1976-09-30 1979-05-15 Antonio Lorca Dispensing container
US4171753A (en) * 1976-12-10 1979-10-23 Bastiaan Vreede Holder for capsules, pills and similar objects
EP0051994A1 (fr) * 1980-11-10 1982-05-19 Merck & Co. Inc. Réceptacle distributeur pour médicaments
US5915560A (en) * 1997-05-03 1999-06-29 George; Donald C. Compartmentalized pill dispenser

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US11383922B2 (en) 2018-02-05 2022-07-12 Ecolab Usa Inc. Packaging and docking system for non-contact chemical dispensing
US10870091B2 (en) 2018-02-13 2020-12-22 Ecolab Usa Inc. System for dissolving solid chemicals and generating liquid solutions
US11401084B2 (en) 2019-02-05 2022-08-02 Ecolab Usa Inc. Packaging and docking system for non-contact chemical dispensing

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