WO2009121173A1 - Bouchon distributeur de pilule unique destiné à être utilisé sur des boîtes à pilules - Google Patents

Bouchon distributeur de pilule unique destiné à être utilisé sur des boîtes à pilules Download PDF

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WO2009121173A1
WO2009121173A1 PCT/CA2009/000402 CA2009000402W WO2009121173A1 WO 2009121173 A1 WO2009121173 A1 WO 2009121173A1 CA 2009000402 W CA2009000402 W CA 2009000402W WO 2009121173 A1 WO2009121173 A1 WO 2009121173A1
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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, 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, 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/26—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts
    • B65D47/261—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having a rotational or helicoidal movement
    • B65D47/265—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having a rotational or helicoidal movement between planar parts

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  • the present invention relates generally to distributing means but more particularly to a distributing means for pills and related medicine.
  • the invention comprises a cap that fits over a standard pill bottle.
  • the cap is adapted to distribute one pill at a time from a pill bottle.
  • the cap has a fixed part that is adapted to screw onto the pill bottle; and a movable part that is adapted to be rotationally attached to the fixed part, such that when the movable part is rotated it is adapted to allow only one pill at a time to egress from said pill bottle and through said fixed and movable parts and thereby become distributed and available from the pill bottle.
  • the cap has its fixed part that includes a pill sorting chamber and an exit chamber, such that the pill sorting chamber is adapted to allow only one pill at a time to egress therethrough.
  • the movable part includes an integral transport chamber and a porthole, such that when the movable part is rotated with respect to the fixed part and the transport chamber aligns with the pill sorting chamber of the fixed part, the pill is allowed to drop into the transport chamber; and upon further rotation of the movable part, the transport chamber aligns with the exit chamber thus allowing the pill to egress from the transport chamber and into the exit chamber; and upon further rotation of the movable part, the porthole aligns with a porthole of the exit chamber thus allowing the pill to be evacuated therefrom.
  • the movable part includes a second transport chamber and second porthole, such that the degree of rotation necessary of the movable part can be reduced and the number of pills within the chambers in the process of egress can be increased to two.
  • the cap includes circumferential ridges adapted to coincide with circumferential ridges of a pill bottle and adapted to allow a removable secure connection between the cap and the pill bottle.
  • the cap can be formed from materials chosen from a list that includes plastic, metal, glass, fiberglass, paper, wax, and wood.
  • the invention is in fact a pill dispensing system which comprises a pill bottle adapted to contain a plurality of predetermined sized pills; and a cap adapted to distribute one pill at a time from the pill bottle.
  • the cap has a fixed part that is adapted to screw onto the pill bottle; and a movable part that is adapted to be rotationally attached to the fixed part, such that when the movable part is rotated it is adapted to allow only one pill at a time to egress from the pill bottle and through the fixed and movable parts and thereby become distributed and available from the pill bottle.
  • FIG. 1 Perspective disassembled view of the cap and bottle.
  • FIGs. 2a-e Series of perspective views showing the various positions of the cap in the pill exiting sequence.
  • FIGs. 3a-b Side elevation and cutaway view, respectively, of the bottle and cap.
  • FIG. 4a-b Perspective external and internal views, respectively, of the fixed part.
  • Figs. 5a-b Perspective external and internal views, respectively, of the movable part.
  • Figs. 6a-b Top and cutaway side view, respectively, of the cap in its first position in the pill exiting sequence.
  • Figs. 7a-b Top and cutaway side view, respectively, of the cap in its second position in the pill exiting sequence.
  • Figs. 8a-b Top and cutaway side view, respectively, of the cap in its third position in the pill exiting sequence.
  • Figs. 9a-b Top and cutaway side view, respectively, of the cap in its fourth position in the pill exiting sequence.
  • Figs 10-12 Side cutaway and top perspective view looking inside the cap, respectively, of variations of the cavity.
  • a single pill distributing cap (10) has a movable part (12) and a fixed part (14).
  • the fixed part (14) is screwed onto a bottle (16) and the movable part (12) is rotationally attached to the fixed part (14).
  • the fixed part (14) has two chambers: a pill sorting chamber (18), which forms an extension of the bottle (16) and which collects a plurality of pills (20), and an exit chamber (22) which is created by the juxtaposition of the movable part (12) over the fixed part (14).
  • a pill sorting chamber (18) which forms an extension of the bottle (16) and which collects a plurality of pills (20)
  • an exit chamber (22) which is created by the juxtaposition of the movable part (12) over the fixed part (14).
  • the movable part (12) includes an integral cavity (24) and a porthole (30), such that when the movable part (12) is rotated with respect to the fixed part (14) and the cavity (24) aligns with the pill sorting chamber (18) of the fixed part (14) the pill (20) is allowed to drop into the cavity (24); and upon further rotation of the movable part (12), the cavity (24) aligns with the exit chamber (22) thus allowing the pill (20) to egress from the cavity (24) and into the exit chamber (22); and at this point the exit chamber (22) is aligned with the porthole (30), thus allowing the pill (20) to be evacuated therefrom.
  • the fixed part (14) includes circumferential ridges adapted to coincide with circumferential ridges of the pill bottle (16) and adapted to allow a removable secure connection between the cap (10) and the pill bottle (16).
  • the user can simply tilts the bottle (16) to let the pill (20) slide out of the exit chamber (22).
  • the pill (20) can drop directly into the mouth of the user, thus eliminating any contact with the hands.
  • the porthole (30) is aligned with the exit chamber (22), it is also when the cavity (24) is aligned with the sorting chamber
  • pills (20) come in various shapes and sizes, a variety of
  • figs. 10 to 12.0a-c Some examples of cavity (24) configurations are shown in figs 10 to 12.0a-c.
  • figs. 10a-b show a cavity (24) for round pills (20).
  • Figs. 11 a-b show a cavity (24) for cylindrical pills (20).
  • figs. 12a-b show a cavity (24) for powder or granular substances.

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Abstract

Un bouchon distributeur de pilule unique comporte une partie mobile et une partie fixe. La partie fixe est attachée de manière libérable sur une boîte et la partie mobile est attachée de manière rotative à la partie fixe. La partie fixe est constituée d’une chambre de répartition de pilule et d’une chambre de sortie. La chambre de répartition de pilule permet à seulement une pilule à la fois de sortir de la chambre de répartition de pilule au moyen d’un trou de chambre de répartition de pilule. Une fois que la pilule est sortie de la chambre de répartition de pilule, si on continue la rotation de la partie mobile, elle s’aligne avec la chambre de sortie. Une fois ainsi alignée, la pilule tombe dans la chambre de sortie.
PCT/CA2009/000402 2008-04-02 2009-03-26 Bouchon distributeur de pilule unique destiné à être utilisé sur des boîtes à pilules Ceased WO2009121173A1 (fr)

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CA2708636A CA2708636C (fr) 2008-04-02 2009-03-26 Bouchon distributeur de pilule unique destine a etre utilise sur des boites a pilules
US12/810,249 US20110011883A1 (en) 2008-04-02 2009-03-26 Single pill distributing cap for use on pill bottles
US17/062,017 US20210261319A1 (en) 2008-04-02 2020-10-02 Single pill distributing cap for use on pill bottles

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