Classifications

• • 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, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
  • B65D83/049—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the dispensing means forming a part of a removable closure, e.g. gripping teeth or cavity
• • 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
  • B65D2583/0404—Indications, e.g. directions for use
  • B65D2583/0422—Indications, e.g. directions for use of variable doses of the same articles
• • 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

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a dispensing device intended to equip a tube or a case containing granulated products such as pills, candies or the like.
• granulated products such as pills, candies or the like.
• homeopathic products are mostly in the form of spherical pills called "granules" for a diameter of the order of 4 to 5mm, or "globules” for a diameter of These spherical pills are contained in a cylindrical tube. Each use, the operator opens the tube and must take a precise number of pills.
• a dispenser according to the invention intended to be housed in the mouth of a tube containing pills or the like substantially spherical, is characterized in that it comprises a fixed rear mouth in front of which a longitudinal tubular chimney movable transversely by compared to a fixed transverse stop which stops the pills falling by gravity in the chimney when this one is in position of alignment with the mouth, then this stop is retracted out of the chimney queand this one is moved transversely, means being finally provided to return the chimney to the lateral rest position out of alignment with the mouth.
• the triggering means consist of a substantially conical boss projecting inwardly at the center of the bottom of the cover, while the rear mouth is centered on the geometric axis of the tube, while 'finally in its rest position, the chimney is offset transversely in the tube, its internal space however facing the tip of the conical boss of the cover.
• the internal diameter of the chimney is substantially equal to the diameter of the pills to be dispensed, while the length defined between the rear of the chimney and the fixed stop is equal to a multiple of this diameter.
• means are provided for adjusting the position of the transverse stop in the longitudinal direction, which makes it possible to choose the number of pills to be poured at one time.
• return means constituted by an elastically deformable blade equip the chimney to return it to its rest position when the actuation of the boss of the cover ceases.
• Figure 1 is an exploded view in longitudinal section showing a dispenser according to the invention located in a pill tube of known type.
• Figures 2 and 3 are similar views for successive phases of operation.
• Figures 4, 5, and 6 are views of drawings
• Figure IV corresponding respectively to Figures 1, 2 and 3.
• Figure 7 is a view along arrowVII ( Figure 1).
• Figure 8 illustrates the operation of the ring to adjust the position of the fixed stopper to choose the number of pills to drop.
• Figure 9 shows an alternative embodiment for the distributor body.
• Figures 10 and 11 are sectional and plan views.
• Figures 12 to 15 illustrate a variant of the system for adjusting the position of the fixed stop.
• FIGS 16 to 23 show another variant.
• the dispenser 1 according to the invention is intended to fit into the mouth 2 of a tube 3 containing for example homeopathic piIules 4.
• the assembly is closed by the cover 5 of the tube.
• this cover 5 has a substantially conical boss 6 which projects inwards at the center of its bottom 7.
• the body 8 of the dispenser 1 defines a rear hopper 9 in which, when it is turned over, the pills 4 contained in the tube come to fall.
• the body 8 ends towards the front by a cylindrical skirt 10 which, for clarity du deses sin, has been deleted in Figures 1 to 3.
• a cylindrical longitudinal chimney 11 which is movable transversely under the discharge opening 12 of the hopper 9.
• the chimney 11 is preferably cut laterally along a generatrix, to define a longitudinal slot 13 provided with regularly spaced transverse notches 14.
• the center distance 15 of two consecutive notches 14 is substantially equal to the diameter 16 of the ipilules 4. Similar cutting of the chimney 11.
• a transverse lug 17 forming an adjustable fixed stop passes through the slot 13 or one of the notches 14 to exceed the inside the chimney 11 when the latter is in the active position illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 5, aligned with the opening 12.
• the rear of the lug 17 is secured to an outer ring 18 sliding around the skirt 10.
• the inside diameter of the chimney 11 is substantially equal, apart from the clearances, to the diameter 16 of the pills 4.
• An elastic return blade 19 equips the chimney 11 and rests on the inside of the skirt 10 to bring the chimney 11 back to its rest position where it is retracted laterally, its wall then obstructing the section, of the opening 12 (fig. 1 and 4) whose pills 4 can then no longer fall.
• the operation is as follows: The user holds the tube 3 which contains in bulk of the pills 4.
• the mouth 2 is equipped with the dispenser 1 that covers the cover 5. The assembly can thus be stored or transported. It will be noted that in this case: - the cover 5 is not fully inserted on the outside of the mouth 2, so that by pushing it in the direction of the arrow VII ( Figure 1) it can still be slide on tube 3;
• a free interior interval 20 remains between the bottom 7 and the front of the skirt 10.
• the user begins by orienting the assembly 1, 3, 5 as illustrated in Figures 1 and 4, the cover 5 downwards. your pills 4 then fall into the hopper 9 until they stop against the rear edge of the chimney 11 which obstructs the passage through the opening 12.
• the chimney 11 indeed occupies its rest position, offset laterally in the tube 3.
• the user pushes the cover 5 fully onto the tube 3, which has the effect of driving the boss 6 into the front of the chimney 11.
• the conical shape of the boss 6 functions in the same way as a cam, which returns the chimney 11 substantially on the geometric axis 21, common to the tube 3, to the opening 12, and to the boss 6.
• the pills 4 then fall into the chimney 11, until contact with the lug stop 17 which stops them since at this position of the chimney 11, it protrudes towards the inside thereof. This transverse movement of the chimney 11 is carried out by compressing the elastic blade 19.
• the number of pills 4 taken can be adjusted at will. For this, it suffices to choose the position of the fixed stop 17 in the fixed skirt 10. This choice is made by acting on the ring 18 to move the stop 17 in the slot 13 towards one or the other of the notches. transverse 14 where it is immobilized. We see that at the position of the stop 17 shown in Figure 2, two pills 4 will be taken at each operation by the chimney 11. If the fixed stop 17 is placed in the notch 14 immediately below ( Figure 8), c is three pills 4 that would be taken each time. With for example four notches 14 ( Figure 8), the user can thus choose to take the pills 4 one by one, or two by two, or three by three, or four by four.
• the skirt 10 has at its top, a curved recess 23 intended to receive the corresponding end of the elastic blade 19.
• This blade 19 is made in one piece with the chimney 11, for example plastic. For assembly, it suffices then to engage the chimney 11 in the skirt 10 and to clip the elastic blade 19 slightly by force into the recess 23. We see that in any case the blade 19 has a double function:
• FIG. 12 to 15 relates to another possible embodiment for adjusting the position of the fixed stop 17.
• the stop finger 17 is made in one piece with: - A transverse bar 25 capable of fitting into one or the other of the notches 14;
• the chimney 11 still provided with a longitudinal slot 28.
• the latter does not this time have any more notches.
• the elastic blade 19 connects the rear of the chimney 11 to a skirt 29 extending the body 30.
• the skirt 29 here has a regular polygonal shape, for example square.
• the same goes for the cover 32 which fits on the skirt 29.
• a mark 31 is provided on the outside of the tube 3, while on the outside of the cover 30, marks 33, 34, 35 are provided. , etc which can be placed one or the other face to the mark 31 by adapting the cover 32 on the skirt 29 (arrow 36, Fig. 21). We can thus choose whether we want to receive one, two, three or four pills for a single depression of the cover 32 on the skirt 29.
• the internal face of the bottom 7 of the cover 32 has a boss 38 in relief.
• the boss 6 has the shape of a half truncated cone, limited laterally by a diametrical plane 37.
• reliefs 39, 40 , etc ... are distributed around the boss 6, one for each (minus one) of the faces of the polygonal cover 32. If it is square as in the drawings, we therefore provide three connections 39, 40, 41, and we leave free the face located opposite the diametrical plane 37.
• the reliefs 39 to 41 have heights 42, 43 (Fig. 20) all different from each other, equal to multiples of the diameter 16 of each pill 4.
• the total height 44 of the chimney 11 is equal to three times the diameter 16 of the pills 4. If the user pushes the cover 32 on the skirt 29 so that the slot 28 is facing the relief 40 having a height 43 equal to the diameter 16 of a pill 4. Under these conditions, when the bottom of the chimney 11 meets the boss 38, the chimney 11 is deflected laterally towards the relief 40 which enters it through the slot 28. Thus, the chimney 11 comes into coincidence with the eccentric outlet opening 44 of the hopper 12 (FIG. 22) and pills 4 fall there until it comes to rest on the top of the relief 40. In this case, only two pills will be received in the chimney 11 (Fig. 22) and then recovered in the cover 32 (Fig. 23), since the height of the third pill was occupied by the relief 40.
• the presence of the flat face 37 is important. Indeed, thanks to) it, during all the storage operations, the chimney 11 remains in the rest position (FIG. 19). In other words, the flexible tongue 19 remains in the rest position, without bending stress, during all the long periods of storage. It therefore does not risk acquiring any permanent deformation and can be made of an inexpensive plastic material.

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