WO1993011057A1 - Tablet dispenser - Google Patents

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WO1993011057A1
WO1993011057A1 PCT/DK1992/000361 DK9200361W WO9311057A1 WO 1993011057 A1 WO1993011057 A1 WO 1993011057A1 DK 9200361 W DK9200361 W DK 9200361W WO 9311057 A1 WO9311057 A1 WO 9311057A1
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drawer
housing
opening
shell
dispenser
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PCT/DK1992/000361
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Thomas Munk Plum
Kim Steengaard
Jens MØLLER-JENSEN
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Novo Nordisk A/S
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Priority to DE69218964T priority Critical patent/DE69218964T2/en
Priority to JP5509732A priority patent/JPH07501509A/en
Priority to AT93900093T priority patent/ATE151374T1/en
Priority to EP93900093A priority patent/EP0614438B1/en
Priority to US08/244,572 priority patent/US5553739A/en
Publication of WO1993011057A1 publication Critical patent/WO1993011057A1/en

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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
    • 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
    • B65D2583/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D2583/04—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets
    • B65D2583/0472—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets characterised by the dispensing action
    • B65D2583/0477—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets characterised by the dispensing action the container is maintained in the same position during the dispensing of several successive articles or doses
    • B65D2583/0481—One reciprocating action, e.g. to or from

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  • the invention relates to dispensers for dispensing tablets one at a time from the dispenser wherein the tablets are stored in an unarranged way.
  • Dispensers wherein tablets are guided into a drawer which has no fixed bottom, but wherein the bottom is formed by a wall along which the drawer may be displaced.
  • the drawer is so dimensioned that it may accommodate exactly one tablet.
  • the drawer is sliding along the bottom wall under a wall covering the open upper side of the drawer so that the cavity of the drawer is barred from the part of the dispenser storing the tablets.
  • this drawer is during its continued displacement passed over an opening in the bottom wall, through which opening the tablet in the drawer is dispensed.
  • the drawer is mainly operated by pressing a button forming or being connected to one end of the drawer.
  • a dispenser comprising a drawer element displaceable along a narrow side wall of a box shaped housing wherein a partition parallel with said side wall bars an inlet to a through-going opening in the drawer when the dispenser is operated, and an opening in said side wall serves as a dispensing opening when the dispenser is operated,
  • dispenser according to the invention is characterized in that the ends of the housing perpendicular to the direction of movement for the drawer are closed by trough shaped shells, the shell at one end of the housing being at its end opposite the drawer hinged to the housing and being at its end adjacent to the drawer hinged to the drawer, and the end of the housing adjacent to the hinged shell being obliquely cut, so that the narrow side of the housing adjacent to the hinge hinging the shell to the housing is longer than the narrow side wall forming the bottom of the drawer.
  • Such a dispenser may be grasped by the entire hand and be operated by tightening the grasp.
  • the housing may be made of a transparent material, and the trough shaped shells may be made of an opaque material. Thereby it is made possible to inspect the stock of tablets through the transparent part of the housing which is not covered by the sides of the trough shaped shells.
  • Figure 1 shows a sectional side view of a tablet dispenser in its neutral position
  • Figure 2 shows a sectional view as in Figure 1 with the dispenser in its dispensing position
  • Figure 3 shows a sectional view along the line Ill-Ill in Figure 1.
  • Figure 1 shows a tablet dispenser comprising a housing 1 having opposite open ends each closed by a trough shaped shell 2 and 4, the side walls 3 of the shells covering the walls of the housing so that only a narrow stripe of the housing walls is exposed along the middle of the housing. If the housing is manufactured from a transparent material, this stripe will appear as an inspection window, through which the stock of tablets may be inspected.
  • One of the shells 2 is welded or glued to the housing 1 , whereas the other shell 4 is fixed to the housing by a shaft 5 about which the shell 4 may be rotated, the housing 1 and the shell 4 being appropriately bevelled to allow a limited rotational movement of the shell 4 fitted with its sidewalls 3 over the end of the housing.
  • the housing 1 At its lower end the housing 1 is provided with an internal partition delimiting a channel 11 receiving a drawer element 7 which is at its one end fixed to the movable shell 4 by a hinge 14, and at its other end acted upon by a spring 15 abutting the fixed shell 2, the drawer element and consequently the movable shell 4 being thereby forced into a position defined by a stop element 8 abutting the end of a slot 9 provided in the wall of the housing.
  • a stop element 8 abutting the end of a slot 9 provided in the wall of the housing.
  • the drawer element 7 In this initial position the bottoms of the shells 2 and 4 will be parallel, and the dispenser will appear with a regular box shaped contour.
  • the drawer element 7 is provided with a through-going opening 10 having a size just allowing it to accommodate one tablet standing on its edge.
  • the opening 10 In the initial position of the drawer the opening 10 is in alignment with an opening in the partition 6, but is at its other lower end closed by the lower wall of the housing.
  • the opening in the partition 6 is inside the housing surrounded by guiding elements 16 guiding a tablet from the stock in the housing down into the opening 10 in the drawer element 7.
  • the drawer element 7 When the lower end of the shell 4 is pressed towards the housing 1 , the drawer element 7 is pressed inward in the channel 11 , until its through-going opening 10 is aligned with an opening 12 in the lower wall of the housing 1. At this time the tablet 13 in the drawer will drop out through the opening 12. When the shell 4 is released, it will together with the drawer be passed back into its initial position with the now emptied opening 10 lying beneath the opening in the partition 6, and a new tablet will drop into the opening 10 of the drawer element.

Abstract

A dispenser for tablets, comprising a drawer element (7) having a through-going opening (10) for the accommodation of just one tablet, which drawer element (7) may be displaced along a narrow sidewall of a box shaped housing (1). A partition (6) parallel with said sidewall bars the inlet of the opening (10) when the dispenser is operated, and an opening (12) serves as a dispensing opening when the drawer (7) is displaced to align its through-going opening (10) with the dispensing opening (12). The ends of the housing (1) perpendicular to the direction of the movement of the drawer (7) are closed by trough shaped shells (2 and 4), the shell (4) at the one end being at its end opposite the drawer (7) hinged (5) to the housing (1), and being at its end adjacent to the drawer (7) hinged (14) to the drawer (7), and the end of the housing (1) adjacent to the hinged shell (4) being obliquely cut, so that the narrow side of the housing (1) adjacent to the hinge (5) hinging the shell (4) to the housing (1) is longer than the narrow sidewall forming the bottom of the drawer (7).

Description

Tablet Dispenser
The invention relates to dispensers for dispensing tablets one at a time from the dispenser wherein the tablets are stored in an unarranged way.
Dispensers are known wherein tablets are guided into a drawer which has no fixed bottom, but wherein the bottom is formed by a wall along which the drawer may be displaced. The drawer is so dimensioned that it may accommodate exactly one tablet. When the dispenser is operated, the drawer is sliding along the bottom wall under a wall covering the open upper side of the drawer so that the cavity of the drawer is barred from the part of the dispenser storing the tablets. When there is no access for further tablets to the drawer, this drawer is during its continued displacement passed over an opening in the bottom wall, through which opening the tablet in the drawer is dispensed.
The drawer is mainly operated by pressing a button forming or being connected to one end of the drawer. However, it is the object of the invention to provide a dispenser which is more easy to operate even by people suffering from reduced tactile motor function.
This is obtained by a dispenser, comprising a drawer element displaceable along a narrow side wall of a box shaped housing wherein a partition parallel with said side wall bars an inlet to a through-going opening in the drawer when the dispenser is operated, and an opening in said side wall serves as a dispensing opening when the dispenser is operated, which dispenser according to the invention is characterized in that the ends of the housing perpendicular to the direction of movement for the drawer are closed by trough shaped shells, the shell at one end of the housing being at its end opposite the drawer hinged to the housing and being at its end adjacent to the drawer hinged to the drawer, and the end of the housing adjacent to the hinged shell being obliquely cut, so that the narrow side of the housing adjacent to the hinge hinging the shell to the housing is longer than the narrow side wall forming the bottom of the drawer.
Such a dispenser may be grasped by the entire hand and be operated by tightening the grasp.
According to the invention, the housing may be made of a transparent material, and the trough shaped shells may be made of an opaque material. Thereby it is made possible to inspect the stock of tablets through the transparent part of the housing which is not covered by the sides of the trough shaped shells.
The invention will now be explained with reference to the drawing, wherein
Figure 1 shows a sectional side view of a tablet dispenser in its neutral position, Figure 2 shows a sectional view as in Figure 1 with the dispenser in its dispensing position, and Figure 3 shows a sectional view along the line Ill-Ill in Figure 1.
Figure 1 shows a tablet dispenser comprising a housing 1 having opposite open ends each closed by a trough shaped shell 2 and 4, the side walls 3 of the shells covering the walls of the housing so that only a narrow stripe of the housing walls is exposed along the middle of the housing. If the housing is manufactured from a transparent material, this stripe will appear as an inspection window, through which the stock of tablets may be inspected.
One of the shells 2 is welded or glued to the housing 1 , whereas the other shell 4 is fixed to the housing by a shaft 5 about which the shell 4 may be rotated, the housing 1 and the shell 4 being appropriately bevelled to allow a limited rotational movement of the shell 4 fitted with its sidewalls 3 over the end of the housing.
At its lower end the housing 1 is provided with an internal partition delimiting a channel 11 receiving a drawer element 7 which is at its one end fixed to the movable shell 4 by a hinge 14, and at its other end acted upon by a spring 15 abutting the fixed shell 2, the drawer element and consequently the movable shell 4 being thereby forced into a position defined by a stop element 8 abutting the end of a slot 9 provided in the wall of the housing. In this initial position the bottoms of the shells 2 and 4 will be parallel, and the dispenser will appear with a regular box shaped contour. The drawer element 7 is provided with a through-going opening 10 having a size just allowing it to accommodate one tablet standing on its edge. In the initial position of the drawer the opening 10 is in alignment with an opening in the partition 6, but is at its other lower end closed by the lower wall of the housing. The opening in the partition 6 is inside the housing surrounded by guiding elements 16 guiding a tablet from the stock in the housing down into the opening 10 in the drawer element 7.
When the lower end of the shell 4 is pressed towards the housing 1 , the drawer element 7 is pressed inward in the channel 11 , until its through-going opening 10 is aligned with an opening 12 in the lower wall of the housing 1. At this time the tablet 13 in the drawer will drop out through the opening 12. When the shell 4 is released, it will together with the drawer be passed back into its initial position with the now emptied opening 10 lying beneath the opening in the partition 6, and a new tablet will drop into the opening 10 of the drawer element.

Claims

A dispenser for tablets, comprising a drawer element (7) displaceable along a narrow side wall of a box shaped housing (1), wherein a partition (6) parallel with said side wall bars an inlet to a through-going opening (10) in the drawer (7) when the dispenser is operated, and an opening (12) in said sidewall serves as a dispensing opening when the through-going opening (10) of the drawer (7) by the operation of the dispenser is aligned with the opening (12), characterized in, that the ends of the housing (1) perpendicular to the direction of movement for the drawer (7) are closed by trough shaped shells (2 and 4), the shell (4) at one end of the drawer being at its end opposite the drawer (7) hinged (5) to the housing (1), and being at its end adjacent to the drawer (7) hinged (14) to the drawer (7), and the end of the housing (1) adjacent to the hinged shell (4) being obliquely cut, so that the narrow side of the housing (1) adjacent to the hinge (5) hinging the shell (4) to the housing (1) is longer than the narrow side wall forming the bottom of the drawer (7).
PCT/DK1992/000361 1991-12-05 1992-12-02 Tablet dispenser WO1993011057A1 (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE69218964T DE69218964T2 (en) 1991-12-05 1992-12-02 TABLET DISPENSER
JP5509732A JPH07501509A (en) 1991-12-05 1992-12-02 pill dispenser
AT93900093T ATE151374T1 (en) 1991-12-05 1992-12-02 TABLET DISPENSER
EP93900093A EP0614438B1 (en) 1991-12-05 1992-12-02 Tablet dispenser
US08/244,572 US5553739A (en) 1991-12-05 1992-12-02 Tablet dispenser

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DK911963A DK196391D0 (en) 1991-12-05 1991-12-05 APPARATUS

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US5553739A (en) 1996-09-10
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ATE151374T1 (en) 1997-04-15
EP0614438B1 (en) 1997-04-09
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