Global Patent Index - EP 0236039 B1

EP 0236039 B1 19911113 - TABLET DISPENSER

Title (en)

TABLET DISPENSER

Publication

EP 0236039 B1 19911113 (EN)

Application

EP 87301558 A 19870224

Priority

GB 8605130 A 19860301

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0236039A2] Tablets are dispensed one at a time from a dispenser in which the tablets are randomly orientated in a reservoir (29) and pass first into a triangular chamber (10), and then along a passageway (15) of such a width that only a single column of abutting tablets can be accommodated. The chamber and passageway are formed in an inner member (5) which moves from a first non-dispensing position to a second dispensing position within the casing of the dispenser. When the inner member moves from the first to the second position, the lowermost tablet in the passageway enters a gate and from there falls into a predispensing chamber as the inner member is urged towards its first position by a spring 6. When the inner member is again moved to the second position the tablet in the predispensing chamber is dispensed.

IPC 1-7

B65D 83/04

IPC 8 full level

B65D 83/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65D 83/0409 (2013.01); B65D 2583/0468 (2013.01); B65D 2583/0481 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB IT NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0236039 A2 19870909; EP 0236039 A3 19890222; EP 0236039 B1 19911113; AU 602675 B2 19901025; AU 6956087 A 19870903; DE 3774457 D1 19911219; ES 2028066 T3 19920701; GB 8605130 D0 19860409; IE 60768 B1 19940810; IE 870445 L 19870901; ZA 871326 B 19871230

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 87301558 A 19870224; AU 6956087 A 19870227; DE 3774457 T 19870224; ES 87301558 T 19870224; GB 8605130 A 19860301; IE 44587 A 19870220; ZA 871326 A 19870224